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GUWAHATI, April 5 ? Queen of elephants Parbati Barua is very sad today. For, the once tender - hearted people of her native State Assam have become intolerant towards the wild elephants. They even do not bother today to poison these majestic animals to death. Fourty seven-year-old, Smt Barua, a descendant of the Gauripur Jamindars and daughter of the legendary elephant expert Late Prakritesh Chandra Barua (Lalji), who has spent almost entire of her life with the elephants and known among the wildlife experts all over the world as the only woman elephant catcher in the world, said, while...

GOSSAIGAON, April 5? A group of miscreants, later on confirmed to be Adivasi militants, attacked a group of school students coming from Joyma Mission High School near Khoranala village under Guma Reserve Forest in Gossaigaon Sub Division around 2 pm today. The miscreants were armed with bows and arrows. Three school students? Dipak Basumatary (15) of Class VIII, Afsan Marak (14) of Class IX and Durga Narzary (17) of Class X were seriously injured in the incident. Afsan Marak?s chest was pierced by an arrow and was shifted to Kokrajhar RNB Civil Hospital. The Gossaigaon Anchalik ABSU...

Imphal, April 05: As anticipated, the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) which has two MLAs has snapped ties with the Opposition Democratic People?s Alliance (DPA) and joined the Congress led Secular Progressive Front (SPF) regime today. With this the strength of the SPF has risen to 38. A six point memorandum of understanding was signed between the DPP and the SPF for the induction of the DPP. Among others the main points of the MoU envisage that the territorial integrity of Manipur shall be protected at all cost, all necessary actions will be taken for reviewing the notification declaring...

GUWAHATI, April 4 ? Finally the long wait for the people of north eastern region was over. Guwahati was today put on the international aviation map with the maiden Air India flight taking off to Thailand capital Bangkok with capacity 200 passengers on board. A few minutes past 3 o?clock this afternoon, the 200-seater Airbus 310 took off from the tarmac of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport with the blessings of nonagenarian Surabala Bardoloi, wife of the Lokapriya.

An enthusiastic Union Civil Aviation Minister, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain informed that it was for the first time in...

GUWAHATI, April 4 ? The United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has in a release said that the organisation celebrated its eighth raising day on March 22 at the base area located at seven kilometres from the Rongbbin (General Head Quarter) in West Karbi Anglong. The organisation called for a permanent solution to the political problem in Karbi Anglong and NC Hills. The celebration day started with unfurling of the organisation flag by the UPDS chairman L Sonar and briefing about the important and significant of the raising day and the flag. The programme was followed by candle lighting in...