NEW DELHI, May 12— Dubbing the move to repeal the controversial IMDT Act as BJP’s political gimmick, Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi has hinted on planning an action to counter the move, even as he said that the Central Government should have consulted him before tabling the Bill to repeal the Act. “I am the elected Chief Minister of the State and the Centre should have obtained my opinion before moving the Bill to repeal the Act,” a dejected Sri Gogoi said.

The Chief Minister started his move right from the top when he called on AICC president, Sonia Gandhi to apprise her of the fallout of the...

GUWAHATI, May 12 – The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today announced a series of agitational programmes demanding holding of a joint session of the Parliament to repeal the controversial Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act. The AASU today also demanded immediate steps to seal the Indo-Bangla border to check fresh influx, implementation of all the clauses of the Assam Accord within a specific time frame, constitutional safeguard to indigenous people of Assam and to prepare the national register of citizens.

In a release here today, Prabin Boro and Amiya Kumar Bhuyan, the...

GUWAHATI, May 12 – The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) Ltd. paid a dividend of Rs 1 crore to the Union Government for the year 2001-2002. The dividend cheque was presented to Union Minister of Power Anant G Geete by NEEPCO chairman and Managing Director S C Sarma recently, said a NEEPCO press release here.

During the above year, the press release said, the NEEPCO generated 2,762.53 MU of energy with an average machine availability of 86.6 per cent. The Union Government has declared the Assam Gas-based Power Station of the Corporation as ‘Centre of excellence’ for its...

GUWAHATI, May 12— Goalpara district in Assam is all set to become the richest district in the state within the next half decade. Till some time back, it was regarded as being among the poorer districts. The transformation in the district’s fortunes is being brought about by the widespread popularity of rubber cultivation.

According to officials of the Rubber Board’s zonal office here, rubber cultivation is becoming a household activity in Goalpara as farmers are reaping good yields and earning much more than they ever did before. Agia, in Goalpara, has now become a major center of rubber...

DIMAPUR, May 12 — The newly installed Democratic Alliance government in Nagaland led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio is instituting inquiries to all financial irregularities that have been committed in the past. Rio, addressing public meetings during his whirlwind tour to the districts of Mokokchung, Tuensang and Phek, said that “corruption charges” including the lottery scam of the previous SC Jamir government would be investigated into by the competent agencies.

The chief minister said that the “previous government misused public funds and there was an abundance of financial irregularities.”...