Assam

Guwahati, Sep 3 : A baby elephant was rescued from a deep gorge by alert villagers in upper Assam's Sivsagar district today.

In blatant violation of environment laws, a road is being built through a reserved forest in Assam cutting through the buffer of a tiger park.

Guwahati, Sep 3 : The kidnapped executive of a cement company made a dramatic appearance in Meghalaya capital Shillong eight hours after he was abducted at gunpoint from near Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said Friday.

Guwahati, Sept. 2: “Power to the people” will have a dual connotation in Assam very soon.

Guwahati, Sep 2 : A senior official of a company, who was kidnapped from near here on Thursday, was rescued from Upper Shillong area with the help of police and para military forces, official sources said.

Guwahati, Sep 2 : A senior official of a cement company was kidnapped near Assam’s main city of Guwahati on Thursday afternoon, police said.

Guwahati, Sep 2 : An executive of a cement company was kidnapped at gunpoint from near Assam's main city of Guwahati Thursday, a day after two businessman abducted over the weekend were rescued by police.

Guwahati, Sept 2 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, currently recuperating after a heart surgery in Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute, will be released from the hospital tomorrow.

Guwahati, Sept 2 : A wild elephant was electrocuted near a tea garden in the Kaliabor area in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday morning, officials said.

Guwahati, Sep 2 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been declared fit, nearly a month after he underwent three critical heart surgeries in Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute. He is expected to be discharged Friday and arrive here Sep 8.

Guwahati, Sept 1 : A truck was set on fire by bandh supporters on NH-39 in Assam’s Karbi angling district during the 72-hours Karbi Anglong bandh on Wednesday, officials said.

Guwahati, Sept 1 : Eminent painter and Associate Professor of IIT Guwahati, Utpal Barua, has been selected to attend the 14-day International Art symposium titled “Taches Taches At Saint Lo-Paris”, which began from Wednesday in Paris.

Guwahati, Sept 1 : An Army man was killed and seven others seriously injured when a speeding truck ran over them at a security gate in Rangapara area of Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday, police said.

Tezpur, Sep 1 (PTI) An Assam Rifles man was killed and seven others seriously injured when a truck hit them at a security gate in Rangapara area of Assam's Sonitpur district today.

Guwahati, Sep 1 : Two businessmen kidnapped at gunpoint over the weekend from Assam's main city Guwahati were rescued by security forces early Wednesday, officials said.

Kohima, Sep 1 : The Nagaland NCP has demanded an apology from Assam government Spokesperson and Cabinet Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma for blaming Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio for all the problems in the North East region.

By Peter Alex Todd, Haflong (Assam), Sep 1 : Police have arrested two militants of the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) from Mahur town near the Haflong hill station in Assam.

Agartala, Aug 31 (PTI) ISI agent Manir Khan alias Omar Ashraf, arrested here early last month, were taken to Guwahati along with one of his accomplices on transit remand by Assam Police today.

Guwahati, Aug 31 : Two Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) militants were arrested with arms and ammunition in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Tuesday, police said.

Agartala, Aug 31 : The police in Assam and Tripura are jointly probing the activities of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency in northeast India following the arrest of a suspected ISI agent last month, officials said here Tuesday.