Gogoi asks for rapid relief work
lAssam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has asked officials and concerned ministers to expedite the process of rehabilitation of riot-affected people in Kokrajhar and Dhubri. This was decided in a meeting with members of Adivasi Cobra militants at Gogoi’s official residence on Friday. The meeting also decided to ask the Centre to release a rehabilitation grant of Rs 41.78 crore.Night curfew
lA daily nine-hour night curfew has been clamped along the 49-km Indo-Bangladesh border in Kathigorah block of south Assam’s Cachar district. District magistrate P.K. Das said the curfew would remain in force for two months.Telecom facility
lThe Nagaland Telecom plans to provide telephone facilities in the rural areas of the state through wireless technologies, general manager P.V. Muralidhar said. Cellular telephony is also expected to be commissioned in all the districts of Nagaland by August.Cyclist killed
lA cyclist was crushed to death when a truck ran over him at the Khermahal police point junction in Dimapur on Friday. He was identified as Hasan Ali of Neisatuo Colony. The truck driver, Manikuddin, was arrested.NEDFi role
lThe North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi) has been designated as the nodal agency for routing the subsidies/incentives under various schemes notified under the new industrial policy for Sikkim. The capital investment subsidy scheme, central interest subsidy scheme and comprehensive insurance scheme have been extended to Sikkim.AIDS workshop
lA two-day zonal workshop on AIDS awareness for field publicity officers of the North East region of directorate of field publicity will be held on January 7 and 8.Two-headed girl
lA girl was born with two heads in Katlicherra town of South Assam’s Hailakandi district on Thursday. Both the child and her mother Anita Das were keeping well, hospital sources said.Health project
lNagaon district authorities have arranged transport to carry health workers to the char areas for the pulse polio immunisation programme on January 5.Thumbs Up
To Chandrakanta Kumbhakar of Nalbari for receiving the Sankaracharya national award for education sponsored by National Education Society, Mumbai
