Kokrajhar, Feb. 19: The fashion scene in Assam’s Bodo heartland is making way for trendy outfits with contemporary lines created from muga and eri. The fashion show organised by a local co-operative society, Roje Eshanshali, in association with the Central Silk Board and directorate of silk here yesterday points to how ingenuously muga is being used to create outfits in tune with the times.

The show was organised as part of a two-day workshop on “Development of muga and eri silk industry” and an exhibition-cum-sale under the aegis of the United Nations Development Programme.

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Guwahati, Feb. 19: Manipuri residents of the city, concentrated in the Manipuri Rajbari area, have remained a backward community as a result of government apathy and neglect. The locality is popularly known as Manipuri Basti.

The residents trace the roots of their problem to the lack of proper pattas for the land they own in the heart of Guwahati.

Manipuris from Manipur and other parts of Assam, like Cachar and Hojai, had settled in Manipuri Rajbari, a plot of land covering 13 bighas, that was purchased by the erstwhile king of Manipur, Maharajah Churachand Singh, over 100 years ago during...

JAMUGURIHAT, Feb 19 – Coming from Panpur Reserve Forest (6th addition of Kaziranga National Park), depredation of wild elephants is becoming a common feature in the southern part of Jamuguri area which includes revenue villages like Amdara, Hokoma, Panpur, Puraniveti, Nepali Panchigaon, Panchigaon, Habipal, Mohmorapar, Erabari and Borbhagiagaon under Naduar revenue circle (NRC) within East Sonitpur Forest Division of Sonitpur district.

A herd of the giants consisting of 20 to 25 elephants including three menacing ones have been continuously damaging sugarcane cultivation, dwelling houses of...

KOKRAJHAR, Feb 19 — More than 1.61 lakh persons, affected by the ethnic riots in Kokrajhar district in 1996 and 1998, are still languishing in 49 relief camps spreading all over the district. Though the State Government has started the process of rehabilitation of the relief camp inmates, the process is very slow because of paucity of funds. According to records available, as many as 1,10,269 persons, including 71386 adults and 38883 minors of 21,523 families, are living in 26 relief camps in Gossaigaon subdivision, while, 51,393 persons including 34,063 adults and 17,330 minors of 8660...

Guwahati, Feb. 18: Unable to resist the lure of a Rs 2,000-crore loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the cash-strapped Assam government has finally drafted a memorandum of understanding with the Centre on fiscal reforms. Highly-placed sources in the finance department told The Telegraph that the MoU, including a commitment to reduce the size of the workforce, would be signed after the state Cabinet approved it.

Dispur is under pressure from Delhi to sign the MoU as early as this month. The rewards are a special financial package of Rs 750 crore from the Centre and the huge ADB loan...