Silchar, Dec. 1: Speculation about possible political combinations in the event of the Mizoram poll producing a hung Assembly intensified today with less than 24 hours to go for counting of votes to begin. It has been a long wait for the electorate and political establishment alike to know the outcome of the poll, which was conducted on November 20.

Chief electoral officer Lalmalsawma said votes would be counted at 12 centres located in the headquarters of the eight districts. Lalmalsawma hoped the results of the elections to all 40 seats would be declared by late afternoon.

Electronic voting...

Dec. 1: Strife-torn Karbi Anglong witnessed more bloodshed today with militants suspected to be from the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) gunning down four Karbi villagers while they were praying in a church and torched 48 houses in Bokajan subdivision of the district. In Dibrugarh district, miscreants last night set ablaze nine shops belonging to members of the Bihari community.

The KRA struck in Bokajan subdivision of Karbi Anglong district for the second time in three days. The militant group killed six Karbis and torched nearly 116 houses in a pre-dawn swoop on Saturday.

The assailants...

SHILLONG, May 17 : If things go all right, Meghalaya could very well bid its financial constraints adieu. After well-over a decade, investigation and drilling of uranium deposits ? said to be in plenty in the State ? by the Uranium Corporation of India (UCI) have resumed in the State.

The UCI has conducted geo-physical survey in Domiasiat area of West Khasi Hills and was now negotiating with the individuals. The State Government was not involved in the process, Chief Secretary J Tayeng told reporters here today.

Process of excavation of the precious mineral had begun in Meghalaya in 1992 as Rs...

SHILLONG, June 15?Former Meghalaya Minister K C Boro was kidnapped by suspected NDFB ultras from Lakhipur in Goalpara district in Assam last night along with his wife. According to police sources here, Boro was going to Tikrikilla, in Garo Hills when he, his wife and driver of the vehicle were kidnapped. The former minister, however, reached Tikrikilla safely around 6 am today. His driver is also understood to have been released. But the former minister?s wife is still under custody of the suspected militants giving rise to speculations that Boro has been released to raise the extortion demand...

Guwahati, June 15: A Kuki militant organisation has taken up cudgels for Moreh residents who have received extortion notices from outfits of the Manipur valley.

A leader of the Kuki Defence Force (KDF), which professes to represent the aspirations of the state?s Kuki community, said his group would not tolerate attempts by any militant outfit to harass the people of the border town.

Moreh, located on the Indo-Myanmar border, is a predominantly Kuki-inhabited area.

?We have taken serious note of some valley-based and hitherto unknown organisations serving extortion notes on local residents...