He was tortured badly and had to be treated in Khagrachari hospital under police custody. At present he is being detained in Khagrachari jail.

It is not known whether any case has been filed against him.

Earlier, in 2003 Mr. Barua was hurt when armed members of the Jana Samhati Samiti mounted an armed attack on UPDF office at Babuchara. Another UPDF member Gyaneshwar Chakma was killed in that attack.

Mr. Barua joined the party after Jana Samhati Samiti members killed his brother Ajoy Barua, a businessman, in Baghaihcari.

After successfully co-hosting Infocom - India\\'s biggest ICT event based in Calcutta for three years in a row (2002, 2003 & 2004), the ABP Group, one of India\\'s largest media conglomerates, and NASSCOM, the premier chamber of commerce for software and the services industry in India, have joined hands to take the IT revolution even deeper into the heart of East.

The first ever Information and Communications Exposition - NICT 2005 - in Guwahati, Assam, will be held at Vishwaratna Hotel on September 1 and 2, 2005 under The Telegraph and NASSCOM banner.

The organising secretary of the golden jubilee celebration committee of the College, Dr Atul Bora, talking to The Assam Tribune, pointed out that not many students from the region manage to get into the all-India services, including the Engineering Services, mainly because of lack of proper preparation for the competitive examinations and a substantial number of students of each batch have the capability of making into the services if they mobilise their talents in an organised manner.

Massive felling of trees by the two companies — L&T and Suma — engaged by the NHPC in the project has drawn flak from the people of Dhemaji district.

In spite of the order of the Deputy Commissioner of Dhemaji district against tree-felling, the NHPC has shown no sign to stop such illegal activities, people here alleged. It may be noted here that the Supreme Court had put a ban on tree felling in the region.

The road is unmotorable since more than 7-8 years and it is deteriorating year after year due to flood, etc. Now the position is such that it takes around 2-2.30 hours to cover a distance of 20 kms by bus. Leave aside the paitients / elderly persons, the healthy persons become sick while travelling by this road. I would therefore request to the authorities concerned to kindly look into the matter and do the needful so that the people of that area get a good road for commuting to other places, headquarter, etc. for which we shall be ever grateful.

Sincerely yours.
25.08.2005

Hitherto, this issue had always been given a political hue of minority (read foreigners) protection but now with an authoritative finding on facts and a severe castigation of the Government effort or rather the lack of it, in removing foreigners, this judgment now requires the Government both at the Centre and those in the Northeastern states to provide answers and to act.

Late Khagendra Nath Nath, Mujibar Rahman, Dr.Mehdi Ali, Wazuddin Ahmed, Khirod Mohan Sen, Dr. Annada Charan Das, S.N.Gupta, Dhiraj Mohan Das, Deben Kachari,and other energetic persons are there to establish the college. After the founder principal Wazuddin Ahmed some renowned assamese like Dr. Mahedra Bora, Dr. Birendra Nath Dutta,Ratna Kanta Barua, Dr. Pravin Sarma were occupied the prestigious principal seat.

Prabhakara’s treatment of the book appears too mild going by the sub-standard and error-ridden text of the narrative. It is also surprising to note that Prabhakara failed to point out some glaring discrepancies in the book, but for which I would not have bought this useless publication.

Bijoylakshmi Baruah,
Chandmari
Guwahati 781003.

I don’t know, why Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, as to why the Government of India remained in deep freeze even as Manipur remained under siege for over 45 days. But surely there is nothing particularly new about the simmering tensions in the region over the demand for a Greater Nagaland?

Surely it is the job of the home ministry to remain alert to the possibility of these tensions spilling over and creating a situation of breakdown? And surely regional sensitivities cannot be cause for inaction?