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AIZAWL, June 10 ? The Mizoram Government has made elaborate arrangements to prepare for any eventuality that might arise in case of a strong earthquake hitting the State, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Aichhinga told the State Assembly, reports PTI. In a written reply to a query from R Lalzirliana of Congress, Aichhinga said that even though there was no prediction that earthquake would rock Mizoram in immediate future, preparations were made as the region lies in Earthquake Zone 5, the most quake-prone zone of all. He said experts had predicted that disaster management committees have...

DIBRUGARH, June 10? The current spate of evictions from forest lands by the authorities have not only been criticism but was also condemned by the All Assam Small Tea Growers? Association (AASTGA). AASTGA general secretary Hemanta Kumar Gohain said that in the name of eviction of encroachments in ?so-called reserve forests?, several small tea growers of the State now face a bleak future, as their plantations too have been destroyed. He called for a proper compensation and rehabilitation plan for the eviction-affected person. He also questioned why the ?so-called reserve forests? were allowed...

GUWAHATI, June 10 ? Large-scale encroachment of railway land all over the State has turned out to be a major problem not only for the railways but also for the society as a whole as both sides of the railway tracks in Guwahati city have become dens of anti-social elements. Encroachment of railway land is not a new problem but the issue has come into focus once again in the wake of the eviction drive launched by the forest department against the encroachers of forest land and the concerned citizens are of the view that if the forest department can launch eviction drive, there is no reason why...

GUWAHATI, June 10 ? The Minority Department of the Assam Pradesh Congress (I) Committee (APCC-I) is critical about the procedure followed by the State?s forest department in evicting the encroachers from forest lands. Addressing a press conference here today chairman of the APCC-I Minority Department A F Golam Osmani said that at its meeting on June 8, the Minority Department had decided to move both the Government in the State and at the Centre with the plea that they should submit a plan on the eviction procedure before the Supreme Court in connection with the case leading with the Apex...

GUWAHATI, June 10 ? Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, a former judge of Rajasthan High Court, was today sworn in as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. State Governor Lt Gen (retd) SK Sinha administered the oath of office to Naolekar at a simple function at the Darbar Hall of the Rajbhavan here. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Chief Secretary Pramab Kumar Bora and Director General of Police HK Deka were present at the function.