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NEW DELHI, June 17 ? India has raised the issue of militants of the North-East including the outlawed ULFA enjoying a free run of the country with the visiting Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, M Morshed Khan, only to be assured again that the country would not allow forces inimical to India to misuse its soil. The issue figured during a luncheon meeting between Morshed Khan and the Indian External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh here this afternoon that was also attended by officials of both the countries including Foreign Secretary, Chokila Iyer and High Commissioner of Bangladesh. The...

GUWAHAT, June 17 ? The whole of the State today woke up to the tunes of the melodious, meaningful and aesthetic songs of Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwalla, the doyen of modern Assamese culture, to pour its heart out in the endeavour of start his birth centenary celebrations as that of a national hero. Various organisations have chalked out different programmes to celebrate the occasion throughout the year. In the city, a human chain was formed at the Guwahati Club point, at 7-43 am, the time the Rupkonwar was born at a century back, under the auspices of the All Assam Jyotiprasad Agarwalla Birth...

GUWAHATI, June 17 ? The Human Rights Cell of the Assam Police has directed all the police stations of the State not to detain any non-criminal lunatic (NCL) in a police lock-up. Inspector General of Police, DK Borah, who is the head of the Human Rights Cell of the Assam Police, recently sent a circular to all the police stations with details of the ways to treat a non-criminal lunatic. The circular pointed out that many police officers are not aware of the treatment to be given to the non-criminal lunatics once they are found in a situation where they may either cause injury to themselves or...

AGARTALA, June 17 ? Ironical it may sound but Tripura has achieved the dubious distinction of being the only State in the country where junior engineers and non-civil service officers are being promoted to the IAS cadre and posted in senior positions, that too violating the prescribed rules and norms.

The first experience of its kind was in 1998 when a Superintending Engineer Aravinda Guha was promoted to the IAS cadre. This was followed by promotion of a non TCS officer L Darlong in 2000, then in 2001 promotion of an executive engineer Hiralal Chakrabarty. Now in this year 2002 again an...

IMPHAL, June 17 ? After the attack by a mysterious disease in Tipaimukh sub-division of Churachandpur district recently, another mysterious epidemic has gripped Moreh, a border town neighbouring Myanmar under Chandel district. According to a report received here, so far, a police constable of the Moreh police station died while eleven others of the said police post have been taken ill. It is also said that the people afflicted with the unknown disease first complained of headache followed by vomiting, trembling of the body and fatigue. It is learnt that the disease started spreading in and...