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GUWAHATI, April 1? The Government has set up a National Commission for Youth, headed by Balbir Punj, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). The Commission had its first meeting here recently where the members reiterated their commitment to the terms of reference of the commission which has been set up to enable the Government to overcome the problems confronting the youth and among other things bring fresh perspectives to the issues involved.

This would be achieved by reorienting and reorganizing the ongoing youth programmes to increase their effectiveness, outreach and take fresh initiatives...

AIZAWL, April 1 ? Three ultras have surrendered in Mizoram while the state police have arrested one activist in different parts of the State, reports PTI. Three militants belonging to the Union Territory Demand Army (UTDA) surrendered to the Saiha district superintendent of Police Aloke Kumar on Wednesday, police said Sunday quoting delayed reports reaching from the interiors. In another incident, the leader of Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force (MFLF) was arrested on Tuesday in the state capital, police said. The three surrendered activists of UTDA, which was allegedly involved in looting of...

AGARTALA, April 1 ? Tripura Government has announced revised payscale for Junior Engineers serving in four specific departments under fixed pay basis and slapped fresh duty on sale and marketing of foreign liquor in state, Information Minister Jitendra Chowdhury announced on Sunday. Chowdhury said the decisions were taken in a meeting of the council of Ministers, held Saturday night. Elaborating the decisions, Chowdhury said the Cabinet approved regular pay scale for Junior Engineers working under fixed pay salary in four departments including Agriculture, Rural Development, Power and Public...

DIPHU, April 1 ? A central study team from the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, visited Karbi Anglong recently to study the role and function of autonomous district councils in decentralising planning and management of primary education in the district. The team covered all aspects administration and financial and through visits to 25 primary schools and took interviews with Executive Council members, district and State level officers. The team also examined the DPEP intervention. The findings of the team were that the autonomous council and the State...

GUWAHATI, April 1 ? Even as the Guwahati Development Department Minister, Sri Anjan Dutta is in the eye of a storm over the procedure of allotment of checkgates and parking places, his ministerial colleague, Pradyut Bordoloi, Minister of State for Home, today assured the State Assembly that strict measures would be taken to prevent ?extortion? at checkgates all over the State. Bringing a Call Attention Motion in the House today, AGP legislator, Dilip Kumar Saikia raised alarm over the unabated extortion in these checkgates and drew the attention of the House to newspaper reports over ?reign of...