Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi with recipients of ‘Shilpi Bota 2012’ Apurba Kumar Das (left) and Dr Dilip Ranjan Borthakur at Rabindra Bhawan in Guwahati on Tuesday. – EP

Govt extends suspension of operations pact with NDFB
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (PTI): To facilitate the ongoing peace process, the government has decided to extend the suspension of operations agreement with insurgent group NDFB (P) for six more months till June 30. ...

US says it is open to working with India on missile shield
The offer was made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Robert Scher who said that the Indo-US defence ties were valuable and critical not only for the security and stability of the region, but globally. ...

Rajiv appointed new CISF chief
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (IANS): Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rajiv was Wednesday appointed the new chief of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that guards India's vital installations, including airports and nuclear establishments. ...

Krishna brings healing touch to Tamils
KILINOCHCHI (Sri Lanka), Jan 18 (IANS): Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visited this former Tamil Tiger hub Wednesday and gifted medical equipment to a hospital, unveiled a renovated school and handed over houses built with New Delhi's ...

No MFN status yet for India: Pak minister
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (IANS): Two months after the proposal was cleared, Pakistan is yet to accord Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, a minister has said. ...

Wikipedia shuts for 24 hours
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (IANS): Wikipedia, which describes itself as the largest encyclopaedia in human history, has blacked out its English-language site to protest proposed US anti-piracy laws. ...

India, China set up working mechanism
NEW DELHI, Jan 17 – In a fresh attempt to restore normalcy along the border, India and China on Tuesday set up a mechanism signing a pact on ‘Establishment of a Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs. The ag ...

Rich tributes paid to Rupkonwar
GUWAHATI, Jan 17 – Rich tributes were offered to Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala in a function to mark Silpi Diwas in the city today. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who was present in the event organised by the Cultural Affairs Directorate, presented the ...

Govt files caveat in SC
NEW DELHI, Jan 17 – Government today moved the Supreme Court with a caveat on Army Chief Gen V K Singh’s petition on the age row as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the issue with Defence Minister A K Antony, reports PTI. ...

BJP flays Govt
NEW DELHI, Jan 17 – BJP today attacked the government for its “failure” in handling the age matter of Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who has dragged the government to the Supreme Court on the issue, reports PTI. ...

Case against Gilani likely
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 – In yet another embarrassment for the beleaguered Pakistan government, the Supreme Court today suspended the licence of a lawyer close to President Asif Ali Zardari, as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani faced the possibility of a c ...

Expert for dynamic, pseudo-static analyses
GUWAHATI, Jan 17 – The Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project’s (LSHEP’s) dam needs a pseudo-static analysis and a dynamic analysis to allay popular fear about its safety. This is to be done by adopting peak ground acceleration (pga) as approved ...

Majuli deserves World Heritage status: Bansal
JORHAT, Jan 17 – Visiting the erosion-hit areas at Salmora, Majuli this afternoon, P K Bansal, Union Cabinet Minister of Water Resources and V H Pala, Minister of State for Water Resources, stated at a meeting held in the Majuli College playground ne ...

49 pc stake for foreign airlines likely
NEW DELHI, Jan 17 – Accepting a major demand of the cash-strapped aviation industry, the government today said it would soon launch the process to allow foreign airlines 49 per cent stake in Indian carriers. ...