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CBI confirms Assam MP Subba’s birth certificate is fake
After month of will-they-won’t-they, the Central Bureau of Investigation has told the Supreme Court that Congress MP from Assam’s Tezpur constituency, Mani Kumar Subba, has
40 rebels to surrender before army at Rangia
As many as 40 ultras belonging to ULFA, ANLA and KLNLF are set to surrender before army on Friday. According to sources, these rebels will ...Blast at aluminum industry: 2 dead, 3 injured
Two people died and three others injured when a powerful blast took place at an aluminum factory in Tinsukia district of upper Assam on Friday ...ONGC stops seismic survey near historical monuments
An aroused protest has forced the oil and natural gas corporation to stop its seismic survey near the historic Rang Ghar in Sivasagar district of ...Flood & erosion: Kolgachia on the brink
A devastating flood followed by erosion by the river Beki is posing serious threat to the existence of Kolgachia in Barpeta district rendering more than ...Gauhati HC asks govt to order CBI probe onto secret killing case
The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam government to order a CBI probe into the killing of Mitradev Mahanta, who is said to be ...Wanted another Haipou Jadonang in Naga Society
HTML clipboardYada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati Bharat,Abhyuthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham. Paritranay sadhunam vinayshay cha duskritam, Dharma sansthapanarthay sambhavami yuge yuge. (Gita chap. 4:7 & 8) ...ULFA's 709 battalion cadres likely to pro-talk group
The pro-talk ULFA cadres have claimed that some of their colleagues in the 709th battalion will soon join their peace bid.After a few successful peace ...International Leadership Conference at Guwahati
The Universal Peace Federation of India is organizing International Leadership Conference (ILC) to be held at Hotel Agneedeep Continental, Guwahati on 30th August, 2008 from ...PM’s visit proves Congress indifference towards Assam: Sonowal
The main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has said the Congress enthusiasm for the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's recent visit is a meaningless one. ...AGP retains Sonowal in Dibrugarh, Sarma in Lakhimpur
The main Opposition party Asom Gana Parishad retains its sitting MP Sarbananda Sonowal in Dibrugarh and Dr Arun Sarma in Lakhimpur constituency in the upcoming ...AASU, ADSU, KSU vow war
The All Assam Students Union, the All Dimasa Students Union and Karbi Students Union have launched a series of agitation with ADSU and KSU against ...PM cancels Kokrajhar on bad weather
An inclement weather has forced Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to cancel his Kokrajhar visit scheduled for Tuesday morning. After attending a meeting at the ...AGP top guns meets to discuss unification issue
The main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad is holding a crucial meeting in the city of Guwahati on Tuesday to clear the road for unification of ...PM hopes more proliferation of technical education
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says science and technology are going to be the staple subject in near future and the focus should be on spreading ...
PM on a 2-day visit to Assam; aerial survey on Majuli on Monday
Assam is all set to receive Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh which is on a two day visit his second home state on Monday.Security: The ...
Phani Sharma Commemorative Talent Award
Dr. Phani Sharma Commemorative Talent Award for Sports has been awarded to the budding Tennis player from Assam Kakoli Lahkar at a function held at ...
NE Handloom and Handicraft Fair at NEDFi Haat begins
Special focus to products made by Pani Meteka (Water Hyacinth)...Where are we heading to?
I travelled to Orissa a few months back and saw the huge acres of forest land lying vacant. These are preserved under forest belt and ...AGP to sit in strike on Aug 21: Goswami
The main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad will sit in strike demanding steps to seal the Indo-Bangla border and an updated national register of citizens. Disclosing ...Situation tense in Rowta; admn for more police forces
Tension still runs at Rowta in Udalguri district of lower Assam two days after the sporadic incidents of violence that left one dead and twenty ...Tension runs high in Udalguri: Muslim youth killed
Tension grips Orang area of Udalguri district on Saturday when some miscreants killed a Muslim youth in Gelabeel in the morning at around 10. According ...Two blasts rock Bongaigaon town
Two blasts have cracked Bongaigaon town in lower Assam on Saturday morning a day after the Independence Day on Friday. According to information, the first ...Several injured in in Chaygaon tea gas shell blast
As many as ten people including a police man were injured when a tear gas shell exploded in Chaygaon when police tried to disperse a ...Nagaon Bandh on 16 August
A 12-hour down-to-dusk Nagaon bandh has been by Vishwa Hindu Parishad in protest against the violence acts during the Assam Bandh called by All Assam ...
Defiant scribes celebrate Independence
Guwahatians on Friday came out into the open to hoist the National Tricolour in various localities dotting the city and sent a clear message to ...Govt not to tolerate harassment of indigenous people: Gogoi
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says his government will not remain a mute spectator if some parties, organizations and individuals take laws into their own ...3 blasts rock lower Assam; 2 injured
Three blasts early in the morning have dampened the spirit of the 62nd Independence Day celebrations in Assam. According to information, two blast have jolted ...CM medal to nine Assam police officers
Assam police officers have been awarded the Chief Minister’s medals for their outstanding service to the state on the occasion of Independence Day.The officers who ...B’deshi: Gauhati HC quashed its July 25 judgment
The Gauhati High Court has quashed a recent judgment where 61 people were asked to leave the country. Hearing a writ petition filed by some ...Assam Accord: AASU strike ends in Guwahati
The AASU leaders have ended their strike they launched on Thursday in protest against the government failure to implement the Assam Accord which was signed ...23 years of Assam Accord: AASU staging demo in the city
The All Assam Students Union activists are sitting in strike in the city from Thursday morning in protest the government failure to implement the Assam ...AGP executive meeting on Aug 26
The Asom Gana Parishad is convening its executive body meeting on August 26 which is expected to receive the unification report being prepared by a ...Nilakshi murder case: Police under attack
Police role in the gruesome murder case of actress Nilakshi Sarma have come in for sharp criticism. A committee set to demand a judicial probe ...KLNLF cadre arrested in Boithalangsu
Army have apprehended a hardcore KLNLF cadre from Baithalangsu area in Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday morning. According to information, the rebel has been identified ...
Freedom Fighter Paniram Das attends GPC Program
Prior to India’s 61st Independence Day, Guwahati Press Club invited a veteran freedom fighter pf Assam, Paniram Das as its Guest of the Month. A ...
Brindabani Bastra and the sentiment of the people of Assam
Historical records provide ample evidence of glorious textiles tradition of Assam. At the request of the Koch king’s brother: Prince Chilarai, Sri Sankaradeva took up ...
Protest over barring of Monika Devi's Olympic participation
Sport persons protesting against barring of Manipur weight lifter L. Monika from participating in Beijing Olympic on charge doping by Indian sport authorities, in Imphal ...
4 Bangla immigrants held for deportation in Sonitpur
Sonitpur Police have arrested four Bangladeshi people including three women to push them back to Bangladesh very soon. But an arrested Bangladeshi national has alleged ...Then soldier of B’desh, now resident of Assam
He is Sarawat Ali. Sawawat, owns of 20 bighas of land, have been living in Naptipara gaon under Kalaigaon police station in Darrang district for ...Freedom Fighter Paniram Das to attend GPC Program
Prior to India ’s 61st Independence Day, Guwahati Press Club has invited the veteran freedom fighter Paniram Das, 92 as its Guest of the Month. ...Bangladeshis here in Assam, Bangladeshi nowhere in Orissa
In Assam every second day some boys and girls from various student organizations bring out processions demanding the ousting of Bangladeshis from Assam, sealing the ...Centre puts Assam government on alert as I-Day is nearing
The Centre has put the Assam Government on alert apprehending ULFA's massive strike during the Independence day celebrations on August 15. According to information, acting ...Drive against Bangla immigrants: Assam takes up to the cudgel
The quick deportation of Kamaluddin acting on the landmark judgement of the Gauhati High Court has touched off a seismic wave of reaction across the ...Hiroshima Day: Let us worship peace and shun violence
Every year, peace loving people all over the world, and more so in Japan , observe 6th August as Hiroshima Day in memory of the ...Ripun Bora, 2 others granted bail
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to sacked Assam education minister Ripun Bora, Delhi Based businessman Ramesh Maheswari and journalist Mukul Pathak who were ...Gauhati HC exempts ULFA cadre from NSA
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday ordered exemption of ULFA leader Dibakor Moran from the National Security Act. A division bench of the Court comprising ...
Prabhat Sharma admitted to GNRC in critical condition
Prabhat Sarma, a renowned folk exponent, flutist, music director of Assam, has been admitted into the Intensive Care Unit of Guwahati Neurological Research Centre in ...An appeal to the people
We, the undersigned urge the people of Assam to celebrate the 61st anniversary of our Independence Day on August 15 in a befitting manner.We, the ...
Kamaliddin pushed back to B’desh; 10 more arested
The recently detected illegal Bangladeshi national Kammaluddin has been deported to his country on Monday. This was followed by the arrest of ten more illegal ...ULFA cadre found dead inside jail in Meghalaya
A hard core ULFA care who was languishing in Tura jail has committed suicide inside police-lock up on Monday afternoon. According to information, the body ...Border row: Meghalaya villagers threaten to uproot Assam sapling
In yet another string of Assam-Meghalaya boundary row, some villagers in Meghalaya have threaten to uproot thousands of saplings planted by Assam Forest department near ...Media Workshop on Mother-Newborn Health Security
Guwahati Press Club in association with the North East Society for the Promotion of Youth and Masses (NESPYM ) has organised a media workshop on ...
Bangladeshis: AJYCP observes Black Monday
Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad says they will not allow Assam to be the heaven for the illegal Bangladeshi people.The student body leaders have observed ...India is, no longer the Guru, only a military state
A lot of people didn't understand the hurry that Manmohan Singh was in in taking the safeguards agreement to International Atomic Energy Agency and requesting ...
AASU back in business: Statewide agitation from August 6
The All Assam Students Union is all set to launch a statewide movement against the illegal migrants in the state. The student body leaders have ...Nagaon police books Kamaruddin
Days after the Gauhati Huigh Court identified A Kamaruddin an a Pakistani national who fought the 1996 Assembly poll has been arrested by Nagaon police ...
Protest against Indo-US military exercise
Activists of CPI (M) took out a rally protesting against the Indo-US joint military exercises in Mizoram in the streets of Guwahati on 02-08-08. PHOTO: ...Encounter: ULFA cadre killed in Sivasagar
A hardcore ULFA cadre was killed at an encounter with police and army in Sivasagar district in the wee hours on Saturday.According to information, acting ...Assam - the Embodiment of Corruption
Dear Sir, Recently it was officially declared that Assam ranks as the 'most corrupt' State in India, on the basis of 11 vital services ...Suspected illegal Bangladeshi apprehended
28 suspected Bangladeshis have been apprehended by AASU and Asom Unnati Sabha at Bokota, Nemuguri and later handed over to police on 1 August 2008. ...
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