Tea planters of the State have demanded a permanent, full-fledged Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) in Assam for adequately training the tea planters and executives in plantation management.

Pro-talk ULFA faction leader Mrinal Hazarika has warned the NSCN- IM against any attack on Assamese people in the border areas of Assam-Arunachal and Assam-Nagaland.

Governor of Assam J B Patnaik called on Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Dr C P Joshi to discuss the implementation of various schemes under the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Assam, at Krishi Bhawan here today.

An awareness centre on cervical cancer prevention has been launched at a city hospital here by actor Raima Sen.

Two goods train drivers were kidnapped by suspected Bodo militants from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, officials said on Sunday.

Though 'go green' is the buzzword today to reduce carbon footprints, the State is yet to ensure optimum utilization of a green technology of road construction using cold bitumen emulsions

The neutral force deployed along the disputed Assam-Nagaland border to maintain peace among the people of both the states living in the area has failed to perform its duty assigned to it.

Growing links between the Maoist rebel groups and some of the militant outfits of the North East region has become a serious cause of concern and the issue came up for detailed discussion in the recently concluded meet of the DGPs and IGPs of all the states in New Delhi.

In the wake of demolition of the roadside temples, the district committees of the Congress, the AGP, and the BJP along with the Left parties strongly condemned the unwanted step taken by the Deputy Commissioner Dr Angamuthu.

Heavy exchange of fire between armed forest officials and illegal woodcutters were reported at Sibakunda near Amsoi under West Dharmatul forest range around 1 pm today.

City Police last night busted an inter-State car theft racket and arrested as many as eight members of the racket from different parts of the city.

To overcome the shortage of coins in the North East, the Reserve Bank of India has asked the banks operating in the region to install coin vending machines.

Eight people, including a militant of a Muslim rebel group and a Bangladeshi national, were reportedly apprehended in separate incidents by Border Security Force (BSF) along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Thursday night.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Friday decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve a violent boundary row.

The income of State’s farmers is growing, while the percentage of increase in the number of farmers’ holdings is more in comparison to that of their operational area.