Govt to declare more districts as drought-hit The State Government is all set to declare some more districts as drought affected due to deficit rainfall in the last few days. The final declaration to this effect is to be made tomorrow.
BSF-BDR stand-off at Pyrdiwah Villagers in Pyrdiwah are moving to safer places with the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) engaged in a stand-off over border dispute, in a recreation of 2001 BDR attack on the village.
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Police asked to exercise restraint Taking strong exception to the reported custodial deaths, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that he had instructed police and other law-enforcing agencies to ensure that no innocent person was killed or harassed while discharging their duties.
Call off public hearings on hydel projects: NGO The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti has demanded that the Assam Government take immediate steps to ensure that the Government of India and Arunachal Pradesh Government call off the Public Hearings on 3,000 MW Dibang valley and 1,750 MW Demwe Lower (Lohit) projects, which are scheduled to take place in August this year.
WB report blames geographical isolation Insurgency and geographical isolation from the rest of India are two of the major causes for underdevelopment of the North East region of India despite the fact that the region has abundance of natural resources, said a report of the World Bank.
Flood tourism: Turning a bane into boon When certain parts of the State are reeling under floods, some other areas are cashing in on the rising waters by conducting guided tours for local tourists as well as for backpackers from outside the State.
Top ULFA cadre arrested Police today claimed to have averted a major disaster after it arrested Indrajeet Bania, a dreaded ULFA cadre, who was planning to trigger a high-intensity blast in Guwahati in the next few days.
