GUWAHATI, April 6: The minority organisations of the State will meet in a crucial meeting at the National Education Foundation, Bora Service here tomorrow to chalk out their action plan in relation to the coming Assembly election in the State. According to H R A Choudhury, chief convenor of the Co-ordination Committee of Minority' Organisations, Assam, the meeting will discuss three options of either going alone in the coming election by the minority' organisations, or entering into an understanding with either of the Congress or any other like-minded secular democratic parties. But, in case...

IMPHAL, April 5: For the first time in the history of Manipuri modern songs, a Bengali singer has brought out an audio cassette containing ten Manipuri modern songs and has already turned out to be a best seller even among the core Manipuri song listeners. The noted Bengali artiste is none other than Sonali Mukherjee. She was born and brought up in the heart of Imphal city. Sonali holds a post graduate degree in English. Sonali started to sing Manipuri songs since she was in Class-VI and rendered her maiden Manipuri song at a school function. Apart from singing in many musical concerts held at...

AMTERENG, April 5: The much-delayed Karbi Langpi Hydro Electric Project (KLHEP) of the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) at Hatidubi here on the lower Borpani river, about 120 kilometre away from Guwahati, seems to be moving towards completion after more than two decades when work began on the project with a Rs 125 crore loan from the Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFCL). Conceived in 1979 as a 'prestigious project' for the ASEB at an initial estimated cost of Rs 36.36 crore for producing 100 MW of power from two units, the projects cost has now escalated to a whopping Rs 251 crore...

GUWAHATI, April 5: A 6 million Nagaland Environment Protection and Economic Development Project (NEPED) jointly funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) through the India-Canada Environment Facility and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is likely to boost up sustainable management of the natural resource base of the state for the benefit of the people. The NEPED project which is coordinated by the New Delhi office of IDRC under its South Asia Research Programme has been identified as a special project in India. The Government of Nagaland is the implementing...

SHILLONG, April 5: The North Eastern Council (NEC) has sanctioned an amount or Rs 6 crore to the Border Road Development Board for construction or 'inter-state' roads and other roads of 'economic importance' in the north eastern region. The amount is part of a Rs 17.02 crore scheme, sanctioned during March, the NEC said in a press release. The NEC has also accorded administrative approval to schemes amounting to Rs 20.74 crore. The NEC scheme for development of integrated muga project and muga silk industry in Meghalaya received a sanction or Rs 45 lakh as grant besides a loan of Rs 5 lakh...