IRCTC to start chartered rail tours from N-E
Indian Railways' subsidiary IRCTC on Thursday announced launch of special chartered rail tours for the first time for the people from Assam and North-East.
"Under this scheme, special coaches would
Nexus of rebels, politicians worries intel
As Army has launched operations to flush out illegal arms in Western Assam, security agencies are now worried about the nexus of politicians with militant outfits in the Northeastern states.
AGP pressures Assam to act
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad here on Friday took out a massive protest march to mount pressure on the government to detect and deport Bangladeshi infiltrators, besides asking for intervention of
‘Muslims with land papers to return to BTC’
The group of ministers constituted to rehabilitate refugees displaced in the recent violence and unrest here on Friday reviewed the progress and said that resettlement of Bengali-speaking Muslims, who
‘BTC leaders agreed to take back refugees’
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Thursday said that leaders of Bodoland Territorial Council have agreed to start the rehabilitation process of all the genuinely displaced people back to their
CM threatens to arrest Hindu, Muslim leaders
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Thursday said that his government has not only decided to enforce the guidelines of the Supreme Court on bandh but also instructed the administration to take e
Anti-immigrant call drowns Assam
While trouble-torn Bodoland Territorial Council areas are now returning to normal, polarisation against immigrants has intensified outside BTC areas and Upper Assam districts.
Hundreds of people in
Fresh firing reported from Kokrajhar, security men retaliate
Unidentified persons on Monday night fired indiscriminately, exploded grenades and burnt some houses in a village in the strife-torn Kokrajhar district of lower Assam, police said.
While reports of
Ulfa threatens to target outsiders
The anti-talks faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom here on Sunday held the Congress and BJP responsible for communal unrest in Assam and threatened to attack non-Assamese populace
All party delegation to visit Assam as part of confidence building
An all party delegation will visit violence-hit Assam's Dhubri district on Monday as part of confidence building measures.