Economy / Assam

Guwahati, July 13: Unabated extortion by several militant outfits operating in the state has posed a serious threat to the economy, if any, of the state. Of late many business organisations have shifted their base from the state to Siliguri and other places to escape the huge extortion demands from extremist outfits. It is a known fact that various central organisations operating in the state are also receiving demands from militants as well as a section of armed miscreants. The field operations of many such central organisations have been brought to a grinding halt depriving the common people...

Guwahati, July 11: The Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) has allegedly signed the Lease, Rehabilitation, Operation and Transfer (LROT) agreement on the Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (BTPS) with the US-based Ogden Energy Incorporate, blocking all ways for preventing the privatisation of BTPS, even as an impression has been given by the State Government that efforts are on to find out a judicious solution to the issue of the privatisation of this public sector coal-based power station. The state government has also been holding parleys with the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) and the Joint...