GUWAHATI, June 8 ? The State Government has decided to sell off the 14 gardens of the Assam Tea Corporation (ATC) to overcome the prevailing financial crisis in the oldest corporation. The State Government has also asked the Corporation to invite tenders from interested parties to finalise a deal in this regard. It may be recalled that, earlier the chief minister, Sri Tarun Gogoi had asked the Corporation to lease out the gardens, but due to some problems, the private parties had to back out from the process.

Official sources today informed The Assam Tribune that the deal would be finalised...

Imphal, June 08: Setting a trend for other political parties to follow suit and with an aim to project an image of a clean party untainted by corruption and graft charges, the State unit of the CPI has gone ahead and declared the assets and wealth of its MLAs and Ministers. The CPI is a constituent partner of the ruling SPF Government and has five MLAs. The assets of the Ministers and MLAs were announced during a press conference held at Irabot Bhawan today. Save for IFCD Minister N Mangi all the other four CPI MLAs, Ph Parijat, Dr N Nara, M Nabadwip and M Tomba were present at the conference...

Imphal, June 08: The victims of Assam Rifles reprisals following the May 17 ambush near Leplen Kuki village in Ukhrul district have demanded an ironclad guarantee of safety for the villagers from the chief minister, O Ibobi Singh, and the commanding officer of the 25 Assam Rifles. The chairman of the relief committee formed to aid the victims, Ngamjalen Singsit, told media persons at a press conference held at JN Hospital that the victims are still afraid to return to their villages without such a guarantee. Singsit acknowledged that the chief minister O Ibobi had provided a sum of Rs 10,000...

DIBRUGARH, June 7 ? Following the personal intervention by Assam Minister Pradyut Bordoloi, a plot of land measuring about 119 bighas is all set to be handed back to the State by the Arunachal Pradesh administration. The SDO (Civil), Margherita, Ratul Chandra Duarah told The Assam Tribune that the land was being used by the erstwhile North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) to house educational institutions of the Tirap Frontier Tract soon after the earthquake of 1950. At that time, the land belonged to the Namdang Tea Company and was requisitioned by the assistant political officer of the Tirap...

GUWAHATI, June 7 ? The Chief Minister Sri Tarun Gogoi, today inducted 20 new faces in his one-year-old council of ministers and dropped a Minister of State taking the size of the ministry to a 36-member one. In the process the Chief Minister elevated Minister of State (Independent Charge), Anjan Dutta and Minister of State Smt Rupam Kurmi to the cabinet rank while Minister of State, Pradyut Bordoloi was given Independent charge. Among the 20 new faces who were inducted today, five were made Cabinet Ministers, four Ministers of State with Independent charge and 11 Ministers of State. There are...