BANGKOK, Dec 8 ? The second round of talks between NSCN (IM) leaders and the Indian Government ended inconclusively today with the two sides deciding to meet again tomorrow. ?There was no breakthrough in today?s talks between NSCN (IM) chief negotiator T Muivah and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee?s special envoy K Padmanabaiah, Naga sources told PTI.

The current obstacle in the progress of peace talks between the two sides is the reported remark by Vajpayee during his recent visit to Kohima on the integration of Naga areas. T Muivah, who is the General Secretary of NSCN-IM, has said that...

GUWAHATI, Dec 7 ? The Karbi Students? Association (KSA) and the Khasi Students? Union (KSU) have decided to put pressure on the governments of Assam and Meghalaya respectively, as well as the concerned autonomous councils, to resolve the boundary problem once for all. The two student bodies want the problem to be resolved on the basis of ?historical evidence and documents.?

The decision to this effect was taken in the meeting between the leaders of the KSA and the KSU held at Shillong yesterday, KSA general secretary Pankaj Teron said today. The central issue during yesterday?s meeting was...

KOKRAJHAR, Dec 7 ? A new chapter in political history of Assam got under way today with the swearing in of the interim body of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in presence of the Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani. Meanwhile, taking this opportunity, the Deputy Prime Minister called upon all the militants groups of India to follow the path shown by the Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) and to come forward for talks with the Government for solving their problems.

A 12 member interim council of the BTC, headed by former chief of the BLT Hagrama Basumatary alias Hagrama Mohilary, was sworn in by...

Kokrajhar, Dec. 7: Yesterday?s militant could be tomorrow?s Black Cat commando. The director-general of the National Security Guards (NSG) today held out hope for surrendered members of the Bodo Liberation Tigers, saying each of them had the potential to walk into the country?s elite commando force.

Ranjit Shekhar Mushahary, whose exploits have made him a role model for Bodo youth, said: ?The NSG ranks comprise the best of personnel from different security wings. If the Centre and the Assam government launch a special recruitment drive for the surrendered youth, they can be later inducted into...

IMPHAL, Dec 6 ? The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance ministry at the Centre is making efforts to frame a common formula for proper channelisation of the potential as well as the resources available in the region for developmental activities on all fronts. Disclosing this at a reception function of the BJP state unit held at the Manipur Dramatic union hall in Imphal, Union Minister for Small Scale Industries and Development of North Eastern Region (Doner) Dr Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur on his maiden visit to Manipur on Friday, expressed his desire to take the ?benefits? of the centrally...