Thirty-three people were killed and 28 others injured in two separate road accidents in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, at least 28 passengers were killed when a bus carrying a marriage party plunged into a pond on Monday night that turned a wedding celebration into a tragedy.

In what has left the Assam government red faced, former Assam director-general of police Prakash Singh has described the Assam Police Act, 2007, as a fraud on the people of the state.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday allotted the portfolios among his new council of ministers comprising 14 Cabinet and four ministers of state.

The preferential treatment to outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom by the government has become a rallying point for other militant outfits holding ceasefire in Assam as now, the outlawed Dima Hal

In absence of a large number of senior Congress legislators, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Friday expanded his council of ministers by inducting 18 ministers, including eight new faces.

After a week’s politics in New Delhi, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday returned state with a list of 18 ministers who will be administered oath on Friday. Though, chief minister was at his residence and avoided meeting legislators waiting in the scorching sun at Lokpriye Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, sources in his

United Liberation Front of Asom chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on Wednesday sought an apology publicly from the families of the 13 schoolchildren killed in a tragic bomb blast masterminded by the Ulfa in northern Assam’s Dhemaji district on August 15, 2004.

Even after repeated attempts for a week, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has not been able to work out any formula to declare his 18-member council of ministers in Assam. This has not only increased the nervousness of

Noted RTI activists Arvind Kejariwal here on Saturday said that there was no difference of opinion between India Against Corruption led by Anna Hazare and Bharat Swabhiman led by Swami Ramdev.

Social activist Anna Hazare and his co-activists Swami Agnivesh here on Friday demanded that electronic voting machines used in the recently-concluded elections in Assam should be examined by an independent panel of expert.