Dispur News

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had announced on June 12 that the state's long-awaited Vidhan Sabha Complex will be ready by August this year, bringing an end to a 51-year wait for a proper assembly house in Assam. On July 30, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Brila along with CM Sarma inaugurate the much-awaited building. Previously, the Assam assembly had been operating from a tea warehouse in Dispur.

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited flood affected areas at Lakhimpur in Assam.

A 47-year-old SSB officer was killed on Tuesday in a shootout with National Democratic Front of Bodoland-S militants in Assam's Chirang district, an official said.

Four persons were killed and three others critically injured after lightning struck this afternoon in Assam's Morigaon district.

Three prisoners including two Saudi Arabian nationals were killed in a fight in a jail in India`s remote northeastern state of Manipur, officials said.

An IIT Guwahati student was found dead on Saturday at his hostel room, according to CNN News report.

The Army deployed in poll-bound Assam neutralized a terrorist in Talpathar village in Tinsukia district today and recovered arms from his possession. 

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday accused BJP of spending "hundreds of crores" of rupees in an attempt to topple his government with the help of Governor, echoing allegations of his Himachal counterpart that BJP was trying to destablise Congress governments in states.

The Tripura Police is likely to approach Interpol to probe the fake Facebook account opened in the name of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, an official said here on Saturday.

Just days after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on Richter scale hit northeast India bordering Myanmar, fresh tremors were felt in Assam on Wednesday.