GUWAHATI, February 18: Assam need not be awestricken at the recent amendment effected by the Central Government to the 1984 Tea Marketing (Control) Order (TMCO), done to free the tea companies from the obligation of selling atleast 75 per cent of their products through the tea auction centres of the country, as in the long run this amendment will prove to be beneficial for the tea industry of the State as well as those operating in the country, said former corporate Vice-President of Williamson Magor Gautam Prasad Barua here. Barua, talking to The Assam Tribune, however, admitted that on a...

GUWAHATI, February 18: The Allahabad Bank with 58 branches in the State has been facing the music over non-recovery of loans to surrendred ULFA men to the tune of Rs 3.50 crore over the years, informed office-bearers of the local unit of the All India Allahabad Bank Officers' Association (AIABOA) which is affiliated to the All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC). Addressing medipersons here yesterday, the office-bearers informed that recovery in this regard was almost nil putting a lot of strain on the management. As recovery measures quite a few suits have been filed against the State...

GUWAHATI, February 18: For the past few years, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been carrying out a cyber war against the Government by propagating its views through the internet, and now it is the turn of the Assam Police to hit out against the militant outfit through the net. In its newly-launched website, the Assam Police issued a list of wanted persons and ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah topped that list of wanted persons. The list also includes the names of ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, general secretary Anup Chetia, foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and the...

NEW DELHI, February 18: The Bangladesh Government has been yet again furnished with a detailed list of camps being run by the Northeast militant outfits including the ULFA in the country, with a plea for firm and demonstrable action against the rebels. The response by the Bangladeshi official delegation headed by Mohammed Janibul Huq, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, was hardly heart-warming for India, as it did not have anything new to add to their often-repeated assurance of not allowing soil of their country to be used for anti-India activities. The issue figured at a...

AIZAWL, February 18: It could beat even a Bollywood pot-boiler for its thrilling suspense. Executing the daring plan, which could have risked those who were involved, president of the underground Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) Suryamani Reang and his deputy escaped from deep inside Bangladesh where the National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) was allegedly keeping them hostage since July, 2000. It is still unknown how the two managed to escape from the heavily-guarded NLFT camp, but authoritative sources claimed that the two made good their plan with the help of two sentries of Reang...