The recovery of Rs 13.45 crore hard cash from the house of a junior engineer by CBI, probing the multi-crore rupees North Cachar Hills scam, has increased the expectation of the people of the hills in anticipation that culprits responsible of siphoning of public money meant for their development would be nailed down but CBI has been given limited mandate to probe specific charges of misappropriation of about Rs 32 crore only in the five departments of the council.

The Opposition parties of Assam, cutting across the party lines, on Wednesday demanded CBI investigation in all the departments of North Cachar Hills district. They also demanded that ministers alleged to have been involved into the scam should be brought to book.

The authorities in Bangladesh have informed its counterpart in India about the arrest of an Ulfa rebel from a hospital in Bangladesh’s northern Mymensingh district recently.

The authorities in Bangladesh have informed its counterpart in India about the arrest of an Ulfa rebel from a hospital in Bangladesh’s northern Mymensingh district recently.

Before giving their consent for talks, the jailed Ulfa leaders are said to have prepared a blue print for launching a new political outfit that would be acting as an alternative to the regional Asom Gana Parishad in Assam.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said here on Sunday that the pro-talks faction of Ulfa leaders, including chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa, was prepared to start peace talks with the government.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Sunday said that the pro-talks faction of Ulfa leaders, including its chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa, are prepared for starting the peace talks with the government.

Assam has registered a significant jump in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS which has also made it vulnerable to be categorised as a high risk region. Disclosing that state’s proximity with Manipur, a very critical state in term of HIV/AIDS was the most worrying factor, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told

As the ongoing indefinite economic blockade on National Highway 39, called by several Naga groups, enters 60th day on Wednesday, the frontier state of Manipur has started reeling under the acute shortage of food, medicines and other essential supplies like cooking gas, diesel and patrol.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Tuesday stressed the need of making education compulsory for all the children announced that his government would be taking initiatives soon for the development of children in tea garden, riverine (char) and tribal areas where a large number of the kids are deprived of the right to education.