Guwahati, Feb. 3 : Various members belonging to intelligentsia, peace workers, academicians and social activist groups from different states of the northeast India recently participated in a seminar on issues related to peace and development.

The two-day workshop-cum-seminar had a theme ''Peace Alone Leads to Development and Prosperity''. It was held to provide various representatives from northeastern states, a platform to interact and share views on the futility of violence and discuss how to bring peace in the region.

Guwahati, Jan.

Srinagar, Jan. 26 : Despite a boycott call given by the extremists, Republic Day was celebrated with great patriotism and fervour on Monday here.

The main programme was held at the Bakshi Stadium where the state's Rural Development Minister Ali Mohammed Sagar unfurled the national flag and took the salute.

Defying the boycott call, people came out in large numbers to witness the flag hoisting ceremony followed by a colourful cultural programme.

Guwahati, Jan. 22: The 39th All India Police Science Congress at Guwahati in India''s northeast Assam has called for better training and motivation of police personnel to fight urban terrorism.

The three-day Police Congress recommended separation of investigation from maintenance of law and order. It also suggested an increase in the police-population ratio across India.

Senior police officials called for advance planning to fight urban terrorism efficiently.

Guwahati, Jan. 22: The recently held 39th All India Police Science Congress at Guwahati in Assam has given a call to provide better training and motivation to police personnel to fight terrorism in urban cities of the country.

The three-day police science congress recommended separation of investigation from maintenance of law and order. It also suggested an increase in the police-population ratio across India.

Senior police officials called for advance planning to fight urban terrorism efficiently.

The Supreme Court observed that legislators cannot be unseated by courts, where as, it is the presiding officer of the house who is the appropriate authority for disqualifying a legislator.

These observations were made by a bench consisting of Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Justice Makandey Katju and Justice P. Sathasivam, while hearing a public interest lawsuit by Birendrah Singh, in which he sought disqualification of Congress parliamentarian Moni Kumar Subba from Tezpur in Assam.

Singh argued that Subba belongs to Nepal, from where he fled after committing a crime and is not an Indian citizen.