MANOJ ANAND
Pro-talks Ulfa leader arrested
In a significant development, the Assam police on Monday arrested a top Ulfa leader of the pro-talk faction, Hira Sarania, in connection with a case of extortion dacoity, killing and kidnapping.
Cleric expelled for threat to Bodos
The leading Muslim leaders of southern Assam has taken serious note of an inflammatory appeal and quit notice issued to Bodos living in Barrak Valley by All-Assam Imam Parishad (AAIP) and Muslim Youth
Dissent grows in Assam Cabinet
In what has triggered a speculation of growing dissension in the rank and file of the Assam government, the high-profile health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma skipped the crucial Cabinet meeting on Thur
Assam resents student exodus
Resentment prevailed in Assam on Tuesday following the report in local media claiming that some students of the state are threatened in Hyderabad and other cities of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra
Return of refugees to take time: Sonia
Congress president Sonia Gandhi here on Monday said that most of the refugees want to go back to their respective homes but are still living in fear so their return may take some more time.
7 N-E militant outfits call for I-Day boycott
In what has become a customary in Assam, seven militant groups of Northeastern states including the outlawed Ulfa and National Democratic Front of Bodoland hardliners have jointly given a call to boyc
Jamiat: No role in Mumbai violence
Assam Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Badruddin Ajmal here on Sunday condemned the violence in south Mumbai, while asserting that organisation outside Assam did not have any business in raking up issues
‘Cong has lost moral right to stay in power’
Former Assam chief minister and Asom Gana Parishad president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta here on Sunday slammed the ruling Congress government for its failure in containing the violence and restoring peace
7 N-E militant outfits call for I-Day boycott
In what has become a customary in Assam, seven militant groups of Northeastern states including the outlawed Ulfa and National Democratic Front of Bodoland hardliners have jointly given a call to boyc
5 more die in Assam flareup
The situation in the Bodo-land Territorial Council area, fast returning to normal, deteriorated further Sunday with sporadic incidents of violence leading to five more deaths, forcing the administration to clamp indefinite curfew in Assam’s trouble-torn Chirang district.
