Imphal, February 04: The C Upendra commission of inquiry, which was constituted to look into the facts and circumstances of the occurrences of June 18 last year, has submitted its final report. The report of the commission was handed over to the state chief secretary by the chairman of the commission, retired sessions judge C Upendra, today. While the recommendations made by the commission have not been disclosed, the report incorporates the statements of witnesses, the sequence of events leading to and all the facts regarding the burning of the state Assembly secretariat and a number of other...

JORHAT, Feb 3 — Come February 4, and all roads will lead to the ‘Remnant of the Raj’ at the historic Khelmati field here. And why not? For the State Government’s much-touted Tea Tourism Festival, which is to be held concurrently with the 125th Jorhat Races 2002 at the Gymkhana Club, is all set to showcase the myriad ethnic dresses of the North East in all their traditional splendour and riot of colours. Promising to lend a nostalgic ambience to the carnival atmosphere is Bisa Nong Gam, the grandson of the then (1823) Singpho ‘King’ of Margherita, late Bisa Gam. While the latter has been...

KOKRAJHAR, Feb 3 — The State government has ordered a magisterial enquiry into the brutal killings of five villagers in Kokrajhar district yesterday. Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Home, Sri Pradyut Bordoloi accompanied by Lower Assam Commissioner, Sri P P Verma visited the area to take stock of the situation. Sri Bordoloi assured the people that the State government would take all possible steps to find out the fact.

Today, hundreds of people in the locality took out a procession with playcards and demanded punishment against the people involved in the brutal killings. They also...

GUWAHATI, Feb 3 – A huge sum of central fund granted for the Integrated Tribal Development Projects (ITDPs) has been diverted by the state government. The funds meant for the development of the poor tribal people had been spent for disbursement of the salaries by the previous AGP-led government which affected the schemes of the IRDPs. The state government had set up 19 ITDPs in order to carry forward welfare schemes for the tribal people, but due to shortage of funds, the ITDPs are now facing severe problems.

According to official statistics since 1998-2000, the state government had released...

GUWAHATI, Feb 3 – Since its inception, the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has been playing a vital role in meeting the power demand of the North-Eastern States, but this organisation today is facing crisis due to the apathetic attitude of the Central government. The major hardship the NEEPCO is facing is that this organisation is functioning without a regular chairman and managing director (CMD) since May, 1998. NEEPCO sources said that for the past eleven months, the joint secretary of the Ministry of Power has been officiating as the acting CMD but he is not in a position...