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Shillong, Feb. 13: Dismissing talk of the Centre isolating the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, the Union minister of state for home, I.D. Swami, today said the government had not lost sight of the fact that the outfit had as much a stake in Nagaland?s future as the Isak-Muivah group.

Swami told newspersons here that the Centre would hold talks with all insurgent outfits of the Northeast, provided they did not set any conditions. He said efforts were on to convince the NSCN (K) to opt for a dialogue and that the Centre had deputed secretaries in the home ministry to talk with S.S. Khaplang.

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UDALGURI, Feb 13 ? The Nepali-speaking communities all over India and the Bodos in Assam and other NE States both belong to the minority linguistic groups like other minorities sharing common problems and hence when the Bodoland Territorial Council is formed, the Bodo organisations themselves have to ensure security to land, property and human resources of all minority ethnic groups living in the BTC. This view was expressed by Sri Sukhman Moktan, organising secretary of All India Gorkha Parishanga while speaking as distinguished guest in the open session of the 34th biennial (golden jubilee...

GUWAHATI, Feb 13 ? Eminent litterateur Medini Choudhury breathed his last while on way to a city hospital around 10 am today. Choudhury was terminally ill for the past couple of years. He was 76. Born to Late Hitram Choudhury and Late Sarala Bala Choudhury at Ramcha village near Goreswar in Kamrup District, Choudhury had his school education at Gadlapara and Nalbari Gurdon High School. He did his BA from Cotton College in 1948.

After working as a journalist for the Asomiya and the Dainik Santidoot for some years, Choudhury joined the Assam Civil Service in 1956. He retired from Government...

Imphal, Febuary 12: Irom Maioak of Manipur who won the Hest Cinematographer Award in the 49th National Film Awards under the Best Non-film category for the year 2001 for a documentary "The Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh" will be presented the award to him by the President of India in a glittering function at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on February 13 (Thursday), sources here said on Wednesday. The documentary English film is exploring the vibrant rites and rituals of the Monpa tribe, the largest Buddhist tribe of Tawang in the western most district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Bhutan and...

SHILLONG, Feb 12 ? A total of 317 candidates were left in the fray after withdrawal of nominations on the last date of withdrawal Monday for the February 26 Meghalaya Assembly election, official sources said today, reports PTI.

Chief Minister Dr Flinder Anderson Khonglam is locked in a five-corner contest from Sohra on HSPDP ticket while Deputy Chief Minister D D Lapang (Congress) is fighting a four- corner contest from his earlier constituency Nongpoh.

Former Chief Minister Salseng Marak (Congress) is facing a straight fight with NCP candidate Timothy Shira from Resubelpara. Another former...