Assam

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh files fresh affidavit to end confusion over his age

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations today.

Five coal mine workers shot dead by suspected militants in Meghalaya

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Five migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said today.

Just how old is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Thursday May 16, 2013

Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 80 or 82 years old? In an affidavit he submitted to the returning officer in Assam on Wednesday while filing his nomination papers for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections, Dr Singh mentions his age as 82 years.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no cash, owns a 1996 Maruti car

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not have any cash in hand and owns a 1996 Maruti car, unlike many of his colleagues.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh files Rajya Sabha nomination papers amid protests

Sandeep Phukan | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today filed his nomination papers in the Assam Assembly to be re-elected as a Rajya Sabha member from the state. Dr Singh was accompanied by Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to file Rajya Sabha nomination papers today

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will file his nomination papers in the Assam Assembly today to be re-elected as a Rajya Sabha member from the state.

Will the Prime Minister and his landlady be colleagues in Rajya Sabha?

Reported by Sandeep Phukan; edited by Janaki Fernandes | Monday May 13, 2013

The Prime Minister and his landlady in Assam might soon be colleagues in the Rajya Sabha. There are two vacancies for the Rajya Sabha from Assam. Dr Manmohan Singh's term comes to an end on June 14. The second Rajya Sabha seat from the state is al...

11 dead in landslide, work on to extricate other bodies

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013

The death toll in the landslide which hit Laipuitlang area in Aizawl has risen to 11 with the recovery of one more body from the debris.

President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Assam from May 13

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 11, 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a two-day visit to Assam from May 13 to give away the Asom Ratna, Srimanta Sankaradeva Awards and to address the 13th Annual Convocation of Assam University.

Woman electrocuted in Guwahati

Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2013

A woman was electrocuted by a live electric wire in Guwahati during heavy rains last night triggering public protest today against the Assam State Electricity Board for its alleged negligence.

One killed, 15 houses damaged by elephants in Assam

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 5, 2013

A man was trampled to death and 15 houses damaged by a herd of wild elephants in upper Assam's Golaghat district, official sources said on Sunday.

West Bengal: The Trinamool's 'cheat' fund nexus

Reported by Sreenivasan Jain (with inputs from Alok Pandey, Niha Masih) | Sunday May 5, 2013

The Mamata Banerjee government is facing an escalating crisis, with fresh proof emerging every day of Trinamool's links to the fraudulent chit fund company, run by the Saradha Group.

Internet couple separates a day after wedding

Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2013

A couple, who met through the Internet and tied the nuptial knot, decided to Separate just a day after their wedding following a dispute.

Four killed in Assam's Goalpara district, curfew imposed

Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Curfew has been imposed in Malaipathar in Assam's Goalpara district amid violence in which four people have been killed. Two people died this morning when the police opened fire to control a 3000-strong mob on the rampage. Two more people were killed...

Two Assam Rifles personnel injured in IED explosion

Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2013

Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured when three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), planted at a roadside by militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East district of Manipur, police said on Monday.