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Assam slams Mahanta
The
Assam government has slammed former chief minister Prafulla
Kumar Mahanta for accusing the Congress of being involved
in secret killings. Government spokesman Ripun Bora
said secret killings were patronised by Mahanta?s own government
and the present Congress government had instituted a probe
into the killings.
Man abducted
Sarbat Ali, the owner of a roadside dhaba under Bogribari police station in Dhubri, was abducted by five masked gunmen from his dhaba on Friday. A month ago, Rs 1 lakh was demanded from Ali and police believe this could be the reason behind the abduction.
Pollution rap
Pollution
Control Board, Assam (PCBA) chairman J. L. Dutta has asked
Oil India Limited, Neepco, Digboi Refinery and Coal India
Limited to take corrective measures for disposal of waste,
including monitoring of water quality.
Reallocation
Principal secretary to the Assam government P. K. Choudhury has been relieved of his additional charge of urban development He will retain the charges of administrative reforms and training and Assam accord implementation. J. P. Prakash has replaced P. K. Khound as commissioner and secretary, urban development.
Rehab demand
The
Bongaigaon district unit of the All Koch Rajbongshi Students?
Union (Biswajit faction) has demanded that the Assam government
rehabilitate the refugees belonging to religious minority
communities at the places they were evicted from.
Rubber board
The rubber board has adopted an integrated approach for the Northeast during the Tenth Five Year Plan on a village basis. The scheme consists of revitalisation of sick plantations, restocking of poor plantations and creating processing and marketing facilities.
New serial
Guwahati
Doordarshan Kendra will telecast a new serial Rupohi Asom
Jonaki Batere at 6.30 pm every Saturday starting July
9. The programme has been produced by the Janasanjog, and
will portray the art and culture of various communities and
tribes of the state.
THUMBS UP
To archer Jayanta Talukdar for winning a silver medal at the recently-concluded Madrid World Cup
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