Fire blazing at Numaligarh Refinery after an explosion on Saturday. – UB Photos

Bring 26/11 attackers to justice, Manmohan tells Zardari
NEW DELHI, April 8 (IANS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue of Hafeez Saeed, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder who India feels masterminded the Mumbai attack, in his 40-minute talks with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari here Sunday a ...

Boxer Vijender qualifies for London Olympics
ASTANA (Kazakhstan), April 8 (IANS): Indian boxer Vijender Singh qualified for the 2012 London Olympics by advancing to the semi-finals of 75 kgs weight category at the Asian Olympic qualifying event here Sunday. ...

ULFA cadre killed in Goalpara
GUWAHATI, April 8 (IANS): A hard-core member of the Ulfa's anti-talk faction was killed during a gun battle with the army and the police in Goalpara district on the Assam-Meghalaya border Sunday, police said. ...

Asam Sahitya Sabha to blacken signboards
GUWAHATI, April 8 (PTI): Assam's premier literary organisation, Asam Sahitya Sabha, has directed its district units to paint all public signboards black if they were not written in the official state language by the forthcoming Rongali Bihu festival. ...

Deforestation threatens endangered bird in Nagaland
According to the latest annual report of the forest and wildlife department, large-scale hunting and snaring of this enchanting bird by people for food was also a big threat. ...

ULFA raising day passes off peacefully
GUWAHATI, April 7 – The 33rd raising day of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) passed off without any major act of violence amidst tight security cover, while, the hardline faction of the ULFA has asserted that the struggle for independence o ...

Manmohan, Zardari to meet today
NEW DELHI, April 7 – Focus will be on bilateral issues when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a one-on-one meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is making a three-hour stopover here tomorrow before flying to Ajmer to pay obeisance at ...

Singer Charu Gohain passes away
GUWAHATI, April 7 – Singer-composer-lyricist Charu Gohain who enriched the Assamese musical arena with enduring compositions such as Jon jwale kapalot, Rati bahi bai and Mor samadhit, breathed his last at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) ...

New malaria type poses health concerns
GUWAHATI, April 7 – An emerging threat can put at risk a large population in Assam. According to recent scientific findings, a new type of malaria has shown great resistance to the most effective of medications. This is of particular concern to the S ...

Fire at NRL after explosion
JORHAT, April 7 – After an explosion at the hydrocracker plant at Numaligarh Refinery, a devastating fire engulfed the plant around 6.45 pm today. Fire tenders from Golaghat, Bokakhat, Dergaon and Jorhat have reached the spot to douse the fire. ...

Promode Gogoi’s last rites performed
SIVASAGAR, April 7 – The last rites of veteran CPI leader Promode Gogoi were performed here at his residence premises today. ...

KNP rhino census begins
GUWAHATI, April 7 – Two hundred people and 34 trained elephants have been deployed to conduct the tenth rhino census which began today at the world famous Kaziranga National Park, reports PTI. ...