Assam readies for ASEAN-India Car Rally
The Assam government has sanctioned Rs.3.94 crore for the ASEAN-India Car Rally 2012, a section of which will be flagged off from here Dec 17.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi chaired a meeting of the apex
Four rhinos killed in KNP, Assam asks for CBI inquiry
Four rhinoceros have been brutally killed by poachers in flood-hit Kaziranga National Park (KNP) since Tuesday, including one on Thursday, prompting an alarmed Assam government to ask for a CBI inquir
No genuine Indian will be harassed: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that no genuine Indian citizen will be harassed in the name of being a foreigner and accused the BJP and the state's main Opposition AUDF of trying to divide the society.
Illiteracy leading to high birth rate among Muslims: Gogoi
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday dismissed the suggestion that illegal migration from Bangladesh has led to high growth of Muslim population in the state but blamed illiteracy for the high birth rate among the community.
Five more killed in lower Assam
Five persons were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam's Chirang district on Saturday taking the toll to 85 since ethnic trouble erupted last month.
The five were stabbed to death at around 5:30
Some forces trying to destabilise Centre and state: Gogoi
Appealing to students and people from Assam living in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh not to panic, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Thursday said that unidentified forces were fomenting violence in lo
No mass exodus of NE people from Hyderabad, say police
Andhra Pradesh Police on Thursday claimed there was no mass exodus of people from the north-east living in the State capital and sought to allay their fears about safety and security.
Anurag Sharma,
Assam, Centre in blame-game over troops
A blame-game began between the Centre and the Assam government on Friday, less than 24 hours before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the strife-torn state, on allegations of delay in deploymen
PM’s helicopter returns to Guwahati due to technical problem
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's helicopter returned midway from a flight to strife-torn Kokrajhar district on Saturday due to a technical problem.
PM Manmohan Singh leaves for riot-hit Kokrajhar
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday left for Assam's violence-hit Kokrajhar district in an IAF helicopter after the previous chopper he was travelling in flew back here following a technical snag.