DIYUN (Changlang) Jan 20 : Arunachal?s minister for Information & Public Relations C.C. Singpho has inaugurated a Mahabodhi School at Diyun in Changlang district on January 14 last under the aegis of the Mahabodhi Society Bangalore. C.C. Singpho described the opening of the school as a historic occasion for the people of Diyun area for the school will not only impart general education but also spiritual education based on Buddhism. The Minister also donated 28 acres of land for permanent construction of the school campus. The school initially started upto class III will be upgrated in...

GUWAHATI, Jan 20 ? Incredible it may sound. But, truth at times sounds stranger, incredibly stranger. For the past over 50 years, a group of Assamese farmers is living in a sort of commune. Initially, the group consisted of 25 to 30 families, now it consists of 63 families. But, even today, when the strong wind of market economy has been shattering all social structures in the developing countries, these farmers are exercising their minds to strengthen this commune more.

Incidentally, the place where these farmers are living is only about 55 kms off this capital city. Winds of change, modern...

New Delhi, Jan. 20: An expected Bodo agreement stumbled in the last stretch before breasting the tape, compelling the Centre to merely extend the ceasefire between the security forces and Bodo militants for a month from tonight.

The ceasefire, which had held the fragile peace in the Bodo region, was scheduled to expire tonight.

Expectations were high that an agreement would be wrapped up at the end of today?s tripartite negotiations between the Assam government, the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) and Union home ministry officials. Even a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had been prepared and...

Shillong, Jan. 20: The Meghalaya PCC today openly admitted that it has been forced to remain in the People?s Forum of Meghalaya (PFM) coalition government for the past 13 months, knowing fully well that it was ?making a mistake? and the government was not performing up to expectations.

While releasing the party?s manifesto here today, Congress president S.C. Marak admitted that his party has had to compromise its agenda in ?coalition politics?.

Without mincing words he said the party had made mistakes while being a part of the PFM coalition. He also admitted that the Congress had compromised...

Jorhat, Jan. 20: The CBI has rounded up nine persons from Majuli in connection with the abduction and subsequent killing of social worker Sanjoy Ghose. They would be presented before the court as witnesses tomorrow.

The second hearing of the sensational case will be held tomorrow. The first hearing was on December 17.

Sources here said the CBI team, which landed on the island on January 18, failed to track down Chandan Doley, a prime witness to the incident. Doley, who was abducted along with Ghose from Mekheli village in the island on July 4, 1997, managed to escape from the clutches of the...