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GUWAHATI, June 4 ? The Association of Architects, Assam (AAA), today stressed the need for a comprehensive master plan for planned development of the city which will effectively deal with all the civic problems besetting it. ?The task of preparing and implementing such a plan should be entrusted with a reputed technical firm from outside having the necessary infrastructure, equipment and technical know-how,? AAA general secretary Tikendrajit Saikia said. Warning that Guwahati would be a ?dead city? within 10 years if the state of affairs going on in the name of the city?s development was...

GUWAHATI, June 5 ? The All Bodo Students? Union (ABSU) has threatened to revive its original demand for creation of separate of Bodoland if the Central and the State Governments fail to show positive attitude towards solving the Bodo problem. Talking to The Assam Tribune, the ABSU president Rabi Ram Narzary said that the Bodo organisations would be forced to launch a mass movement if the Central and the State Governments fail to take immediate steps for the solution of the problem. The Bodo people have reasons to doubt the sincerity and honesty of the Government, he added.

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Imphal, June 05: The Slate BJP today clarified that there has been no formal intimation from the MSCP for its merger to the former at the party level though the party (MSCP) has sent feeders to the Central BJP leaders on the issue. The MSCP reportedly turned towards BJP after its bid to merge with the Congress party tailed. MSCP president and MP Th Chaoba is spearheading the move and is currently in Delhi. BJP MLA and State unit president Meinam Bhorot confirmed the development to The Sangai Express today. However 110 formal applications have been received by the State BJP. Stating that the...

BURAGAON (Arunachal), June 4 ? The long-cherished dreams of the people of West Kameng district in particular and Arunachal Pradesh as a whole were fulfilled on Sunday with the laying of foundation stone of the Rs 3,000 crore 600 MW Kameng Hydropower Project at Buragaon, in West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday last. The 600 MW Kameng Hydropower Project is located at Buragaon, around 90 km from Bomdila ? the district headquarter of West Kameng of this tribal-dominated Himalayan State. ?With the laying of the foundation stone of this mega power project, the long-cherished dreams of the...

SHILLONG, June 4 ? The Ministry of Rural Development has released an amount of Rs 1970.60 lakh to 35 districts in the north-eastern States as ad-hoc first instalment of Central funds under the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), according to an official statement. In addition, 16,977 tonnes of rice have been allocated to the districts at a total value of Rs 1935.12 lakh.

Tripura gets Rs 776.61 lakh for four districts under the scheme. This is besides 6460 tonnes of rice valued at Rs 762.62 lakh. The Ministry has released grants-in-aid of Rs 389.79 lakh to six districts of Meghalaya...