SHILLONG, JUNE 10- A bamboo technology ‘mother park’ will be set up in the North East to exploit the immense but untapped potential of the bamboo sector in the region. A memorandum of understand-ing(MoU) has been signed between the NEC-sponsored Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre(CTBC) and the Building Materials Technology Promotion Council(BMTPC), Ministry of Urban Development , Government of India to set up the mother park, NEC sources here said.

As per the MoU, the two organisations will work together to achieve the objective of promotion and sustainable development of bamboo resources of...

Guwahati, June 9: Assam has roped in celebrated British travel writer Mark Shand as the international brand ambassador for the centenary celebrations of the Kaziranga National Park next year. Assam forest minister Pradyut Bordoloi said Shand have been selected with the objective of attracting as much global attention as possible for the celebrations which would be promoted as the “greatest conservation success story of the century”.

The park was founded in 1905 with 10 one-horned rhinos.

Today, it is home to over 1,600 rhinos, has the highest concentration of Asiatic buffaloes and also has...

Guwahati, June 9: Almost seven years after militants cut short Sanjoy Ghose’s pathbreaking work in Majuli, Assam police are set to launch a campaign to fill the vacuum created by the abduction and murder of the man who roused the islanders out of slumber and made them aware of their rights. “The social mobilisation campaign of Assam, to be launched shortly, aims to bring about a sea change in the lives of people of the world’s largest river island,” director-general of police P.V. Sumant said.

He described the mobilisation campaign as an effort to involve police personnel in the task of...

Jorhat, June 9: Breaking its silence since the change of guard in Delhi, the NSCN (Khaplang) has ruled out the possibility of reuniting with the Isak-Muivah group, saying the rival faction continues to attack its members at the behest of recruits from Manipur. The statement could dampen enthusiasm over the NSCN (I-M)’s top leaders, Isak Chisi Swu and Th. Muivah, planning a second visit to India in as many years and welcoming the installation of a Congress-led government in Delhi.

Observers of Naga insurgency believe peace will remain elusive until the two factions bury their differences. Both...

SHILLONG, June 9 – The ruling Congress in Meghalaya has asked the 12th Finance Commission for a special assistance to modernise the State’s police force and creation of additional battalion of armed police to enforce law and order in the State. The three-member delegation of the party told the Commission that peace was prerequisite for any development in the State. And to maintain peace, the government should have an adequate manpower to enforce law and order.

“So special assistance may be given to the government for modernisation of police force and creation of additional battalion of...