The issue of illegal cattle trade between India and Bangladesh is once again making headlines following the killing of All Bodoland Minority Students Union (ABMSU) president Lafiqul Islam in Kokajhar by a suspected cattle smuggler, who has since been arrested.
And if sources are...
The Government of Assam will constitute a Special Investigative Team (SIT) to inquire into the killing of All Bodoland Minority Students Union (ABMSU) president Lafiqul Islam. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced this at a meeting held with the representatives of ABMSU, Al...
All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited three flood-affected areas of Lakhimpur district on Thursday.
Gandhi arrived at Lilabari Airport in Lakhimpur in the morning, before visiting Amtol, Majgaon and Bogolijan, which were severely affected by the...
Reduce taxes to reduce prices. Which is precisely what the Assam government is mulling to prevent liquor being bootlegged from neighbouring states.
“There is huge smuggling of IMFL (Indian Made Foreign Liquor) brands to Assam from neighbouring states like Meghalaya and Arunachal...
Serious question marks have been raised over the safety of bank accounts, especially those maintained in private banks, following incidents of fraud where bank staff have been found to be involved. The latest case in point is the fraud committed on customers by the deputy manager...
Expressing concern at Chinese action in Doklam, India on Thursday she will continue to engage with China diplomatically to resolve the border standoff and that war is not a solution, even as Beijing said India should withdraw its forces from Doklam if it truly “cherishes peace”, ...
Expecting a logical conclusion of the Naga peace process, a delegation of Naga representatives called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday. The 15-member delegation from the Nagaland Gaon Burahs’ Federation that met Modi later said they were happy with their meeting ...
Given the current stand-off over the Doklam plateau, the fate of the annual India-China Hand-in-Hand joint military drill, first held in 2007, appears uncertain with no word from the Chinese side, which is supposed to host the exercise this year. An Initial Planning Conference (I...
The Assam BJP has dubbed the visit of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to Assam a ‘drama’.
Congress vice-president Gandhi visited the flood-affected areas in upper Assam on Thursday; two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to take stock of the situation in the regi...