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NALBARI, April 3 – When the Central and State governments have been trying to make the ongoing Sarba Siksha Mission Abhijan a grand success in each district of the State, the primary education system of insurgency-infested Nalbari district continues to be in deplorable condition. In the district, at least 13 primary school are running without own building and the building of other 50 schools are in a very deplorable state having no atmosphere for imparting lessons to primary level students. Similarly, 188 primary schools are running with single teacher making the students a disadvantaged lot.

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GUWAHATI, April 2 — The Assam Legislative Assembly today passed the Assam State Commission for Minorities Bill, 2003 to pave the way for setting up of a State Commission for Minorities. The Commission will consist of a chairperson and two members — one from the religious and one from linguistic minority groups — to be nominated by the State government. Retired judges of the High Court will be appointed as chairpersons and members and their term will be for a period of three years. The State government will provide the Commission with a secretary and such other officers and employees as may be...

DIBRUGARH, April 2 — Dreaded SULFA-man, ‘Guli’ alias Nayan Jyoti Das was hacked to death by a violent mob at the Santipara area of the city last evening. He was rushed to the Assam Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. His body had deep gashes on the cheeks, and he died of uncontrolled bleeding. Along with Guli, two others have been lynched by the mob: Santu Das, a cloth merchant and Ganesh Ghosh, a paan shop owner. The condition of the latter is critical. Guli and some anti-socials had been terrorising a section of the city’s population for quite some time now...

GUWAHATI, April 2 — Cutting across party lines, members of the State Assembly today demanded Scheduled Tribe status to Koch Rajbongshi community. Raising the issue in the House, the Leader of the Opposition, Sri Bridaban Goswami pointed out that the Koch Rajbonshi community was given the status of Scheduled Tribe twice through ordinances, but the Centre failed to take necessary steps for giving the ST status permanently to the community. He pointed out that other tribes like Ahom, Motok, Moran and tea tribes are also demanding ST status. He suggested that the reservations should be increased...

GUWAHATI, April 2 — The Assam Legislative Assembly today passed the Assam State Commission for Minorities Bill, 2003 to pave the way for setting up of a State Commission for Minorities. The Commission will consist of a chairperson and two members — one from the religious and one from linguistic minority groups — to be nominated by the State government. Retired judges of the High Court will be appointed as chairpersons and members and their term will be for a period of three years. The State government will provide the Commission with a secretary and such other officers and employees as may be...