After the 18-member 'Assam Advisory Committee' suggested the two organisations to form a political party, a source close to the development said the new outfit will be launched within the next 10 days.
The police said that two NEEPCO security guards and two children were killed when suspected Black Widow militants opened fire on the Kopili Power House of the Kopili Hydro-electricity Project of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation, located approximately 22 kilometers away from Umrangshu, at around 1 pm on Monday.
From belonging to an endangered tribe, somewhere along the line I had turned into a dangerous species myself; a lying, scheming traitor, who had let the country down -- in short, an anti-national, says Durba Dhyani.
The explosion took place at a construction material dump in the Pan Bazar area when the four passersby, including a woman, were injured around 11.45 am, the sources said.
Senior journalists and writers have called upon the people of Assam and the North East to defy the diktat of militant outfits and celebrate India's 58th Republic Day. Four militant outfits of North East, including the Liberation Front of Asom, have slapped a ban on Republic Day celebrations and called for a general strike on that day to protest the 'colonial Indian occupation of the region'.
The critically acclaimed Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara remains one of those many landmark films is his career. Keeping the audiences psyche in mind, winner of several national and international awards, Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua is gearing up for his next directorial venture- Har Pall.
The removal of over 54,000 accounts was the largest such removal yet.
Hima Das represents the generation of Naya Bharat athletes who are conscious of their responsibilities towards their society, state and country.
Second seed Ashutosh Singh and fifth ranked Vivek Shokeen scripted identical facile victories to romp into the second round of the Indian Oil Servo National Grasscourt Championships in Kolkata on Tuesday.
'The north east does not want the solution that the BJP has given and it has become clear that it has not been fully thought through,' says Aakar Patel.
Reacting to reports in both print and electronic media about the stripping of an Adivasi woman on the streets of Guwahati during unprecedented violence last Saturday, the Assam government on Tuesday said that it was an isolated incident committed by some miscreants and shouldn't be projected as a common happening in the state.
At the launch of a breast cancer awareness app, Amitabh Bachchan spoke about fighting Hepatitis B and putting health first.
Sarbananda Sonowal was on Tuesday sworn in as the 14th chief minister of Assam in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and other dignitaries at a huge public function at Khanapara field.
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Guwahati even as the PM appealed for calm, assuring the people of the state that the govt will protect their interests.
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
'If the Amendment Bill 2016 becomes law, the indigenous people of Assam will become a minority and the language, literature and culture of Assam will be lost.'
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the sporting extravaganza in Guwahati this evening.
Police informed that two businessmen identified as Pradip Kumar Paswan and Sambhu Choudhury, and Constable of 2nd Assam Police Battalion Prabin Tejiwal were travelling in a truck from Tangna Bazar to Doom Dooma when they came under fire from ULFA.
The banned militant group on Saturday reacted very sharply to Asom Sahitya Sabha president Kanaksen Deka's criticism of its demand for sovereignty.
'How many people have died in India so far due to Covid?' 'Multiply that by at least four, and that many people in intense grief are there in the country.'
How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen?
Addressing a massive public rally to celebrate the signing of the accord on January 27 that is expected to bring lasting peace to the troubled state, Modi said now the time was to work together for peace and development of the North-East.
East Zone beat South Zone by 68 runs on the fourth and final day of their Duleep Trophy league match to set up a virtual semi-final with North Zone in their last league match.
Paswan, who undertook a visit to the worst-hit areas of Upper Assam, said the state government has not started relief work in many camps. He suggested that relief work should be speeded up.
Alert: Wanted, Delhi-based translators on a casual basis.
A tough road awaits veteran L Sarita Devi and rookie Manisha Moun as they open India's campaign at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, in New Delhi, on Friday.
'Bharat Ratna and longest bridges, while necessary, will not promote the peace and prosperity of the citizens of India. Only just popular laws and foresight on the part of the leadership will'
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has set a two-year deadline to seal the border.
Earlier, the Bangladesh soldiers had killed two villagers.
'While they target Hindus from other parts of India, they never target Bengali-speaking Muslims from Bangladesh.'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday condemned the United Liberation Front of Asom killings in Assam.
Panic prevailed and shopkeepers downed their shutters, but security measures have been tightened since then.
'This is a movie, which if you allow it to, will wash itself all over you, so that you emerge from it a little drenched but wide awake,' says Sreehari Nair.
Chief of ULFA's army wing, Paresh Barua, is known to have visited Pakistan to seek its assistance in the outfit's activities.
She said she needed a break for at least two years to complete some of her unfinished literary works.
ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on September 8 nominated a 11-member group of public representatives to initiate preliminary negotiations with the Centre.
A hard-hitting interview with Maine Gandhi Ko... director Jahnu Barua.
Assam Monday changed its name to Asom bringing down the curtain to the 180-year-old name, which many consider the last legacy of the Raj.
Rebati Phukan will convey the message to the ULFA and get the points clarified by them." Phukan said, "There is every possibility that the five detenues will be released by the end of August."
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