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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
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
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
1000 hr economic blockade brews trouble in lower Assam
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
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
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
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
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Bhut Jolokia production at a Sivasagar firm
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
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
Lord Dholakia felicitate Minoti & Sunita at the Nehru Centre, London
Teachers' dharna at Dispur
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
Protest in Manipur against killing by Police
NEDFi Brain Jam Open Quiz 2008
Mahadev Deka felicitated
Bangladesh Rifles handed over arrested insurgents to BSF
AASU's Sangram Dhuwani
Security beefed up in the city as Assembly to begin session on Monday
Look East Policy: The NER Perspective
Citizens' Meet on Flash Flood in Guwahati
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
Massive plantation in Bongaogain
Book on Bangladesh freedom struggle released
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
Mrinal, Jiten, Jun et al pin hopes on Anup’s role in peace deal bred
Peace rally pulls huge crowd at Sadiya
Flood situation remains grim in North Assam
The flood situation in Assam remained grim with fresh areas inundated by rising waters of river Brahmaputra and its tributaries while worst-hit Dhemaji and Lakhimpur ...Early birds continues street dog rabies free programme
Foundation stone of Modern Organic Market
Petrol pumps strike
Prime Minister meets George Bush
Full text of 123 Agreement between U.S. and India
The following is the text of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India concerning ...Anup Chetia & 4 others to be extradited to India
Anup Chetia & 4 others of ULFA who are currently jailed in Bangladesh are to be handed over to India within this month, according to ...Left withdraws support to UPA
The Left Parties withdrew support to the UPA over the nuclear deal. However, the Samajvadi Party has come forward to support the government. Some other ...Mrinal Hazarika speaks at Niryatan Birodhi Oikya Mancha
Indo US Nuclear Deal: Why this hurry and at what cost?
Amidst protests against price rises of essential items throughout the country, the PM Manmohan Singh has again started harping on the issue of the Indo-US ...Stymied peace process: ULFA expels peace monger trio
There is yet another stumbling block that tends to stymie the on going peace process in Assam. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on ...Fire breaks in the city; factory gutted
A devastating fire that broke out in the wee hours on Monday left a city factory completely gutted. The incident took place in the Udalbakra ...Mrinal Hazarika says they announced ceasefire but will not surrender
MASS doubtful of fruitful peace process
The Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti is doubtful of a fruitful peace process following the recent unilateral ceasefire by the A and C companies of ULFA’s ...Asom Sahitya Sabha proposes varsity to study art and literature
The Asom Sahitya Sabha has proposed to set up a full fledge varsity in the city to promote studies and research on art, literature and ...Lakhimpur and Dhemaji remain cut off as flood fury continues
PCG will stay to broker peace process with govt: Rajkhowa
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) says it will not dissolve the Peoples’ Consultative Group it formed to broker peace process with the government ...Poet and lyricist Tafajjul Ali passes away at Bokul Tol
Noted writer and poet Tafajjul Ali is no more to seek the fragrance of Bokul ful and thereby to command appreciation from all section of ...Flood situation worsens further in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji
The over all flood situation in Dehmaji and Lakhimpur districts has taken a grim turn again in the face of the the incessant rains that ...What should Energy Security mean to India?
Energy security is a function of the ability of a nation to satisfy energy needs of current and future generations of all citizens in an affordable manner without adverse impact on the environment and sustainability. ...Seat sharing formula: AGP holding talks with BJP
The main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad is finalising a pre poll pact with the Bharatiya Janata Party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The deal ...Top ULFA leader denies split speculation
ULFA advisor Bhimakanta Buragohain said talks between Government and ULFA possible only when it will be approved by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and military chief Paresh ...Assam is a rich state with poor GDP growth rate: Mathur
Newly appointed Assam Governor SC Mathur rues that despite potential a plenty Assam is GDP growth is lingering in the backstage of progress. Addressing his ...Police excess: Morigaon CPI leader Manoj Deka died at GNRC
Morigaon CPI leader Manoj Deka who was struggling with death at the Guwahati Neurological Research Centre died on Friday morning. Doctors at the GNRC called ...SC Mathur sworn as new Assam Governor
Veteran Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Shiv Charan Mathur was sworn in as Assam Governor in Guwahati on Thursday at a function held ...Newly appointed Governor of Assam Shiv Charan Mathur
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
BTC Chief blames himself for Kumarikata blast.
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. ...Author info
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