DIBRUGARH, June 15 ? Even as the Forest department is busy ?evicting encroachers from reserve forests?, timber smugglers appear to be having a field day in the expansive Upper Dehing reserve forest, under the Digboi forest division. Dozens of valuable ?hard wood? trees have been felled ? illegally of course ? in the past few days. The Supreme Court has banned tree felling in the Upper Assam districts, but this means nothing to the miscreants. Several illegally felled trees have been rolled into the swollen Buri Dehing river, a little upstream of Joypur (near Naharkatia). These are mostly...

MUSSALPUR (Nalbari), June 15 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) and the All Bodo Students? Union (ABSU) the two major students? organisations of the State have decided to work together for the development of the students community besides the all round development of the State. The leaders of both the student organisations recently took an oath to fight against those evil power who are trying to create divisions among the students, in solidarity day function held at Mussalpur in Nalbari district recently. Addressing the meeting the president of AASU Prabin Boro said that to unite the...

GUWAHATI, June 15? The dawn to dusk Assam bandh called by the Bhumi Adhikar Ganamancha: Assam (BAGA) today in protest against the eviction drives conducted by the Forest Department to clear State?s forest areas of eviction, passed off somehow peacefully without any report of major untoward incident from any place. However, the bandh had affected normal life partially. In the city, today being a Saturday, Central Government offices remained closed, while attendance in other offices including the State Government offices was thin. The long distance buses connecting the suburban area with the...

NEW DELHI, June 15 ? The derailed Rangiya Rail Division Project is back on tracks and the much-delayed project is likely to be formally inaugurated shortly. This was the indication given to a delegation of Purbanchaliya Rail Karmi Parishad (PRKP) by Union Railway Minister, Nitish Kumar here yesterday. The AGP affiliated workers union is the latest group to petition the Centre to revive the Rangiya Rail Division Project sanctioned by the then P V Narasimha Rao Government and the foundation of which was laid way back on November 8, 1995. earlier, Rangiya Rail Division Sangram Parishad (RRDSP)...

GUWAHATI, June 14 ? There is an increase of 1,22,825 voters in Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) since 1995 as per the draft electoral roll published in view of the ensuing GMC election. Announcing the publication of draft GMC electoral roll today, the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup district, AK Absar Hazarika informed that there were total 4,54,904 voters in all the 60 GMC wards compared to 3,32,079 voters as per the 1995 poll rolls. The draft GMC voters? list for each GMC ward will be in display in GMC Commissioner?s Office, concerned police stations/outposts, Revenue Circle office, Kamrup...