GUWAHATI, January 21: Keeping pace with the rapid strides in the field of general agriculture in Assam, organic farming too has come of age in the State. This has the potential of opening up the doors of foreign markets, particularly Europe, where consumption of organically grown foodstuff is currently the rage. Organically cultivated joha rice from Assam will be one of the prized exhibits from India at the world-level Bio Fach-2001 that is to be held at Nurumberg, Germany, from February 15 to 18. Bio-Fach is an exclusive exhibition of organic food and drinks, farm shop supplies, natural...

ITANAGAR, January 22: Aruanchal's Power Department on Sunday asked the M/S Boving Fouress Limited, Bangalore, to complete all the three power projects awarded to them by State Government in the year 1993-94 following the rejection of its petition by the Gauhati High Court last year. "Since the company's writ petition was dismissed by the court, now they should start works on all three power projects to complete as early as possible as it was already delayed by more than four years," State Power Minister Lijum Ronya in a press note said. The minister said, "If the company does not start works...

DIBRUGARH, January 21: Reacting sharply to a covert campaign by the public sector Oil India Limited (OIL) on the employment of 300 unskilled workers by the company, the Dibrugarh district AASU unit today blamed OIL for being "insincere to promises" and warned the oil company to desist from its mischievous acts. Speaking to this correspondent, the district AASU leaders here, Diganta Saikia and Hiteswar Phukan said the students' organisation never asked for any "quota" in the proposed employment of 300 workers. They added that OIL in 1990 had promised that the company would issue employment...

TEZPUR, January 21: The Northeastern region in general and Assam in particular will soon see loss of its identity if immediate steps are not taken by the Government to stop the large-scale infiltration by Bangladeshis which has assumed alarming proportions in the State, highly placed official sources said. Talking to The Assam Tribune here, the sources said unless immediate steps are taken and the entire border with Bangladesh are not sealed, the problem of infiltration may compound further. The seven sisters today has become a dumping ground of infiltrators, the sources added. It may be...

IMPHAL, January 21: The powerful All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) has launched a Statewide mass condemnation month from today all over the State in protest against the attack on its president Khoirom Gourashyam inside the AMSU headquarter on January 17 by some armed youths. The Statewide mass condemnation month will be in effect till February 17 next. The students body has also set January 30 as the deadline for clarification from revolutionary groups operating in Manipur on the attack. Disclosing this to a group of mediapersons, the general secretary of AMSU Premananda Yumnam said that the...