Imphal, December 04: The Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup in a press statement today contradicted the UNLF's statement issued in the local dailies on December 2. The Statement made a specific reference to the members of KYKL who left the organization and joined the UNLF including the killing of L Anand Sharma by KYKL. The statement mentioned that L Anand was given capital punishment by KYKL according to its law not to send any message to UNLF. It further charged that UNLF was concerned for its prestige while it does not recognize others to exist with self esteem. The statement also stated that KYKL had...

Aizawl/Silchar, Dec. 4: Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga today stepped into his second term in office amid high drama, beginning with a mob attack on his convoy while it was proceeding to Raj Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony. The chief minister?s car was waylaid and pelted with stones at Treasury Square, forcing him to beat a hasty retreat. The windshield and a portion of the vehicle?s roof were damaged, but Zoramthanga escaped unhurt.

The chief minister did not come out of his residence at Macdonald Hill again until an agreement was reached with the protesters, who were demanding the...

Kokrajhar, Dec. 4: Such a long journey ? but all?s well that ends well. For nearly 2,500 members of the Bodo Liberation Tigers, Saturday will be the last day when they will dress in combat fatigues and carry weapons, though only to lay them down. Now that the struggle for Bodoland is over. As BLT chief Hagrama Basumatary pointed out, it was a long journey, but has borne fruit in the end.

The general council meeting of the BLT at Banargaon mini-stadium on Monday authorised Hagrama to dissolve the outfit on Saturday after the surrender ceremony is completed. A total of 2,525 activists from all...

SHILLONG, Dec 4 ? Fresh ethnic violence between the Karbi and Kuki in Assam?s Karbi Anglong district has halted the process of rehabilitation of over 4000 displaced Khasi-Pnar people now staying in camps in Meghalaya?s Jaintia hills for the last three weeks following threats of militants there, reports PTI.

?Since there is a problem going on, they (displaced Khasi-Pnars) want to be here (in Meghalaya) for some more time,? Deputy Commissioner of Jaintia Hills district L Kharkongor told PTI here over phone adding only 34 people have so far returned to their villages in Block-I and Block-II...

GUWAHATI, Dec 4? Patients suffering from cancer in the North East will soon have expert help available at their very doorsteps. The North Eastern Council (NEC), headquartered in Shillong, has drawn up an ambitious project to link some 72 referral hospitals in the region with the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai. The dream tele-medicine project will become a reality by March next year. Speaking to The Assam Tribune here today, NEC Secretary PL Thanga said that Rs 39 crore has been earmarked for the project. ?The NEC will fund the project to link 72 units in all the States including Sikkim...