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GUWAHATI, June 4 ? The neglected North East has now got the best possible opportunities to make a foray into the booming Information Technology enabled services (ITES). Its students will now be able to get themselves trained in ITES with the Department of Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER) offering a heavy subsidy to pursue the course. The DONER has identified the North East as a creche for potential manpower to be utilised in the ITES industry which is currently growing at a rate of 59 per cent in India. DONER, in association with the Department of Information Technology (DIT)...

TEZPUR, June 4 ? Eight security personnel including one Lance Naik of Assam police and seven Home Guards constables were placed under suspension after they failed to protect the life of two tea executives of Sapoi tea estates, who were dragged out of their residences by irate tea labourers and burnt to death on May 30 last.

The two tea executives were Anthony Unger (40) deputy manager and Susmit Kumar Singh (45) senior assistant manager of Sapoi tea estate under Dhekiajuli revenue circle. Debashis Chakraborty, secretary Assam Branch of India Tea Association (ABITA) Zone 3 talking to this...

GUWAHATI, June 4 ? Though peace talks between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah faction) are going on since 1997, it would take some more time before any agreement can be arrived at highly placed security sources said. Sources said that the public opinion in favour of peace in Nagaland is the biggest gain of the peace talks as different Naga social organisations and people in general are in favour of peace. The NSCN (I-M) has submitted a list of demands before the Government of India and discussions are now on those issues. But an acceptable...

Nellie, June 3: The wounds have healed and the scars are fading. Twenty years after the worst communal carnage in Assam soaked Nellie in blood, people in the sleepy hamlet seem to have buried the past to set an example in communal harmony.

At an official function to mark the inauguration of a health camp today, people from the minority community bowed in obeisance as Hindu rituals were performed. They clapped spontaneously when minister of state for health and family welfare Rupam Singh Ronghang cut a ribbon to declare the camp open.

Residents avoid talking on sensitive issues, admittedly...

SHILLONG, June 3? The Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) will adopt the open-cast method of mining uranium at Domiasiat in the West Khasi Hills to ensure safety to the people and the environment. Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) officials told media-persons that with the commencement of uranium mining, the people living in the vicinity would also be benefited as the UCIL would invest a large sum of money for development of the area.

It may be mentioned that there has ben strong public opposition to the proposed uranium mining in Domiasiat as it is widely felt that mining would destroy...