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GUWAHATI, May 17? Union Minister of State for Water Resources Bijoya Chakravarty today asserted that no water from the mighty Brahmaputra would be taken out if it harmed the interests of the State and the people. Speaking at a ?Meet-the-Press? programme at Guwahati Press Club today, Chakravarty sought to allay the apprehensions arising out of the Centre?s mega project of interlinking rivers of the country, and said the final decision on linking the Brahmaputra was still a far way off and that was to be taken after a careful scrutiny of all the relevant points of the issue.

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Jotsoma (Kohima), May 16: In what could come as a surprise to states like Manipur, the Naga Hoho today struck a chord on accommodation and love for neighbours.

Speaking at a function of the Naga National Council (Panger) here today, a senior Hoho leader Krurovi Peseyie said reconciliation is the key for settling the Naga political issue. ?We should be accommodative towards the interests of neighbouring states,? he said, without naming the states. Peseyie said love, combined with a sincere approach, can resolve any problem.

The demand for the integration of all the Naga-inhabited areas under...

Shillong, May 16: Meghalaya chief minister D.D. Lapang is finding it increasingly difficult to keep his flock together with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) going all out to woo the Congress? partners in the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance.

The frequency of meetings between the NCP and the constituents of the coalition, particularly the United Democratic Party, has increased over the past two days.

Even former chief minister F.A. Khonglam, who holds the revenue portfolio in the two-monthold ministry and is known to be close to Lapang, does not rule out the possibility of joining...

GUWAHATI, May 16? A bitter rivalry is slowly developing between the ULFA and the NSCN (IM) following the recent killing of an ULFA cadre at the hands of the NSCN(IM) in Nagaland. And at a time when the North-east is passing through violence and ethnic unrest, this certainly bodes ill for the future.

Revealing this, intelligence sources said the ULFA which has for long been a close ally of the NSCN (K), a sworn enemy of the NSCN(IM), used to maintain a distance with the NSCN (IM), without never really coming into a direct confrontation so far. Similarly, the NSCN (IM) too normally...

SHILLONG, May 15 ? The Meghalaya Police in its operation against the banned militant organiations has decided to move against those controlling their financial affairs rather than those carrying out the actual operations, reports PTI. ?We have been successful with capturing people from the armed wings of the outfits like Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) earlier and seized huge arms and ammunition. But not much impact could be made as we did not identify their sources of funding,? the superintendent of police, East Khasi Hills district, I Nongrang, told reporters Wednesday.

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