GUWAHATI, June 7 ? The water pressure on the south bank of the river Brahmaputra throughout its entire course in Assam is increasing considerably over the years due to heavy siltation from the north bank, which resulted in severe erosion. State Flood Control Department sources told The Assam Tribune today that almost in its entire course, the bed of the river Brahmaputra near the northrn bank has become much higher than the south because of heavy siltation. Sources pointed out that the lower Himalayas has always remained a fragile land mass, while, large-scale deforestation in southern...

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...

Imphal, June 07: The underground Zomi Revolutionary Army, ZRA, clarifying with regard to June 1 encounter near Aina village in Churachandpur district in which six PREPAK cadres were killed, has described as false and unfounded the charge that the PREPAK cadres were slain despite fully being aware of their identities. A statement issued by the ZRA’s public information wing claimed that the incident occurred when an unidentified group armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons indiscriminately fired at a ZRA party. It said the identity of the armed group was known only after the security...

Imphal, June 06: The memories of pain and trauma still refuse to go away as 42 victims of AR atrocities are still undergoing treatment at JN hospital. These 42 are part of the villagers who had to bear the brunt of the security personnel ire after the Assam Rifles personnel went berserk following the Leplen ambush which killed 11 AR men. One particular case which will make the stomach churn of even the most hardened men is the sight of a young woman who has just given birth to a child. This young woman was brutalized by the rampaging security personnel just two days after she delivered a child...