Assam to institute judicial inquiry to probe `encounter`

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 21:54

The Assam government will order a judicial inquiry to investigate the police claim of an `encounter` in Chirang district on December 11 in which two boys were killed and another was injured, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Saturday.

CM orders inquiry by Additional Chief Secretary into `encounter killings`

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 00:54

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the killing of two teenaged youths in an alleged encounter with security forces which led to a public outcry in Chirang district.

Two teenage NDFB insurgents killed in encounter in Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 17:24

Two teenage boys, claimed to be insurgents belonging to NDFB (Songbijit), were killed and another was seriously injured in an encounter with security forces in Assam`s Chirang district on Wednesday, sparking a public outcry and attack on a police station.

Two Bodoland militants gunned down in Assam encounter

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 14:35

Two hardcore militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Sangbijit faction) were gunned down in an encounter in Chirang district.

3 NDFB(S) militants nabbed

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 19:26

Three NDFB(S) militants were apprehended today while extorting money from a trader in Assam`s Chirang district, police said.

Five injured as police open fire during student rally

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 20:55

5 persons were injured when police opened fire during student rally at Basugaon in Assam`s Chirang where the protesters attacked the men in uniform with stones demanding a separate Kamatapur state.

Grenade blasts in Assam`s Chirang district

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 13:56

On the eve of Independence Day, two grenades were exploded by suspected anti-talk NDFB (Songbijit) faction in lower Assam`s Chirang district.

Five minor girls rescued from train in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 22:04

Five minor girls were rescued from a train in Assam`s Chirang district Monday while being trafficked, police said.

Five minor girls rescued from train

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 20:44

Five minor girls were rescued from a train in Assam`s Chirang district on Monday while being trafficked, police said.

One killed, four injured in grenade blast: Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 21:38

One person was killed and four others were injured when unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at a busy place in Assam`s Chirang district.

Confidence building measures for peace in Assam

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 11:30

With violence in Assam, the administrations of worst-hit Kokrajhar and Chirang districts chalked out confidence building measures to restore peace.

Assam: Bodo areas calm, rehabilitation starts

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 20:44

Clashes between the Bodos and Bengali speaking Muslim settlers that broke out in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts since July 19 have so far killed 95 people.