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Violence erupts in Goalpara district of Assam

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:22

Violence has erupted in Goalpara district following announcement of election to the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council with a school and two vehicles set ablaze in different places on Sunday, while an indefinite bandh has affected normal life.

Storm lashes Jorhat, injures 16

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:10

A sudden storm with strong winds lashed Jorhat district in upper Assam on Sunday injuring 16 persons and killing eight Adjutant Storks, besides uprooting trees, electric poles and damaging tea bushes and farm fields.

No differences in CLP, will work together to win polls: Gogoi

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 18:40

Differences among legislators and ministers in Assam on various issues were sorted out at a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting which decided to work unitedly for the next year`s Lok Sabha Elections.

Two NDFB(S) men involved in NHPC GM`s kidnap held

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 18:53

Two linkmen of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)-Songbijit faction who allegedly helped in the abduction of NHPC General Manager Anil Kumar Agarwal on September 21 last have been arrested, police said on Friday.

Police firing in Assam, one killed

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 14:28

A man was killed and two others were injured when police opened fire at a mob attacking a police outpost at Boribazar in Morigaon district, police said.

2014 poll will be my last Lok Sabha election: Gogoi

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 19:59

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said that the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2014 would be his last as MP, but he would continue to contest Assembly Elections.

School girl gang-raped in Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 19:21

A school girl was gang-raped allegedly by four men in Assam`s Dhubri district, two of whom were arrested after being identified by the victim, police said on Thursday.

NHPC to modify Subansiri dam design, add safety measures

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 16:19

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said a Centre-appointed expert panel has suggested additional safety measures in the construction of the stalled Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project by NHPC.