In what was feared the ongoing peace-initiative of a civil society groups Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan received a major setback with Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah rejecting the initiative of the forum and justifying the necessity of a civil society group like Peoples Consultative Group to which Ulfa had nominated.

In the thick of a major controversy for his alleged connection with the prime accused of multi-crore rupees scam of North Cachar Hills, the Assam health minister, Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday threatened self-immolation if charges of taking a gift of luxury car from R.H. Khan is proved.

In what has been seen as a major step towards the proposed release of top Ulfa leaders from jail in Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to facilitate the peace-talks with the outfit in order to restore a permanent peace in the state.

The Asom Gana Parishad on Monday rebuked Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi of trying to blackmail the Opposition by threatening to re-open old cases which they could not prove in past nine years.

The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland rebels are conspiring to trigger off bomb blasts targeting security forces in Guwahati, Tezpur and other important cities of Assam to make their pres

With less than 10 months to go for the next Assembly elections, the AGP and the BJP has decided to grill the Gogoi government on corruption issues that is also proving to be the biggest crowd-puller for the Opposition political parties in Assam.

The recovery of Rs 13.45 crore hard cash from the house of a junior engineer by CBI, probing the multi-crore rupees North Cachar Hills scam, has increased the expectation of the people of the hills in anticipation that culprits responsible of siphoning of public money meant for their development would be nailed down but CBI has been given limited mandate to probe specific charges of misappropriation of about Rs 32 crore only in the five departments of the council.

The Opposition parties of Assam, cutting across the party lines, on Wednesday demanded CBI investigation in all the departments of North Cachar Hills district. They also demanded that ministers alleged to have been involved into the scam should be brought to book.

The authorities in Bangladesh have informed its counterpart in India about the arrest of an Ulfa rebel from a hospital in Bangladesh’s northern Mymensingh district recently.

The authorities in Bangladesh have informed its counterpart in India about the arrest of an Ulfa rebel from a hospital in Bangladesh’s northern Mymensingh district recently.