Guwahati: Karimganj police on Sunday rescued an abducted rubber garden manager Rabindra Sinha from Shivbari hillock in Duhaliya locality in Karimganj district. Sinha was kidnapped on gunpoint from his quarter in Narayanpur area under Patharkandi constituency in Barak valley on August 22. He is also a cousin brother of Patharkandi MLA Kartiksena Sinha. After getting specific information about his and his kidnappers presence in Shivbari area police team cordoned the area and started search operation from early morning. Operation forced kidnappers to flee, leaving Sinha in the forest. Soon police rescued Sinha, who was very ill at that time due to psychological and physical pressure on him was immediately admitted into local Hospital.
19 Jun 2014 - 10:42am | AT News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes in for sharp criticism in Assam for his alleged permission to Bhutan for construction of a dam that threatens to wash away a huge area in lower Assam. Various...
11 Apr 2009 - 8:57am | editor
A KLNLF rebel and a civilian died at an encounter between militants and Army personnel near Dakomoka of Karbi Anglong district in Assam on Saturday morning. The incident took place an hour after the...
1 Apr 2015 - 8:31am | Abdul Gani
Assam governor PB Acharya who is also in charge of Nagaland and Tripura gave away the young talented artistes award for the year 2014-15 to 12 young talented artistes from across the north-eastern...
28 Feb 2011 - 4:06pm | editor
A massive protest erupts in Golaghat district alleging government conspiracy behind the recent death of Anjan Barua of Barpothar.KMSS is taking out huge protest in Golaghat demanding action against...
The third wave of Assam floods turned catastrophic killing at least 35 people, increasing total flood tool this year to at least 85, where 23 are child, affecting 26 out of 27 districts in the state. Only a hills district, North Cachar is out of reach to flood. But it fell to land avulsion due to heavy rain in hilly areas and several people were died in past few months to land slide.According to a government communiqué more then 7000 villages were inundated by devastating flood this year which affected 80, 80, 500 population and 4,00, 000 hectare crop area. According to 2001 census total population of Assam is 2, 66, 38, 407 and flood displaced are more then one third of the total...
Guwahati high court on Friday ordered lifetime imprisonment to the killer of a nine year old child Varun Sandilya in Guwahati on 22 January 2001. Anupam Das, who used to live in a two room rented part house owned by Varuns father in their campus and killed the child after allegedly sexual molestation on him and cut his body into parts and hided the torso under his bed and head in a trunk. The next day police recovered the corpse following a missing entry by his father. A case has been lodged in Geetanagar police station killed was forwarded to judicial custody after a detailed investigation. But few days later Anupam managed to flee from police custody while he was brought to the court for...
Guwahati : One ULFA was killed at Borka Borigog village in the wee hours of Wednesday in an encounter with police.One policeman was also injured when the militants exploded a bullet.Borka is the village where Phul Chand Ram was killed one and a half month ago.
Guwahati: Guwahati police have arrested one Sow Aly, an illegal intruder from an African country Mali on Sunday afternoon from a city hotel for traveling without any valid documents. He has been arrested from Hotel Tourist after the police got information about the presence of an illegal migrant. Paltan Bazaar police station has registered a case no. 517/07 under section 14 of the foreigners Act (Reed with section), 353/ 326 under Indian Penal Code and reed with section 7 of Sarai Act. The Manager of the hotel Rashid Ali has also been arrested with Sow. They have been forwarded to judicial custody after they were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court. Police suspects him...
Dhubri police today arrested an MLA Rashul Haq Bahadur with six others. Rashul belongs to AUDF founded by Aagar baron Badaruddin Ajmal just before last assembly election to fight against Congress and subsequently won 10 seats. Rashul has been elected from Dhubri constituency and one of the youngest MLA in Assam assembly. Very recently, he had came to the headlines demanding an Autonomous region for Muslims in lower Assam covering Dhubri, Goalpara, Barpeta, Nalbari and some other parts. Rashul has been accused in charge of ransacking a temporary Congress office at Dhubri on Sunday morning and threatening Congress workers by frisking out guns. According to police source, MLA Rashul and some...
Add new comment