In what may be called a major breakthrough on insurgency front, the top commanders of outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland holed up in Burma and Bangladesh has given their consent in writing to join the peace-process which may also facilitate the release of its chief Ranjan Daimary on bail from judicial custody in Assam.

Incidents of 'witch hunting' increased in Assam in 2011 with Kokrajhar district in lower Assam recording the highest number of witch hunting-related deaths in the year, a lawmaker said on Thursday.

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The militant outfits are suspected to have been using women and anti-social elements to carry out extortion and kidnappings by outsourcing responsibility of picking up the target and serving the demand notes in Assam.

A mountaineer from Assam will be trying to scale the highest peak in the world - Mount Everest.

The mountaineer, Pranay Bordoloi, will join a 12-member international team on their mission to climb Mo

The outlawed Ulfa here on Wednesday admitted to have served extortion notice to chairman of St. Luke’s Hospital N. Stephen Nag.

The unified command of security forces in Assam has decided to launch joint operations with its counterpart in Meghalaya to contain the activities of outlawed Ulfa in western Assam and Karbi Peoples L

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader and a key member of Team Anna, Akhil Gogoi along with a group of his supporters was arrested here on Monday for blocking roads near the high security Assam state se

The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Font of Asom (ULFA) led by Paresh Baruah alias Paresh Asom on Monday cautioned against using Facebook as medium to communicate with the outfit.

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The outlawed Ulfa here on Saturday threatened to blow up transmission towers of mobile companies who are alleged to have been sharing call records of their sympathisers with security agencies in Assam. In a statement sent on email to this newspaper, the Ulfa spokesman alleged that the Army and the police on the basis of call details given by mobile companies, are arresting all those people with whom they contacted on their mobile.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented a Rs 293.44 crore deficit budget for fiscal 2012-13 which envisages a growth rate of 12.5 per cent with focus on education, health and agriculture sector.