A day after Union home minister P. Chidambaram assured a CBI probe in the alleged suicide of Dana Silva M. Sangma if necessary, Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday wrote to his Haryana counterpart, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, asking that the probe be handed over to CBI.

Security sources confirmed the recovery of 103 bodies after a crowded steamer capsized in the middle of the Brahmaputra river in western Assam’s Dhubri district on Mon-day. Around 50 people were still missing, they said.

Assam Congress president Bhuwneswar Kalita here on Monday ruled out the possibility of change in leadership in the state while threatening to take stern action against Assam Youth Congress president Pijush Hazarika for his remarks against a minister in public.

Emulating his West Bengal counterpart Mamta Banerjee, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Monday announced launching of a television channel to project the government’s activities and take on the

French citizens of the tiny and picturesque former colony Puducherry cast their presidential votes on Sunday, yet many have never been to the country nor speak its language.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday called upon the militant groups of the north-eastern states to join the democratic process for all-round development of Assam.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that the Maoists’ presence in Assam has the potential to grow into a major threat in the state.

Intelligence Bureau additional director R.N. Behura, who had suffered serious injuries in a road accident on April 9, died here on Sunday.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Friday rejected the charges of defending officers who have been summoned by the special court Assam to depose on April 20 for their alleged involvement into mu

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has detected 15 cases of fraudulent withdrawal of more than `54 crores in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) between 2007 and 2009 fis