Sarbananda Sonowal Tinsukia

Assam Chief Minster Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said the government is taking help of experts from Singapore, Australia, America and Canada to control the fire in a gas well in Tinsukia district.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ordered a high-level inquiry into the circumstances that led to a blowout at a gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tinsukia district and a subsequent fire that killed two persons.

As a natural-gas producing well of the Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district continues to spew gas even after a week of a blowout, a team of experts from Singapore is scheduled to reach the state on Wednesday to plug the leak.

The Guwahati police chief was removed on Thursday, even as thousands of protesters took to the streets in defiance of a curfew imposed on the city after the parliament cleared the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill the previous night. The suspension of Internet services in 10 districts of Assam has been extended for another 48 hours from noon...

Nearly a week after five people of Bengali origin were killed by unidentified terrorists in Assam's Tinsukia district, the nature of the crime is still under debate.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday described the killing of five people in Tinsukia district as "an act of cowardice" and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased and a government job for a family member.

At least five people were killed by suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) terrorists in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Thursday evening. Reports suggestthe terrorists belonged to the ULFA's Paresh Baruah faction, the ULFA-Independent. But the outfit has denied any role in the attack.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today appealed to the Paresh Barua-led faction of the ULFA to release the boy it had abducted on August 1 on humanitarian grounds.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today condemned the killing of two labourers by suspected ULFA-Independent terrorists in Tinsukia district and said his government "vows to protect the life and property of the people".

Assam Chief Minster Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said the government is taking help of experts from Singapore, Australia, America and Canada to control the fire in a gas well in Tinsukia district.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ordered a high-level inquiry into the circumstances that led to a blowout at a gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tinsukia district and a subsequent fire that killed two persons.

As a natural-gas producing well of the Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district continues to spew gas even after a week of a blowout, a team of experts from Singapore is scheduled to reach the state on Wednesday to plug the leak.

The Guwahati police chief was removed on Thursday, even as thousands of protesters took to the streets in defiance of a curfew imposed on the city after the parliament cleared the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill the previous night. The suspension of Internet services in 10 districts of Assam has been extended for another 48 hours from noon...

Nearly a week after five people of Bengali origin were killed by unidentified terrorists in Assam's Tinsukia district, the nature of the crime is still under debate.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday described the killing of five people in Tinsukia district as "an act of cowardice" and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased and a government job for a family member.

At least five people were killed by suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) terrorists in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Thursday evening. Reports suggestthe terrorists belonged to the ULFA's Paresh Baruah faction, the ULFA-Independent. But the outfit has denied any role in the attack.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today appealed to the Paresh Barua-led faction of the ULFA to release the boy it had abducted on August 1 on humanitarian grounds.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today condemned the killing of two labourers by suspected ULFA-Independent terrorists in Tinsukia district and said his government "vows to protect the life and property of the people".