Assam: Operation intensified against NDFB

Security forces in Assam have intensified operations against the anti-talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in the wake of arrest of its self-styled chairman Ranjan Daimary......

Padma Awards 2016: Rajinikanth, Sania, Priyanka honoured

Superstar Rajinikanth, tennis icon Sania Mirza, former US Ambassador Robert D Blackwill and actor Priyanka Chopra were among the 56 eminent persons who were honoured with Padma awards on Tuesday.......

Biswa Sarma, 13 ministers sworn in

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, was on Monday sworn-in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam by Governor Jagadish Mukhi at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, a major cultural......

Renewed statehood stirs pose fresh challenge for Assam

The age-old ethnic fabric in Assam faces a grave risk of being torn apart as many of the major tribes have either raised or renewed their demand for separate state carved out of Assam. The new......