
July 16, 2016 02:06 IST
Tuki, who has the support of only 15 Congress MLAs, is banking on the return of at least 15 rebels who had sided with Pul to sail through the floor test.
Sat, Jul 16, 2016
July 15, 2016 14:27 IST
While the four gold biscuits weighing 466 grams were seized in Sabri, a village in Coochbehar district in North Bengal, the cattle and logs were seized in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
July 15, 2016 13:25 IST
Tuki on his part has maintained that following the Supreme Court judgment, all legislators who had sided with Kalikho Pul were technically and legally Congress members.
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
July 15, 2016 01:15 IST
Rajkhowa, 72, who went on leave from June 27, underwent the surgery at a private hospital in Coimbatore and is now in Guwahati.
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
July 15, 2016 01:10 IST
Welcoming acting Governor Tathagata Roy’s order, asking Tuki to prove his majority in the House by Saturday, Pul expressed fear that Tuki might try to indulge in horse trading by seeking more time.
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
July 15, 2016 01:03 IST
Tuki seeks more time, says will reach out to rebel legislators.
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
July 14, 2016 05:58 IST
BJP president Amit Shah, who was present at the NEDA conclave when the Supreme Court ruling came, preferred not to comment on the court order.
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
July 13, 2016 21:39 IST
Armed with the Supreme Court’s orders restoring status quo ante as it prevailed on December 15, 2015, former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki on Wednesday evening “resumed” his duty as chief minister of the state at the Arunachal Bhavan in New Delhi.
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
July 13, 2016 21:33 IST
NEDA convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma made it clear that the new forum was out to make the Northeast Congress-free as early as possible.
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
July 13, 2016 18:18 IST
Even as former CM Nabam Tuki is now legally poised to re-occupy that office on the strength of the SC order, Pul believes that the numbers are not in favour of the Congress.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
July 13, 2016 03:53 IST
The Guwahati declaration, which will be the cornerstone of NEDA’s electoral outings, will resolve to give the Northeast its due in view of its strategic importance in the NDA’s Act East policy and firm up the poll platform for the anti-Congress alliance.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
July 12, 2016 03:46 IST
The state’s lone highway link, meanwhile, remained blocked with several hundred goods-laden trucks still stuck on the state border.
Tue, Jul 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 03:37 IST
Geography, absence of a sewerage system and recent encroachment leave Guwahati vulnerable.
Tue, Jul 12, 2016
July 11, 2016 22:16 IST
This decision of the state government, cleared in a cabinet meeting in Itanagar, came exactly three years after the fist women police station was set up in the state capital in 2013.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
July 10, 2016 20:34 IST
The Brahmaputra was flowing over the danger mark at Nimatighat (Jorhat) and Dhubri, while the Dhansiri was above the red mark near Numaligarh in Golaghat district.
Sun, Jul 10, 2016
July 10, 2016 20:10 IST
Tathagata Roy, will hold additional charge as Arunachal Pradesh governor till JP Rajkhowa returns.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016July 09, 2016 21:11 IST
Born in Jorhat in 1938, Haque had composed his first lyrics – two Hindi songs for an Assamese film called “Maak aru Morom” (directed by Nip Barua) when he was just 19.
Sat, Jul 09, 2016
July 09, 2016 21:04 IST
Describing the Supreme Court judgment as “positive”, Amnesty International India also said that security personnel accused of such human rights violations should be not be allowed to get away with impunity
Mon, Jul 11, 2016
July 08, 2016 21:12 IST
The authorities have called out the Army to help carry out rescue operations in Jorhat district, where the situation turned critical.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
July 07, 2016 07:12 IST
State Water Resource Minister Keshab Mahanta says Rs 1,800 crore is due to the state since last year's deluge.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
July 07, 2016 03:46 IST
LPG cylinders, meanwhile, have become costlier by Rs 14, while the cost of petrol and diesel has increased by 76 paise and Re 1.67, respectively.
Thu, Jul 07, 2016
July 06, 2016 17:04 IST
While most of the repair work of last year’s damage has been already carried out, the state government is yet to receive a sum of Rs 1800 crore from the Centre.
Wed, Jul 13, 2016
July 06, 2016 01:49 IST
The Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger mark at two places — Nimatighat in Jorhat and Tezpur in Sonitpur district.
Wed, Jul 06, 2016
July 05, 2016 02:11 IST
“Extra alert has been sounded in three districts sharing border with Bangladesh... The BSF has been also asked to step up vigil in these three districts,” said Pallab Bhattacharyya, Additional DGP of the Assam Police.
Tue, Jul 05, 2016
July 05, 2016 01:49 IST
Lakhimpur district has remained the most affected with the daily flood update released by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority saying that over 68,000 persons have been affected in the district on July 4.
Tue, Jul 05, 2016



