Guwahati, March 13 (IANS) At least four Congress legislators Wednesday approached the privileges committee of the Assam assembly after it was alleged that they were involved in running business syndicates in the state.
Guwahati, March 6 (IANS) A mentally-imbalanced patient in Assam Wednesday beheaded a quack, who had been treating him for years without success, police said. He later carried the victim's head to a police station and surrendered. Mekudin Tero beheaded his neighbour and quack Lakhan Sorey at Dolohat village under Laluk Police station in Lakhimpur district, around 350 km from Guwahati.
Guwahati, March 6 (IANS) Two poachers were gunned down during a joint operation by forest officials and elite commandos of the Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) inside the Kaziranga National Park early Wednesday, an official said. "There was heavy exchange of fire between the poachers and the security forces at the eastern range of the park - Agaratoli range," said director of the park
Guwahati, March 5 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday asked the state's health ministry to table a bill in the assembly banning all kinds of tobacco products including smokeless tobacco.
Guwahati, March 4 (IANS) The first day of the Assam assembly's budget session Monday witnessed noisy scenes as slogan-shouting and placard-carrying opposition members attacked the government on various issues as soon as Governor J.B. Patnaik started his speech. The governor could not complete his speech and it was taken as read.
Guwahati, Mar 1 (IANS) Despite a shoot-at-sight order, poachers killed another endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and took away its horn, officials said Friday. This was tenth such killing in the area since January though close to 400 Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) commandos are deployed in the park.
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IANS) An engineer of the Power Grid Corporation Ltd. (PGCL), abducted by suspected militants and taken to their camp in Bhutan more than a week ago, was released Wednesday, police said.
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IANS) After peaceful polling, Nagaland is waiting for the counting of votes Thursday. State's Joint Chief Electoral Officer N. Moa Aier said the counting would begin at 8 a.m
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IANS) Child abuse and juvenile delinquency have increased alarmingly in Mizoram and the state government has failed to implement the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, a rights body said Wednesday. The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), in its report, "State of Juvenile Justice in Mizoram", quoted a study undertaken by the Social Welfare Department of the Mizoram government, to say 630 cases of child sexual abuse were recorded in the 2003-2009 period.
Guwahati, Feb 26 (IANS) Poachers have killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's high-security Kaziranga National Park, an official said Tuesday.
