November 24th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Nov 24 (IANS) Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the ruling Congress party in the state, Monday demanded 33 percent reservation for women candidates in the upcoming general elections."We ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Nov 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday said militant groups from the northeast of India sheltered in Bangladesh and Myanmar were posing a serious threat to the state."I shall ...
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November 3rd, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Nov 3 (ANI): The Assam Government has decided to constitute a Special Task Force headed by an Inspector General of Police (IGP) rank officer to deal with militancy and combat ...
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November 3rd, 2008 - 11:12 am ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Nov 3 (ANI): Without naming any country, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday blamed disruptive forces with foreign backing for the recent blasts in the state.
"Forces inimical to Assam ...
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November 2nd, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) The Assam government Sunday decided to raise a special anti-terrorist force and form a security advisory council to deal with terrorist and fundamentalist activities in the state following ...
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November 2nd, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) Police in Assam said they would soon release a few sketches of suspects involved in one of the deadliest terror bombings in the region that killed 77 people ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 31 (IANS) An unknown terror group calling itself 'The Islamic Security Force (Indian Mujahideen)' Friday claimed responsibility for the serial bombings Thursday in Assam that left at least 77 people ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 30 (IANS) The northeast is not unfamiliar to terror, but Thursday's strike is definitely the deadliest that shook Assam."No doubt this is the worst ever terror strike in Assam, but ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 30 (IANS) The Assam government suspected the role of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) behind Thursday's serial bombings here though the outlawed oranisation denied the charge."The needle of ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 30 (IANS) Terror gripped Assam after a series of 11 bomb blasts rocked the state Thursday killing at least 48 people and injuring about 300. Authorities clamped an indefinite curfew ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 30 (ANI): The Assam government on Thursday said that the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) may be behind todays serial blasts in the state, adding that it ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 30 (ANI): At least 11 persons died and 50 injured in at least 11 serial blasts in Guwahati and Upper Assam this afternoon. All the blasts are said to ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 21 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil today said that there is an urgent need for augmenting medical institutions in the country.
Laying the foundation stone of the Tezpur Medical College in ...
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October 19th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 19 (IANS) Responsibilities of journalists in India have increased manifold as the media today shapes the thoughts and aspirations of people, besides influencing opinions in the country, President Pratibha Devisingh ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 17 (ANI): An adult, partially blind elephant was critically injured when it was hit by a goods train while another elephant accompanying it escaped with minor injuries on Thursday ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) There are no illegal Bangladeshi nationals staying in Assam, stated Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi here Monday, attributing the recent violence in his state to the handiwork of ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 11 (ANI): The Assam Government has decided to institute a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the latest communal clashes that led to the death of 55 persons ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the ethnic clashes in the state last week in which 55 ...
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October 10th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Udalguri (Assam), Oct 10 (IANS) Thousands of people hit by the ethnic clashes in Assam, which have claimed at least 55 lives, are now craving for peace and willing to return to ...
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October 9th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 9 (ANI): The situation in the violence-affected Udalguri and Darrang districts of Assam is limping back to normalcy and curfew has been relaxed in some areas.
No fresh incident ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 8 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed Wednesday assured all support from the central government to restore calm and peace in the violence-hit districts of Assam where ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 8 (ANI): The death toll in Assams Udalguri and Darrang Districts, dogged by clashes between Bodos and illegal Bangladeshi migrants has risen to 51 with the recovery of 11 ...
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October 7th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Darrang/Udalguri (Assam), Oct 7 (ANI): Hundreds of riot victims are thronging relief camps in Assam after at least 40 people were killed and thousands were left homeless by ethnic clashes between ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) The toll in ethnic clashes in Assam during the weekend has mounted to 49 and more than 100,000 people have been displaced, officials said Monday, adding that the ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 6 (ANI): The death toll in Assams Udalguri and Darrang districts, dogged by clashes between Bodos and illegal Bangladeshi migrants, rose to 40 on Saturday with the violence spreading ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) The death toll in weekend ethnic clashes in Assam that displaced more than 10,000 people has mounted to 40 with authorities claiming Monday that the situation is slowly ...
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October 5th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 5 (IANS) Four people were killed Sunday when the police opened fire at mobs of angry villagers in three different locations in Assam, taking the death toll in three days ...
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October 5th, 2008 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 5 (IANS) Police recovered nine more bodies overnight in the violence torn Assam districts of Udalguri and Darrang, taking the toll in three days of clashes between two communities in ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 11:29 am ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Sept 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will make an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Assam today.
During his visit, Patil will meet state officials at a ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Sept 12 (ANI): An all party delegation of the Assam Legislative Assembly will visit the flood-ravaged areas of the State in the near future to take stock of the damage ...
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