GUWAHATI, July 26: The stage is now set for the reopening of the Ashok Paper Mill, once considered to be one of the best paper mills of the country, as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with a Calcutta based company for leasing out the mill. Official sources told The Assam Tribune that the state government and the Ashok Paper Mill Assam Limited today signed an MoU with the Soneko Paper and Industries Limited of Calcutta. The MoU was signed by the Commissioner of Industries of the Government of Assam, Managing Director of the Ashok Paper Mill Assam Limited and the Director of the...

GUWAHATI, July 26: The Gauhati High Court has issued directives to the NEEPCO, ASEB and the Assam Govt to prepare a scheme, whereby the outstanding dues to NEEPCO amounting to approximately Rs 670 crore, can be liquidated. The division bench also directed the state and ASEB to pay Rs 20 crores per month in the next two months to NEEPCO for power supplied to ASEB. The PIL filed regarding the threatened action of the NEEPCO to discontinue power supply has been posted for further orders after two months. Chief Justice Brijesh Kumar and Justice DN Chowdhury indicated in their order that while...

GUWAHATI, July 25: Steps have been initiated to shift the wholesale market from Fancy Bazar to the outskirts of Guwahati city and several rounds of discussions were held between the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the business community in this regard. Talking to The Assam Tribune, the Kamrup Deputy Commissioner, DN Saikia, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the GMDA, said that the wholesale market would be shifted to Tetelia near the National Highway by pass in the outskirts of the city. He said that several rounds of discussions were held with the business...

IMPHAL, July 26: The whereabouts of four Indian nationals from Manipur who had been allegedly convicted to 70 year rigorous imprisonment by the Myanmar authorities on smuggling charges a few years back are still in the dark. It can be recalled that four individuals from Manipur identified as T Mani (35) son of Tombi and K Mani (42) both from Thangmeiband area in Imphal west district, S Gandhi (29) son of Kula of Hiyangthang in Imphal west and another Baite Rankho (32) son of Siw Ran of Moreh in Chandel district were arrested by the Myanmarese authorities on April 24, 1995 near Tamu in Myanmar...

GUWAHATI, July 26: ULFA militants hiding in Nagaland have to ward off the security forces, waiting for them in Assam, and malaria, reportedly wreaking havoc in their camps. Two militants have already succumbed to the disease. Biplab Borthakur alias Amulya Barua, chief of ULFA's Dhansiri unit which looks after operations in Upper Assam, has died of malaria. Two unidentified persons brought his body to his Gorumora village home in Jorhat district this afternoon. A Jorhat police team later sent the body for autopsy. Ratul Dutta succumbed to malaria on 15 July on his way to the Assam Medical...