Guwahati: The Army on Tuesday launched a massive operation in and around Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh where suspected militants ambushed the convoy of sitting MLA Tirong Aboh, killing him and 10 others, including his minor son, two personal security officers (PSOs) and some of his relatives. A senior police official in Itanagar stated this while […]
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Arunachal Pradesh MLA, 10 others killed in militant ambush
Guwahati: Atleast 11 persons, including Arunachal Pradesh legislator Tirong Aboh, were killed in an ambush by suspected Naga militants in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, police said. Police said that Aboh and his family members were travelling from Dibrugarh in Assam to Khonsa, when their vehicle was ambushed by suspected NSCN (IM) militants […]
Guwahati blast: Police nab five, intensify vigil to expose larger design
Guwahati: The Assam police have arrested five persons for their involvement in the grenade blast on Thursday that left six people injured in state capital Guwahati. Guwahati Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar said on Saturday that while one Pranamoy Rajguru and Jahnabi Saikia were arrested on Friday, three more have arrested in the last 24 hours […]
Two ULFA cadres arrested for Guwahati blast
Guwahati: Two activists of the ULFA’s ‘anti-talk’ faction have been arrested for involvement in Wednesday’s grenade blasts here that left six persons, including four security personnel, injured, police said on Thursday. Guwahati City Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar identified the arrested as senior cadre Pranmoy Asom and his accomplice Jahnabi Saikia. “We had received inputs regarding […]
6 hurt in Guwahati blast; ULFA owns up
Guwahati: At least six persons, including two security force personnel, were injured in a blast outside a shopping mall here on Wednesday evening, police said. The anti-talks faction of ULFA led by Paresh Baruah has claimed responsibility for the blast. The explosion took place in front of the shopping mall, Guwahati Central, located in Jonali […]
Fani impact: 79 flights cancelled by AAI in northeast
Guwahati: A total of 79 flights were cancelled at different airports in the northeast region due to bad weather, triggered by cyclonic storm Fani, an Airport Authority of India official said here on Saturday. “The devastating effects of cyclone Fani has disrupted flight operations at northeastern regional airports. However, all the airports in NER are […]
Cyclone Fani: 6 trains between NE, South India cancelled
Agartala/Guwahati: Due to the cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, six trains, scheduled to run between the south Indian states and Assam were cancelled on Thursday by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), an official said. According to the NFR Chief Relations Officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma, the plying of the six specified trains have been cancelled between May 2 […]
One held for assaulting man for ‘selling beef’
Guwahati: One person has been arrested for allegedly beating up an elderly person in Assam’s Biswanath district and forcing him to eat pork after accusing him of selling beef, a senior police official said on Tuesday. Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia, in a tweet, also said that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has told them […]
JD(U) to field 15 candidates for Arunachal assembly polls
Guwahati: The Janata Dal (United) has decided to contest at least 15 assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh in the polls due on April 11, according to party’s National General Secretary Afaque Ahmad Khan on Friday. “We are giving party ticket to only capable candidates. Prominent among them include two sitting MLAs Techi Kaso, MLA of […]
Rajnath launches ‘smart fence’ along Indo-Bangla border in Assam
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a 61-km long smart fencing between India and Bangladesh in Assam’s Dhubri district, saying that the entire India-Bangladesh border would gradually be fenced using smart technology. Called BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique), this is the third smart fence project launched under the Comprehensive Integrated […]