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ITANAGAR, July 7 ? The Dree festival of Apatani tribe began with a two-day programme all over Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. Like previous years, the Dree festival as also centrally celebrated this year at Ziro which was graced by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi as the chief guest. The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Assam, Captain Robin Bordoloi also participated in the central Dree Festival celebration as the guest of honour. This was stated in a PIB release.

Addressing the gathering as the chief guest, Mithi said that the Apatanis have a rich...

SIVASAGAR, July 7 ? A CBI team led by DSP MS Khan, interrogated ULFA?s Rongpur Anchalik Commander Arpan Saikia alias Nironjan Borthakur alias Keshov Mohanta in Sivasagar jail for two days since yesterday. Arpan Saikia was arrested by Dibrugarh police on June 12 at Khowang and was handed over to Sivasagar police on June 22 last. According to sources, Saikia was interrogated by the CBI team mainly on his alleged involvement with the bomb blast case in which AGP leader Nagen Sarmah was killed. The CBI team appealed to Sivasagar CJM?s Court for permission to interrogate Arpan Saikia. The Court...

AGARTALA, July 6 ? As the talks between the agitating part time college teachers and government came a cropper yesterday the college education in the State seems to have reached its nadir. More than 400 part-time college teachers are on strike from Thursday last demanding better remuneration and guarantee in services. A delegation of the Part Time College Teachers Association (PTCTA) on July 5 met Education Minister Anil Sarkar pressing their demand. But the meeting came a cropper as the government turned down their demand of guarantee on continuation part-time status till 58 years of age (of...

NORTH GUWAHATI, July 6? Due to incessant heavy downpours during the past few weeks, there has been a rise in flood waters along the 4.5-km-long historical embankment stretching from the foothills of Monikarneswar to the Dirgheswari pedestals, thereby endangering the lives and properties of the adjacent villages like Rongmahal, Bamunigaon, Fulung, Chandra, Borbaka, etc. Not only that, the entire North Kamrup would also be affected if there occurs any damage to the time-worn ?great royal embankment?. The prestigious IIT campus, bottling plant, Brahmaputra Hydraulic Research Centre, several...

GUWAHATI, July 6? About four years back The Assam Tribune carried a newsitem titled Guwahatians burying their own city. The story was about the adverse impact of hill cutting. Today, when a move to politicise hill cutting in the name of providing land to the thaluas (indigenous people) and the ?landless?, is on, we feel it our duty to remind the people of the same things we wrote about four years back. The Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) conducted a study on hill slope destabilisation and its impact on urban drainage planning between May 1993 and October 1997 taking...