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Police forcibly evicts protesters

Tension prevailed in Assam on Monday when the police in a mid-night crackdown removed the anti-dam protesters who were blocking NH-52 connecting Arunachal Pradesh for the past one week in Dhemaji and North Lakhimpur districts of Assam.

Centre fails to reach peace deal with NSCN

The home ministry failed to meet the deadline committed to Issac-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagalim for signing a peace accord before the Christmas.

Abducted GMs killed, bodies found

In what has created sensation in the industrial sector of Assam, the police on Friday recovered bullet-ridden bodies of two senior executives working in private sector and public sector who were suspected to have been abducted by Karbi rebels for ransom.

IB for AFSPA removal; state, Army nixed it

In spite of the strong recommendation of the Intelligence Bureau to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Assam, the Army and the state government colluded to get it extended for another one year

Ulfa recruiting ‘poor’ youth

In what could be an alarming development on insurgency fronts, the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom is targeting boys from poverty-stricken communities of the state and recruiting them into the outfit.

Ulfa claims a minister was its active member

In what has created a sensation across political circles in Assam, the outlawed Ulfa claimed here on Monday that state education minister Himan-ta Biswa Sarma was once an active member of its political wing, but had deserted the outfit fearing for his life.

Ulfa threatens Hindi speakers in Assam

The anti-talk faction of Ulfa on Thursday threatened to target Hindi-speaking people in the state in retaliation for alleged atrocities by the security forces on residents of eastern Assam’s Tinsukia

Tigress shot dead by police at Kaziranga

A full grown Royal Bengal tigress was shot dead on Monday by police commandos at the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam after the big cat went on a rampage injuring, a security personnel and a vi

Lt Gen Prakash found guilty in Sukna land scam

Former military secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash was on Saturday found guilty on three counts by an Army court here in the Sukna land scam involving transfer of 71 acres of land adjacent to the military station in West Bengal.

Baruah ropes in PLA for assam?

With subsequent failure of the anti-talk Ulfa militants in carrying out offensives, elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah is said to have once again been trying to push in highly-trained rebels of Peoples

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