An outbreak of cholera in North Assam’s tea garden belt has left at least 16 persons dead and over 150 others affected, state health department sources have confirmed.
Most of the deaths have been reported from six tea gardens of the Biswanath Chariali area of Sonitpur district.

The sustained pressure of security agencies has forced outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom and other militant outfits of northeast to wind up their camps in Bangladesh besides increasing the pos

Three persons were killed and several others wounded in police firing at Rangiya Tiniali on Saturday night after a group of youth belonging to the All-Bodo Minority Students Union (ABMSU) attacked and

Three hardcore Ulfa militants were arrested and two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) recovered in Assam on Monday, official sources said.

In a significant development, two bail applications of Ulfa’s deputy commander-in chief Raju Baruah were rejected by Tada and Kamrup chief judicial magistrate courts separately on Tuesday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday submitted the second chargesheet in North Cachar Autonomous District Council but failed to nail even a single top-notch politician of the state accused of having nexus with Dimasa rebels.

As suspense continues to prevail over the nomination of Assam Congress president, hectic lobbying has started between two camps of Assam Congress, one led by chief minister Tarun Gogoi and the other b

As construction of mega hydro-power projects in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh has snowballed into a major controversy in the north-eastern states, the proposed meeting to review the construction of mega hydro-power projects convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may be further deferred with frontier state

The Assam government has ordered an enquiry by the chief wildlife warden to ascertain the cause of death of at least four wild elephants, which were suspected to have been poisoned by villagers in the

The Assam government has started the process of releasing the jailed Ulfa leaders without any formal communication from the home ministry.