CPM blames UPA Govt for inflationGUWAHATI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat, said here on Monday that controlling the price line is the responsibility of the Union Government instead of the state governments. NDFB disrupts peace in Assam againGUWAHATI - The rebel National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) has once again shattered the atmosphere of peace and stability in Assam by claiming responsibility for the two bomb blasts in the state’s Sonitpur District ten days ago. Sovereignty is no solution for Assam crisisGUWAHATI - It has been over three decades and the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) continues to harp on ’sovereignty’ as its core demand. AGP questions government on handcuffing ULFA chairmanGUWAHATI - Assam’s main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has questioned the government for allowing Arabinda Rajkhowa, the arrested chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), to be handcuffed, saying such a move would take the peace process to nowhere. 15 killed, 34 injured in Meghalaya bus accidentGUWAHATI/AGARTALA - At least 15 people were killed and 34 others injured when a bus veered off the road and fell into a river in Meghalaya Friday, officials said. Police custody of ULFA chief and two others extended for nine daysGUWAHATI - ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah and the former’s bodyguard Raja Bora were sent to another nine days of police custody after the end of their 12-day remand on Thursday. 10 killed in Meghalaya bus accidentGUWAHATI - At least 10 people were killed and more than 15 were missing after a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a river early Friday in Meghalaya, police said. Veteran BBC journalist’s new book on Northeast India releasedGUWAHATI - Veteran BBC journalist Subhir Bhaumik’s new book - “Troubled Periphery- Crisis of India’s North-East” - was released here on Tuesday. Demand for autonomy intensifies in AssamJORHAT/GUWAHATI - Amidst a raging debate on carving out new provinces, activists of the Jatiya Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), a regional organisation, took out massive rally across Assam to press their demand. Road accidents claim nine lives in AssamGUWAHATI - Road accidents in Assam today claimed the lives of nine persons that included a family of five. Guwahati film festival highlights different perspectives of terrorismGUWAHATI - The Guwahati Cine Club is staging a week long festival to highlight different perspectives of terrorism. ULFA apologises for 2004 I-day parade ground bombingGUWAHATI - The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Sunday sought public apology and forgiveness for triggering an explosion at an Independence Day parade ground in 2004 that killed 14 people, most of them schoolchildren. Six members of a family hacked to deathGUWAHATI - Six members of a family were hacked to death Sunday in Assam and the heads of two victims were missing in what police suspect to be a black magic ritual. Assam CM Gogoi rejects division of stateGUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday ruled out further division of the state. Assam’s intellectuals urge talks with ULFAGUWAHATI - Intellectuals in Assam on Friday urged New Delhi to hold talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), after the arrest of its top leader. ULFA pro-talk leader says Bangladesh has backstabbed movementGUWAHATI - Mrinal Hazarika, the leader of a pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has said that Bangladesh has “betrayed” and “backstabbed” them, after the group’s top leaders recently landed in the net of Indian security forces close to the border. Six killed in Assam group clash over road workGUWAHATI - At least six people were killed and three injured in a group clash over road construction work in Assam, officials said Friday. Centre’s decision to release elephants puts Assam Zoo authorities in dilemmaGUWAHATI - Assam zoo authorities are in a state of fix after the directions of the Centre to release elephants in the zoo. Twin blasts rock Assam, four killed, 34 injured (Evening Lead)GUWAHATI - Two powerful explosions, including a grenade attack, in two busy markets in Assam’s Sonitpur district Thurday killed four people and left wounded at least 34 others, officials said. Water walking attracts tourists in GuwahatiGUWAHATI - A recently constructed unique walk on water event attracting locals as well as tourists. People’s organisation protest killings in AssamGUWAHATI - Various Bodo people’s organisations have hit the streets in Assam demanding firm action against fratricidal killings among various Bodo armed groups which have created an atmosphere of insecurity and uncertainty in districts that fall under the Bodoland Territorial Council. Another blast rocks AssamGUWAHATI - A grenade attack injured two people in Assam’s Sonitpur district, hours after a powerful blast ripped through a busy market in the same district killing four people. Four killed, 17 injured in Assam blast (Second Lead)GUWAHATI - At least four people were killed and 17 others injured, six of them critically, when a powerful bomb blast ripped through a crowded marketplace in a Assam town Thursday, police said. Four killed, 17 injured in Assam town market blastGUWAHATI - At least four people were killed and 17 others injured, six of them critically, in a powerful bomb blast Thursday at a crowded marketplace in Assam, police said. Blast in Assam market kills fourGUWAHATI - Four people were killed when a powerful blast rocked a market in Assam’s Sonitpur district Thursday. Blast in Assam market kills fourGUWAHATI - Four people were killed when a powerful blast rocked a market in Assam’s Sonitpur district Thursday. Indian or Bangladeshi, Muslim or Hindu… identity crisis for ULFA kidsGUWAHATI - Disoriented and bewildered about their names, their religion and their identity, the children of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders arrested last week are still trying to come to terms with the reality of their lives and those of their fugitive fathers. ULFA ready for talks if sovereignty discussed: Paresh BaruahGUWAHATI - The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Wednesday said it would sit for peace talks with the government if its main demand of sovereignty or independence was discussed. Guwahati jail turns into meeting point for ULFA leadersGUWAHATI - The Guwahati central jail has become the meeting point for four top separatist leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to set the wheels of the deadlocked peace process moving, a step facilitated by the government. People expect peace talks to commence in AssamGUWAHATI - Some youth groups in Assam hope that the Central Government will hold peace talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). |