Guwahati on alert after market blast
The Assam police on Friday sounded a high alert in Guwahati and nearby areas following the arrest of three rebels of Manipur’s extremists group after a powerful bomb blast at Fancy Bazar on Thursday.
‘Don’t defend tainted Assam ministers’
Assam governor J.B. Patnaik’s meeting with Union home minister P. Chidambaram in connection with the multi-crore scam of North Cachar Hills has created a furore in the state’s political circle with the Opposition accusing the ruling party of defending the tainted ministers and ignoring the office of the governor.
Ulfa woman held near Jorhat
In a major breakthrough the Assam police on Thursday apprehended a woman Ulfa cadre from Jorhat who had come from Burma for the treatment of a bullet injury that she had sustained in cross-firing between the Ulfa cadres at a camp.
Gogoi distances from controversial minister
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday distanced himself from the controversy involving his health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while suggesting that it is his personal problem and the minister ha
Assam minister faces reopening of cases
In what may force the court to reopen two Tada cases of extortion implicating Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti on Saturday produced the original files and case diaries which were missing from the police station leading to closure of the case. In fact, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had been acquitted in two Tada cases a few years back by the top court because the case diary and investigation report of the investigating officer of the two cases had gone missing mysteriously from Chandmari and Panbazar police station of Assam.
Bodos warn against rail travel
The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland on Friday claimed responsibility for the bomb blast on the railway track and threatened to carry out more such blasts targeting passenger trains and government buses.
Bodo track blast kills 1, injures 7 in Assam
In a sudden strike outlawed NDFB rebels on Thursday blew up railway tracks and derailed the Garib Rath Express a passenger train killing one person and injuring seven others including the driver of the train in Western Assam’s Kokrajhar district. However, security forces foiled similar attempts of Bodo rebels in Northern Assam’s Sonitpur district by recovering the IED before it was triggered.
NGO ‘exposes’ Assam minister’s scam
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), an NGO extensively using RTI to expose corruption on higher places, on Monday claimed to have unearthed sensational scandals involving Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Bodo outfit to intensify its agitation
The All Bodo Students Union has decided to intensify agitation for the separate Bodoland state comprising the Bodo dominated areas of Assam and present Bodoland Territorial Council of state.
Dimasa chief arrested by NIA in Nepal
In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency on Saturday arrested the self-style commander-in-chief of Dima Halem Daogah Niranjan Hojai from Nepal and brought him to New Delhi in connection with a case relating politicians-ultras nexus in Assam.