Inundated
With the monsoon continuing without respite, ominous apprehensions of a deluge hang over Barak Valley.  Incessant rains in the hills, plains as well as catchment areas have led to the flooding of Barak and all its major tributaries - Sonai, Rukini, Jatinga, Madhura, Katakhal, Kushiara, Longai and Shingla. According to Dibakar Bhattacharjee, Executive Engineer, Water Resource Department, there has been 2400 mm of rain against 3400 mm of average annual rainfall. He further said that from March 28 with which began the monsoon, there have only been a few days till date which have been without rain.
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Orchid Smuggling Blooms in Assam
Like all the Northeastern states of India, the state of Assam too had always been known for its greenery. From  hills to rivers, from mountains to lush green valleys, the state has it all. Various species of wild animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, etc and numerous species of trees had always reflected the green atmosphere in the state. The rain forest patch which stretches from Upper Assam to Arunachal Pradesh had always been an attraction for nature lovers, tourists and researchers. However, as in the case of many other states and nations, Assam too is losing its greenery as well as its rich and unique flora and fauna due to massive illegal felling of trees and poaching of wild animals.
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The Paresh Baruah factor
Assam has suffered a lot due to the ongoing movement on ‘sovereignty’ by United Liberation Front of Asom  (ULFA), for the last three decades. Thousands of innocent people including women, children, aged and media persons have been killed during this period by the outfit’s activists and the security forces due to this conflict. The state has been pushed backward and no development activities could be undertaken by the state government. The funds allotted by the Central Government to the state for development, were ‘misused’ by the state to ‘buy peace’ for the ministers, VIPs and the bureaucrats. Several efforts were initiated by eminent persons, organizations and intellectuals to bring the outfit to the negotiation table for amicable settlement of the disputes, but all in vain. The militant leaders, sitting outside the country were ‘getting easy money’ through their cadre who were spread throughout the interior places of the state.
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The Butcher of Mumbai
Kasab looked blank when the death sentence was pronounced.
When Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks was brought to hospital by the police, he said, “I do not want to die. Put me on saline.”
The Butcher of Mumbai as he has come to be known, however, is going to die: the rope is to squeeze the life out of him. Kasab is the 52nd person to be placed on death row in India. A Pakistani, Kasab has turned into one of India’s costliest prisoners. Till now, the Government has spent over Rs. 35 crore to ensure his safety.
Kasab cried as he was led back to the courtroom after stepping out briefly with the judge’s consent to drink water. When the special judge M.L. Tahaliyani asked Kasab directly if he wanted to say something regarding the punishment, he simply looked at the judge blankly and mutely shook his head and sat down.
The death penalty will not be implemented immediately.
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“Independence Has Hampered North East’s Development”
- Governor of Meghalaya R.S. Mooshahary
His Excellency the Governor of Meghalaya R. S. Mooshahary while inaugurating the international seminar  entitled ‘From Land Locked to Land Linked: North East India in BIMSTEC’ which was recently held at Shillong said that independence has actually made the region more remote than it was during pre – independence days. Agartala which was 300 kms away from Calcutta (now renamed Kolkata), as a result of the redrawing of international borders is now 1600 kms away from Kolkata. This has had an adverse effect on the economy and psyche of the people belonging to the region. The Governor of Meghalaya feels that besides economic development, emotional integration holds the key for bringing about peace and progress. That is to say, the Governor implies that without emotional integration, economic development can not take place.
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