After launching its arms wing in Assam, the Maoists are said to have been eyeing to strengthen their hold on chicken neck, a stretch of about 22 km area which connects Assam and Northeast to West Bengal and rest of the country.

Contrary to the claims of the home ministry, a study by the Intelligence Bureau has warned that the migration from Bangladesh was still going on which is not only a threat to the demography of the region but also posing a serious threat to the security of the nation.

Three major fire incidents gutted a plactic factory, damaged a three-stroeyed building and injured a woman here on Sunday, police said.

A plastic factory was gutted in the industrial estate here dest

A day after Union home minister P. Chidambaram assured a CBI probe in the alleged suicide of Dana Silva M. Sangma if necessary, Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday wrote to his Haryana counterpart, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, asking that the probe be handed over to CBI.

A day after Union home minister P. Chidambaram assured a CBI probe in the alleged suicide of Dana Silva M. Sangma if necessary, Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday wrote to his Haryana counterpart, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, asking that the probe be handed over to CBI.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi with Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi and PCC chief Bhuwneswar Kalita visited the boat accident site at Medartari in Western Assam’s Dhubri district on Wednesday.

The bullet-riddled body of an abducted engineer of Assam agriculture department was on Thursday recovered in Bongaigaon while another was still missing.

Police said the body of abducted engineer Gada

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday lamented the boat tragedy in Dhubri in which 250 people were feared drowned in the Brahmaputra and said the government would lay emphasis on development o

Security sources confirmed the recovery of 103 bodies after a crowded steamer capsized in the middle of the Brahmaputra river in western Assam’s Dhubri district on Mon-day. Around 50 people were still missing, they said.

Assam Congress president Bhuwneswar Kalita here on Monday ruled out the possibility of change in leadership in the state while threatening to take stern action against Assam Youth Congress president Pijush Hazarika for his remarks against a minister in public.