GUWAHATI, Dec 7 ? The one-man enquiry commission, headed by Sri TL Baruah, IAS (Retd), which probed the cases of allotments in the city?s green belts, has observed that under the prevailing circumstances, it would be futile to keep certain areas reserved as Green Belt Zone. The prevailing situation is such that even the Standing Appeal Committee of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) had failed to protect the green belt areas and both the GMC and the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) had failed to maintain an effective mechanism for regular physical verification of the...

MARIANI, Dec 6 ? More than two scores of elephants dwelling at Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary have been causing a severe menace in the contiguous areas. It is reported that since 1982 the tuskers have killed 45 persons, and inflicted considerable destruction in the region. The sanctuary, which has an area of 19.49 sq km, is primarily a woodland and as such there is a scarcity of grasslands. Moreover it is considered that an elephant requires an area of 10 sq km for its food supply annually. Thus the elephants at the sanctuary has an area of about half square km for themselves. Thus the deficiency...

Kokrajhar, Dec. 7: Yesterday?s militant could be tomorrow?s Black Cat commando. The director-general of the National Security Guards (NSG) today held out hope for surrendered members of the Bodo Liberation Tigers, saying each of them had the potential to walk into the country?s elite commando force.

Ranjit Shekhar Mushahary, whose exploits have made him a role model for Bodo youth, said: ?The NSG ranks comprise the best of personnel from different security wings. If the Centre and the Assam government launch a special recruitment drive for the surrendered youth, they can be later inducted into...

KOKRAJHAR, Dec 6 ? Kokrajhar today witnessed a historic event as all the 2,641 members of militant outfit Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) laid down their arms before the Assam Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the Union Minister of State for Home, Swami Chinmayanand, to bring an end to an era of violence in the Bodo-dominated areas of Assam. Immediately thereafter, the BLT chief Hagrama Basumatary announced the disbanding of the BLT.

A festive atmosphere gripped Kokrajhar from early this morning as cross-sections of people from Kokrajhar and other parts of the...

GUWAHATI, Dec 6- The CPI-ML leader and the MP from Diphu, Dr Jayanta Rongpi today warned of backlash from Karbis against Kukis unless the government succeeds in controlling the marauding Kuki militants in the violence-hit Karbi Anglong. Talking to newsmen here Dr Rongpi said, ?The situation in Karbi Anglong which is dogged by conflict between the UPDS and KRA outfits, is much more grave than what appears on the surface.?

He expressed concern over the failure of the State government to control the violence which erupted way back on November 2 last, the CPI-ML leader demanded immediate action...