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Assam govt nearly doubles freedom fighters` pension

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 21:09

On the eve of the Republic Day, Assam government on Saturday announced to almost double the pension of freedom fighters to Rs 15,000 a month.

Security measures tightened in Assam for R-day

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 18:00

Special security measures have been put in place in Assam for Republic Day and in view of militant strike threats on Sunday and their boycott call of the day`s celebrations.

Bomb kills two in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 13:37

Two people were killed when a bomb exploded in a car in Assam`s Dima Hasao district, police said Friday.

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.

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.

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.