7 NDFB(S) militants apprehended in Assam, arms seized
Jan 09, 2015, at 09:34 pm
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IBNS) : Security forces apprehended seven militants belonging to National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Sangbijit), including two hardcore militants involved in the recent massacres, and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Friday, police said.
Poachers kill rhinoceros, forest guard in Assam
Dec 31, 2014, at 04:51 pm
Sonitpur, Dec 31 (IBNS): A rhinoceros was allegedly shot dead by poachers at a national park in Assam’s Sonitpur district early on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
Zero tolerance towards Bodo militants: Rajnath Singh
Dec 25, 2014, at 06:03 pm
Guwahati, Dec 25 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there will be zero tolerance in dealing with the Bodo militants of Assam who butchered 62 Adivasi community people on Tuesday, triggering an ethnic tension and reprisal killings and police firing claiming more lives as the toll rose to 76.
NDFB attacks trigger ethnic violence in Assam, 5 more die
Dec 24, 2014, at 07:40 pm
Guwahati, Dec 24 (IBNS) : At least five people were killed in Assam in fresh violence reported on Wednesday even as the death toll in the National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Songbijit (NDFB-S) attack in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur district rose to 62, taking the total number of people killed in the cycle of savagery to 67.
61 killed in NDFB militant attacks, shutdown called in Assam
Dec 24, 2014, at 04:52 pm
Guwahati, Dec 24 (IBNS): Death toll rose to 61 on Wednesday as National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) or NDFB (S) militants killed villagers in a series of coordinated attacks in Assam's Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts, police said.
Burdwan blast key accused arrested from Assam
Dec 06, 2014, at 04:27 pm
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IBNS): Burdwan accidental blast key accused, identified as Sahanur Alam, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) late on Friday night, media reports said.
PM Modi: Centre to go ahead with land-swapping deal with Bangladesh
Dec 01, 2014, at 04:53 pm
Guwahati, Dec 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Centre will go ahead with a land swapping deal with Bangladesh, media reports said.
Grilled in Saradha scam by CBI, former Assam DGP commits suicide
Sep 17, 2014, at 08:10 pm
Guwahati, Sept 17 (IBNS): Former Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Baruah found dead in his home on Wednesday morning. Police suspect he committed suicide, media reported.
Assam bypolls : 66% turnout till 5pm in three assembly constituencies
Sep 14, 2014, at 01:22 am
Guwahati, Sept 13 (IBNS) : Around 66 percent polling was recorded till 5pm on Saturday in the bypolls in three legislative assembly constituencies in Assam to decide the fate of 25 contestants, the state election office said.
Reports of fresh firing at Golaghat along Assam-Nagaland border
Aug 20, 2014, at 04:34 pm
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): Unknown miscreants from Nagaland side reportedly opened fire at the border villages of Golaghat in the wee hours on Wednesday, sources said. No one has sustained any injury in the incident.
Five NDFB-S ultras gunned down in lower Assam
Aug 20, 2014, at 03:13 pm
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): At least five National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit (NDFB-S) militants were gunned down during a joint operation by the police and an army team in Chirang district of lower Assam in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Assam CM faces protest in tense Assam-Nagaland border
Aug 18, 2014, at 07:08 pm
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday faced protest from displaced people of various organisations during his visit to tense Assam-Nagalnd border where at least 16 people were killed by alleged Naga miscreants.
Jul 14, 2014, at 05:00 am
Guwahati, July 13 (IBNS): Bodies of four people were retrieved from Beki River in Assam on Sunday, media reports said.
Assam violence: Death toll rises to 27
May 03, 2014, at 02:55 pm
Guwahati, May 3 (IBNS) With four more bodies recovered from Baksa district, the death toll in the killings by suspected NDFB (S) militants in two districts of Assam touched 27 on Saturday, said reports.
Assam: 10 killed in attacks by Bodo militants
May 02, 2014, at 03:51 pm
Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed in two separate attacks by suspected Bodo militants at Kokrajhar and Baksa districts of Assam on Thursday, said reports.
Voting underway in Assam, Goa, Sikkim, Tripura
Apr 12, 2014, at 03:41 pm
Guwahati, Apr 12 (IBNS) Voting for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has begun in seven constituencies of Assam, Goa, Sikkim and Tripura on Saturday morning.
Assam: Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered
Apr 12, 2014, at 06:31 am
Guwahati, Apr 11 (IBNS) : Security forces on Friday recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, ahead of the second phase Lok Sabha polls in the state on Saturday.