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GUWAHATI, April 25 : The proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has expressed its ?grave concern? over mounting tension and mistrust among different communities in the State over proposed Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Dismissing the reported allegation of Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) publicity secretary, Mainao Daimari who stated that ULFA was trying to create confusion among Bodo people over BTC and conspiring to deprive Bodo people of their democratic right, the banned ULFA in a statement today said that the BLT leader made the ?sweeping remarks? in the media without reading...

DIMAPUR, April 24 ? The National Socialist Council of Nagaland headed by Isak-Muivah while reacting to the statement made by the RSS chief K S Sudershan during his recent visit to the neighbouring State?s capital Imphal, where he blamed Christians for the upheaval and unrest in Manipur and other parts of the country, has questioned as to why he was trying to sow seeds of hatred among the people. The Convenor of the NSCN (IM)?s Ceasefire Monitoring Cell, Phungthing Shimrang during an informal interaction with the press at its office based at Diphupar village near here asserted that even before...

GUWAHATI, April 24 ? In a written reply to Sri P Prabhakar Reddy in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Sri Jagmohan said that in order to boost the flow of tourists in the country, the Government in its budget proposals for 2002-03 has announced the following tax concessions:

l Exemption of air travel tax from and to North East.

l Service tax exemption given earlier to be extended for one more

year. In cases of functions and banquets where the entire bill is

for catering services, no service tax would be charged.

l Expenditure tax on hotels henceforth to...

IMPHAL, April 24 ? Five persons including three civilians were killed during an encounter between the BSF and militants at Sugnu area in Manipur?s Thoubal district, DIG BSF PK Misra said on Wednesday, reports PTI. Earlier reports had said four persons including two civilians were killed in the encounter which lasted for over an hour on Tuesday. Two underground members were also killed in the encounter. Two others were injured during the exchange of fire, police said. The bodies of the dead and the injured persons were taken away by the underground members. Misra said in a statement that an...

NEW DELHI, April 24 ? The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has ruled out the possibility of students from the North East studying in Delhi being involved with terrorist and drug trafficking activities. The Ministry?s reply was in response to a question tabled by MVVS Murthi and Ram Mohan Gadde who, quoting a news report in the Hindu, wanted to know whether the Government had any intelligence report that some of the students from the North East who come to Delhi are involved in terrorist and drug activities.

There is no evidence or input to suggest that the students from the north-eastern States...