Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as MLA in new AssemblyAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath as an MLA on the first day of the new assembly. He swore allegiance in the Assamese lang...
21 May, 2026, 10.25 AM IST
Assam Polls: BJP hat-trick or Congress comeback?Assam's political future will be decided Monday. Counting for the assembly elections begins across 40 centres. EVMs hold the fate of 722 ca...
04 May, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Assam assembly elections 2026: From Jalukbari, Jorhat to Kaliabor, here are top 10 seats to watch outAssam assembly elections key seats: The final stage of the Assam election battle arrives with vote counting on Monday. This will decide if ...
03 May, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
Assam election results on Monday: BJP eyeing hat-trick, Congress hopes for comebackAs the counting of votes for Assam's 126 assembly seats gets underway this Monday, the stakes have never been higher. Will the BJP-led NDA ...
03 May, 2026, 11.24 AM IST
Bodoland Territorial Council: Five members of BJP-UPPL-GSP coalition sworn inBesides Bodo, the others sworn in included Deputy CEM Gobindo Chandra Basumatry of the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL), BJP's Gautam D...
15 Dec, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Bhojpuri singer Kalpana Patowary joins regional party Asom Gana ParishadPatowary who is known for Bhojpuri songs formally joined the regional party in Guwahati. Patowary was earlier associated with BJP. AGP is a...
09 Oct, 2020, 10.27 PM IST
Bodo accord stakeholders seek inclusion in BTC to ensure lasting peace in BodolandThe stakeholders of the accord, which include leaders of the three armed factions of the NDFB, said a provision to absorb them into Bodo po...
18 Feb, 2020, 11.47 AM IST
NDFB calls truce, signs pact with Centre & AssamNational Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), a banned insurgent group fighting for a sovereign land for Bodo people, has signed a triparti...
18 Jan, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
50 cadres of Saoraigwra faction of NDF of Boroland will soon join the peace parleysWhat is expected to end the insurgency in Bodoland in Assam, around 50 cadres of Saoraigwra faction of National Democratic Front of Borolan...
13 Jan, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
No promise for Union Territory in Bodo areas in Assam: InterlocutorThe comments come amid strong protests by some non-Bodo organisations in Assam against any such move.
18 Nov, 2018, 12.32 PM IST
Government should initiate steps to fulfill promise: Assam Governor P B AcharyaP B Acharya has said the government should initiate steps to fulfill its promise of making Bodo language the medium of instruction in Bodol...
24 Aug, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
- Pramila Rani Brahma demands appointing translators of Bodo language
Bodoland Peoples Front MLA Pramila Rani Brahma today demanded appointing officials and translators of Bodo language in Assam Assembly.
14 Aug, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
End the violence in Bodo territories, guard against reprisals elsewhereIf India is to function as a democracy, people have to be free to vote as they wish, and not be driven to polls at the barrel of a Kalashni...
05 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Kokrajhar: Ex-ULFA militant, former governor in poll fraySeventy-seven people lost their lives in the violence in 2012 between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims which also left more than four lak...
19 Apr, 2014, 01.45 PM IST
Four statehood demands rock Assam amidst violenceThe UPA government's decision to create Telangana has brought long-standing demands by four ethnic groups for separate states carved out of...
02 Aug, 2013, 06.44 PM IST
Assam violence: Tarun Gogoi must ensure that the north-east remains India’s greatest celebration of diversityThe north-east is India’s greatest celebration of diversity. Tarun Gogoi must ensure it remains that way.
29 Dec, 2012, 05.46 PM IST
- A distraught tribal: The genesis of Assam ethnic violence
Ethnic conflict in Assam , like in some other parts of the north-east is decades old, but has increased in frequency since the late 1970s.
12 Aug, 2012, 01.33 PM IST