Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inspecting the desiltation and cleaning of Bharalu river at Jonali on RG Baruah Road, in Guwahati on Saturday. – UB Photos
Bangladeshi held with photocopy of Indian passport
Shillong, May 13 (IANS): A Bangladeshi national, who was earlier jailed in the US for six years, has been arrested in Meghalaya for carrying counterfeit money and a photocopy of an Indian passport, an official said on Saturday. ...Three NE States soon to have High Courts
New Delhi/Agartala, May 13 (IANS): The North-eastern States of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya would soon get their own High Courts as a necessary amendment Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha amid cheers from lawyers, politicians and commoners of the St ...
Dalai Lama speaks of Chinese plot to kill him
London, May 13 (IANS): Chinese agents have trained Tibetan women to poison the Dalai Lama while posing as a devotee, the Tibetan spiritual leader has said. ...
Govt to be firm on Maoists in NE
ITANAGAR, May 12 – Making it clear that there would be no compromise with Maoists trying to destabilise peace in the North-east, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said state governments of the region have been asked to deal with the ultras with a fir ...
Govt to take all steps to protect Majuli
GUWAHATI, May 12 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asserted that the State Government is determined to protect river island Majuli and committed to do anything required to wrest the UNESCO World Heritage Site status to this unique river island. For, ...
Gogoi tours city to monitor progress
GUWAHATI, May 12 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who is also in charge of the Guwahati Development Department, today made a tour of Guwahati city along with Water Resources Minister Rajiv Lochan Pegu and senior officers to monitor the operation launche ...
2 held for engineer Gadapani murder
GUWAHATI, May 12 – Even as police today made two arrests in connection with the sensational abduction and subsequent murder of Gadapani Pathak, family members of the slain Superintendent Engineer of Agriculture Department expressed dissatisfaction wi ...
Fake currency racket busted, Bangla man held
GUWAHATI, May 12 – An international fake currency note racket was busted by the Border Security Force (BSF) following the arrest of one Bangladeshi national, who was earlier arrested in United States of America. Photocopy of a fake Indian passport wa ...
Boundary row
ITANAGAR, May 12 – The decades-old boundary dispute between Arunachal Pradesh and Assam would be resolved amicably soon with the one-man boundary commission constituted by Supreme Court working out modalities for the same, Union Home Minister P Chida ...