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TEZPUR, March 1 ? The 106-year-old Tezpur railway station in Assam?s Sonitpur district built by the British is in dilapidated state, lying virtually abandoned thanks to the neglect by the authorities. The station, situated on the banks of the river Brahmaputra at Old Steamerghat, is a victim of severe erosion and the existing buildings of the staff are in bad shape due to neglect for at least three decades by the railway authorities, the locals say.

The chief public relation officer of the North-east Frontier railway, Leena Sharma, however denies there was a callous attitude on the part of...

Shillong, March 1: The election results in Meghalaya are full of surprises, with some politicians facing the biggest upsets ever since the formation of the state in 1972.

Stalwarts who lost include former chief ministers E.K. Mawlong of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and PCC chief Salseng C. Marak.

The defeat of home minister Lotsing A. Sangma from Baghmara, six-time winner D.N. Joshi (Mawprem) of the Congress and former finance minister A.H. Scott Lyngdoh (Jaiaw) were equally unexpected.

Except for Salseng Marak and home minister Sangma, who lost the battle to their main political...

AGARTALA, March 1 ? Tripura Governor, Lt. Gen (Retd) K M Seth dissolved the Tripura Assembly to avert a constitutional crisis. The Governor issued the notification in this regard on Saturday since the dissolution of the Assembly became necessary as the gap between the period of the last and the next sessions would go beond six months after March 4, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told reporters.

Sarkar said ?six months? time will be completed on March 4 and there is no scope of forming ministry before March 4, so he dissolved the Assembly.? The election to the 60-member House in Tripura was...

GUWAHATI, March 1 ? Noted environment activist Medha Patkar today sounded all the North Eastern States to guard their interests against the Central government?s move to link all the river basins in the country. The Save Narmada Movement crusader, Smt Patkar raised the alarm against the proposed river networking terming it an effort to market and corporatise rivers in the country by the vested politicos in connivance with corporate houses.

Addressing the media here today midway her nationawide tour on bahalf of National Alliance of People?s Movement (NAPM), Smt Patkar stated that it was...

NEW DELHI, March 1 ? Infuriated by the delay in resolution of the logjam over implementation of the mega gas cracker project, Assam Government is likely to explore the possibility of handing over the project to public sector oil company. As a first step in this direction, Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi today held discussions with Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to Assam this evening to consider all pros and cons. A dinner meeting was hosted by Chief Minister to felicitate an interaction on the gas cracker project and the financial crisis with the State?s 21 MPs belonging to both the Houses...