IMPHAL, Dec 16 ? Out of over 200 ethnic tribals who took shelters in Myanmar due to large-scale fightings between the troops of Indian Army and frontline United National Liberation Front along the porous border, 110 including women and children were handed over to the Indian authorities at Moreh, India?s gateway to the South-east Asian countries.

Official sources here said on Wednesday that around 90 tribals still in Myanmar, are to be handed over soon. The refugees who have been handed over include 52 males and 58 females and are being lodged at the Moreh Ward No. 2 Super Market where an...

NALBARI, Dec 16 ? The fate of hundreds of families of five revenue villages of Dhantola, Namati, Goroimari, Khudra Katra and Khudra Katla Barkuchi under Batahgila mouza, five kilometre away from Nalbari town, has become uncertain due to the negligence being shown by the government. The families were uprooted following the devastating floods caused by the Pagladia river year after year.

Till 1996, the situation of these villages was quite different and the villagers in those days led a prosperous life with bumper production of rice and other produce. The villagers who mostly depend on...

GUWAHATI, Dec 16 ? Assam has 18.93 lakh people living below the poverty line (BPL) with the highest 1.65 lakh in Nagaon district. Replying to a written query of Etwa Munda (Cong) in the State Assembly today, Food Minister Nazrul Islam said 35 kg rice per family was given at BPL price. Each family member was also given 700 gm sugar at Assam BPL price, four to five litre kerosene oil per family and five kg salt at BPL price. Attempts were being made to raise the living standards of the 4000 BPL families in the tea garden areas under the tea plantation development scheme.

GUWAHATI, Dec 16 ? The State has, in fact, received a total amount of Rs 613 crore from the Central Government besides the Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) and the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF), to meet the situation created by the devastating floods this year. Another amount of Rs 200 crore is also coming from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for the purpose.

Disclosing this in the State Assembly today, Minister of State for Finance Himanta Biswa Sarma said that those amounts were received by the State at the instance of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh...

GUWAHATI, Dec 16 ? The Assam Government has submitted a comprehensive scheme for the rehabilitation of the surrendered militants to the Central Government.

This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Home, Rockybul Hussain, in reply to the discussions on the cut motions on the supplementary demands for grant for vigilance commission and rehabilitation of surrendered militants for the current financial year in the State Assembly today.

The Minister informed the House that the Assam Chief Minister had requested the Centre to extend the facilities extended to the surrendered militants in...