Protests rallies against NDFB-S violence

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 15:50

Rallies were taken out in lower Assam`s Kokrajhar district on Thursday to protest the violence perpetrated by the militant NDFB-Songbijit anti-talk faction and their alleged attack on Hindi-speaking people.

MHA asks SSB to undertake ops in Assam against NDFB

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 15:13

In the wake of banned terror outfit NDFB(S) increasing its violent activities in Assam, the Union Home Ministry has asked paramilitary SSB to begin undertaking special counter-insurgency operations in the state and check the actions of the group.

Scribes appeal to the people of NE to defy militant diktat

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 15:05

Journalists Forum Assam(JFA) has appealed to the people of the North East to defy the diktat of separatists and celebrate Republic Day.

Assam DGP visits troubled Bodo district; meets Army, SSB, CRPF

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:33

Following killing of eight people by banned NDFB(S) terrorists, Assam DGP discussed the security scenario of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts with senior officials from Army, SSB and CRPF.

BSF seizes ganja, liquor bottles and cows

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 21:12

At least 70 kg ganja, 549 liquor bottles and 34 cows were seized by BSF personnel in Assam`s Dhubri district from being smuggled.

Meghalaya celebrates its 42nd statehood day

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 20:50

Meghalaya celebrated its 42nd statehood day in a befitting manner with a pledge to alleviate rural poverty and generate income opportunities for thousands of educated unemployed youths.

AGP non-commital on alliance with BJP in LS polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:47

AGP president and former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was on Tuesday non-commital over his party`s alliance with BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, saying the party has not given a "thought" to the issue yet.

ULFA, 5 NE ultra groups call boycott of R-Day celebrations

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 14:34

ULFA-Independent and five other North East militant outfits have jointly called a boycott of Republic Day celebrations and a general strike that day in the entire region.

One killed, another injured by NDFB(S) militants

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 20:24

NDFB(S) militants struck for the third consecutive day killing one person and critically injuring another in two different incidents in Assam on Sunday, police said.

One killed, another injured by NDFB(S) militants

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 18:14

NDFB(S) militants struck for the third consecutive day killing one person and critically injuring another in two different incidents in Assam on Sunday, police said.

Gogoi asks DGP to take strict action against NDFB militants

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 21:12

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday asked the state Director General of Police to take strict action against NDFB militants, who killed five people yesterday.

Five killed as militants attack bus in Assam

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 08:59

Five were killed and 2 others injured when suspected militants of the anti-talk faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attacked a bus in Assam`s Kokrajhar district late Friday.