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1  CONCERN OVER NEWS REPORT OF 600 STARVATION DEATHS     [S:25-JAN-99]
   -------------------------------------------------
   NORTH LAKHIMPUR:  A UNI news item  reporting  over  600  starvation
   deaths  in  Dhakuakhana  during  the  last three months has created
   sensation in different circles in  Lakhimpur  district.    Reacting
   immediately  to  the  news, the Lakhimpur Deputy Commissioner Badal
   Mitra Mazumdar has already submitted a  report  to  the  Government
   refuting  the  allegation and informed newsmen that the reported in
   question did not meet him to confirm the fact.
   
2  KILLING OF DACOIT BY ARMY DURING EID NAMAZ CONDEMNED  [S:23-JAN-99]
   ----------------------------------------------------
   NORTH LAKHIMPUR:  A meeting held on January 20 at Daulatpur  Eidgah
   Maidan  strongly  condemned  the killing of a dreaded dacoit Akkash
   Ali by two Army  jawans  while  he  was  offering  Eid  prayers  at
   Daulatpur Eidgah  field  on  January  19.  The Army jawans shot him
   dead from close range while he was praying.  The  Daulatpur  Eidgah
   committee   submitted   a   memorandum   to  the  Lakhimpur  Deputy
   Commissioner demanding an inquiry into the killing.
   
3  HONESTY IS STILL HIS BEST POLICY                      [S:23-JAN-99]
   --------------------------------
   SIBSAGAR:   The  headmaster  of  No.54  Teok  Dulia Village Primary
   School, Mr Tosheswar Saikia went to the Teok branch of  State  Bank
   of  India  to  draw  the  salaries of the teachers and staff of the
   school totalling Rs.38,820 on January 13.  The bank was overcrowded
   with customers on the eve of Magh Bihu.  The cashier  at  the  bank
   counter, through  oversight,  gave  Mr  Saikia Rs.118,020.
   
   Without counting the money, Mr Saikia went to his school and  after
   distributing  the salaries, he found that a huge amount of money is
   still left and on counting found to be Rs.79,200.   The  headmaster
   rushed to  the  bank  and refunded the excess money.  Mr Saikia has
   been appreciated by one and all in the locality for his honesty.
   
4  PROBE INTO USE OF BENGALI PRESCRIPTION FORMS DEMANDED [S:23-JAN-99]
   -----------------------------------------------------
   BARPETA:  The Barpeta District  Students'  Union  and  the  Barpeta
   Subdivision  Students'  Union  demanded a judicial inquiry into the
   matter of  prescription  forms  for  doctors  in  the  local  Civil
   Hospital in Bengali ignoring the Assamese language.
   
   The  student  bodies suspect a deep rooted conspiracy to bring back
   the days when hundreds of people laid their lives for the cause  of
   the  Assamese language, in a prolonged movement, which stands still
   significant in the present context  of  socio-political  upheavals.
   The prescriptions have been printed at T.U., Guwahati-22.
   
5  MOVE TO HAND OVER HISTORIC DEOPAHAR LAND RESENTED     [S:19-JAN-99]
   ------------------------------------------------
   GOLAGHAT:  The move by the Revenue Department, Government of Assam,
   to  hand  over  137 hectares of land of Deopahar, situated near the
   Numaligarh  refinery  in  Golaghat,  to   a   private   party   for
   construction  of  refinery-related industries, has been resented by
   the local people.
   
   It may be mentioned  that  a  considerable  part  of  Deopahar  has
   already been  encroached upon by a tea garden in the vicinity.  The
   Department of Archeology had stressed the importance of Deopahar as
   a heritage site which include, among others, monuments belonging to
   the 7th and 8th centuries.  The area bears testimony  to  the  rich
   heritage of the Kachari civilization.
   
   Meanwhile,  people  in Sibsagar have alleged that the `Ranghar' and
   the `Talatol Ghar' of the Ahom period has  been  neglected  by  the
   Government since  its  renovation in 1992.  The electric system had
   developed defects and the Ronghar area presents a  ghostlike  sight
   to the onlookers at night.
   
6  MUSHROOM CULTIVATION IN NAGAON COLLEGE                [S:22-JAN-99]
   --------------------------------------
   NAGAON: Under the guidance of Professor Sarat Borkakoty  the  major
   students  of  the  Botany  department  of  Nagaon College have been
   successful in growing the high-yeilding variety of mushroom in  the
   college.  The  mushroom  cultivation centre is capable of producing
   mushroom in a large scale. Prof Borkakoty said that the cultivation
   was possible with the active help and initiative of the students.
   
7  MILK SCARCITY AT MAJULI                               [S:22-JAN-99]
   -----------------------
   JORHAT:  Milk has become a rare item in Majuli and Jorhat following
   the  devastating  floods  and  the  Veterinary  department's  total
   inactivity in the district.  While cows  and  buffaloes  have  been
   killed  in thousands in Majuli, the few cows remaining with some of
   the people could not be made to yield milk due to lack of sperms in
   stock of the Veterinary department.
   
   Once eight villages were earmarked as ideal milk-producing villages
   under the town milk supply scheme and were provided with  loans  to
   purchase cows to bring in the white revolution.  Currently, none of
   the cows can be seen and the bank loans not returned.
   
   The daily  demand  of  the  town  being  7,000  litres  a day,  the
   neighbouring town of Dimapur in Nagaland supplies 1,500  litres  of
   packet  milk  a day for Jorhat. The festivals like Bhogali Bihu has
   lost its glamour and importance among the public  for  scarcity  of
   milk and milk-products like curds, cream etc.
   
8  TARUN BARUA SELECTED FOR PRESIDENT'S AWARD 
   ------------------------------------------
   GOLAGHAT:  Mr Tarun  Barua,  Commandant  Home  Guards  of  Golaghat
   district  is  among  four other police officers from Assam selected
   for the President's Award this year.  The award will  be  presented
   in New  Delhi  in  the  year  2000.    The  district administration
   felicitated Mr Barua on the Republic Day function  at  the  general
   field on January 26.
   
9  JAYASHRI BORA WINS AWARD IN DELHI COLLEGE             [S:23-JAN-99]
   -----------------------------------------
   GUWAHATI: Ms Jayashri Bora of Guwahati, a student  of  Indraprashta
   College  for  Women,  Delhi,  has been awarded the Anuradha Bharwaj
   Memorial Award for 1998-99,  for  her  consistently  good  academic
   performance   in  English.  Prime  Minister  Atal  Behari  Vajpayee
   presented the award to her on January 16. She is  the  daughter  of
   Troilokya Bora of Srinagar, Guwahati.
   
   
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1  AMNESTY URGES ARMED GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE HUMAN RIGHTS   [S:1-FEB-99]
   ----------------------------------------------------
   GUWAHATI:  Alarmed  by  the  increasing  violence in Assam, Amnesty
   International  is  renewing  its  call  on  all  involved  in   the
   conflicts  to  respect  human  rights  and  abide  by international
   humanitarian law. The organization is also urging the  Central  and
   State  Governments and the security forces to ensure that impartial
   investigations are carried out into all allegations of human rights
   violations by security forces.
   
   `Tension over land,  resources,  cultural  identity  and  political
   power has  reached a level where the  most basic of human rights --
   the right to life is being ignored', Amnesty International said.
   
   Amnesty  International  urged all parties concerned, in particular,
   armed groups to take the following steps:  Instruct all  combatants
   under  their  command in the rules of humanitarian law; to humanely
   treat prisoners,  the  wounded  and  those  seeking  to  surrender,
   whether  civilians or members of the armed force, and never to kill
   them; prohibit deliberate arbitrary and indiscriminate killings  of
   noncombatants    under    any    circumstances;    conduct   proper
   investigations into alleged abuses by their combatants; ensure that
   individuals suspected of  committing  or  ordering  deliberate  and
   arbitrary  killing  are  removed  from any position of authority or
   duties which bring them into contact with prisoners  or  others  at
   risk of abuse.
   
2  DEMAND FOR KHAMTI STATE IN ASSAM AND ARUNACHAL        [S:30-JAN-99]
   ----------------------------------------------
   GUWAHATI:   The  Khamti   Signpho   Rights   Protection   Committee
   president,  Mr  Kamja  Sikhang  and general secretary, Chowpu Impu,
   called upon the Prime Minister of India, the Union  Home  Minister,
   and  Chief  Minister  of Arunachal Pradesh to create a small State,
   Khamti Singpho land,  comprising  the  erstwhile  areas  of  Khamti
   Singpho  territory,  to protect the distinct identity, language and
   culture of the historic Khamti Singpho tribes of Arunachal  Pradesh
   and Assam.
   
   They also expressed strong resentment against the repeated  neglect
   and  discrimination  against the Khamti Singpho tribes by the State
   Reorganization Commission, Northeast Reorganization Act, 1971,  and
   by the  Constituent  Assembly.  They also criticized the Government
   for dividing the Khamti Singpho territory by handing  over  a  vast
   portion  of  the  land to Assam and retaining the rest in Arunachal
   Pradesh.
   
3  NRIPEN GOSWAMI HITS OUT AT GOVERNOR                    [S:1-FEB-99]
   -----------------------------------
   GUWAHATI:   `If the ULFA is punishable for its secessionist remarks
   then the State Governor, Lt Gen (retd) S.K.Sinha is equally subject
   to criticism under the purview of law for his wrong presentation of
   the Assam history to the President of India  on  the  influx  issue
   recommending  the  repeal  of the IM(DT) Act, which may disturb the
   communal harmony in the State,' the Nagaon MP,  Mr  Nripen  Goswami
   said  this while addressing a Congress Seva Dal meet at Samaguri on
   January 31.
   
   It  may  be  mentioned  that in a recent report to the President of
   India by the Governor, which created a big  controversy  among  the
   political and intellectual circles, the Governor had mentioned that
   the  four  districts where the Muslims are in majority might demand
   that the districts transferred to Bangladesh.
   
4  WIRELESS SET RECOVERED FROM ULFA WORRIES POLICE       [S:30-JAN-99]
   -----------------------------------------------
   NAGAON:  The recovery of a powerful wireless set  from  the  ULFA's
   action  group  commander  Kailash Laskar alias Surjya Bora, who was
   killed in an encounter with police at Madanbori village in Morigaon
   district  on  January  24,  has  raised   serious   concern   among
   intelligence  officials  as  they believe that the outfit must have
   had access to vital communication between the Army and  the  police
   on anti-insurgency operations.
   
   According  to  intelligence   sources,   the   highly-sophisticated
   Japanese  wireless  set  has  a range of 50 km whereas the wireless
   sets used by the police have an effective  range  of  only  30  km.
   Moreover,  the  `jamming'  is  more  effective in the Japanese set.
   Similar wireless set was recovered earlier in Sibsagar also.

5  BLT USING HIRED CRIMINALS IN GUWAHATI: POLICE         [S:30-JAN-99]
   ---------------------------------------------
   GUWAHATI:  The  banned  Bodo  Liberation  Tigers (BLT) has, of late
   changed  its  tactics  of  indulging   themselves   in   subversive
   activities  and are using professional criminals to carry out their
   work. This has come to light following a series of arrests  of  BLT
   activists including some senior leaders by Guwahati City police.
   
   Police  told  The  Sentinel  that  the  task  of  apprehending  the
   activists  had  been  difficult  because the activists take shelter
   amongst their own people  in  the  newly  developed  Bodo-dominated
   areas of the city.
   
   Besides, they had a very simple life style and are mostly  occupied
   as  autorickshaw drivers, rickshaw-pullers or vegetable vendors and
   it makes very difficult to detect the culprits.    Lack  of  public
   awareness  also  aggravated  the  problem  as  the people often get
   misled about the actual identity of the militants.
   
6  SECURITY BEEFED UP, ARMY DESTROY POSTERS IN SIBSAGAR  [S:31-JAN-99]
   ----------------------------------------------------
   SIBSAGAR:  On the eve of the concluding function  of  the  yearlong
   Sui-ka-pha  Divas  celebration  from  February  2  at  Charaideo in
   Sibsagar, the security has  been  tightened  against  all  possible
   sabotage  and  extremists  threats in view of the visit of the Vice
   President of India, and many  dignitaries  from  several  Southeast
   Asian countries.   The district administration has declared a local
   holiday on February 2 for the celebrations.
   
   Meanwhile,  the  reception  committee of Sui-ka-pha Divas expressed
   serious concern over the removal of posters used for  publicity  of
   closing ceremony  by  some Army jawans.  The committee alleged that
   the publicity campaign  of  the  celebrations  has  been  seriously
   affected by the Army action.

7  TWENTY-FIVE MORE COUNTRY LIQUOR SHOPS IN SONITPUR     [S:30-JAN-99]
   -------------------------------------------------
   TEZPUR:   The  State  Government  decided  to  open 25 more country
   liquor shops in Sonitpur district, and invited application  seeking
   permits for  the  liquor shops.  Permits will be issued for Tezpur,
   Dhekiajuli, Rangapara, Biswanath Chariali and a  number  of  places
   near tea estates.  The term of permit will be from April 1, 1999 to
   March  31,  2002  and  the  Sonitpur  district  administration will
   receive the applications.  At present there are 50 IMFL (India-made
   Foreign Liquor) shops in the district.

8  STATUE OF KANAKLATA TO BE SHIFTED TO BORANGABARI      [S:30-JAN-99]
   ------------------------------------------------
   TEZPUR:  The State Government has decided to install the statues of
   martyrs -- Kanaklata and Mukunda Kakati -- in front of  the  Gohpur
   police  station  in  Sonitpur  district and the statue of Kanaklata
   existing there will be shifted to her place of birth, Borangabari.
   
   The total costs of the installation of the two statues, which  have
   been  designed  by  eminent  sculptor  Benu  Mishra, will cost Rs.1
   million, of which, Rs.500,000 has been contributed by the Centre.
   
9  NAVA THAKURIA SELECTED FOR JOURNALISTS' FELLOWSHIP    [S:30-JAN-99]
   --------------------------------------------------
   GUWAHATI:   Guwahati-based journalist and a engineering graduate of
   Assam Engineering College, Nava Thakuria has been selected for  the
   Journalists' Fellowship Programme offered by the Centre for Science
   and Environment.    The  month-long fellowship is provided to study
   and report about two pioneering community based projects of  Madhya
   Pradesh Government.   Mr Thakuria is presently associated with Amar
   Asom, an Assamese daily from Guwahati.

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