In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency on Saturday arrested the self-style commander-in-chief of Dima Halem Daogah Niranjan Hojai from Nepal and brought him to New Delhi in connection with a case relating politicians-ultras nexus in Assam.

The Northeastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) has found serious loopholes and misappropriation in utilisation of funds released to contain the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) also known as bird flu in Assam.

As the commander of “709 battalion” of Ulfa, Hira Sarnia has established contact with the security forces to join pro-talk faction of the outfit, the elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah has directed its cadre to refrain from establishing any contacts with its jailed leaders besides restricting themselves inside the Burma camps.

In what was feared the ongoing peace-initiative of a civil society groups Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan received a major setback with Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah rejecting the initiative of the forum and justifying the necessity of a civil society group like Peoples Consultative Group to which Ulfa had nominated.

In the thick of a major controversy for his alleged connection with the prime accused of multi-crore rupees scam of North Cachar Hills, the Assam health minister, Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday threatened self-immolation if charges of taking a gift of luxury car from R.H. Khan is proved.

In what has been seen as a major step towards the proposed release of top Ulfa leaders from jail in Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to facilitate the peace-talks with the outfit in order to restore a permanent peace in the state.

Assam special court on Tuesday directed the Guwahati jail authorities to produce the deputy director of social welfare department, R.H. Khan, the prime accused of North Cachar Hills scam before the court on June 28.

The Asom Gana Parishad on Monday rebuked Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi of trying to blackmail the Opposition by threatening to re-open old cases which they could not prove in past nine years.

The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland rebels are conspiring to trigger off bomb blasts targeting security forces in Guwahati, Tezpur and other important cities of Assam to make their pres

With less than 10 months to go for the next Assembly elections, the AGP and the BJP has decided to grill the Gogoi government on corruption issues that is also proving to be the biggest crowd-puller for the Opposition political parties in Assam.