Frame norms to pick cities for IPL, court tells BCCI
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to publish its guideline and policy for selection of Indian Premier League (IPL) venues within three month
Bid to extort Arunachal minister foiled
In what may expose the nexus of politicians with armed rebels once again in the northeast, the Assam police on Monday arrested two pro-talk Ulfa rebels who were threatening and trying to extort the fi
‘Ulfa extorting local leaders’
Assam water resources minister Rajiv Lochan Pegu, here on Tuesday said that outlawed Ulfa has served extortion notices to all panchayat and ward committee members including the prominent Congress part
CBI busts scam over subsidy to Assam SHGs
In what is said to be the tips of an iceberg, the Central Bureau of Investigation has busted a multi-crore rupees scam in disbursement of subsidy to self-help groups and chargesheeted 20 persons, incl
Missing AP IPS surfaces in Delhi
IPS officer Mayank Sheel Chauhan, who went missing on his way to Tawang from Itanagar on Tuesday, surfaced at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday.
Gogoi releases white paper on foreigners
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday released a “white paper” on foreigners issue and claimed that infiltration was not as alarming as some quarters have been trying to project it. Mr Gogoi who is facing heat from several quarters over the foreigners issue told reporters, “Illegal immigration is not the only issue as some quarter tends to publicise.
Scam-busting IPS officer is missing in N-E
Mayank Chauhan, a 1998-batch IPS officer who charged 56 persons including former CM Gegong Apang, five Congress MLAs, two ministers, IAS officers and contractors in a Rs 1,000-crore PDS scam, is mysteriously missing from Bhalukpong in Arunachal Pradesh.
Scam-buster cop goes missing
Mayank Chauhan, an IPS officer who charged 56 people, including former CM Gegong Apang, five Congress MLAs, IAS officers, and others, in a Rs 1,000-crore PDS scam, is missing from Bhalukpong in Arunac
Gogoi furious at Modi tweet on ‘foreigners’
A recent Twitter post by Gujarat CM Narendra Modi targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set off a furore in Assam, with CM Tarun Gogoi accusing Mr Modi of “disrespecting the nation, particularly
NDFB infighting threatens talks
The cold war between NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary, who is languishing in jail, and his self-styled commander-in chief I.K. Songbijit, operating from Burma, may delay the proposed peace agreement of the outfit with the government of India in Assam.