Four dead in Assam petrol tanker explosion
May 31st, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) At least four people were burnt to death and 12 more critically injured late Monday when a tanker carrying petrol overturned and exploded on a highway ... Read more...
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A courier finally led to Osama: New York Times
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 2 (IANS) Osama bin Laden was marked for death the day American spies learnt about a trusted courier of the man the US had hunted for years, ... Read more...
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PM takes postal ballot route for Assam elections
April 11th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday cast his vote through a postal ballot in the second and final phase of assembly polls in Assam. His absence ... Read more...
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Assam CM Gogoi’s former press adviser killed in road accident
March 31st, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Jorhat, Mar 31 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's former press adviser Debo Kumar Bora was killed in a road accident in Golaghat district.According to reports, the accident took place when the ... Read more...
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Assam CM’s press advisor killed in road accident
March 31st, 2011 - 8:21 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 31 (IANS) Assam chief minister's press adviser Debo Kumar Bora was killed in a road accident Thursday and his wife critically injured.A police spokesperson said the accident took ... Read more...
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Eight BSF personnel killed in Assam ambush
March 15th, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Mar 15 (ANI): At least eight Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed and eight others injured in an ambush by the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland ... Read more...
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ULFA attack on Congress office injures three (Second Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 14 (IANS) At least three leaders of Assam's ruling Congress were injured Monday when a powerful bomb ripped through the party headquarters in the heart of Assam's main ... Read more...
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Grenade attack on Congress headquarters in Guwahati (Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 14 (IANS) At least two Congress leaders were injured when a grenade was lobbed at the party's headquarters in this Assam city Monday evening, police said.Hundreds of ... Read more...
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AGP releases fourth list of candidates for Assam polls
March 12th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Mar. 12 (ANI): The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Saturday released its fourth list of candidates, who will contest in the Assam State Assembly elections on April 4 and 11.AGP president ... Read more...
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Stars to add sparkle to Assam polls
December 30th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 30 (IANS) Assembly elections in Assam next year should have a fair sprinkling of stardust with several showbiz personalities expressing their interest in contesting the polls ... Read more...
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Karzai-Taliban meeting vindication of Pakistan’s long-time Afghan control policy?
November 4th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 4(ANI): Pakistan's role in initiating a secret meeting between Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and three Taliban leaders in an effort to weaken the Haqqani network may allow Islamabad more ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games opener brings cheer to northeast (Lead)
October 6th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati/Aizawal/Imphal, Oct 6 (IANS) Sports and music they say binds people and nowhere has this come true most unexpectedly but here in the alienated northeast with the opening ... Read more...
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Four nominations for Assam Congress chief’s post
September 13th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 13 (IANS) Assam's ruling Congress is bitterly divided over the post of party president for the state unit with two ministers and a former MP filing nominations Monday despite ... Read more...
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Hindi remake of Assamese classic ready for release
June 19th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) "Shivam", the Hindi remake of Assamese classic "Dr. Bezbaruah" is ready for release next month, a statement said Saturday.
The Hindi version is based on the original screenplay ... Read more...
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Two ULFA rebels surrender before BSF
May 7th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 7 (IANS) Two rebels of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Friday surrendered before the Border Security Force (BSF) authorities in Meghalaya, an official said.
Madhav Bora, 36, and ... Read more...
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ULFA leaders neglect to teach Assamese language to their children
January 1st, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 1 (ANI) : In a recent revelation it has come to light that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders neglected to teach their children in the Assamese ... Read more...
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ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, deputy sent to prison
December 26th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 26 (IANS) Outlawed outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)'s chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah were Saturday sent to prison by a local court after 22 days ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda, Taliban leaders in Pakistan, claims US
December 16th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 16 (DPA) The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, said Wednesday that top Al Qaeda and Taliban leadership are hiding in Pakistan.
"We see them ... Read more...
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No peace talks under handcuffs, says ULFA chairman Rajkhowa (Roundup)
December 5th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) Arrested United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa Saturday said his outfit would not hold peace talks with the Indian government and ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa remanded in 12 days custody (Second Lead)
December 5th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, the outfit's deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah and Rajkhowa's security guard Raja Bora were Saturday produced before an Assam court ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa produced before court (Lead)
December 5th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa
was produced in a court here Saturday evening. He said that he had not surrendered to the Indian security forces.Rajkhowa ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa produced in Guwahati court
December 5th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, the outfit's deputy commander-in-chief Raju Baruah and Rajkhowa's security guard Raja Bora were produced in a Guwahati court Saturday ... Read more...
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Assamese artistes win medals at folk music competition in Korea
October 3rd, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Peter Alex ToddGuwahati, Oct.3 (ANI): Assamese artists recently brought laurels to the State and the country by winning medals at the Seoul Drum festival.Their success has projected the unique quality ... Read more...
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Pak govt says US drone strikes won’t be allowed in Balochistan
October 3rd, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct. 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Malik Ammad Khan has assured senators that drone strikes won't be allowed in Balochistan.Replying to senators' concerns about the possibility of drone ... Read more...
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Pak’s ‘double-game’ helped bin-Laden escape allied forces : Report
September 9th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep.9 (ANI): Pakistan's 'double game' and its undercover relationship with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda helped Osama-bin-Laden escape the allied forces and prevented him from being nabbed, The Times online reports.Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Osama bin Laden was US operator destabilising Benazir: Zardari
May 11th, 2009 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 11 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has alleged that elusive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a US operator who had tried to destabilise his ... Read more...
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Spurious liquor kills nine in Assam
April 20th, 2009 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
Dibrugarh (Assam), April 20 (IANS) At least nine tea plantation workers were killed and two fell ill after consuming spurious rice beer in Assam, police said Monday.
The incident took place late Sunday ... Read more...
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Kirti Chakra to train driver for his act of bravery
March 17th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): The investiture ceremony for conferring the Kirti Chakra on train driver N. N. Bora posthumously will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 19.
Bora, a ... Read more...
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Pak envoy claims he would bag 50 mln dlr bounty if he knew Osamas whereabouts
June 9th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , June 9 (ANI): Pakistan ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani has indirectly refuted press reports that Al Qaeda chief Osama in Laden was hiding in Pakistan .Replying to question ... Read more...
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Slain Assam student leader’s mother seeks justice
June 4th, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The mother of an Assamese student leader whose murder was allegedly plotted by sacked state education minister Ripun Bora hopes that his dramatic arrest will finally help ... Read more...
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Assam Congress jolted by minister’s arrest
June 4th, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, June 4 (IANS) The arrest of Assam education minister Ripun Bora by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while trying to bribe an official of the investigating agency ... Read more...
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Assam minister nabbed for bribing CBI official (Lead)
June 3rd, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Guwahati, June 3 (IANS) Assam's Education Minister Ripun Bora was arrested in the national capital Tuesday while allegedly trying to give a bribe of Rs.1 million to a Central Bureau of ... Read more...
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Gauhati University VC resigns over government apathy
May 11th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, May 11 (IANS) Gauhati University Vice Chancellor Amarjyoti Choudhury has resigned alleging indifference on the part of the Assam government in running the premier institution - a move that has shocked ... Read more...
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