The ruling Congress government has decided to propose the Assembly elections in Assam to be held before the Rongali Bihu and Assamese New Year that is on April 14.

Ulfa 'chairman' ArabindaRajkhowa was on Thursday granted bail by a designated Tada court here with the Assam government filing no objection to it.
The court granted bail to Rajkhowa in six Tada cases for his release from the Guwahati Central jail.

Renowned cardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda and his family members were wounded in a road accident in Assam’s Nagaon district on Monday.
Dr Panda, with his family, was going to the Kaziranga National Park on a holiday when the car he was travelling in collided with a speeding truck near Samaguri in Nagaon district.

With elections round the corner, the Opposition in Assam has started feeling the necessity of a platform to capitalise the strategic advantages they have against the ruling Congress party in the state

A day after Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s olive branch to All-India United Democratic Front for an electoral alliance in the forthcoming Assembly elections, its president and veteran minority leader Badruddin Ajmal outrightly rejected the offer saying that they do not want to associate with a corrupt and anti-Muslim government.
Recalling that the chief minister, who came to power in his first term in 2001 with his support, Mr Ajmal, who is also a MP from Assam told this newspaper, “Till recently

The Central Bureau of Investigation has not received any communication from the Assam government to expand their investigation to probe the alleged misappropriation of fund in all the departments of N

The new Northeast industrial policy, introduced in 2007, has opened the doors to investments in the north-eastern states, but it needs to be carefully reviewed to plug the loopholes leading to pilfera

Though, Ulfa chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa and other senior leaders of the outfit are expected to get enlarged on bail within this month, the home ministry is aiming at to start the peace talks by April 2011 only.

The kidnapping of a manager and frequent calls for extortion by anti-talk faction of outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland to the tea gardens of the state has created fear-psychosis among the tea planters of Assam.

The AICC general secretary in charge here on Tuesday defended the state government on corruption charges and announced that Assam ministers, including chief minister Tarun Gogoi, will declare their assets next month in the state Assembly.