Assam: 9 rebel Congress MLAs set to join BJP
Nov 06, 2015, at 03:27 am
Guwahati, Nov 5 (IBNS): With assembly elections in Assam hardly six months away, the Congress led Assam state government is in a deep crisis after another nine rebel MLAs have all set to join BJP.
Assam remembers music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his 4th death anniversary
Nov 06, 2015, at 03:25 am
Guwahati, Nov 5 (IBNS): Assam on Thursday remembered music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his 4th death anniversary across the state.
Over 4700 child still missing in Assam
Nov 01, 2015, at 03:39 am
Guwahati, Oct 31 (IBNS) : Over 4700 children are still missing in Assam, who are untraced since 2012, a report said.
Assam Police official held on charge of looting bank money
Oct 27, 2015, at 04:47 am
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IBNS) : An Assam police official was arrested on Monday on the charge of hatching a conspiracy of looting a private banks money, which transported to an ATM last week.
Assam : Six people of a family killed in road mishap
Oct 18, 2015, at 02:05 am
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IBNS) : At least six people of a family, including two child and two women, were killed in a road mishap in Assam’s Nagaon district on Saturday, officials said.
Five tea labourers died of starvation in Assam
Oct 15, 2015, at 02:30 am
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IBNS): At least five tea garden labourers died of starvation in Assam's Cachar district in the past week.
NDFB(S) militant nabbed in Assam
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:45 am
Guwahati, Oct 9 (IBNS): Security forces on Thursday night apprehended a hardcore NDFB(S) militant from Assam's Bongaigaon district, officials said on Friday.
Army Chief of NDFB(S) and his associate nabbed in Assam
Sep 26, 2015, at 01:42 am
Guwahati, Sept 25 (IBNS) : Security forces on Friday apprehended the Army Chief of Bodo militant group NDFB(S) and his PSO from Assam’s Chirang district, officials said.
High Powered Committee of Assam govt grants mega status to proposals
Sep 21, 2015, at 02:39 am
Guwahati, Sept 20 (IBNS) : The High Powered Committee (HPC) of Assam government has cleared few mega projects proposal worth Rs 463 crore.
Three suspected Islamist fundamentalists nabbed in Assam
Sep 17, 2015, at 02:13 am
Guwahati, Sept 16 (IBNS) : Security forces on Wednesday apprehended three suspected Islamist fundamentalists from Assam’s Chirang district, police said.
Assam records lowest number of deaths on roads in 2014
Sep 15, 2015, at 01:33 am
Guwahati, Sept 14 (IBNS) : Assam has recorded the lowest number of deaths caused by potholes, speed breakers and humps on roads among all the states in the country in 2014.
Assam : Two hardcore NDFB(S) ultras nabbed
Sep 10, 2015, at 01:40 am
Guwahati, Sept 9 (IBNS) : Security forces on Wednesday apprehended two hardcore NDFB(S) ultras from Assam's Chirang district, police said.
Assam: NDFB-IKS: Caught in a Vice
Sep 07, 2015, at 09:45 pm
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management On September 3, 2015, a cadre of the IK Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), identified as Bhaigo Boro alias B. Bilaigra, was killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) at Saumukhi Nala near Diglipara village in Kokrajhar District. He was reportedly involved in the December 23, 2014,massacre of Adivasis (the "tea tribes" from Central India, who were brought into the Northeast to work on plantations by the British prior to India's independence) in which 69 people were killed at several places in the Chirang, Sonitpur and Kokrajhar Districts.
Assam flood : Five more killed, death toll touches 40
Sep 07, 2015, at 03:18 am
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Floods in Assam claimed five more lives on Sunday as death toll touched 40 and affected more than 1.7 million people in 20 districts of the state.
Assam's Tarun Gogoi govt in trouble, 9 Cong MLAs meet Amit Shah
Sep 05, 2015, at 07:43 pm
Guwahati, Sept 5 (IBNS) The Tarun Gogoi government in Assam faced a serious trouble after nine Congress MLAs met BJP's national president Amit Shah on Saturday deciding to join the saffron party.
Assam flood: Death toll rises to 36, over 1.5 million people affected
Sep 05, 2015, at 03:41 am
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): Flood situation in Assam turned grim on Friday claiming five more lives and affecting over 1.5 million people in 21 districts.
Poachers kill another rhino in flood hit Kaziranga
Sep 05, 2015, at 02:56 am
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): Poachers killed another one horned rhino in flood hit Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Thursday night, officials said on Friday.
Bomb making factory busted in Assam, five NDFB(S) ultras nabbed
Sep 01, 2015, at 02:22 am
Guwahati, Aug 31 (IBNS) : Security forces on Monday busted a bomb making factory and apprehended five militants belonging to NDFB(S) in Assam’s Kamrup district.
Assam : Congress suspends four MLAs, show cause notice to five others for anti-party activities
Aug 31, 2015, at 08:08 pm
Guwahati, Aug 31 (IBNS) : Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Anjan Dutta on Sunday suspended four MLAs of the party and issued show cause notice to five other MLAs for anti-party activities, the party officials said on Monday.
Assam rebel Congress leader Himanta Biswa Sarma joins BJP
Aug 29, 2015, at 03:09 am
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IBNS): Rebel Congress leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Guwahati.
Seven NSCN(Khaplang) militants killed in gun fight with SF along Myanmar border
Aug 29, 2015, at 03:06 am
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IBNS): At least seven militants of NSCN(Khaplang) including a woman cadre were killed and three others injured in a gun fight with security forces in Nagaland on Friday, officials said.
Tarun Gogoi pleads for Rs 500 cr as immediate financial assistance for flood-hit Assam
Aug 28, 2015, at 02:35 am
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IBNS) : The Assam government has sought Rs.500 crore from Centre as immediate financial assistance to meet the challenges of relief, rehabilitation and restoration of communication caused by floods and erosion in the state.
Hardcore NDFB(S) militant gunned down in Assam
Aug 27, 2015, at 01:43 am
Guwahati, Aug 26 (IBNS) : A hardcore militant belonging to NDFB(S) was killed in a gun fight with the security forces in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.
Assam : 7 killed, 21 injured as lightning strikes boat
Aug 16, 2015, at 03:30 am
Guwahati, Aug 15 (IBNS) : At least seven people, including three children, were killed and 21 others injured when lightning struck a boat in which they were traveling on river Beki in Assam's Barpeta district on Saturday evening, officials said.
Aug 16, 2015, at 01:25 am
Guwahati, Aug 15 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday announced the creation of five new districts in the state taking their total number to 32.
Assam urges Modi govt for continued assistance for e-governance projects
Aug 13, 2015, at 01:53 am
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IBNS) : Assam government on Wednesday urged the Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad to continue financial assistance from the Government of India for e-Governance projects in order to realize the declared goal of a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Eastern Command GoC meets Assam CM-Governor
Aug 11, 2015, at 02:45 am
Guwahati, Aug 10 (IBNS): General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi called on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday at his official residence in Guwahati and discussed with him on the gamut of issues related to security scenario and welfare of ex-service men.
Three militants apprehended in Assam
Aug 09, 2015, at 02:36 am
Guwahati, Aug 8 (IBNS): Three hardcore militants including two NDFB(S) militants were apprehended by security forces in Assam's Chirang and Kokrajhar district on Saturday, officials said.
Senior Citizens' are assets to nation: Assam Governor Acharya
Aug 06, 2015, at 02:35 am
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IBNS): Assam Governor PB Acharya on Wednesday said that Senior Citizens are the assets to the nation.
Assam govt to set up Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for innovation
Jul 31, 2015, at 01:34 am
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said the state will set up Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for innovation soon.