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GUWAHATI, Dec 3 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today ordered an enquiry into the December 1 Adhiapara (Dehar-kuriha) incident which resulted in the death of ten persons, including an Army Major and a sepoy and eight civilians. Chairman, Assam Administrative Tribunal MS Pangtey will conduct the enquiry and submit his report within 30 days since today, official sources here said. The Chief Minister also granted an ex-gratia amount of Rs 25,000 to the next of the kin of each of those killed in the incident, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, in a letter to Defence Minister George...

NEW DELHI, Dec 3 ? Assam is the lone State in the North-East to pay for deployment of Central Para-military Forces (CPMF). The State has an outstanding of over Rs 32.49 crore towards deployment of CPMF in Assam. As for the other North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura, they do not have to share the burden as the Central Government has exempted them from paying for deployment of Central forces. This was revealed by Deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani in the Lok Sabha this morning during the Question Hour discussion. The Deputy Prime Minister added that...

SHILLONG, Dec 2 ? Meghalaya Community and Rural Development Minister, Maysalin War handed over the 1.33 acre of land for the establishment of an office for the traditional durbar of Hima Mawphlang and protection of the monoliths, which are a rare legacy inherited by Hynniewtrep community about 25 kms from here, reports PTI. Way back in 1964, the durbar of Hima Mawphlang had gifted to the then Assam Government 15 acre of the land in which the Mawphlang block of was established. Now on the request of the traditional institution, the State government returned part of the land (1.33 acre) to...

NEW DELHI, Dec 2? The Assam Government is likely to lodge a formal protest with the Defence Ministry over the Hajo incident. The State Government now wants the Army to take the civil administration into confidence before mounting any such operations in the future. Describing the incident as an avoidable tragedy, Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi said that he plans to move the Defence Minister tomorrow to complain that the civil administration was not taken into confidence by the Army. Sri Gogoi said he would request the Defence Ministry to issue a directive to the troops operating in Assam to take...

NEW DELHI, Dec 2?Assam?s growth of the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) has touched an all-time low of 2.49 per cent, even as the projected growth rate for the State has been estimated at six per cent during the 10th Plan period. The findings are part of the Assam Development Report (ADR) prepared by Planning Commission, which was released by Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee. The report has been prepared by Kirit Pareek a consultant. The function held at the Prime Minister?s residence was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, K C Pant, Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi besides top...