GUWAHATI, March 14 — German Government has shown interest in extending help towards development of hydro power sector, healthcare, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and infrastructure in the North Eastern region. A three-member German delegation led by Dr Wolfhard Behrens, Counsellor and Head of Development Cooperation at the German Embassy in New Delhi made a visit to the State couple of days back to have first hand information about possibilities of German cooperation in development of North East India.

The German team which also had Mrs Andrea Johnston, Director of KfW, a German...

KOHIMA, Mar 14—Kyanilie, a first time MLA from Western Angami Assembly constituency, was today elected unopposed Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. As Kiyanilie was the only member nominated to the office of the Speaker, the pro-tem Speaker Kuzholuzo declared him elected. Kiyanilie was elected to the Assembly on a Nagaland People’s Front ticket.

Earlier, the pro-tem Speaker administered the oath of affirmation to the newly-elected members of the House during the first sitting of the 10th Nagaland Assembly.

ITANAGAR, March 14 — Prof MGS Narayanan, Chairman, Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR), was said historical records by British officials on North-east were devoid of a historical perspective, reports PTI. Inaugurating a three-day national seminar here on ‘Sources of History of Arunachal Pradesh’, Prof Narayanan said much significance cannot be attached to the British records on the region as they were not based on source materials like archaeological finding and has neglected the oral history of the people and their cultural aspects.

Anthropological findings by the British had a...

NEW DELHI, March 13 — Unabated infiltration form across the border has hit the economy of Assam, with the Central Government holding the alarming growth of population at the rate of four percent as one the factors responsible of the economic slow down. In a written reply to a question tabled in Rajya Sabha by Vijay J Darda, Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, S B Mookher-jee said that with the partition of the country the State lost on trade and commerce with the neighbouring areas as riverine transportation through Bangladesh stopped.

Further, over the period State...

TEZPUR, March 13— The North-East based militants including ULFA who are presently based in Bangladesh are being trained by the al-Qaeda militants with the help of Pakistan based Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) at Bangladesh and Pakistan said Lt General Mohinder Singh, General Officer Commanding 4 Corps and the operational head of the United Command Structure.

Talking to media persons here Lt General Singh said till date Bangladesh has been providing a safe haven for the North-East based militants. The GOC said although Bangladesh has been denying the allegation but intelligence reports...