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NEW DELHI, May 11 – Notwithstanding Bangladesh’s denials, India has given a list of 155 terrorist training camps operating at various places in that country, many with the help of ISI and Al-Qaeda and asked it to shut them down, reports PTI. While conveying its concern over the support by some fundamentalist organisations of Bangladesh to North-east terrorists, India at a recent high-level meeting has also sought deportation of 85 insurgents from the neighbouring country, official sources told PTI here today.

“We have information that ISI activities directed against India are on the rise in...

SHILLONG, May 10 – Former chief minister of Meghalaya E K Mawlong has been replaced by Donkupar Roy, the Deputy Chief Minister, as the chief of United Democratic Party, the second largest constituent of the Congress-led coalition government in Meghalaya, reports PTI. Mawlong was the chief of the UDP from 1997.

Mawlong, whose coalition government fell on December 7, 2001 following alleged involvement in the controversial Meghalaya House deal in Kolkata and defeat in this year’s Assembly elections, was made an advisor to the UDP at Friday’s general council elections, party sources said. The UDP...

GUWAHATI, May 10—A 12-hour statewide bandh called by a faction of All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) in protest against BJP-led NDA government’s move to repeal the IMDT Act, 1983, today evoked lukewarm response in the State. The bandh failed to evoke any response in the State capital where all educational institutions, financial organisations and business establishments functioned normally in the State. Official sources informed that the bandh passed off sans any untoward incident after failing to make any impact on life of the common people barring a few minority-dominated pockets in...

GUWAHATI, May 10 – Three months have passed since the day the memorandum of settlement between the Central and State Governments and Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) was signed for setting up of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) under the provisions of amended Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, but till date even the interim council has not been formed and now it seems that even the formation of the interim body would be delayed till July.

Highly placed official sources admitted that bureaucratic red-tapism in various ministries of the Union Government delayed the preparation of the Bill for...

GUWAHATI, May 10—Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Asad Madani today cautioned that repeal of the IMDT Act might pose a serious threat to the existence of Assam as a language State. The Jamiat is opposed to any move to repeal the Act and will consistently fight out any such move. Instead of repealing the Act, it should be implemented all over the country to save the Indian Muslims from the harassment of the police in matters of determining their (Muslims) citizenship, he said.

Sri Madani who was talking to media persons at a press conference at the Circuit House here this afternoon...