Braving all odds and resisting challenges from within and outside the state, Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh single-handedly drove his party to the third consecutive victory in militant-infested Manipur, with the ruling Congress party winning 42 seats in the 60-member Assembly.

Elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah is found to have been mounting pressure on its cadres to strike and demonstrate their power by carrying out grenade attacks on civilians in Assam.

Disclosing that the

Elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah is found to have been mounting pressure on its cadres to strike and demonstrate their power by carrying out grenade attacks on civilians in Assam.

The Assam forest department has set up a team of wildlife experts to look into the frequent incidents of leopard straying into the residential locality of Guwahati and claimed that the tiger population is increasing in Assam.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Wednesday administered oath of office to 21 parliamentary secretaries. In what has been seen as an attempt to ensure representation to all the caste, creed and community, Mr Gogoi retained four parliamentary secretaries of his last tenure, Bidya Singh Engleng, Jibontara Ghatowar, Sarat Saikia and Bibekananda Doloi. Besides 19 three-time and two-time MLAs, two first-timers — Rekibuddin Ahmed and Rakeswor Brahma — also found place in the list of 21 who were sworn in at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra on Wednesday.

The role of CBI probing the assassination of former MP Wangcha Rajkumar in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh is under the scanner following the custodial death of an accused and NSCN (I-M) cadre

With the home ministry asking Assam to remain alert on the growth of Maoist activities, the security agencies have unearthed a clandestine plan mooted by the Maoists to form a confederation of states comprising Northeast, parts of Burma and Sylhet area of Bangladesh to accommodate smaller nationalities of the region.

With the home ministry asking Assam to remain alert on the growth of Maoist activities, the security agencies have unearthed a clandestine plan mooted by the Maoists to form a confederation of states comprising Northeast, parts of Burma and Sylhet area of Bangladesh to accommodate smaller nationalities of the region.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram has asked the state government to intensify counter-insurgency operations against anti-talk faction of Ulfa and said that home ministry would consider the options of holding talks with anti-talk faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland only if they send a formal letter to the home ministry expressing their willingness for resolving the issue through talks.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Sunday said that Union home minister P.