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Eventful 2008
Shameful arrest: Assam education minister Ripun Bora was arrested by CBI in Delhi on June 3 while he was trying to bribe one of its
AFNA sponsors a child meeting at Snehalaya , Guwahati
The Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA) program 'Sponsor a Child' started off with a meeting at Snehalaya Guwahati. Debojit Bora of AFNA talked in ...Another blow for ULFA: 109 bn leader surrenders in Meghalaya
In yet another big blow for ULFA, one of its hardecore cadres has surrendered before the Meghalaya police on Tuesday night.According to information, Hasmat Ali, ...Situation simmering along Assam-Arunachal border
Simmering situation in Golaghat
An uneasy situation is again prevailing in Golaghat town on Sunday evening. A group of youths started assaulting a few businessmen after vandalizing their shops. ...Rhino body recovered
Body of a rhino was recovered at Chemeri Chapori in Golaghat district on Sunday morning . Local residents say the body was exhumed after the ...OIL beat ASEB, clinche Bordoloi trophy
Crack in NDFB: Ranjan Daimary to continue as chairman
There is report of vertical split in the National Democratic Front of Bodoland. The chairman of the Bodo rebel outfit DR Nabla has claimed that ...13 ULFA cadres to join the pro truce faction
At least thirteen ULFA cadres belonging to the 28th Battalion are set to join the pro truce faction in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Saturday.According ...Major explosion averted in Sivasagar
A major explosion was averted and lives of hundreds of people saved on Friday when an IED was found in a busy market in Sibsagar. ...40 injured as bus set on fire at Bihali in Sonitpur
Over 40 persons have been injured when suspected Birsa Commando force militants set on fire a passenger bus at Bihali in Sonitpur district early in ...Killer avian flu still spreading in Assam
The killer Bird flu virus refuses to die down. It's spreading to new areas in Assam where culling of poultry has been going on since ...Land grabbers at work in Patbaushi monastery
An uneasy situation is what prevails at the Patbaushi monastery premises following at attack threat by a few people who have been illegally occupying the ...Bordoloi Trophy: 2nd semi final match
State-level workshop on bamboo sector
Uneasy situation at Golaghat township
Normal life comes to a grinding halt at Golaghat town in upper Assam minutes after a few students leaders forcibly took away a pair of ...New GOC at army's 4 corp
Lt General Parnaik, VSM will take over as the general office commanding at the army's Four Corps. According to information, Parnaik will replace Lt Gen ...Three 3 schemes on the cards to uplift health sector
The Assam government is gong to announce three ambitious schemes to uplift the state’s health sector. Talking to reporters on Wednesday in Guwahati, health minister ...Pakhi Miyan escape: GMCH Doc suspended
Two days after the escape of drug mafia Pakhi Miyan from the GMCH, the hospital authorities have placed the concerned doctor Purna Chandra Deori under ...Massive operation on to nab Huji terrorists
The Assam police on Wednesday started running hugger-mugger minutes after the Union home ministry informed the state government that a seven member Huji terrorists has ...Centre-DHD ceasefire extended
The government has extended its ceasefire with Dima Halom Daogah for yet another year. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of ...Powerful bomb recovered in the city
The city police has saved the souls of hundreds of people in the city when police defused a powerful bomb beside the bust Machkhowa bust ...Major explosion misses Radhani Exp target
Hundreds of passengers at the Rajdhani Express got rid of a major tragedy when a powerful bomb missed the target at Matipul in Karbi Anglong ...Sahitya Academy award to 2 Assamese litterateurs
Noted litterateur and veteran novelist Dr Rita Chaudhury has been named for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for his outstanding contribution to the field of ...Misuse of Indian Constitution by North-East Student Leaders
Respected Editor,I spent more than two decades of my service life in North East India before settling down permanently in Bangalore. Recently the news of ...Programme on Aquatic Biodiversity
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow in collaboration with North East Centre for Sustainable Development is going to organize a day long exploration – ...Pakhi Miyan remains clueless
Notorious drug mafia Pakhi Miyan alias Hazi Samsul Haque Talukdar who escapaed from judicial custody is remaining clueless even as police has placed three constables ...Training on juvenile justice in the city
The Social Welfare Department Assam, in collaboration with UNICEF organised a day-long training programme on Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act, 2000 for the police ...Bordoloi Trophy quarter final leage match
CBI team visits Guwahati blast site
Mahanta family mires in controversy
Controversies after controversies seem to have AGP(P) president Praulla Kumar Mahanta's family which could stymie the on going process for merger of regional forces.In yet ...ULFA fundung Bangladesh poll
The United Liberation Front of Asom is funding a god amount in the upcoming Bangladesh general election. According to Indian intelligence inputs, the banned outfit ...Road blockade on Sivasagar-Nazira road
Surface communication on the Sivasagar-Nazira road was left heavily disrupted as hundreds of people are blocking the road alleging lackadaisical attitude of the government. Thousands ...Notorious drug mafia Pakhi Miyan escapes from judicial custody
Rong Bong Terang is Asom Sahitya Sabha president
CBI team visits blast serial sites
A nine member CBI team on Sunday visited the blast sites in Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta Road as part of the initial probe into the ...Living with floods is their destiny
25 years old Mr. Shravan Kumar becomes very happy when he sees his growing agriculture fields. He did his post-graduation and Bachelor of Education form ...NRC upgradation process in progress
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says the work on the national register of citizens in Assam is nearing an end.Addressing press conference in Dispur on ...All India Independence Cup Football Tournament at Nagaon
Firing at SULFA, public clash in Namrup
There is report of firing when as the local people clashed with a group of surrendered ULFA rebels in Namrup in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district. ...CBI probe into serial blast, communal clash begin
The Central Bureau of Investigation begins its probe into the October 30 serial blast in Assam along with the cases of communal violence in its ...Assam demands Rs 20,495 cr grants from 13th finance panel
The Assam government demands Rs 20, 495 crore grant from the 13th Finance Commission citing the adverse impact of the global economic meltdown besides in ...Assam serial blast: CBI team arriving in Assam
The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the over probe into the October 30 serial blasts in Assam. According to information,the central agency has ...First phase of poultry culling ends
Assam has completed the first phase of poultry culling operation in the bird flu-affected areas of Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta and Dibrugarh districts. Process iun progress ...Govt to quicken Indo-Bangla border fencing :PC
The Government will soon quicken the process of fencing along Indo-Bangla border if union home minister P Chidambaram is to be believed.In his statement in ...NDFB asked to leave Karbi Anglong by Dec 25
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland is landing in yet another trouble. Several Bodo organisations in Karbi Anglong district have served the militant outfit an ...Message of peace before Christmas
Gun will fall silent in Nagaland if the peace message that runs across the north eastern state is any indication. Festivity grips the state as ...Poultry culling completes in two more areas
Culling operation in Assam has completed in three areas of two districts on Tuesday where the killer avian flu is creating panic. According to information, ...Pradip Baruah to attend GPC programme
Senior journalist and editor of 'Prantik', Pradip Baruah will attend the next 'Guest of the Month' programme of Guwahati Press Club on December 20, 2008. ...Flutter in NDFB: Ranjan Daimary shown the door
Stung by the recent spate of events, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, NDFB General Assembly has removed Ranjan Daimary and appointed Dhiren Boro as ...Third front very soon: Prakash Karat
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat says the country needs a third front for a better future. Addressing a mammoth rally in Guwahati on Sunday the party’s ...Gogoi hopes gas cracker project to be completed in time
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the gas cracker project at Lepetkota in Dibrugarh would be completed in time . The Chief Minister on Sunday ...Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters organises Interactive Meet
Avian flu spreading to Lakhimpur, Sivasagar
The government is considering a hike compensation for the culled poultry even as two more districts in Assam were suspected to have been affected by ...Poultry culling in progress as bird flu dispersing
Authorities in Assam have beefed up poultry culling in several parts of the state as the killer bird flu is further dispersing in the state. ...LS Speaker expelled Assam MPs from House
Three Assam MPs namely Sarbananda Sonowal, Dr Arun Sarma and Rajen Gohain were asked by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chaterjee to go out of the ...Principal Prince Claus Award for Indira Goswami
Noted litterateur Indira Goswami has been conferred with the Netherlands' prestigious Principal Prince Claus Award for her work in Indian culture and its development, but ...No outside team in Bordoloi trophy
Footballers from the country and abroad will not be seen in action this time in theBordoloi trophy football match slated to begin on December 16.Uzbekistan ...3 hardcore DHD(J) rebels flee from Haflong jail
Three hardcore DHD(J) cadres have managed to escape from jail in Haflong by exploding a powerful grenade early in the morning on Thursday.According to information, ...P Chidambaram to visit Assam soon
Union home minister P Chidambaram will soon visit Assam to take stock of the situation prevailing in the state.Disclosing this on Wednesday in Delhi Assam ...Bird flu in city; admn restrict sale and purchase of poultry
The killer bird flu is dispersing to some more areas that could force the authorities to expand the culling operation.According to information, in the city ...Major blast averted in Goalpara
A major explosion was averted beside a theatre show when army recovered a powerful bomb in front of the West Goalpara College on Wednesday morning. ...Crop insurance is the life insurance scheme for farmers
Uttar Pradesh is one of the most important states of the country in terms of agricultural production. More than 85% of its population is rural ...Normalcy set to restore in Karbi Anglong as KLNLF suspends blockade
Life in the simmering Karbi Anglong district is believe to limp back to normalcy as the KLNLF is withdrawing the indefinite rail and road blockade ...Devastating fire in the city; 100 houses gutted
A devastating fire that broke out in Guwahati’s Machkhowa area on Sunday evening has reduced over 100 houses to ashes with properties worth lakhs of ...Strike for Justice by ABSU
ULFA's 709th cadre killed in Kokrajhar
ULFA has lost one more cadre of its 709th battalion. According to information, hardcore cadre Tapan Roy was killed during a joint operation by army ...Terrorist targeting non-believers worldwide
HTML clipboard The world stands united in unreserved, condemnation of this latest atrocity. By singling out Britons, Americans and Indians and Israilis, they demonstrated that ...Gogoi for stringent law to tackle terror in Assam
Rattled by the recent serial blast, the Assam government is considering more teeth in the laws to deal with terror saying that the existing laws ...Blast in train at Diphu: 3 dead, 50 injured
Three persons died and over 50 have been injured when a powerful bomb exploded at a passenger train in Diphu Railway station early in the ...Author info
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