Union Home Minister Amit Shah has left for his three-day visit to Sikkim and Assam on Thursday. As per the Home Minister’s recent tweet, he is scheduled to inaugurate the Eastern and North-Eastern Zones Dairy Cooperative Conclave 2022 at Sikkim’s Gangtok today, which will be later followed by a series […]
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Assam: 2 active DNLT cadres apprehended, arms seized
Two active cadres of the Dimasa National Liberation Tigers were apprehended by Assam Rifles and Dima Hasao police, said officials on Thursday. DNLT is a militant organisation active in Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong areas. “Haflong Battalion of Headquarters 21 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarter Inspector General […]
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Assam CM attends valedictory ceremony of South Asia Regional Junior Badminton Championship
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday attended the valedictory ceremony of the South Asia Regional Junior Badminton championship held at Deshbhakta Tarunram Phookan Indoor Stadium at RG Barooah Sports Complex here. Chief Minister Sarma thanked the Badminton Asia and Badminton Association of India for giving the opportunity to […]
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Assam: Police launches operation against gamblers, 5 arrested
Assam police launched a massive operation ahead of the Durga Puja festival to crack down the gamblers and arrested five people red-handed gambling in a house in Palashguri village of Kokrajhar district on Thursday. The gamblers arrested from the area are identified as Hafizur Rahman, Afsar Ali, Sahajahan Miya, Abu Telep Sheikh, […]
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Four held for cattle smuggling in Assam
Assam police arrested four cattle smugglers and rescued nine cattle heads in Borghat area of Nagaon district, an official said Friday. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted two vehicles coming from Samuguri area and found the cattle in them. Those arrested have been identified as Roshidul Haque alias Ratul (22), Sahjahan […]
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Assam: 1 drug peddler arrested, over 170 gm heroin seized in Nagaon
Police seized more than 170 grams of heroin and arrested a drug peddler in Assam’s Nagaon district on Wednesday night. The accused has been identified as Rashan Ali. Based on source information, a team of Nagaon district police conducted a raid at Rashan Ali’s house in Nottam Panigaon area of Nagaon. The police team […]
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Assam chief minister welcomes ban on PFI; state police on alert for outfit’s activities
Welcoming the government’s decision to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI) outfit for their terror links, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “decisive and bold”. He also said that the government will deal firmly with anyone with […]
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Assam: Major poaching racket busted in Kaziranga, 2 poachers arrested
The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authority recently busted a major poaching racket involving local people who used arms in an attempt to poach rhinos in the national park just at a time when the World Rhino Day was observed. Since 2011, World Rhino Day is celebrated internationally on […]
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Assam: One more PFI leader arrested, total 11 held
The Assam Police on Friday arrested one more leader of the Popular Front of India (PFI), it informed. According to the Additional Director General of Police, this arrested PFI leader has been identified as Dr Minarul Seikh who hailed from West Bengal and was arrested from Delhi. Seikh is the […]
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Assam: Man gets life imprisonment for raping 11-year-old minor girl in Dhubri
A man was awarded life imprisonment for raping his own minor relative, on Wednesday by a local court in Dhubri. Atul Biswas raped an 11-year-old minor girl, who happened to be his own relative, at Assam in August 2021 at Ramnathpara under the Tamarhat police station. The order was passed by […]
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9 individuals linked with Popular Front of India detained in Assam
Assam Police detained nine persons linked with the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the state, a police official said on Thursday. According to the official, a joint operation was launched by the state police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Speaking to ANI, the official said, “Last night Assam […]
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Assam: Suspected to be a child kidnapper, man beaten up brutally in Cachar
A man was brutally beaten up by some people and his vehicle was set on fire on suspicion of being a child kidnapper in Cachar district of Assam, said police on Wednesday. Some people attacked a person and set fire to a vehicle. The person was seriously injured and police […]
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Assam, Manipur CMs hold round of talks on border issue; say progress being made
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga to hold another round of talks on the long-pending Assam-Mizoram border issue in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon. “Today my Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga and I met to discuss the Assam and Mizoram border issue. A team of ministers from both states met in Aizawl recently. Today we […]
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Assam passes Bill with penal provisions for private educational institutions
The Assam Legislative Assembly passed the Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to include penal measures against private educational institutions across the state that don’t comply with the provisions of the Fee Regulation Act. The state’s education minister Ranoj Pegu on Monday presented the Assam Non-Government […]
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Assam: Police recover missing girl’s body from sugarcane field in Karbi Anglong
Assam Police on Friday recovered the body of a 16-year old girl, who had been missing for days, from a sugarcane field in the Karbi Anglong district. The body was recovered in the presence of locals and magistrate. According to police, the recovered body was identified as 16-year-old daughter of […]