Students protest abduction of MUSU Chief
A Life came to a grinding halt    in Manipur during the 24-hour bandh called by the Manipur University Students・ Union (MUSU) after its president Kh Ashokumar of Heirok was abducted. All inter and intra state bus services were suspended due to the strike.    All business and educational institutes remained closed and thin attendance was reported    in government offices.  The Khwairamband Keithel, the   main market of Manipur, was completely closed. Police        and security personnel were stationed at key locations in   the State in view of the strike. The MUSU Chief was taken away forcibly by suspected members of  the People・s Liberation Army (PLA) from the union・s office in Canchipur. Four others, who were in the room of the President, were also beaten up by the suspected militants. The All Manipur Students・ Union (AMSU), Manipur Students・ Association of Delhi (MSAD) and Democratic Students・ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) were also supporting the strike.
National Games a prestige issue for State: Kapil
Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev has urged the people of Assam to put their hands together in order to host the forthcoming National Games successfully. The former Indian captain said that it is matter of prestige for the people of Assam and if the Games can not be organised in a befitting manner the country will laugh at them. The State Government should take the responsibility of raising funds as the government invited the Games to the State, he said. 
Special attention to NE by AFMS
Vice-Admiral VK Singh, Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) inaugurated the CT Scan Centre at the 151 Base Hospital in Guwahati recently. He said that the AFMS has paid special attention to the insurgency prone areas like North-East.  ：We are providing extra medical equipment, doctors and medicines to those areas for minimising the chances of loss of life,； he said.
ANVC denies truce call-off
Outlawed ANVC has denied reports that it has threatened to call off its ceasefire with the government and return to the jungle as reported in the media. Publicity secretary of the outfit Arist Sengsrang Sangma said that the news report was incorrect. He said that was misquoted by a section of the press and reiterated that the ANVC was keen to begin political dialogue with the government. ：We have neither threatened to back out of the ceasefire nor do we intend to   do so in the near future     despite having to face several constraints from the government side,； he said..
Regional parties should unite
Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Mahanta has stressed the need of co-ordination between all the regional parties in the North-East to take on the national parties. Mr Mahanta said that his present task was to strengthen all the regional parties as the people have more trust in them than the national parties. He said that efforts were also made to tie-up with leaders like the former Meghalaya Chief Minister E K Mawlong.
UN help for    AIDS control programme in NE 
To cope with the menace of HIV/AIDS in the North-East region, a forum of the North-Eastern states will be constituted on November 19 under the aegis of the United Nations. Dr Dennis Brown, co-ordinator of UN・s AIDS control unit in India recently met Assam Chief Minister and briefed him about this initiative. The Chief Minister has assured all possible Government help to Dr Dennis. He also emphasized on intensifying the public awareness drives on the matter and also said that the government is trying to include information about the disease in the school text books. Mr. Gogoi also stressed the need of involving NGOs, Village and Anchalik Panchayats and Zila Parishads in the endeavour.
NDFB: No links with ISI
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) denied that it was seeking the help of ISI in its struggle for a ．sovereign Bodoland・. The NDFB has nothing to do with Pakistan・s ISI. We are struggling for the liberation of Bodoland and freedom of Bodo people  ．against aggression・, NDFB Secretary General Gobinda Basumatary claimed. Asked about the Boro Territorial Council he said the Bodos felt it to be ．insufficient・ in fulfilling their aspirations. On the 2006 Assembly polls he said election was not their aim.
Import of pigs banned 
Nagaland has banned the trade in pigs from Uttar Pradesh following reports of pig deaths due to Japanese Encephalitis.

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