Everything you need to know about Tezpur Bazar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Tezpur Bazar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) In Assam's second incident of police firing in as many days, one person was killed and at least 10 injured in Sonitpur district Tuesday. The fresh trouble broke out even as curfew continued in Goalpara district where the death toll from Monday's police firing rose to four with the discovery of two more bodies.
Tezpur, Jan 25 (ANI): A security alert has been sounded across India's northeast region after militant outfits called for a boycott of Republic Day celebrations.
Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) The central government is considering a proposal to restructure the Brahmaputra Board due to its alleged failure to deal with the annual flood situation in Assam, the Chief Minister's Office said here Tuesday.
Guwahati, Dec 6 (IANS) A Maoist leader, who is on the most-wanted list in Chhattisgarh, was Thursday arrested in an Assam town, police said.
New Delhi, Dec.2 (ANI): The Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, accompanied by wife, Mrs Bubbles Singh, who undertook a two-day visit to the Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata on Friday, returned to New Delhi on Sunday.
Tezpur/Tawang 9Assam/Arunachal Pradesh), Nov.5 (ANI): Keen to improve surface transport and road connectivity between Tezpur in Assam and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, the concerned authorities are working on a war footing to achieve this strategically important goal.
Tezpur, Oct 23 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has completed its several hundred kilometres-long "Shahid Shradhanjali Yatra" (Martyrs' Tribute Rally) to India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, paying homage to the martyrs of the historic Sino-Indian War and pressing on the international border security.
Guwahati, Oct 18 (IANS) BJP president Nitin Gadkari Thursday criticised the Assam government for the unabated influx from across the border and said that the party will secure the international border of the country if it comes to power.
An earthquake of moderate intensity witnessed in the northeast part of country. The tremor, which was felt on Sunday afternoon,
Shillong, Aug 19 (IANS) An earthquake of moderate intensity shook India's northeast Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) Six people, four of them from a family, were killed Wednesday when an ambulance in which they were in collided with a truck, police said.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) In a road accident, six people, four of them from a family, were killed on the spot Wednesday in Assam when the ambulance in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck, police said.
Guwahati, July 4 (IANS) A central team is arriving in Assam to assess the damage from the recent floods that have killed 88 persons besides rendering lakhs homeless, a state government official said Wednesday.
Guwahati, June 13 (IANS) A joint team of Assam Police and the army Wednesday morning arrested one youth and recovered a Chinese grenade from his possession.
Guwahati/Kolkata, May 11 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale shook the northeastern region of the country this evening.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has cleared the establishment of the Srimanta Sankardeva Chair in Assam's Tezpur University to familiarize students with the values of secularism and non-violence expounded by the saint-scholar, it was announced here Tuesday.
Dibrugarh (Assam), April 25 (IANS) The railways are battling time and resource crunch to complete the country's longest 4.94 km rail-cum-road-bridge across the mighty Brahmaputra at Bogibeel that will provide connectivity to upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and cut down by 10 hours access to the border with China.
Guwahati, April 16 (IANS) At least seven people, among them a woman, were killed and over 20 injured in three road mishaps in different parts of the state Monday morning, police said.
Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) The banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday slammed the central government's proposed plan to base the Akash and Brahmos missile regiments in Assam and Nagaland and said the move has threatened the existence of the people of Assam and northeast as a whole.
One of the highlights of the Union Rail Budget 2012-13 announced by the Union Rail Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday was the announcement for the introduction of two double-decker trains and a Shatabdi train
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): With Sino-Indian relations on Arunachal Pradesh being tense, especially over the border issue, Defence Minister A K Antony will visit the sensitive state for two days and will also grace festivities linked to the silver jubilee of statehood.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): With Sino-Indian relations on Arunachal Pradesh being tense, especially over the border issue, Defence Minister A K Antony will visit the sensitive state for two days and will also grace festivities linked to the silver jubilee of statehood.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (ANI): China has denied visa to a senior IAF officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, who was to be part of the team scheduled to travel to Beijing from January 10.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): The Sino-Indian relations have gone on the back foot with New Delhi calling off the China visit by a military delegation after Beijing allegedly refused to grant visa to an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot from Arunachal Pradesh.
Guwahati, Dec 10 (ANI): Thirty three cadres of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and United Liberation Front of Asom recently, surrendered before security forces in Assam's Tezpur District.
New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): The 60th plenary session of the northeast council that concluded here last week has decided to expedite infrastructural growth and increase connectivity in the region.
New Delhi, May 20(ANI): The Union Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday agreed to the request of Development of North East Region (DoNER) Minister Bijoy Krishna Handique to introduce more flights to the Lilabari and Tezpur airports in Assam, which is within the vicinity of Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to increase the services of Alliance Air to Lilabari and Tezpur due to non-operation of Pawan Hans Helicopter services to Arunachal Pradesh.
Itanagar, May 4 (ANI): Six Indian Air Force helicopters began an aerial survey along inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass on Wednesday to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others on board.
Itanagar, May 03 (ANI): Even after 72hours, there is no trace of the four-seater single engine Pawan Hans chopper that went missing while on way from Tawang to Itanagar with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others on board.
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), May 3 (ANI): Three thousand security personnel were on Tuesday searching the inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others on board.
Itanagar, Apr 30(ANI): The Air Force, the Army and the paramilitary will launch a massive search operation to locate missing Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu.
Itanagar, Apr 30(ANI): The Air Force, the Army and the paramilitary will launch a massive search operation to locate missing Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): Concerned over the rapid growth of Chinese infrastructure in the region, Defence Minister AK Antony will be on a two-day visit to the North-East to review the security situation there and the progress of infrastructure development, beginning Friday.
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): Victor Longer, a retired official of the Cabinet Secretariat, who played a pioneering role in developing defence information in the country and supported communication efforts during the India-Pakistan War of 1971, died here on Saturday. He was 92.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it is left for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take appropriate action against controversial MP M K Subba.
Akhnoor (J and K), Nov.14 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju has said that New Delhi is taking all measures to safeguard its border with Beijing, but will focus on positives.
Gwalior, Nov 10 (ANI): In recognition of the distinguished service rendered to the nation, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will present the Presidential Standards to two premier combat units of the IAF, at Air Force Station here today.
Guwahati, June 30 (ANI): At least four Hindi-speaking people were shot dead and two others injured by heavily-armed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants in Assam's Sonitput District on Tuesday.
Tezpur June 15 (ANI): To strengthen its capability along the borders of China, the Indian Air force (IAF) today stationed four Sukhoi fighter jets at the Tezpur airbase in Assam.
Guwahati, June 13 (ANI): Congress MP from Arunachal East Constituency Takam Sanjoy has said the Chinese Government is blocking the development of Arunachal Pradesh by objecting to a loan from the Asian Development Bank.
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 60 injured in two back-to-back blasts in busy areas of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, media reports said.
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) At least five people were killed and about 100 injured as two back-to-back blasts ripped through busy market places in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, media reports said.
New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): The Indian Air Force will shortly be moving a squadron of Su-30MKI to Tezpur in Assam to boost its capabilities vis-à-vis China in the region.
He is one of the richest candidates, who fought for the Lok Sabha polls from Assam in Northeast India. A lottery baron turned politician, who has already won three times from Tezpur parliamentary constituency,
Guwahati, April 20 (IANS) Five separatist guerrillas were killed in a gunbattle with army soldiers in Assam early Monday. A large quantity of weapons and explosives were recovered from the militants, a defence spokesperson said.
Guwahati, April 15 (IANS) Come elections and fortune tellers, astrologers, and religious gurus are the most sought after by politicians in Assam seeking divine blessings and taking recourse to remedial measures to correct their stars.
Kohima, April 12 (ANI): The theatre art has long been considered an effective medium to propagate social messages and influence people, especially in the north-east parts of the country.
Guwahati, April 6 (IANS) The nominations of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Assam's Dhubri constituency Nilimoi Pradhani and Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) contestant from Tezpur Laxmi Orang were rejected Monday on technical grounds.
Tezpur (Assam), April 6 (IANS) Moni Kumar Subba, controversial Congress party MP and nominee for the Tezpur parliamentary seat in Assam, is undoubtedly the richest candidate in the state with cash, assets and investments worth more than Rs.600 million (Rs.60 crore).
Tezpur (Assam), April 2 (IANS) Witty comments laced with rustic humour besides personal affront at rivals has become the dominant trait among politicians in Assam as electioneering gathers momentum for the parliamentary polls scheduled April 16 and 23.
Guwahati, March 25 (IANS) At least 12 people were injured, two of them seriously, in a powerful grenade explosion Wednesday at a crowded marketplace in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said.
Guwahati, March 25 (IANS) At least six people were injured in a bomb attack Wednesday evening in Assam's Tezpur town, around 180 km north of here, official sources said.
Guwahati, Mar 21 (ANI): Theatre groups in the North Eastern region are promoting national integration, peace and harmony through the medium of theatre.
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) Political parties in Assam are already in poll mode with both the ruling Congress party and the opposition - the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine - charting out strategies to fight the upcoming general elections.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (ANI): The recent volcanic eruption of protests and voices against the political class of India has highlighted one aspect, if nothing else-this was the cry of the people of India looking for a leader? As Bombay, nay India got brutalised by a 60-hour commando terror attack, the people of India felt orphaned? There was not a towering leader around whom they could rally and take solace.
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said legislators cannot be unseated by courts and the appropriate authority for disqualifying a legislator is the presiding officer of the house he or she belongs to.
Guwahati, Nov.13 (ANI): People in Assam became aware of many educational and social projects during the visit of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
Tezpur (Assam), Oct 31 (IANS) A Royal Bengal tiger was rescued from a well in a village near here, officials said Friday.
Shillong, Oct 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil will arrive in Meghalaya today to attend the centenary celebration of the Laban Bengali Girls Higher Secondary School.
Tezpur (Assam), Oct 21 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday said India is ready to face any challenge with the country's armed forces equipped with advanced weapons.
Guwahati, Oct 21 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil arrived in Tezpur in Assam's Sonitpur District on Tuesday where she will lay the foundation stone of the Tezpur Medical College.
Top ULFA commander of â??28th battalionâ??, Prabal Neog has been arrested by the police who played significant role in masterminding the massacre of people migrated from the Hindi speaking areas and the bomb explosions on oil
