A major tragedy was averted on Friday when security forces detected and defused a powerful bomb planted inside a sleeper coach of a train at Guwahati railway station in Assam.

A major tragedy was averted on Friday when security forces detected and defused a powerful bomb planted inside a sleeper coach of a train at Guwahati railway station in Assam. The bomb, which was kept in a steel container and concealed inside a bag, was fitted with a programmable timer device to trigger the blast.

Within a month Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi formed his Cabinet, infighting has broke out with a former chief minister and senior most Congress leader accusing a minister of securing cabinet berth by using “money power”.
The problem started when agriculture minister Nilmani Sen Deka accused former chief minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman of indulging in backbiting that led to his defeat in 2006.

The Enforcement Directorate has forwarded a letter of request, issued by the court, to the external affairs ministry to start a process of confiscating properties owned by rebel leaders of outlawed Dima Halim Daogah abroad.

The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill 2011 by voice vote after the Opposition Left Front had walked out of the House. This will pave the way for the return of land to Singur’s unwilling farmers of Singur. The House electronic clock read 3:14:20 when Speaker Biman Banerjee announced the bill had been passed.

Two top leaders of anti-talks factions of the Ulfa, led by Paresh Baruah, may soon join the peace-process initiated by the pro-talks group led by its chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa in Assam.

Describing the crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s hunger strike in New Delhi as the Congress party’s “fascism”, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday called the ruling party

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will address a gathering of captains of industry and chambers of commerce here on Saturday to outline her blueprint for the state’s industrialisation.

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and hanged inside the Nighasan police station premises in Lakhimpur district on Friday night.

Indian industrialists as well as NRIs are keen on pumping in investments in West Bengal for its industrial development, state commerce and industries minister Partha Chatterjee said on Saturday.