Assam BJP is all set to host two-day national executive meeting of the party to be convened in Assam for the first time to finetune its election strategy for the poll-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, TN and Puducherry.

The chairman of the outlawed Ulfa, Arbinda Rajkhowa, on Monday said that they have not surrendered or compromised but want unconditional peace talks for a sustainable solution to the Assam conflict.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday said that his government would allow the pro-talk faction of Ulfa to hold public rallies provided they continue to talk on peace.

A day after Ulfa chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa was granted bail, politics on insurgent groups has started in Assam with the ruling Congress and Opposition Asom Gana Parishad positioning themselves with pro-talk and anti-talk factions of the outfit.

The chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, Arbinda Rajkhowa, was granted bail by a Tada court in Assam on Thursday.
The court granted Mr Rajkhowa bail in six Tada cases which were the last hurdle for his formal release from Guwahati Central Jail.

The practice of filmstars entering politics has been in vogue for quite some time but this time Assam elections may be dominated by several film personalities and retired bureaucrats who have already started joining the political parties ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam.

The ruling Congress government has decided to propose the Assembly elections in Assam to be held before the Rongali Bihu and Assamese New Year that is on April 14.

Renowned cardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda and his family members were wounded in a road accident in Assam’s Nagaon district on Monday.
Dr Panda, with his family, was going to the Kaziranga National Park on a holiday when the car he was travelling in collided with a speeding truck near Samaguri in Nagaon district.

With elections round the corner, the Opposition in Assam has started feeling the necessity of a platform to capitalise the strategic advantages they have against the ruling Congress party in the state

A day after Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s olive branch to All-India United Democratic Front for an electoral alliance in the forthcoming Assembly elections, its president and veteran minority leader Badruddin Ajmal outrightly rejected the offer saying that they do not want to associate with a corrupt and anti-Muslim government.
Recalling that the chief minister, who came to power in his first term in 2001 with his support, Mr Ajmal, who is also a MP from Assam told this newspaper, “Till recently