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GUWAHATI, April 1 – The failure of the Union Ministry of Water Resources to release funds for both the ongoing and new schemes since 1999-2000, has brought implementation of 71 flood management schemes in the State to a grinding halt, said State Water Resources Minister Nurzamal Sarkar here today. He was addressing a press conference.

Moreover, the Minister said, the Union Water Resources Ministry in its budget for 2002-2003 had kept a meagre provision of only Rs 10 crore for the State, which had a liability of Rs 54 crore for the ongoing and completed flood management schemes. However, these...

Dimapur, April 1: Condemning the abduction of German social worker Heinrich Wolfgang by Kuki militants in Manipur, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) today appealed to the abductors for his safe and unconditional release at the earliest in the interest of peace and justice for all.

The German national, working for the Financial Management Service Foundation as peace trainer, was abducted by militants of the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) on March 23 near Maphou dam area in Imphal East district.

Though it was initially believed that the abduction was carried out for ransom...

SHILLONG, April 1 — The sleepy hamlet of Lynshing went agog last Sunday. The villagers had an occasion to rejoice — a function to felicitate their representative in the Legislative Assembly, Martle Mukhim. With nothing much happening in this remote village in the war area of East Khasi Hills, the simple function turned festive. There was music in between short speeches by village elders. And there was arrangement for the traditional Khasi bamkhana literally meaning community feast.

Except for a few, almost all the 1400 villagers gathered in the village field and enjoyed every moment of the...

SHILLONG, April 1 — Abducted Customs Inspector Dipak Mahanta and three other coal exporters were released from the custody of the banned NDFB in a jungle near Williamnagar in south Garo Hills on March 30 ending the 30 day-old kidnap drama.

Commissioner of Customs, DD Ingti told newsmen this afternoon “I received the information about their release from Mahanta himself last night over telephone.” Mahanta rejoined his widowed mother and sister at his Biswanath Charali residence in Sonitpur district around midnight last. “But for the malnourishment and lack of sleep he has suffered, Mahanta is...

Guwahati, April 1: A first-time visitor to this capital city could end up checking into a hospital if he is guided by the website addresses mentioned in the latest of the “Incredible !ndia” advertisement series of the Central department of tourism.

The “where to stay” page under the “Guwahati” link of www.tourismofindia.com mentions Hotel Samrat in the “supplementary accommodation” category.

Actually, Hotel Samrat was closed down in 1999 and converted into an endolaparoscopic surgical research institute on June 15 the next year.

Umpteen factual errors litter www.tourismofindia.com and www...