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CBI files chargesheet against Ripun Bora, 2 others
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed a charge sheet against sacked Assam Education Minister Ripun Bora, arrested along with two others for allegedly
APW asks stringent steps against Jehadi activists
The Assam Public Works on Thursday urges both the government to take up stringent measures to deal with the spreading Jehadi activities in Assam. Addressing ...Major blast averted in Lakihmpur
Army have averted a major explosion at Diju area in Lakhimpur when they recovered two powerful bombs on Thursday. According to information, acting on a ...
ULFA plans fatal blast during I-Day cedlebrations
For the first time ULFA is planning a fatal strike with clamour mine in Assam to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations falling on August 15. ...IGNOU announces results for Primary Edn Prog
The Indira Gandhi National Open University registered 78.2% pass percentage in the ‘Certificate in Primary Education Programme’ of the university in December 2007 examination the ...Guwahati opens new office for Anglo Indians
A new branch of the All-India Anglo-Indian Association, representing the States of the North-East with its headquarters at Guwahati, was inaugurated by Barry O’Brien, Anglo-Indian ...Bangladeshi: AASU says HC verdict a wake up call
The All Assam Students Union has called it a warning call for the people power when the Gauhati High delivered a landmark judgment on illegal ...Poll Vault: AGP-BJP poll pact hangs in balance
The pre poll alliance between BJP and Asom Gana Parishad mires in uncertainty. Sources in BJP say Assam BJP unit topguns are in talk with ...
1000-hr bandh continues in Lower Assam
Koch Rajbongshi Student Union, Koch Rajbongshi Mahila Samiti, Chilarai Sena Goalpara District Samiti blocked the National Highway at Gurufella under Gossaigaon sub-division during the 1000 ...AJYCP to observe August 4 as Black Day
For the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad, August 4 will be a Black day. The student body is going to do it in protest against ...Evening shootouts: Panchayat body president killed in Amguri
Two people were killed in two separate incidents in Assam on Tuesday night. A Panchayat body president in Amguri in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district, Hemanta ...A River, A Man: The State Responds to Dr GD Agarwal's fast to save Ganga
In a response, the likes of which we have not seen in the last few decades, both the Government of Uttarakhand and the Government of ...AASU to go all out against infiltration
The All Assam Students Union is holding a brainstorming meeting in the city on Wednesday to cle4ar a set of strategies for launching a statewide ...Uneasy border: Nagaland incursion on in Golaghat distirct
An uneasy situation is prevails along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district as a section of people from the neighbouring Nagaland are illegally occupying a ...Assam flood situation remains critical; relief & rescue on
The overall flood situation in Assam continues to remain critical on Wednesday as some more areas are reeling under the flood waters of the river ...
Madhya Pradesh festival
Artists of Madhya Pradesh performing Badhai dance at the inaugural day of the Madhya Pradesah Utsabh 2008 organised at the Srimanata Shankardeb Kalakhetra, Guwahati on ...
1000 hr economic blockade brews trouble in lower Assam
An uneasy situation is prevailing in Dhubri district for a string of untoward incidents that took place when All Koch Rajbanshi Students Union was running ...Assam flood situation continues to remain grave
The over all flood situation in Assam remains critical with the flood waters of the mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries are spilling into some more ...Network Travels owner sent to jail
City police have arrested the Network Travels proprietor Pradyunmya Kumar Dutta charging him with threatening a driver with arms. The driver, who also attacked Dutta ...Assam flood situation remains grim
The overall flood situation in Assam continues to remain critical on Sunday as some more areas are reeling under the flood waters of the river ...Asomiya Bhasha Sikshan Centre at Bokakhat
Asom Xahitya Xabha opened an Asomiya Bhasha Sikshan Centre in Bokakhat Puwati Xahitya Xabha on June 20. Brajen Katoky, the secretary of Asomiya Bhasha Janane ...
Flood in Dhekiajuli
Commuters move ahead through the flooded water in the Rakashmari area in Dhekiajuli on 24-07-08. Pix by UB Photos. ...Arms recovered
Bokakhat police recovered one .22 revolver and 2 rounds of cartridges from one Ganesh Pegu (25) of Balijan Adrasha Mising Gaon on 22nd july. He ...From politics of representation to the politics of numbers
Time for the politics of people's movements to prevail....
MPs visits NEEPCO hydro-electric project in Arunachal
Dr. Arun Sarma, MP of Lakhimpur district and Kiren Rijiju, MP of Western Parliamentary constituency of Lower Subansiri district on 19th July 2008 visited the ...Red alert sounds in Guwahati fearing ULFA strike
The authority sounds red alert in the city of Guwahati following a specific input that a seven member hardcore ULFA group belonging to 27th and ...
Mathur visits Majuli
Governor of Assam Shiv Charan Mathur along with his wife Sushila Mathur have been welcomed by the gayon-bayons in a traditional manner during his maiden ...Citizens demand redrafting of Guwahati Master Plan
A Citezens' meet here today demanded redrafting of the proposed Guwahati Master Plan with inorporation of suggestions put forward by various citizens' committees in the ...
Meeting on the Peace Process
Leader of the Ceasefire Group of 28th Battalion of United Liberation Front of Assam Mrinal Hazarika addressing in a meeting at Guwahati on 18-07-08 organized ...
Job aspirants in Demow..
Job aspirants waiting for the fitness test during a huge recruitment program organised by Indian Army at Demow rural stadium in Sivasagar, Assam on 17-07-2008. ...
Bhut Jolokia production at a Sivasagar firm
Bhadreswar Dihingia, A farmer collects "Bhut Jolokia" or "Naga Chili" peppers in his field at Bakata in Sivasagar district of Assam on 17-07-2008. Bhut jolokia, ...Struggle for constitutional safeguard for NE: Mizoram takes the lead
The north eastern students organisation are all out to ensure socio-political and economic rights of the region’s indigenous people. Led by Mizoram law minister H ...NE Congress MPs to go with UPA on July 22 floor test
The Congress MPs from the north eastern region will vote for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal on the June 22 floor test.Speaking to reporters on ...Infiltration, border fencing to figure India, B’desh talk in Delhi
Cross border terrorism, infiltration and Indo-Bangla border fencing will be dominating in the discussion between Indian foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his Bangladesh counterpart ...Media Workshop on Sattriya Dances
A media workshop on 'How to Appreciate (and Report about) Sattriya Dances' has been organized at Guwahati Press Club on July 21 (Monday). The workshop, ...
Dibrugarh Journalists' sit-in-demonstration against AMC authorities
Journalists of Dibrugarh Staged a sit-in-demonstration protesting against the ban imposed by the Assam Medical College and Hospital authority on the entrance of the Journalists ...Encroachment by Bangladesh puts Assam govt in tight spot on the floor
The Assam government on Tuesday came in for sharp criticism from the Opposition parties for failing to solve border dispute which is continuing for the ...
Assam2008 held in USA
The NRI Assamese get together, Assam2008 of North America was held again this year on the 4th of July weekend. This annual event is ...
Lord Dholakia felicitate Minoti & Sunita at the Nehru Centre, London
On June 26th, 2008, Nehru Centre, the cultural Wing of the High Commission of India in London presented a stunning confluence of semi-classical of violin ...
Teachers' dharna at Dispur
Activists of All Asom Shikshak Karmachari Aikya Mancha staged a dharna regarding their demands of the provincialisation of non-provincialised educational institutions and other issues at ...Correspondent served show cause notice for alleged misbehave with woman
Golaghat correspondent of a Guwahati based vernacular daily allegedly tried to treat a female employee of a printing press at Golaghat with mischievous gesture. According ...
Amusement park in Guwahati
Childrens enjoying the water bath to cool themselves during a scorching hot Sunday afternoon at the water amusement park Accoland on 13-07-08. Pix by UB ...
Protest in Manipur against killing by Police
Local women sit in protest at New Lambulane on 13-07-08 in connection with the extra judicial killing of Thangtinsei Kipgen and Limlenber Thangshing by the ...
NEDFi Brain Jam Open Quiz 2008
Ace Quiz Master Barry O' Brian asking questions to the Quiz participants in the NEDFi Brain Jam Open Quiz 2008 Competition held at ITA Machkhowa ...
Mahadev Deka felicitated
Mahadev Deka Runner Up of Mr Universe being felicitated with a traditional sorai by senior citezen Jyotish Das. The event was orgainsed by Santipur Athletic ...
Bangladesh Rifles handed over arrested insurgents to BSF
Bangladesh Rifles handed over three members of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and one smuggler to Border Security Force at Dalu in West ...
AASU's Sangram Dhuwani
Lakhimpur District Students Union (AASU) taking out rally “Sangram Dhuwani” on issue of expelling of illegal migrants of Bangladesh from Assam State at Lakhimpur on ...
Security beefed up in the city as Assembly to begin session on Monday
Amid water tight security arrangement, the Assam Assembly is ready to begin its summer session from Monday. The city police administration has already intensified checking ...
Look East Policy: The NER Perspective
Critical to the progress towards prosperity in NER is its liberation from economic imprisonment. This would require a qualitative change in the relationship of the ...
Citizens' Meet on Flash Flood in Guwahati
The Journalists' Forum, Assam is organizing a Citizens' Meet on the menace of flash flood in Guwahati. Several experts on the issue are likely to ...Assam based army personnel picked up in Meghalaya
Meghalaya Police have picked up 4 Army personnel based in Assam belonging to the Rajput Regiment charging them with assaulting a government employee. They have ...
ULFA cadres in ceasefire rushed to designated camp in Sadiya
The ULFA cadres and leaders who have recently announced an unilateral ceasefire with the government on Friday have entered the designated camp set up by ...
Massive plantation in Bongaogain
An attempt was made to enter into the Guinness World Record by massive plantation of 3 lakhs saplings at Choutaki under Srijiongram Development Block in ...
Book on Bangladesh freedom struggle released
Harendra Nath Das, former Chief Secretary and author Dr. Bharat Kalita releasing a book "A Mole in The Breast", which is based on the freedom ...Needed safeguard to Assam sovereignty for talk: ULFA to Govt
The United Liberation Front of Asom has said it is ready to hold talks with the Centre provided the government agrees to safeguard the sovereignty ...
NN Bhattacharya Memorial football
Players of MAHARANA (Red) and GREEN VALLEY (White) seen in action at the 4th NN Bhattacharya Memorial football Tournament organised by Guwahati Sports Association at ...
Mrinal, Jiten, Jun et al pin hopes on Anup’s role in peace deal bred
The peace process in Assam is set to take a significant role as ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia is expected to play a vital role ...
Newly appointed Governor of Assam Shiv Charan Mathur
Newly appointed Governor of Assam Shiv Charan Mathur taking the guard of honour at the LGBI Airport in Guwahati on 03-07-08 after he arrived in ...VHP-sponsored bandh disrupts normal life in Assam
A 12 hour country wide Bharat bandh is disrupting normal life in Assam on Thursday along with other states. Sponsored by Viswa Hindu Parishah on ...
PM Releases North Eastern Region Vision 2020 Document
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh releasing the “North Eastern Region Vision 2020” Document, in New Delhi on July 02, 2008. The Union Minister for ...
BTC Chief blames himself for Kumarikata blast.
Bodo Teretorial Council (BTC) Chief Hangrama Mohilary blames lapse in security for the Kumarikata blast on 29/06/2008 that claimed seven lives including three women and ...Dulal Roy to attend GPC Programme
Eminent theatre personality of Assam Dulal Roy will attend the 'Guest of the Month' programme of Guwahati Press Club on July 4 (Friday). The programme ...NE Vision 2020: Lots of promise with 13% growth
The North east region will no longer be lingering in the back stage of progress if the North East Vision 2020 is to be believed. ...
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