The infighting within the rank and file of the ruling Congress has come to open with PCC chief Bhuwneswar Kalita revoking the suspension of former education minister Ripun Bora, a week after Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi announced that former education minister Bora, who was caught red-handed in his attempt to bribe a CBI officer in New Delhi, would not be given party ticket.

The inter-ministerial committee of secretaries has expressed deep concern over the construction of canal and two large dams over Tsangpo river in Tibet and decided to mount pressure on Beijing by using the UN convention on Law of Non-Navigation Uses of International Watercourses, which disallows countries from barring natural

The Chinese security agencies have assured to extend all kinds of support to Northeast separatist groups if they form an alliance for a coordinated fight against India.
Disclosing that a meeting of Northeast separatist rebel leaders with senior officers of Public Security Bureau of China was held in April 2010 at Ruili, Yunnan, an

A day after the outlawed Ulfa rebels threatened a Congress leader, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday presented a brave front by asserting that the ruling party was not afraid of Ulfa threat.

The Maoists have decided to intensify their activities in Assam and other northeastern states through direct intervention and Upper Assam Leading Committee has been identified as its offshoot to rope

Bogged down by campaign of Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev against corruption, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Sunday said that Swami Ramdev is anti-Congress and was pursuing his political agenda.

Jarina Bibi, Mairag Begum, Amiran Bibi, Ibrahim Ali, Fatima Bibi, Isad Ali, Amir Ali, Gulban Bibi and Halima Bibi, all residents of a village Haligaon, were quite oblivious to the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited them on Saturday to see if Central government’s flagship scheme, the Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has really reached them.

In what may have serious implication over the law and order situation of the state, the anti-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) here on Saturday warned the ruling Congress Party of serious consequences for their “arrogant policies” and called upon the people to boycott the meeting of the ruling party.

Prime Minister Mamnohan Singh on Friday expressed his happiness over the developmental works in Assam but cautioned the state to bring in more transparency in to the working of the autonomous district councils of the state.

In a significant development, Assam BJP president Ranjit Dutta and in-charge of the party affairs in the state Vijay Goel have sought prosecution sanction from Assam governor J.B. Patnaik to file cases against seven ministers of the Gogoi Cabinet for their alleged involvement of `1,000-crore NC Hills scam in Assam.