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Guwahati, June 17 : Located on the outskirts of Guwahati, Parijit academy in Pamohi village of Assam is a dream school for the poor.

The school has come up as a big ray of hope for the poverty-stricken parents who wanted their children to get education despite themselves being illiterate.

Imphal, June 17 : Loktak Lake, which has the only floating wildlife sanctuaries in the world is a gift of nature to the people of Manipur.

A three-day Loktak water festival was organised here recently to project and promote Loktak as a major tourist destination. The theme of the festival was ''Save Loktak, Save Our Life'.

This internationally important and biologically-rich lake besides being a unique wintering ground of various migratory waterfowls was the permanent home of many resident water birds.

Kohima, June 17 : Visedele, a young boy of Nagaland despite being just a ninth grader at a Government Higher Secondary School in Kohima has developed himself into a promising painter.

Drawn to paint and brush at first when he was barely three, Visedele interest developed gradually. Today, the grown up boy is busy spreading a message of love, joy and peace through his work of arts.

Shillong, June 17 : Thousands of believers from all denominations and ethnic communities from the northeast gathered recently at the Malki ground to pray for peace in world.

The occasion was Global Day of Prayer, which was observed in Meghalaya's capital, Shillong. It saw people converging in response to the anguish of mankind caused by war and unrest.

People prayed to seek relief from turbulence in life.

Rome - AC Milan are looking to kick off a virtuous financial course after the lucrative sale of Brazil star Kaka to Real Madrid.

La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Wednesday that new arrival from Porto, Aly Cissokho, will cost the Devils 10 times less than what they paid the Brazil international.

Although it's hard to compare the 2007 FIFA world player to the the 21-year-old French defender, Cissokho's pay per season substantially helps the Devils' efforts to balance their budget by slimming contracts.