Assam News
Special Christmas prayers for peace in northeast
Guwahati, Dec 25 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of Christians in India's northeast held special prayers on Christmas Sunday in churches across the region for peace and wellbeing of t... More ULFA claims minister is ex-member
Guwahati, Dec 18 (IANS) The militant-politician nexus in Assam once again hit the headlines with an outlawed separatist group claiming that a senior minister was one of its former ... More Assam terror outfit disbands
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IANS) Curtains have came down on one of Assam's mosty violent tribal insurgencies with a banned militant outfit formally disbanding Wednesday following the mass s... More Militants' threats force doctors to flee western Assam
Kokrajhar (Assam), Dec 12 (IANS) Extortion threats from tribal militants have forced dozens of government doctors to flee their areas of posting in western Assam, leaving hundreds ... More Tigress shot dead by police at Kaziranga
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) A full grown Royal Bengal tigress was shot dead Monday by police commandos at the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam after the big cat went on a rampage... More Sukna scam: Lt.Gen. Avadesh Prakash dismissed from service
Guwahati, Dec 3 (IANS) Former military secretary Lt. Gen. (retired) Avadesh Prakash was Saturday dismissed from service by an Indian Army court martial for his involvement in a lan... More Lt.Gen. Avadesh Prakash held guilty in Sukna land scam
Guwahati, Dec 3 (IANS) An army court martial here Saturday found former military secretary, Lt.Gen. (retd) Avadesh Prakash, guilty on three counts and dismissed him from service fo... More The charms of India's black magic capital
Mayong (Assam), Dec 3 (IANS) Imagine a tiger lazily walking behind you like a pet dog or a man bleating like a sheep instead of talking. Hard to believe, but then black magic pract... More Sukna scam: Lt. Gen Avadesh Prakash held guilty, dismissed
Guwahati, Dec 3 (IANS) Former military secretary Lt. Gen (retd) Avadesh Prakash was Saturday convicted and dismissed from service with retrospective effect by an army court martial... More Assamese writer Indira Goswami passes away
Guwahati, Nov 29 (IANS) Noted Assamese writer Indira Goswami, who had been a peace broker between the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and New Delhi, died here early... More |
