September 09, 1998 00:00 IST
In normal times, the Brahmaputra is the economic vein of Assam. But when the rains come immediately after the Assamese New Year in April,...
Wed, Sep 09, 1998September 08, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, Sept 7: The army has clarified that a major of the 11th Jat regiment, accused of the murder of three former United Liberation F...
Tue, Sep 08, 1998August 30, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, August 29: In an unprecedented case, an Army Major belonging to the 11 Jat regiment has been found to be involved in the brutal...
Sun, Aug 30, 1998August 29, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, AUG 28: Clashes between the outlawed ULFA and the SULFA (Surrendered ULFA members, as they are popularly called) continue to ro...
Sat, Aug 29, 1998August 23, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: The Congress was ready to take over the reins of power at the Centre, but won't do anything on its own to pull down the...
Sun, Aug 23, 1998August 22, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, AUG 21: The Assam Police today busted a big racket allegedly involved in providing forged citizenship certificates to suspected...
Sat, Aug 22, 1998August 20, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, August 19:: Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta today effected the first expansion in his ministry by inducting as many...
Thu, Aug 20, 1998August 15, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, Aug 14: The two instances of mass surrender of ULFA activists, if not having advanced the prospects of peace, has given a body ...
Sat, Aug 15, 1998August 14, 1998 00:00 IST
MARIANI (JORHAT), August 13: Three weeks after the first batch of 51 ULFA rebels laid down their arms at Thakurbari in Northern Assam, a ...
Fri, Aug 14, 1998August 13, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, Aug 12: Now it is time for Punjab-type retaliatory killings in Assam. With the situation in the state fast deteriorating, unide...
Thu, Aug 13, 1998August 12, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, August 11: The 13,000-kilolitre depot of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) at Thekeraguri in Nagaon district, about 120 kms east...
Wed, Aug 12, 1998August 08, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: Nalbari district in lower Assam, continues to be the hotbed of militant activities in the state with both the United Lib...
Sat, Aug 08, 1998July 14, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, July 13: The Assam government has finally disposed off a helicopter incurring a loss of Rs 7.72 crore.Chief Minister Prafulla Kuma...
Tue, Jul 14, 1998July 09, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, July 8: An Army court martial has awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment and dismissed from service two personnel currently posted...
Thu, Jul 09, 1998July 05, 1998 00:00 IST
One year after activist Sanjoy Ghosh was abducted by the ULFA for the work he did to save the island of Majuli from floods and soil erosion,...
Sun, Jul 05, 1998June 27, 1998 00:00 IST
Guwahati, June 26: A ban imposed by the district administration on the use of polythene bags and other items in Guwahati and Kamrup district...
Sat, Jun 27, 1998June 26, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, June 25: The Assam Government on Wednesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the large-scale deaths of tea plantation workers in t...
Fri, Jun 26, 1998May 31, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 30: The rebels in the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) are still not convinced that a majority of the party MLAs are rallying behind C...
Sun, May 31, 1998May 27, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 26: Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta's trouble arising out an attempt of the dissidents in his Asom Gana Parishad p...
Wed, May 27, 1998May 25, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 24: The rebels in the ruling Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today projected Education Minister and senior party leader Thaneswar Bor...
Mon, May 25, 1998May 23, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 22: Five weeks after Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government at the Centr...
Sat, May 23, 1998May 22, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 21: The campaign within the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to dislodge Chief Minister and party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has...
Fri, May 22, 1998May 21, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 20: Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has finally decided to expand his ministry and accommodate at least seven more...
Thu, May 21, 1998May 19, 1998 00:00 IST
GUWAHATI, May 18: Fresh trouble seems to be on the cards along the sensitive Assam-Nagaland border with two major outlawed organisations of ...
Tue, May 19, 1998May 11, 1998 00:00 IST
KOKRAJHAR, May 10: Tension and a sense of insecurity gripped Bodo and Santhal villages in the northern and western parts of Kokrajhar distri...
Mon, May 11, 1998