Greetings from Assam,

I am very happy to inform you that Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Govt. of Assam, proposes to organise a two day event Connecting with the North East - NRI Summit 2007 on 21st and 22nd of December in Guwahati, Assam. This flag ship event will be the first and the most comprehensive event for the PIO's from the North East and will attempt to connect them and bring in their expertise and knowledge to integrate into North East's growth process.

We are proud to announce a new Guwahati based FM Radio channel - Gupshup 94.3 fm. This channel is dedicated to the Music and Film Industry of Assam. We solicit your kind support and in this regard request members of your association to visit our website www.gupshupfm.com . We would like your valuable suggestions which can be mailed to moja_weye@yahoo.com or alternately create a thread on our Forum section to initiate a discussion.
We would be glad if this mail is passed on to all members.

Click on www.gupshupfm.com

Regards,
Amin
COO
PURVY BROADCASTS PVT. LTD.

With this, the number of seats in the State’s engineering colleges and institutes has gone up to 2,225 from 1,785. Quoting Education Minister Ripun Bora, official sources here said this evening that following the stress laid by the present Government in the State, a demand for raising the number of seats in both degree and diploma levels to about 20,000 in the State’s engineering colleges and institutes was placed before the Union Human Resources Development Minister at a meeting of the state education ministers at New Delhi on April 10 and 11 last.

In order to promote tourism in North-East India, we, some students of North East have formed a group of volunteers who will provide all types of assistance and information FREE OF COST. We have also started a newsletter named Tourist Guide India. A traveler can contact us for any type of assistance for visiting North East India.

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But few know that the Lower Assam town of Sualkuchi gets most of its cocoons from Dhemaji district in Upper Assam, which produces nearly three crore cocoons every year. Of these, most are sent to Sualkuchi, which is also known as the Manchester of the East. But Dhemaji itself has skilled weavers who can create magic on silk.

The aesthetic designs by the Mising tribe have become popular in and outside the state. However, silk growers have not been able to grab the available market due to a lack of exposure.

A. The problem of illegal immigration:

The number of illegal immigrants into Assam from Pakistan (now Bangladesh) over the course of last 12 years (Since 1953) has been very conservatively estimated at about 2,50,000. Local unofficial estimates, however put the figure even higher. The fact that such a large number of immigrants succeeded in illegialy crossing the frontier and settling down unnoticed would prove that the measures so far taken have not been effective.

The report sent shivers down the administrative heads as adequate number of forces and weapons were not available to protect the Assamese or Indian citizens.

A lone Central Reserve Police Froce (CRPF) outpost was the only line of defence against the Bangladeshi attackers and hope to save the Assamese were dim.

India is a vast country and the Government of India should take steps cautiously so that not a single State is deprived of getting equal opportunities. But some sort of disparity is seen in case of northeastern States. The people of this region have to raise their voice for fulfilment of some basic demands like higher technical institutions, new universities, engineering colleges etc — but their cries never bear fruits. The question is: Why this disparity?

In the absence of any definite policy of the Government, the infiltration gradually assumed an alarming proportion and the aliens became politically so strong that no political party in this state is in a position to form the government without their support.