Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta accused the government of India of maintaining double standards on the issue of implementation of the Assam Accord while warning Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh that any further delay in implementation of the main clauses of the Accord would give strength to the divisive forces.

Two pilots and an Army officer were killed when a Cheetah helicopter went missing shortly after taking-off from an Army base in Nagaland and crashed into the forest of Dzukou Valley along Manipur-Nagaland border on Wednesday.

The Assam government on Sunday renewed its call to banned Ulfa and NDFB militant outfits to accept the offer for talks to bring an end to the insurgency problem afflicting the state for decades.

The comptroller and auditor-general of India has recommended immediate review and closure of the transport subsidy scheme to the North-eastern states which have failed to clarify questionable payment of transport subsidy of Rs 177.68 crores even after eight years of submission of report to Parliament.

LEADING FASHION designer Ritu Kumar has cancelled her first ever venture, a three-day “fashion weekend” in Assam following an alleged threat from outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom.

In what has been seen as vertical split in the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, a prominent pro-talk Ulfa leader has expressed their concern at the recent upsurge of violence by the anti-talk

The anti-talk factions of outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland and United Liberation Front of Asom have chalked out massive subversive plans to target security forces, central government installations and train services in the run up to the Independence Day in Assam.

With pro-active effort of security agencies and intense negotiation, senior IFS officer of Maharashtra Vilas S. Bardekar was released by outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland rebels in Central Assam’s Sontipur district on Sunday night.

With pro-active effort of security agencies and intense negotiation, senior IFS officer of Maharashtra Vilas S. Bardekar was released by outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland rebels in Central Assam’s Sontipur district on Sunday night.

In a significant development and for the first time, the authorities in Assam have taken strong action against the students’ organisations indulging in extortion and blackmailing the businessmen and business-establishments of the state.