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SILCHAR, April 10 – The situation of Barak Valley, North Cachar Hills and a part of Manipur bordering Cachar district is still tense following the Dimasa-Hmar ethnic clash which killed 28 people during the last few days. A fear psychosis has gripped the people of these places. All the non-Dimasa people are leaving North Cachar Hills following the threat from the Dimasa outfit Dima Halam Daogah (DHD). It can be mentioned here that the Dimasa-Cacharis are the Indo-Mongoloids and belong to the Bodo group of people and linguistically belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family.

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SHILLONG, April 10 — More than 200 Hmar people have taken shelter in Meghalaya following clashes with the Dimasa tribals in Cachar Hill districts of neighbouring Assam since April one, reports PTI. The Hmars had mostly taken shelter in the Evangelical Free Church of India in the state capital, official sources said.

The displaced were being rehabilitated by some local NGOs. The state Government would provide relief to the refugees only after getting the report of the enquiry into the exodus. The East Khasi Hills district’s Extra-Assistant Commissioner, I Majaw would conduct the enquiry and...

NEW DELHI, April 10— The 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Power Project is scheduled to be completed within seven years of procuring investment approval. The National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) is currently looking for investment approval. The Project estimated to cost Rs 6,608.68 crore is to be located near North Lakhimpur on Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The Project received techno-economic clearance by Central Electricity Authority on January 31. However, environment and forest clearance is awaited, Minister of State for Power, Jayawanti Mehta said.

GUWAHATI, April 10 — Though a lot of things have been said to malign Assam’s internationally acclaimed elephant catcher as well as trainer Parbati Barua by some vested interest circles, involving her with the death of a wild elephant in Chattisgarh in February last, the report prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests’ (MOEF) Project Elephant provide a different picture. Smt Barua is the Honorary Chief Elephant Warden of Assam.

The above report submitted to the Union Government on March 12 last, said, interalia, that Smt Barua did not catch...

SHILLONG, April 10 — The two-day North East Tourism Summit here today advocated adoption of a joint action plan by the governments of the North Eastern states and private operators to promote tourism which it said will not only bring development but also restore peace in the region. Inaugurating the summit at Hotel Polo Tours here this inmorning, Assam Governor and Chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC), Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha, set the tone of the Summit saying a concrete plan comprising short-term and long-term measures to promote tourism in the region is being evolved.

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