Witch hunting: Villagers set woman ablaze
February 10th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) In a case of witch hunting, a 45-year-old tribal woman was burnt alive by villagers in upper Assam's Sivsagar district on Friday. At least 24 people ... Read more...
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Assam constable runs 156 km barefoot
January 31st, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 31 (IANS) A constable from Assam Police ran an incredible 156.2 km barefoot in just 24 hours, and is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.Abhijit ... Read more...
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Assam police launch operation against Maoists
January 28th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 28 (IANS) Assam police have launched an operation in Assam's Dhemaji district in search of some Maoists, an official said Saturday.The drive came after police had a shootout ... Read more...
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Over 500 Assam militants to surrender Tuesday
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) One of northeast India's biggest surrender ceremonies is taking place Tuesday in Assam with an estimated 500 militants from nine different separatist groups of the ... Read more...
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Assam ups security after ULFA’s R-Day boycott call
January 23rd, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) Security arrangements across Assam have been intensified to thwart a possible attack by the anti-talk faction of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) led ... Read more...
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Two civilians killed, abducted manager untraced in Meghalaya
January 18th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 17 (IANS) Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered in insurgency-ravaged district of East Garo Hills in Meghalaya Tuesday, even as police are still clueless about the whereabouts of the ... Read more...
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Manager abducted in Meghalaya
January 16th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 16 (IANS) Suspected Rabha tribal rebels Monday abducted the manager of a firm working on a railway project in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, bordering Assam, police said.Ganeshyam ... Read more...
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Three injured in Assam blast
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 2 (IANS) At least three people were injured in a powerful grenade explosion Monday at a crowded marketplace in Assam, police said.A police spokesperson said the explosion took ... Read more...
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Assam terror outfit disbands
December 14th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IANS) Curtains have came down on one of Assam's mosty violent tribal insurgencies with a banned militant outfit formally disbanding Wednesday following the mass surrender of all ... Read more...
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Tigress shot dead by police at Kaziranga
December 5th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) A full grown Royal Bengal tigress was shot dead Monday by police commandos at the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam after the big cat went ... Read more...
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At Hazarika’s last rites, sea of humanity sheds tears
November 9th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 9 (IANS) It was the end of an era as the mortal remains of the bard from Assam, Bhupen Hazarika, went up in flames Wednesday with his ... Read more...
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Hazarika’s last rites Wednesday, a million pay last respects
November 8th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 8 (IANS) More than a million people have paid their last respects to one of the doyens of Indian music, Bhupen Hazarika, whose body has been kept at ... Read more...
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Security forces continue search post-encounter in Assam
August 20th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Aug 20 (IANS) Security forces Saturday continued their combing operation in Assam following a fierce encounter in which seven tribal militants were killed, police said.The Indian Army soldiers, ... Read more...
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Separated 40 years ago, united on live TV
August 19th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 19 (IANS) Abandoned when he was four in Assam, reduced to begging on the streets of Nepal's capital Kathmandu and now a computer engineer in the US ... Read more...
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Northeast groups call for I-Day boycott
August 11th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 11 (IANS) Security forces were put on maximum alert across India's northeast as 12 guerrilla groups Thursday called a 17-hour general strike and boycott of Independence Day ... Read more...
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Assam train bombing: Two Adivasi rebels arrested
July 13th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Assam Police Wednesday arrested two tribal separatists belonging to a ragtag rebel army for the weekend train explosion that left nearly 100 people injured, an officer ... Read more...
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Two Bodo rebels gunned down in Meghalaya
June 18th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 18 (IANS) Two rebels of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), believed to belong to the faction opposed to peace talks, were killed in a shoot-out ... Read more...
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Narrow escape for 1,000 train passengers in Assam
June 17th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 17 (IANS) A train carrying around 1,000 passengers had a miraculous escape Friday with security forces detecting a powerful bomb found inside the train at the Guwahati railway ... Read more...
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Four dead in Assam petrol tanker explosion
May 31st, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) At least four people were burnt to death and 12 more critically injured late Monday when a tanker carrying petrol overturned and exploded on a highway ... Read more...
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Stage set for Assam first phase elections (Poll Curtain Raiser)
April 3rd, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 3 (IANS) The battle lines are drawn in Assam with the ruling Congress party pitted against a fractured opposition as the stage is all set for the ... Read more...
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Assam on alert after militant strikes (Lead)
March 15th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 15 (IANS) A security alert was sounded in election-bound Assam Tuesday, a day after militants bombed the ruling Congress party's headquarters, injuring five party workers, and killed nine ... Read more...
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Security alert in Assam to foil militant attacks
March 15th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 15 (IANS) A security alert was sounded in election-bound Assam Tuesday, a day after militants bombed the ruling Congress party's headquarters injuring five party workers and killed eight ... Read more...
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ULFA attack on Congress office injures three (Second Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 14 (IANS) At least three leaders of Assam's ruling Congress were injured Monday when a powerful bomb ripped through the party headquarters in the heart of Assam's main ... Read more...
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Rebel bomber held in Meghalaya
February 27th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 27 (IANS) A top rebel of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) involved in several bombings was arrested Sunday along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, an official said. "(Self-styled) ... Read more...
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Chargesheet filed against 19 UNLF members for sedition
February 16th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge-sheet against 19 members of the banned terrorist organisation the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) of Manipur.According to an ... Read more...
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CBI to take custody of NDFB rebel
February 15th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Nongpoh (Meghalaya), Feb 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would soon take custody of National Democratic Front of Bodoland's (NDFB) cadre Mathuram Brahma alias Mudoi, the prime accused in ... Read more...
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Three WWF female officials kidnapped by Bodo militants in Assam ‘released’
February 9th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): Three female wildlife officials, who were abducted along with their male colleagues, in Assam have reportedly been released.The Assam police have however said, that the abductors have ... Read more...
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Bangladesh hands over three ULFA rebels
February 5th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 5 (IANS) Bangladesh authorities Saturday handed over three more rebel leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to Indian frontier guards at Dawki area in Meghalaya, ... Read more...
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Two ULFA militants killed in Assam
January 23rd, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) Two militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed Sunday in a gun battle with security forces in Assam.Police said the incident took place ... Read more...
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Assam Police arrest Dantewada massacre prime suspect
January 12th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 12 (ANI): Assam Police arrested a Maoist named Piyush Kranti Acharya, who is a prime suspect in the April 2010 Dantewada massacre in which 76 security personnel were killed, ... Read more...
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Meghalaya politicians advised not to travel to Assam
January 8th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 8 (IANS) Authorities in Meghalaya's East Garo Hill district Saturday strongly advised ministers and legislators against venturing into riot-hit areas of Assam. The advisory note to all politicians was ... Read more...
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Agatha Sangma, family escape mob fury in riot-hit Assam areas
January 8th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 7 (IANS) Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha K. Sangma, her brother and Meghalaya's Leader Of Opposition Conrad K. Sangma and their father and former Lok Sabha speaker Purno ... Read more...
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Four killed in Meghalaya ethnic clash, army called in (Lead)
January 6th, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 5 (IANS) The army was called out in Meghalaya's violence-hit East Garo Hills district after four people were killed Wednesday in an ethnic clash between Garo and Rabha tribals. "Three ... Read more...
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Four killed in Meghalaya ethnic clash
January 5th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 5 (IANS) Four people were killed and eight injured Wednesday in ethnic clashes between the Garo and Rabha tribals along the Meghalaya-Assam border, an official said. "Three Rabha youths died ... Read more...
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Woman engaged in trafficking held in Ghaziabad
December 31st, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 31 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Police have arrested a woman engaged in human trafficking and rescued two of three Assamese girls sold here, police said Friday.However, two other traffickers are absconding.The ... Read more...
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