Bihu Rani winner Sangeeta Gogoi performing at the 11th Dibrugarh Thermal Bohagi Bidai cultural night programme on Sunday. – UB Photos
Raja gets bail, can't visit DoT or Tamil Nadu
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS): Former Communications Minister A Raja, who has been in jail since February 2011, was granted bail on Tuesday in the 2G spectrum allocation case but with the rider that he could neither visit the Department of Telecommunicati ...Cannabis seized in Assam
Guwahati, May 15 (IANS): A total of 31 kg of ganja (cannabis) was seized from a New Delhi-bound train in Kokrajhar district on Monday and two people were arrested, police said. ...
Shutdown brings normal life to standstill in Meghalaya
Shillong, May 15 (IANS) Normal life came to a standstill in the eastern part of Meghalaya on Monday during a 12-hour shutdown called by three organisations over the alleged enrolment of bogus voters in the state's electoral rolls. ...
Bangla migrants: Gogoi for adopting humanitarian stand
GUWAHATI, May 14 – Reiterating the need for adopting a ‘humanitarian stand’ on the migrants compelled to leave Bangladesh owing to persecution, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that there should be a debate in Parliament on the issue. ...
Post-71 migrants must leave: AASU
GUWAHATI, May 14 – The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today made it clear that it would not allow any post-March 25, 1971 migrant to stay in Assam irrespective of his or her religion. Assam is not going to bear the burden of any of the post-March 2 ...
State MPs raise power crisis issue in RS
NEW DELHI, May 14 – Acknowledging that the Centre was aware of the acute power crisis in Assam, Union Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde however rued the delay in execution of the Subansiri (Lower) Hydro Power Project because of the ongoing agitatio ...
Two-pronged policy to tackle Maoists: CM
GUWAHATI, May 14 – Underlining the need to tackle the “growing Maoist movement” in the State, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the Government would come up with a two-pronged policy to “nip in the bud” the threat. ...
Arunachal opposed to NEWRA, says Centre
NEW DELHI, May 14 – Confirming Arunachal Pradesh’s opposition to North East Water Resources Authority (NEWRA), the Centre has said that it has made no assessment of the likely loss, if the proposal is dropped. ...
Govt defends Chidambaram on Aircel-Maxis deal
NEW DELHI, May 14 – Government today sought to clear the air over the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006, ruling out any wrongdoing by the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the grant of FIPB clearance as Opposition mounted attack on his family with fresh ...
