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DIMAPUR, Jan 31 ? The Bharatiya Janata Party Nagaland unit in a bid to bring an end to the reign of the SC Jamir led Congress government has hooked up with three other political parties to form an alliance. If all goes well, the forthcoming elections would see Nagaland People?s Front (NPF), Samata Party, Janata Dal United and BJP jointly take on the Congress. This was disclosed by the BJP national vice-president Pyarelal Khandelwal at a press conference at the Kuda Guest House, here recently.?The decision was reached at a joint meeting of the BJP with its three would be allies.

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Guwahati, Jan. 31: For thousands of years, countless devotees have walked down the cobbled steps to reach the sanctum sanctorum of the Kamakhya temple to pay obeisance to the goddess. But from now on, pilgrims will not be allowed to break a coconut at the altar of the goddess or light incense sticks inside the main temple.

Threat to the structure of the temple due to vibrations, smoke and harmful chemicals ? pointed out by the Archaeological Survey of India ? have prompted the temple authorities to impose a ?ban? on breaking of coconuts and lighting of incense sticks inside the sanctum...

Silchar, Jan. 31: The Barak river in south Assam has been accorded high priority by the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation, considering its growing importance in terms of commercial traffic.

The corporation will take up dredging in congested stretches of the Barak river between Lakhipur and Karimganj.

A 140-km stretch of the river between Lakhipur and Karimganj has already been declared as National Waterway 4 as part of a plan to set up an all-season link with the National Waterway 1 between Allahabad and Calcutta. The corporation will also lay a ?channel marker? on the river to ensure...

New Delhi, Jan. 31: Members of Parliament from the region urged newly-appointed Union minister for the Northeast and small-scale industry C.P. Thakur and minister of state Tapan Sikdar to devote more time to the seven sister states.

Thakur and Sikdar were sworn in yesterday as part of a major Cabinet reshuffle in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

While most MPs expressed the hope that the duo would serve the region, they said there were loopholes in the functioning of Arun Shourie (who had held the portfolio earlier), which needed to be plugged. ?The foremost priority of the ministers...

Imphal, January 31: The All Manipur United Clubs' Organization (AMUCO) has expressed its gratitude to Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) for professing the ideal of "Live Together" and resenting the ethnic polarization with regards to the proposed Tipaimukh Dam, according to a press hand out issued by Tompok Likmabam, secretary, publicity, AMUCO. We have the strong belief that ethnic polarization is not the answer to the myriad number of problems' faced by the people of Manipur inhabiting in this hilly country of a small area of 22,356 square kilometers. We therefore, profess ethnic solidarity to solve...