Kokrajhar, June 4: Suspected National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) militants abducted two forest officials from Kuklung reserve forest under Bijni police station in Bongaigaon district this morning.

Police sources said the two assistant conservators under the West Kokrajhar forest division had gone to Kuklung in two Maruti vans and a truck to check the progress of pillar consolidation.

?Two motorcycle-borne militants kidnapped the officials at gunpoint,? a senior police official said. Other militants who were hiding nearby snatched the car keys. The Kuklung reserve forest is on the...

KOKRAJHAR, June 4 ? Suspected NDFB militants abducted two assistant conservators of forest of western Assam circle area at about 1.30 a m today from Khuk-lung reserve forest. The kidnapped forest officials are Hamidur Hussain and Bodiuz Zaman. According to the sources, the forest officials were abducted while they were inspecting the boundary pillars work at Khuk-lung reserve forest just near the Indo-Bhutan border under Bijni subdivision.

GUWAHATI, June 4 ? The neglected North East has now got the best possible opportunities to make a foray into the booming Information Technology enabled services (ITES). Its students will now be able to get themselves trained in ITES with the Department of Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER) offering a heavy subsidy to pursue the course. The DONER has identified the North East as a creche for potential manpower to be utilised in the ITES industry which is currently growing at a rate of 59 per cent in India. DONER, in association with the Department of Information Technology (DIT)...

GUWAHATI, June 3 ? Frequent agitational programmes like bandhs, rail roko agitations, picketing, dharna, obstructions etc in the last few years not only resulted in financial loss to the Railways but also affected the movement of people and goods to this backward region of the country.

According to records available with the NF Railway, the areas under the juridiction of this Railway witnessed 132 bandhs, 24 Rail Roko programmes, one picketing, 17 obstructions, 15 dharnas on the tracks etc in the year 2000. In the year 2001, the area witnessed 112 bandhs, 28 Rail Roko agitations, one...

SHILLONG, June 3? The Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) will adopt the open-cast method of mining uranium at Domiasiat in the West Khasi Hills to ensure safety to the people and the environment. Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) officials told media-persons that with the commencement of uranium mining, the people living in the vicinity would also be benefited as the UCIL would invest a large sum of money for development of the area.

It may be mentioned that there has ben strong public opposition to the proposed uranium mining in Domiasiat as it is widely felt that mining would destroy...