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PADMANATH KSHETRA (N Lakhimpur), Feb 9 ? Asam Sahitya Sabha president Homen Borgohain today gave a clarion call to continue with the process of building a greater Assamese nationality basing on the principle of a liberal humanism. Borgohain, while hoisting the Sabha flag to mark the beginning of the 67th session of the apex body of the State?s litterateurs here this morning, said that the Assamese litterateurs should take the pledge to expand their society by embracing others, paying respect to the languages and literatures of all ethnic groups of the State and attracting all the people...

LONGWA (Indo-Myanmar border), Feb 9 ? ?Nga trade chira India me... (we want trade with India for which both India and ?Burma? should work together for boosting trade), this was observed by a group of Myanmarese people living along the international border near Longwa. Longwa, a small village of Mon district of Nagaland has become a major trade point between India and Myanmar. The people of both the countries exchange their goods through barter system on every Friday, keeping aside their border dispute. The Indians generally exchange salt, potatoes, cattle and clothes while the Myanmarese...

GUWAHATI, Feb 8 ? The Planning Commission is likely to provide funds for the feasibility study for construction of a second bridge over the river Brahmaputra near Guwahati. This was disclosed by the Prime Minister?s office in a fax message to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. In the message, Jarnail Singh, joint secretary to the Prime Minister, informed Gogoi that the issue was discussed in the meeting of the empowered committee on non-lapsable Central pool of resources held in the third week of January, Smt Reva Nayyar, Advisor, North east, of the Planning Commission, suggested that the Commission...

SHILLONG, Feb 3 ? The 103rd annual conference of the Unitarian Union of North East India got under way at the Unitarian Church, Madan Laban here on February 1. Unitarians from the north-eastern States, besides foreign delegates attended the two-day conference.

Special services and congregation meetings were organised to mark the occasion. Unitarianism was founded in the Khasi Hills on September 18, 1887, by Hajom Kissor Singh. It has an indigenous origin which conforms to the monotheistic belief of the traditional Khasi people.

The Unitarian religion is based on the unity of God, tolerance...

Guwahati, Feb. 8: The state governments of the Northeast have failed to spend Rs 23 crore allocated over the past year under various schemes by the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment.

However, many schemes require matching contributions from the state governments, who are not in a position to disburse funds due to financial stringency.

Joint secretary in the ministry Rajwant Sandhu disclosed here today that of the allotted Rs 63 crore for the Northeast, the governments have utilised only Rs 40 crore. She said utilisation of funds in the current year is not very healthy either.

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