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Rs 3100 cr for Guwahati facelift Guwahati is set for a major facelift after the central government apporved to release Rs 3100 crore for the purpose. The areas for development under the project include water supply, drainage, sewerage, road, transport, etc. At a press conference on Friday, the Minister for Guwahati Development, Himanta Biswa Sarma affirmed that the departments concerned had already been asked to prepare detailed project reports (DPRs) for submission to the Centre, with the DPR for solid waste management already being ready. A major chunk of the money is expected to be used for water supply in the city. The funds from the central government are expected to cover 90 per cent of the total expenditure towards the revamp while the reming amount is to be contributed by the state. For more reports log on to http://assamtribune.com/ ©.
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Pluto Demoted...Planet no more

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The planet Pluto has been demoted to "small solar system bodies" like other comets by the International Astronomical Union as it doesn't satisfy the defination of a planet. This announcement came after a week when two more planets were discovered taking the total number of planets to 12. The tenth was discovered more than three years ago. However yesterday's declaration left the solar system with only eight planets. For now, membership will be restricted to the eight “classical” planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto has been disqualified under the new rules for a planet which says, “a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.” Pluto's orbit overlaps the orbit of Neptune.
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Bangladesh not guilty:centre

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NEW DELHI, Aug 17 – The escalating tension between Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) notwithstanding, the Centre today dismissed reports of Bangladesh grabbing 500 acres of Indian territory. In a Rajya Sabha reply, Minister of State for External Affairs, E.Ahmed said that reports about Bangladeshi nationals grabbing 2.02 sq km of Indian Territory have been found to be incorrect. Read Assam tribune for more details www.assamtribune.com
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ULFA leader may be released

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'The Hindu' on friday reported that the Indian government may release the top ULFA leaders who are in Indian Prisons. The government is trying to set up talks with the outfit next month. Meanwhile the ULFA has staged an increase in its activities in Assam in a ploy to pressurize the government to submit to their demands.
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