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GUWAHATI, Jan 6 — While cellphone users in the rest of the country can celebrate the over 66 per cent reduction in STD call charges, those in Guwahati and Shillong will have to wait a while before they can join the celebrations. There is no immediate chance of a fall in current rates in the two North East cities, the only two in the region to have cellular phone services.

According to sources here, a rate-cut is possible only if the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), which carry the STD calls, decide to reduce its tariff. Currently, the BSNL peak STD rate is Rs 9 on an average. Last week...

NEW DELHI, Jan 6 — Two time Green Oscar winner and wildlife filmmaker Mike Pandey has now set his eyes on the rich biodiversity of the north-east and is looking forward to produce a series of documentaries on the region, reports PTI. He plans to prepare documentaries on themes ranging from wildlife to social issues concerning the area in an effort to disseminate information about the region to the world and seek solutions to the problems threatening its rich biodiversity.

“My dream to venture into the Northeast is more than a decade old and more so now, as I realise that the region is yet to...

Imphal, January 06: Around 60 NSCN (I-M) top cadres have left the Dimapur Airport for New Delhi as the two visiting supremos of the outfit have cancelled their much speculated trip to Nagaland, according to highly placed sources. Sources said that the cadres, many of whom have not yet seen the outfit chairman Isak Chisi Swu and general secretary Th Muivah in persons, have left the Nagaland commercial town in three batches for New Delhi to meet and to be introduced to them. Muivah and Swu have restricted their trip only to New Delhi due to 'certain reasons', sources said. Sources further...

Guwahati, Jan. 5: The outlawed United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has announced a seven-day economic blockade from January 12 in the two districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills in protest against destruction of forests by ginger cultivators. “The blockade is a step towards implementing a practical and rational forest policy that our outfit has drafted to protect the dwindling green cover in the two districts,” the Karbi Anglong N.C. Hills People’s Resistance, which is the armed wing of the UPDS, said in a release here. “We protest against massive destruction of forestry...

Shillong, Jan. 5: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) general secretary P.A. Sangma’s dream of giving his party a firm foothold in his home state appears to be finally taking shape. Some top political leaders are poised to join the party before the Assembly polls, due next month. The NCP had got a boost when Meghalaya chief minister F.A. Khonglam joined the party. It is now the turn of industries minister Simon Siangshai, who represents the coal belt of Rymbai in Jaintia Hills, to change allegiance. He is likely to quit the Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP) soon, but the announcement is being...