GUWAHATI, March 13— Renowned bamboo expert Dr Ding Xingcui today said China was keen to lend its technical expertise to India, especially the North-east, to help tap its immense potential in the region. “China which is in an advanced stage of bamboo production, can provide technical training to India under a Sino-India cooperation project,” Dr Xingcui who is an Associate Professor at the China National Bamboo Research Centre told The Assam Tribune. Besides, he said, the two countries can also go for joint ventures on the research and development (R&D) front for diversification of products.

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TEZPUR, March 13 — A top ULFA leader SS captain Kamal Gogoi alias Bablu Sharma alias Bhaiti Gogoi allias Nazrul Islam who was the personal body guard of the ULFA commander-in chief Paresh Baruah surrendered before Lt General Mohinder Singh, GOC 4 Corps here today in presence of Dr M Ariz Ahammed, Deputy Commissioner Sonitpur, Pradip Kumar, DIG, NR and Dr Lakshmi Goswami. Gogoi who joined the ULFA in October 1985 was trained in weapons communications and explosives at Myanmar, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and was the commander of 28 battalion of ULFA and presently was the camp commander of GHQ at...

KOHIMA, March 13 – Nagaland has become the latest destination of officials of the Tea Board of India because most of the farmers have shifted towards exclusive tea cultivation instead of mixed crops, which is the convention. With the discovery that the taste here is akin to Darjeeling tea, farmers in districts like Phek and Mon may soon be competing in quality with neighbors Assam. Another crop that’s reportedly doing wonders is ginger which is fetching high prices for the farmers of the state. The Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPED) has been attempting to...

NEW DELHI, March 13 — Unabated infiltration form across the border has hit the economy of Assam, with the Central Government holding the alarming growth of population at the rate of four percent as one the factors responsible of the economic slow down. In a written reply to a question tabled in Rajya Sabha by Vijay J Darda, Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, S B Mookher-jee said that with the partition of the country the State lost on trade and commerce with the neighbouring areas as riverine transportation through Bangladesh stopped.

Further, over the period State...

TEZPUR, March 13— The North-East based militants including ULFA who are presently based in Bangladesh are being trained by the al-Qaeda militants with the help of Pakistan based Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) at Bangladesh and Pakistan said Lt General Mohinder Singh, General Officer Commanding 4 Corps and the operational head of the United Command Structure.

Talking to media persons here Lt General Singh said till date Bangladesh has been providing a safe haven for the North-East based militants. The GOC said although Bangladesh has been denying the allegation but intelligence reports...