SHILLONG, January 10 (PTI): A Ministry of Home Affairs team today visited the ethnic-violence-hit areas along the Assam-Meghalaya border and said that the clashes appeared to be “well-planned.” The

(Left) KMSS General Secretary Akhil Gogoi leading a demonstration at Dispur last gate on Monday, January 10. The KMSS alleged that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is involved in embezzling public money of the state.

Guwahati | January 10 : Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday ruled out general amnesty for members of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) despite an atmosphere of talks. But, he said, his go

South Sudanese men wait to casts their vote at a polling station in Juba, Southern Sudan, on Monday. Thousands of people began casting ballots Sunday during a weeklong vote to choose the destiny of this war-rav

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Former US President Jimmy Carter, right, greets Southern Sudanese men waiting to cast their vote at a polling station in Juba, Southern Sudan on January 9. About four million  Southern Sudanese voters bega

New Delhi, January 9 (PTI): Paresh Baruah, the military chief of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), seems to be enjoying hospitality in  China as his presence in the neighbouring cou

Kolkata, January 9 (PTI): Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi on Sunday favoured banning of opinion polls with the enforcement of the model code of conduct and said the constitutional body should also be

New Delhi, January 9 (PTI): Telangana protagonists may claim Hyderabad as an integral part of their region but the statehood demand does not arouse the “same intensity of emotions” among the residen

GUWAHATI, January 9 (TAT): Peasant organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti alleged that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is involved in embezzling the public money of the State and part of the money laundered by hi

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GUWAHATI, January 8 (PTI): BJP on Saturday adopted a statement on Telangana issue at its national executive meet, demanding that the government introduce a bill in Parliament at the earliest for the creation of

New Delhi, January 8 (PTI): Taking forward her resolve to take corruption head on, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written letters to Union Ministers and state chief ministers asking them to give up their d

NEW YORK, January 8 (Reuters Life!): News organizations had the most influence on the top Twitter topics in 2010 but some celebrities were not far behind, according to new research. Alok Choudhary, the chair of

Juba (Sudan), January 8 (Agencies): A new country is widely expected to emerge on the African continent following southern Sudan’s independence referendum, which begins Sunday. The week-long poll gives th

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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century-Baron de Montesquieu

Without freedom, no one really has a name-Milton Acorda

Who speaks of liberty while the human mind is in chains?-Francis Wright