The growth of population in the frontier state of Assam has declined but higher growth rate of population in bordering districts remains an area of concern.
Disclosing that population of Assam has grown to 3.11 crores, R.K. Das, the director of Census operation Assam, told reporters that state has registered an average growth rate of 16.93 per cent which not only less than 2001 Census but also below the national growth rate of population 17.64 per cent.

The BJP president Nitin Gadkari here on Thursday committed to prevent infiltration from Bangladesh by implementing state-of-the-art technology on the lines of Israel along the state's international border.

With three more days to go for the first phase of polling to begin on April 4, political parties have intensified their campaigning in Upper Assam’s tea belt where tea tribe communities hold the trump card.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari accused the Congress of betraying the people of Assam by claiming to have established the petroleum institute in Sivasagar when it was being set up at Rae Bareli, the constituency of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

The Election Commission has failed to deter Assam food and civil supply department from distributing freebies like rice at of Rs 6 a kg and beneficiaries’ cards carrying photographs of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to voters.

BJP leader Arun Jaitley said here on Monday that the ruling Congress was facing the wave of double anti-incumbency in the ensuing Assembly elections in Assam.

Senior BJP leacer Arun Jaitley on Sunday claimed that the people of Assam are fed up with the corrupt rule of the Congress and will vote for a change in the forthcoming Assembly election in the state.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday released the election manifesto of the party in which it committed refugee status to all those non-Muslims who fled erstwhile East Pakistan fearing prosecution.

In what was almost visible since last few weeks, Gaurav Gogoi, son of Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, on Friday took a formal plunge into politics by making his presence felt at Nagaon while predict

Former chief minister and leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, who on Thursday filed his nomination from two Assembly segments, has taken exception to the Chief Elec