GUWAHATI, July 22 ? The GOC 4 Corps, Lt Gen Anup Jamwal, yesterday told media-persons at the LGBI Airport that 30 columns of the Indian Army were engaged in rescue and relief operations all over

Assam. The Army engineers have been engaged in bridge construction and Army personnel engaged in rescue operations with Boat Assault Universal Type (BAUT). Altogether 100 BAUTs and 86 Out Boat Models (OBM) of the Army have been pressed into service. Thousands of lifejackets of the Army have also been used during the operations. Over 4,000 marooned people have so far been rescued by the Army in the...

DIBRUGARH, July 22 ? Oil India Ltd and Numaligarh Refinery Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on July 15 for supply of one MMSCMD (million metric standard cubic metres per day) of natural gas to Numaligarh Refinery Ltd for a period of 15 years. The gas will be delivered at Duliajan and will be transported by Assam Gas Co Ltd from OIL?s off-take point at Duliajan.

NRL is also discussing with Assam Gas Co Ltd for finalisation of this transportation of natural gas from Duliajan to Numaligarh. The natural gas delivered at Numaligarh will be utilized for its Captive Power Plant and...

GUWAHATI, July 22: Devastating floods totally smashed the road network in Assam and according to a conservative estimate, an amount of Rs 510 crore will be required to restore the damages. With the present financial position of the State Government, it will not be possible to completely restore the road network without liberal assistance from the Centre. State Public Works Department (PWD) sources told The Assam Tribune today that more than 3600 kilometres of roads including the National Highways were damaged in the current wave of floods. In fact, about 95 kilometres of the Highways are still...

NEW DELHI, July 22 ? The issue of illegal Bangladeshi nationals has turned into a major political controversy with BJP today deploring Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi for writing to the Prime Minister questioning the figures. Briefing newsmen, BJP spokesman Vijay Malhotra termed the Chief Minister?s action as most unfortunate, asserting that there was ample evidence of presence of a large number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the country.

In this connection, he referred to the previous Governor, Lt General (retd) SK Sinha?s ?thought provoking? report to the Centre on the issue of illegal...

NEW DELHI, July 22 ? Former State Industries Minister, Bhubaneswar Kalita was today appointed president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), it was formally announced by the AICC here today. Sri Kalita?s appointment came after Paban Singh Ghatowar submitted his resignation following his defeat in the recent Lok Sabha polls. It was accepted early this week and AICC president, Sonia Gandhi cleared Sri Kalita?s appointment yesterday, sources said.

Appointment of a new president of Assam Congress also going to lead to re-constitution of the APCC, senior Congress leader here said. A...