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Imphal, Feb. 24: The cremation and shradh ceremony of Yumlembam Sanamacha, who went missing six years ago after being taken away by the army, were held today. After a fruitless wait of six years, the class X student’s parents — Jugol Singh and Arubi Devi — gave up all hope that their beloved son would return someday. They cremated their son on February 17 and observed the shradh ceremony as per Vaishnavite rites and rituals on Sunday.

Since not a single part of Sanamacha’s body has been found by the bereaved family, a body was carved out of a log of wood and cremated with religious rites...

NEW DELHI, Feb 24 — In a significant development, the Central Government has ruled out the possibility of according Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe status to any more communities of Assam. The pronouncement that was made in the Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, F S Kulasve assumes significance because the case of Koch-Rajbongshi community is pending before the Central government.

Responding to a question by Dr Arun Kumar Sarmah, the Minister said that according to the modalities approved for deciding claims for inclusions, exclusion and other modifications in the list of...

GUWAHATI, Feb 24 – The State CID will file chargesheets in court against four surrendered ULFA (SULFA) militants allegedly involved in the killing of 12 of their associates and injuring 10 others at the Moran Polo Club of Upper Assam in 2001, a top police official said here today. The chargesheets would be filed in a day or two against prime accused Jayanta Hazarika, besides Junmoni Dihingia, Dilip Changmai and Probin Bailung, Additional Director General of Police, CID, RN Mathur said. The chargesheets would be filed in the session court here under various Sections 302/307/324/325/427/201/109...

GUWAHATI, Feb 23 — A 1967 batch Telco-made steam locomotive came alive on Saturday chugging along the 64-kilometre-long metre gauge route from Lower Haflong to Maibong set in the picturesque surroundings of North Cachar Hills, as the NF Railway ventured into promotion of tourism along its 100-year-old Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section.

As the vintage locomotive steamed in and out of numerous tunnels along the route dotted by a large number of bridges standing since British days, it relived the memory of old-age train safari for many of the small group of tourists converging from different parts...

JORHAT, Feb 23 — As a follow-up to the just-concluded first-ever Jorhat Bird Festival, a series of long-term measures to generate awareness, ensure security and facilitate proper roosting places for the migratory winged denizens was initiated in the district recently so as to make the overall environment avian-friendly.

The idea which was conceived by the Jorhat area MP Bijoy Krishna Handique, subsequently roped in NGOs like Prakriti, Keteki and Sewa to mobilise masses living in and around migratory bird habitats at Neamati, Kokilamukh, Jhanjimukh and Majuli, besides generating awareness on...