Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday allotted the portfolios among his new council of ministers comprising 14 Cabinet and four ministers of state.

The preferential treatment to outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom by the government has become a rallying point for other militant outfits holding ceasefire in Assam as now, the outlawed Dima Hal

Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday questioned as to where political leaders and parties were when it came to confronting obscurantism and asked students to imbibe the ‘scientific tempe

In absence of a large number of senior Congress legislators, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Friday expanded his council of ministers by inducting 18 ministers, including eight new faces.

After a week’s politics in New Delhi, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday returned state with a list of 18 ministers who will be administered oath on Friday. Though, chief minister was at his residence and avoided meeting legislators waiting in the scorching sun at Lokpriye Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, sources in his

United Liberation Front of Asom chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on Wednesday sought an apology publicly from the families of the 13 schoolchildren killed in a tragic bomb blast masterminded by the Ulfa in northern Assam’s Dhemaji district on August 15, 2004.

The eight-day-old Tarun Gogoi ministry in Assam will be expanded on Friday with the induction of 18 ministers. Gogoi was sworn in as chief minister for the third consecutive term by governor J.B. Patnaik on May 18.

Even after repeated attempts for a week, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has not been able to work out any formula to declare his 18-member council of ministers in Assam. This has not only increased the nervousness of

Noted RTI activists Arvind Kejariwal here on Saturday said that there was no difference of opinion between India Against Corruption led by Anna Hazare and Bharat Swabhiman led by Swami Ramdev.

Social activist Anna Hazare here on Friday advocated inclusion of the Chief Election Commission of India and judiciary under the purview of the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill.
Addressing a huge and spontaneous anti-corruption rally, Mr Hazare said, “We want value-based politics and a corruption-free India. We won’t rest till we succeed in our mission.”