GUWAHATI, Jan 23 – The golden jubilee conference of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha concluded at Bamphar in Kamrup district recently with a three-day programme. The programme began with flag hoisting, felicitation and book fair inauguration. The flag was hoisted by Sri Kamala Kanta Musahary. In his brief speech, Sri Musahary recounted the writers’ contributions towards uplifting of Bodo literature. He also called upon the youths to devote more for the development of the Bodo people. It was followed by a swahid tarpan programme in which Sri Jitendra Nath Brahma paid rich tributes to the Bodo leaders who...

DIBRUGARH, Jan 23 — Concerned at last year’s lowest-ever green leaf prices of tea, the All Assam Small Tea growers’ Association has decided to resort to desperate measures to ensure an honourable price for their produce. According to the association’s secretary Hemanta Kumar Gohain, bought leaf factory owners as well as the organised tea sector is being approached to ask them to buy quality green leaf from the small growers on an area to area basis. The association also wants to get rid of the green leaf agents, “who are eating away” into the profits of the tea growers. These agents earn...

UDALGURI, Jan 23 – Security vigil along the 265-long Indo-Bhutan border will be tightened to stop the militants from perpetrating henious crimes like the massacre of innocents at No. 3 Borigaon and Bijni once again. This was said by Sri Pradyut Bordoloi, Minister of State for Home Affairs, while interacting with the local media persons here at Udalguri circuit house on January 23. Commenting on the carnage carried out by militant outfits, Sri Bordoloi said that the killings in Bijni and Udalguri was a conspiracy and it was carried out by the NDFB extremists.

On the security of the innocent...

UDALGURI, Jan 22 – “The non-Bodos ,including those from the 18 organisations opposing the proposed Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), should not be afraid of or worry about it for the proposed BTC would not be only for the Bodos living in the proposed area but the interests of non-Bodos including their rights on land and other properties would be kept safe.” This was said by Rabiram Narzary, president of All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) here at Udalguri in the largely-gathered open session of third biennial conference of All Assam Nepali Students’ Union as a guest of honour recently. Narzary...

GUWAHATI, Jan 22— The Committee on Fiscal Reforms (COFR) has identified 16 State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) for immediate disinvestment for their ‘accumulating huge losses, eroding their net worth completely and leaving no economic relevance under the present scenario’. It also called for disbanding of four PSUs. The PSUs which are named for immediate disinvestment, include STATFED, Assam State Textile Corporation, Assam State Weaving and Manufacturers Corporation, Cachar Sugar Mills Ltd., Assam Spun Silk Mills Ltd, State Fertiliser & Chemicals Ltd, Assam Polytex Ltd, Assam Syntex Ltd...