GUWAHATI, March 31? The new president of the Assam Pradesh Congress (I) Committee (APCC-I), Sri Pawan Singh Ghatowar today asserted that he would develop goodwill among the tribal people of the state. Addressing a press conference after taking charge as the APCC-I president, Sri Ghatowar said that party?s primary duty is to unite all the tribal communities for building a greater Assamese society. ?Now time has come that we should work together for development of the state,? the president said. Sri Ghatowar further ruled out any rift with the Chief Minister, Sri Tarun Gogoi. ?There is no rift...

NEW DELHI, March 30? Even as the Assam gas cracker project is gasping for survival for want of gas the entire gas produced in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh is being flared because of lack of consumers in the State. Taken aback at the peculiar situation, the Parliamentary Committee on Petroleum and Chemical has given Oil India Limited (OIL), which is flaring its gas in Arunachal Pradesh, three months? time to come up with a solution to resolve the problem. According to OIL?s estimate it is incurring a loss of around Rs 1 lakh daily due to such flaring. OIL produces 0.06 MMSCMD in Arunachal...

SHILLONG, March 30 ? A ?Who?s Who in Meghalaya?, a directory featuring prominent personalities and outstanding achievers of the State was released here on Thursday by Sri HP Oflin Dohling, general secretary of the Ka Synjuk Ki Rangbah Shnong (the apex body of traditional headmen). Dohling applauded the efforts of the publisher Monolith Media Network in bringing out the publication while speaking at the release function at the Shillong Press Club. Rabibul Islam, editor of the volume, informed that distinguished persons from all walks of life have been included in the directory. The next...

AIZAWL, March 29 ? Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said that the Mizoram Pollution Control Board (MPCB) since its inception in 1989 did not make any headway in controlling pollution and the expenditure of Rs 58.25 lakh incurred during the past 11 years was unproductive, reports PTI. The report, which was tabled in the state Assembly here Tuesday by Chief Minister Zoramthanga, said that the MPCB has not been able to plan, control, study and prevent the effects of environmental pollution. ?This was mainly due to non-utilisation of funds, lack of scientific manpower...

GUWAHATI, March 30 ?Though the payment of salaries and pension by the State Government for the month of February is on, the troubles of the Government employees are far from over. The secretary general of the Sadou Asom Karmachari Parishad (SAKP Sri Charan Deka said that the Government has been releasing salaries only for the month of February but more than 50 per cent of the employees have not received their salaries even for the month of January. ?As today is the last working day of the month, the employees should have received their salaries for the month of March today but they are still...