GUWAHATI, Dec 6 ? Wind, water, bamboo and some pieces of metal wedded to an innovative idea has created a device that could be of considerable help to marginal farmers in parts of Assam and the rest of the North-east. In several areas in and around the district of Darrang, farmers are getting introduced to a wind turbine-operated water pump.

The device is reliable, easy to install and maintain due to its basic design strength. It comprises supporting posts made of bamboo, which are themselves supported by two inclined bamboo posts. A shaft made of iron is mounted on bearings near the top of...

GUWAHATI, Dec 6 ? Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) vice-president Jawahar Ghadiok has favoured setting up of tourism villages in the important tourist destinations in the North-east to attract both foreign and domestic tourists into the region.

Addressing a seminar on ?Emerging opportunities in the North-east? jointly organized by the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Federation of Industries & Commerce of North Eastern Region (FINER) here today, Ghadiok said that despite vast resources, tourism industry is yet to pick up in the region.

Giving the rationale behind the poor...

GUWAHATI, Dec 6 ? The Assam Government today decided to suspend the pilot project of issuing multipurpose identity cards to Indian citizens in the Patharkandi revenue circle of Karimganj district following a discussion with the All Assam Students? Union (AASU).

The Minister in charge of Assam Accord implementation, Dr Bhumidhar Barman, today held a discussion with a delegation of the AASU on the issue as the Government of India decided to launch a pilot project for providing multipurpose photo-identity cards to Indian citizens in Patharkandi revenue circle.

Talking to The Assam Tribune after...

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 ?The much-hyped plan for revamp of the Brahmaputra Board may take years, as the proposal was still at the conceptual stage in the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), even as the Pagladiya Dam Project is awaiting Public Investment Board (PIB) and Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) clearance.

The possibility of a permanent solution to the flood and erosion problems is likely to remain a pipedream, as for implementation of the Master Plan drafted by Brahmaputra Board, Assam Government would need a whopping Rs 1,22,944 crore and for Master Plan Part - II another trench...

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 ?The NSCN (I-M) is awaiting a response from the Government of India to the draft proposal for talks it has submitted, even as the senior leaders of the outfit are likely to meet the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister here tomorrow.

Chairman and general secretary of NSCN (I-M), Isak Chisi Swu and Th Muivah respectively, who arrived here late last evening, are likely to formally begin their meeting with the UPA Government from tomorrow when they call on the Prime Minister and other senior ministers.

But their first day in Delhi was not without controversy, as a...