TEZPUR, April 6— The Adivasi people living in the proposed Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) areas are not safe and are facing death threats said Silvius Condpan chairman Assam Planning and Development Board. Talking to mediapersons here at Tezpur circuit house, Condpan said without any tangible solution by the ruling State Congress (I) government, the lives of the Adivasi people and other non Bodos living in the BTC areas will be at stake in future.

Many of the Adivasi people living in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon areas have left their villages and have been camping in the relief camps, the...

Silchar, April 5: The ethnic violence sweeping across Assam?s Cachar and North Cachar Hills districts have spilled over to the adjacent Jiribam subdivision in Manipur.

More than 130 people belonging to the Bengali community have fled from Jiribam to Lakhipur in Cachar following relentless persecution by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF).

Official sources in Lakhipur today said these people left their home and hearths yesterday to escape the wrath of the UNLF militants, who have been constantly demanding ?taxes? from the villagers.

The people, mostly from Chhotebekra, Badebaekra...

New Delhi, April 5: The Meghalaya government has begun preparing a policy to turn the state into a favoured tourist destination and to open up new avenues for employment and income-generation.

Meghalaya tourism minister and former chief minister, F.A. Khonglam, said the policy was necessitated by the “lack of response” in the sector “despite the state’s tremendous potential”.

“It is surprising that the previous governments did not think of formulating a policy that would clearly spell out the thrust areas in this sector. Now that the exercise has begun, we expect it to be completed before...

GUWAHATI, April 5 — Growing activities of the Islamic militant groups in the neighbouring country Bangladesh are posing a serious security threat to the north-eastern region of India, particularly because of the porous Indo-Bangla border. According to a report prepared by the security agencies on the disturbing phenomenon, nine such groups met recently to form the Bangladesh Islamic Manch under the leadership of the Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI). So far the Manch’s activities are restricted to circulating speeches of Osama bin Laden and Maulana Masood Azhar, a Pakistani terrorist leader, to...

GUWAHATI, April 5— The Oil India Limited (OIL) is going ahead with its plan for business restructuring as part of its preparation to cope with the changed de-regulated environment in the country’s petroleum sector. Making a statement at a seminar organised at Guwahati Press Club here today on restructuring of the Oil India Limited, the premier oil companies Senior Adviser on Strategic and Corporate Planning, Nripen Bharali said any further delay in restructuring would seriously undermine the OIL’s business prospects and consequent growth opportunities in the future. This, he said, would affect...