GUWAHATI, May 2 ? The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd (IFCI Ltd) has drawn up a detailed programme to assess the industrial and tourism potentialities of Arunachal Pradesh by tapping its rich natural resources for generating more employment opportunities. Mentionably, the Corporation has been appointed a nodal agent for the tourism sector in the north-eastern region by the Government of India. It is the first development financial institution set up as statutory corporation in 1948 to encourage and assist industrial development in India. It was restructured and incorporated as a...

GUWAHATI, May 2 ? Wildlife personnel in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) are engaged in a peculiar battle with wild weeds growing in different corners of the park in addition to their primary responsibility of protecting the faunal resources. A sizeable area of grasslands inside the sprawling national park is now under threat from invading wild weeds particularly flowering mimosa creeper much to the worry of the park authority. The director of the national park, N K Basu, informed The Assam Tribune that about 128 hectares of grassland area in the wildlife protection area had been invaded by weeds...

DIBRUGARH, May 2 ? India?s leading tea buyer and manufacturer, Hindustan Lever has begun to react to the unprecedented gloom in the tea industry. At least eight of the company?s senior most managers at the Doom Dooma India estates have been shown the door with a golden handshake. Panicky executives of the company are tight lipped over the matter, lest they too come in the line of fire. All the senior managers who were made to go into retirement were to retire by December 2004 or earlier. These senior tea planters do not have much to complain, as they are anyway receiving their normal retiring...

GUWAHATI, May 2 ?The Assam Agricultural University and colleges under the varisty have been closed down for an indefinite period from 6 pm today followeing vandalism by a group of students. The varsity authorities also asked the students to vacate their hostels immediately in order to maintain peace in the campus. A university release said that the students forcefully entered the chamber of the Vice-Chanchellar (VC) about 10.30 am today, snapped all telephone connections and started shouting slogans demanding resignation of the VC and relieving Dr P C Deka from the post of Dean. To...

Imphal, May 02: A determined effort is underway inside the Congress Party to bolt the door upon the possible entry of Lok Sabha MP Th Chaoba into the party. Apparently agitated over the possible return of Chaoba, disgruntled party workers have launched a swift signature campaign to ruin his homecoming. The detractors are hopeful that considering his past records of promoting dissidence he will not be allowed another stint in the party. Chaoba is reportedly lobbying with the Congress high command including party chief, Sonia Gandhi and Mani Shankar Aiyer for his comeback along with some...