The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) on Friday claimed responsibility for a powerful landmine blast in which five paramilitary troopers were killed and more than 30 wounded in Western Assam’s Goalapara district.

The multi-crore rupees scam of North Cachar Hills district took a new turn on Wednesday with enforcement directorate registering a separate case of money laundering against nine accused of the scam.

Noted RTI activist Akhil Gogoi here on Tuesday accused Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi of trying to intimidate him by using the Criminal Investigation Department of Assam police by hurrying an inquiry into recovery of a missing case diary of two Tada cases against health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma which were dropped due to non-production of original case-diaries.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi will be shifted to Asian Heart Institute Mumbai for a bypass surgery and a heart valve replacement procedure.
Mr Gogoi was rushed to the Max Healthcare Institute Ltd on Saturday from the National Development Council meeting at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan after he felt uneasy.

Suspected rebels of outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) on Monday gunned down four personnel of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), including a sub-inspector and critically wounded three others in an ambush near Bijni in Chirang district of Western Assam.

Tension prevailed in minority dominated Barpeta district of Assam on Wednesday when police opened fire to disperse an angry crowd of protestors and killed three besides injuring more than a dozen prot

The Assam government has not been able to reply more than 26,000 objections of comptroller and auditor-general of India which involves the utilisation of whopping Rs 8,000 crores in Assam.

The Assam Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution to constitute a Legislative Council or Upper House in order to ensure the representation and participation of all the groups in governance.

The Assam police on Friday sounded a high alert in Guwahati and nearby areas following the arrest of three rebels of Manipur’s extremists group after a powerful bomb blast at Fancy Bazar on Thursday.

Assam governor J.B. Patnaik’s meeting with Union home minister P. Chidambaram in connection with the multi-crore scam of North Cachar Hills has created a furore in the state’s political circle with the Opposition accusing the ruling party of defending the tainted ministers and ignoring the office of the governor.