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...

GUWAHATI, June 3? Power consumers in Assam have often suffered big losses with their electrical gadgets getting burnt out due to sudden power fluctuations. Consumers have often complained about their televisions, refrigerators, ACs, music systems and even bulbs and tubes being damaged. The power supplier, Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB), says it has no control over the fluctuations, laying the blame on the power generating utilities like NEEPCO.

Asked about the reasons behind the fluctuations, especially in the evenings, ASEB officials, not wishing to be named, said that the problem is...

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...

Nellie, June 3: The wounds have healed and the scars are fading. Twenty years after the worst communal carnage in Assam soaked Nellie in blood, people in the sleepy hamlet seem to have buried the past to set an example in communal harmony.

At an official function to mark the inauguration of a health camp today, people from the minority community bowed in obeisance as Hindu rituals were performed. They clapped spontaneously when minister of state for health and family welfare Rupam Singh Ronghang cut a ribbon to declare the camp open.

Residents avoid talking on sensitive issues, admittedly...

New Delhi, June 2: Bangladesh?s history may have taken a slightly different turn had the Mizo National Front (MNF) carried out its decision to execute former President and dictator Zia-ur Rahman.

The Mizo National Front (MNF) was in hiding in then East Pakistan and was mulling over the pros and cons of the war of liberation as it would have entailed installation of a pro-India government and elimination of all camps. The MNF was allowed to set up camps in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of East Pakistan with the active support of Islamabad. The outfit?s sympathies lay with West Pakistan.

MNF...