Development

GUWAHATI, Nov 21 ? The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today stressed the need for creating a cohesive autonomous institution to deal with the gigantic problem of floods. He also assured that the Central Government was committed to implementing the Assam Accord in letter and spirit.

Inaugurating the new capital complex at Dispur here today, the Prime Minister said that though the rivers Brahmaputra and Barak and their tributaries were lifelines of the State, every year, the people had to suffer the devastation of floods and ?our efforts should be to make floods a thing of the past.?

He...

ITANAGAR, Nov 20 ? Bosiram Siram, a newly-elected BJP MLA from Pasighat East, has taken over as president of the Arunachal Pradesh unit of the party. ?BJP president L K Advani appointed me as new state unit president yesterday,? he told a press conference here on Friday.

Asked why the outgoing president of the state unit Taba Hare was absent at the press conference, Siram, a former chairman of the Siang district panchayat, said he had met Hare Friday morning and the latter congratulated him. He disclosed that Hare resigned from the post of state unit president seven days ago owning moral...

SHILLONG, Nov 20 ? Chief Minister DD Lapang has apprised Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh of the long-hanging inter-state boundary dispute with Assam. The Chief Minister, who was recently in New Delhi met the Prime Minister to hold a threadbare discussion on the issue.

?I told the Prime Minister that Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi too was keen on arriving at a lasting solution in this regard,? Lapang said, adding the grassroots administrative organisations of both the neighbouring states were engaged in discussions to thrash out a solution acceptable to all.

The Ri-Bhoi and Jaintia Hills...

GUWAHATI, Nov 20?The Federation of Industries and Commerce of North Eastern Region (FINER) has resented the renewed move to include North Bengal in the North Eastern Council (NEC).

The move is aimed only at making this part of the neighbouring West Bengal a beneficiary of the benefits applicable to the NE region, said the industries and commerce body. The renewed move has come to light with reports on it in a section of the national print media, it said.

FINER is of the view that the NEC and consequently the various fiscal packages offered to the NE region is based on the rationale that the...

Imphal, Nov 20 ? Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has finally fulfilled the long cherished dream of the Manipuris with the handing over of historic Kangla fort to the Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in a mammoth public function inside the Kangla here on Saturday.

The historic fort with 236.84 acres of land situated at the heart of the Imphal city is the coronation and sacred place of the first known Meitei King, Nongda Lairen Pakhangba in 33 A.D. Kangla, considered the seat of Manipuri culture was occupied by the Assam Rifles since1891 the year princely state Manipur lost her...

JIRIBAM, Nov 20 ? Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has reiterated his appeals to the insurgents of the north eastern region particularly outfits operating in this sensitive border state to eschew the path of violence and join the national mainstream for restoration of peace and prosperity at the earliest. He said doors are always open for meaningful dialogues with all insurgent groups.

Speaking as chief guest while laying the foundation stone of the multi crore Jiribam-Imphal railway line here, the Prime Minister categorically stated that military action will not solve the problem of...

JIRIBAM (MANIPUR),Nov 20 ? Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today ceremonially laid the foundation stone of Rs 726.56 crore 97.90 km long Jiribam-Imphal Road (Tupul) new railwayline project at Jiribam in Manipur ,45 km from Silchar.

Dr Singh in his address said that the long cherished dream of the people of Manipur has been fulfilled after the starting of this railway link work in the state.Dr Singh expressed concern over the backward communication network of the state .

He said that the Manipur has all the resources and potentialities but the state is dependent on only two NHs,which are...

SHILLONG, Nov 19 ? The Centre has found the progress of 21 housing projects for urban poor in the north eastern region being executed by the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) ?as per schedule? but expressed dismay over maintenance of assets created by the agency by respective state governments.

A review meeting by Secretary, Union Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Chitra Chopra with NBCC chairman-cum-managing director Arup Roy Choudhury discussed yesterday the implementation of the projects, official sources said.

The meeting took note that of the 21 projects in the...

GUWAHATI, Nov 19 ? The archaeological site of Ambari in the city is now open for visitors. From 10 am to 4 pm every working day, visitors will be able to see for themselves what the already excavated part of the site has been preserving for them. The excavated part of the site provides testimony to the State?s civilisation dated about 13 centuries back, said Director of State Archaeology Dr H N Dutta here today.

State?s Cultural Affairs Minister Dr Hemaprabha Saikia today opened the Ambari Archaeological site and its site museum for the visitors at a function held by the Archaeology...

GUWAHATI, Nov 19 ? Manipur is all set to get practical and real railway connection as the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the new line from Jiribam to Tupul near Imphal on November 20. Though Manipur is officially connected by the rail network, the last station Jiribam is located just 1.50 kilometres inside the inter-state border and the State will get proper rail connectivity only after the completion of the new line.

The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the North East Frontier Railway, T Rabha told The Assam Tribune that the foundation stone laying ceremony would be...