Imphal, January 16: With the Nagaland Assembly election round the corner, political parties of the State have exploited the ongoing NSCN(IM)-GOI peace talk to the maximum as a poll plank, through interpreting the issue from different angles. While Chief Minister SC Jamir seems to pursue the flip flop stand about the ongoing parleys between the NSCN-IM leaders and Central Leaders in New Delhi, the Opposition Front, NPF headed by former CM Hokishe Sema has gone with the full backing to the ongoing peace talk considering that the issue could be the best bet and bait for the forthcoming election...

Guwahati, Jan. 16: The NSCN (I-M) today dismissed the Centre?s assertion that future rounds of peace talks with the outfit would be held only in the country.

Deputy kilo kilonser (?home minister?) of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) V. Horam told The Telegraph via telephone from Dimapur that they were not bound to hold future talks in India.

?As far as we are concerned, the future talks could be held in Delhi or in any European or Asian country,? Horam said.

Union minister of state for home I.D. Swami, in a telephone interview with The Telegraph recently, had said the...

Jorhat, Jan. 16: A landmark signature campaign is under way in rural areas along the Brahmaputra in Jorhat and Sivasagar districts to create awareness to conserve birds in the region. A charter containing suggestions for protection of birds with one lakh signatures will be presented to chief minister Tarun Gogoi at the inaugural function of first-ever bird festival in Assam. The four-day event will begin on January 19 in Jorhat and Sivasagar simultaneously.

The festival has been organised by the Action for Greener Earth to generate awareness among the people to preserve the avian heritage on...

New Delhi, January 16: It's pouring good news from the North-east. As hopes surge over a peaceful settlement to the Naga issue, sources hint that the protracted Bodo problem that has been plaguing Assam is close to a solution.

The tripartite talks involving the Centre, state government and the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) are in final stages, and an agreement may be finalised this month.

Sources in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that nearly all prickly issues had been sorted, and only some technical formalities needed to be worked out. ‘‘As soon as NSCN (I-M) leaders leave after...

Tezpur/Guwahati, Jan. 15: If the numerous fans of Assam’s cultural icon Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla are attracted towards the Rupkonwar by his films, verses and songs, than there is “virtual reality” on the worldwide web to fire their fascination. A website, www.rupkonwar.net, on the poet-lyricist-filmmaker was inaugurated today in Tezpur, two days ahead of a grand function in Guwahati to mark his birth centenary celebrations.

That’s not all. Sonitpur deputy commissioner Ariz Ahmed said the district administration would request Delhi University to introduce research work on the doyen of Assamese...