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Remove Gogoi, impose President`s rule in Assam: BJP

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 18:11

The opposition BJP today demanded imposition of President`s rule in Assam, alleging collapse of law and order under Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi`s government.

Pregnant woman`s body found, dowry threat suspected in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 21:05

A pregnant woman was killed allegedly by her in-laws because of dowry, police said on Monday.

5 hurt in grenade blast by suspected NDFB militants

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 21:03

Five persons, including three children, were injured in a grenade attack by suspected NDFB terrorists in front of an automobile showroom at North Bongaigaon in Lower Assam on Monday, police said.

BSF seizes drug worth Rs 450 crore

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 18:41

Border Security Force personnel have seized drugs worth Rs 450 crore from several places along Assam-Mizoram border during the last ten months.

Media bodies decry draft law "curbing freedom" in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 18:35

Media bodies in Assam have sharply reacted to a provision in the draft law - Assam Prevention of Unconstitutional Bandh Act, 2013 that allegedly "curbs media freedom in the name of putting an end to the bandh culture".

3 activists, falsely claiming as ULFA members, held

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 17:01

Three persons, falsely claiming as ULFA militants, were nabbed by police in Lower Assam`s Kamrup district on Monday.

Curfew imposed after mob attacks police outpost in Assam

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 23:12

Curfew has been imposed in Bijni sub-division of Chirang district after police resorted to lathicharge and lobbed teargas shells to disperse a mob which lynched a suspected NDBF terrorist and attacked a police outpost, besides burning down a house here.

Tarun Gogoi stresses on strong regional trade ties in Singapore

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 17:26

Ensuring strong and sustainable trade relations among the countries in the region would be an apt initiative towards realising the growth potential of South and South-East Asia, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi opined in Singapore today, sources here said.

Close shave for Pune pilgrims in Kamakhya

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 15:30

A group of pilgrims from Pune to Kamakhya temple escaped when their bus collided with a SUV vehicle on the road of Nilachal hill atop where the temple is situated, the police said.

Drugs worth Rs 1.5 crore seized in Assam

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 15:27

Four drug traffickers were arrested and psychotropic tablets worth about Rs 1.5 crore were seized from them by a joint police and CRPF team from Cachar district of Assam, police said on Saturday.