Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the sporting extravaganza in Guwahati this evening.
The 84-year old veteran Congressman, who died from post-COVID complications on Monday, was a Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Mary Kom would look to go one step closer towards her sixth gold when she takes the ring in the 48kg semifinals, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
At the launch of a breast cancer awareness app, Amitabh Bachchan spoke about fighting Hepatitis B and putting health first.
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.
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.
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'Deepak's character is not an out and out sexual predator.' 'I liked the way it was done because I felt it was more real, rather than a more dramatic take where a girl feels that oh, I must fight for my rights.'
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."
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.
Goswami has played a key role in talks in the past and is doing this personally.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has set a two-year deadline to seal the border.
The condition is that the government must include the issue of sovereignty in the talks.
'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.'
The removal of over 54,000 accounts was the largest such removal yet.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said on Monday that the gate would open at 0630 IST in the morning and closed at 1730 IST in winter season.
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An Olympic quota place pocketed, Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) ended his campaign with a silver medal after losing in the final of the Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament Qian'an, China on Friday. The 22-year-old Assamese, who is a World Championship bronze-medallist, went down 0-3 to Thailand's Chatchai Butdee in the summit clash. Butdee is the reigning Asian champion. Shiva had booked his ticket to Rio de Janeiro by making the finals yesterday after beating Kazakhstan's Kairat Yeraliyev. Meanwhile, it was a heartbreak once again for L Devendro Singh (49kg), who missed a second opportunity to qualify for the Olympics. The Commonwealth silver-medallist, who lost in the semifinals a day prior, went down in the box-off for the Olympic slot on Friday.
Opposing the Central government's proposal of allowing Bangladeshis visa-free entry into Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said he couldn't allow it, as the state was already facing a problem of illegal migration.
British royal couple Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton on Thursday visited the Kaziranga National Park in a jeep safari.
Both Assamese and Biharis are pleading for restoration of the age-old goodwill that existed between the two communities.
The chargesheet had been filed under sections 120b, 409 and 420 of IPC (criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and cheating) and also under sections four and six of Prize, Chit and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act 1978.
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy announces the CNES-Setu National Media Fellowship 2005, for journalists who wish to study issues related to Northeast India.
'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.
