Priests of the Kamakhya temple showing the indelible ink marks on their fingers after casting their votes in the election for the posts of Dolois in Guwahati on Wednesday. – UB Photos
Ties with ASEAN, Singapore key part of our Look East policy: PM
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): With a formal partnership with ASEAN now two decades old, India sees its ties with the 10-nation forum as a key component of its Look East policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, as he left for Bali and Singapore on a fo ...Man held for planning to attack Advani
Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS): A man has been detained here for allegedly planning an attack on LK Advani during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's Jan Chetna Yatra, police said on Thursday. ...
India's food inflation declines further, still in double digits
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS): India's food inflation declined for the second consecutive week at 10.39 percent for the week ended Nov 5, but still continued to be in double digits, official data showed on Thursday. ...
'More financial sops being considered for Northeast'
Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS): The Central government may provide additional financial sops to the economically weak and revenue-starved northeastern States, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Wednesday quoting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...
Tripura's new police chief takes charge
Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS): Sanjay Sinha, a 1978 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer on Wednesday took over as Director General of Tripura Police. ...
India to raise Paresh’s presence in China
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 – India is again likely to lodge its protest against the free run enjoyed by ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah in China, besides the flow of weapons into the North Eastern region from that country. ...
Hagrama links Statehood demand to Telangana
KOKRAJHAR, Nov 16 – Hagrama Mohilary today reiterated that the Bodoland Statehood demand would be intensified if the Central Government came up with the creation of Telangana as a separate State out of Andhra Pradesh. ...
Gas Cracker project cost revised to Rs 8,920 cr
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 – The under-construction mega gas cracker project today got a fresh boost when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the revised cost estimates of the Assam Gas Cracker Project to the tune of Rs 8,920 crore. The p ...
NE States ignored over NSCN(IM) peace pact
GUWAHATI, Nov 16 – The Central Government has not given due consideration to the views of the concerned State Governments while preparing the roadmap for signing an agreement with the NSCN (I-M) and now only a few minor differences are to be settled ...
Aishwarya blessed with girl child
MUMBAI, Nov 16 – It is a baby girl for Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan. ...
No pressure on 2G audit: CAG
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 – CAG Vinod Rai today rejected reports that there was pressure from Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee chairman Murli Manohar Joshi to expedite audit work of 2G spectrum allocation and said no findings were ever shared with the ...
Climate change may cause extinction of rare NE flora, fauna
IMPHAL, Nov 16 – A number of rare and endemic species of flora and fauna found in the North East may soon be extinct due to climate change unless conservation efforts are accelerated, warns a new report, reports PTI. ...
CM takes up Bharat Ratna issue with PM
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today renewed his appeal for conferring the Bharat Ratna on Dr Bhupen Hazarika to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. ...
