Assam Rifles avert security breach
The Assam Rifles troops averted a major security breach when they recovered and defused a grenade in Haflong town on Friday morning stated AR press release. Troops of Haflong based Assam Rifles unit were on routine area domination patrol when at approx 6 am they found a live hand grenade on the road side near Synod point. The grenade could have caused serious injuries to innocent commuters including women & children including loss of lives. The continued vigilance by the Assam Rifles has saved the people from a potentially dangerous situation which could have used by rival groups to cause further trouble during these tense times.
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As a part of its drive to provide facilities to the locals in the remote areas, The Assam Rifles carries out various civic action programmes from time to time. These efforts bring out the humane face of the security forces and act as a confidence building measure.A medical camp was conducted by 25 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 22 Sector Assam Rifles at Thaijuwari on Sunday in Dima Hasao District in which locals from the remote villages in and around Thaijuwari area of Dima Hasao District availed the facility of free medical treatment . The medical camp was organized in conjunction with Holy Spirit Hospital. Dy Comdt Kaushik Handique, Medical Officer of Assam Rifles along with nursing...
The conscious citizens of Dima Hasao criticising the indifferent attitude of the Railway officials towards the district of Dima Hasao said the District of Dima Hasao should not always be blamed for any wrong reasons to cover-up the lapses of Railway.The district of Dima Hasao has been blamed for the delay of BG conversion time and again with the plea like poor law and order situation, insurgency, bad road condition sometime the geological condition of the soil and now the new cause ‘theft’. But the people of Dima Hasao are of the opinion that the insurgency was prevailing from 1994 and the foundation for the BG conversion was laid during 1996, and perhaps the work started in 1998. The...
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Realising that the armed revolutionary struggle could not bring peace and development or any sort of solution, rather would be better to take up non-violent, peaceful democratic process for all round growth. And to fight democratically for the cause of the people of the District as well as socio-economic development it was very much necessary to be a part of parliamentary politics in a democratic country. Therefore the leaders of former Dima Halam Daogha led by Dilip Ninisa along with well wishers, supporters and civil body leaders have decided to launch a political party in name and style as DIMA HASAO DOL stated a wide circulated press note issued by Shri Mukesh Diphusa Publicity...
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