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Guwahati, Sept 15 : The North East Business Summit Chairman and Minister for Development of North East Region (DoNER) Mani Shankar Aiyar urged the private sector to take greater interest in the region.

At present only 0.5 per cent of the capital formation of private sector was coming to this region.

Business and investments dominated the opening session of the fourth North East Business Summit which started in Guwahati today.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari inaugurated the summit.

Guwahati, Sept 15 : Vice President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate the 4th North East Business Summit here today.

The two-day summit is being organised by the Department of North East Region, DoNER in collaboration with the Indian Chamber of Commerce, ICC, Kolkata.

The main objective of the summit is to showcase the potential of the NE States and to promote private sector investments.

Guwahati, Sept 14: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will make an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Assam today.

During his visit, Patil will meet state officials at a high-level meeting and will take stock of the flood situation. The government of Assam will also make a detailed presentation on the latest flood damages to the Home Minister.

Kaziranga National Park, Sep. 12 : Floods in River Brahmaputra and its tributaries are an annual feature in Assam. This year the floods have also inundated large areas in the Kaziranga National Park, displacing hundreds of people in the region and forcing wild animals out of their habitats.

And, this year nearly 80 per cent of the national park has been flooded, which has happened first time in a decade.

New Delhi, Sep 12 : The Army today dealt a severe blow to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) by killing self styled Lieutenant Shashankar Baruah, its organising secretary, in upper Assam’s Tinsukia District along the state’s border with Arunachal Pradesh.

Acting on a tip off about Baruah entering Assam from Arunachal Pradesh, soldiers of 19 Kumaon Regiment surrounded Dirak and launched an operation to nab him.

Baruah was killed on the spot, and an AK-47 assault rifle was recovered from the slain militant, sources said.