Police seized a huge quantity of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of Rs 29.31 lakh and apprehended a person in Assam's Nagaon district on Friday, said police.
A 50-year-old Niranjan Mandal and his four-member family are now living near an embankment after the mighty Brahmaputra river swallowed his home and lands.
Many of the villagers expressed their fear and requested the state government to complete the construction of the embankment by the river, which is still ongoing.
Upset at not being invited to the meeting of like-minded Opposition parties meeting hosted by the Congress in Guwahati on Thursday, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) accused the former of "falling into the trap of the BJP".
Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a constituent in the BJP-led ruling alliance of Assam, on Friday held party workers meeting in Guwahati. AGP president and Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora urged the cadre to work with renewed vigour to further strengthen th
Assam Rifles, in a daring operation at a little past midnight, rescued six civilians who were held captive by the National Socialist Council of Nagalim Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) for ransom in Dimapur, said Assam Rifles in a press release.
"This agreement will bring peace to the state. DNLA representatives have agreed to abjure violence, surrender all arms and ammunition, disband their armed organisation, vacate all camps and join the peaceful democratic process as established by the law," Assam CM Sarma told ANI.
After the signing of the historic tripartite pac between the Centre, Assam government and insurgent group Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA)/Dimasa People's Supreme Council (DPSC), the district administration imposed section 144 of the CrPC in the Dima Hasao district.
In a bid to put up a combined challenge against the BJP at the Centre in next year's Lok Sabha elections, a meeting of 11 political parties, spearheaded by the Congress's Assam unit, was held in Guwahati on Thursday.
Delhi Police said on Thursday it arrested two persons, who were accused of assaulting and robbing in broad daylight in Seelampur, adding that the incident was caught on a security camera installed nearby.
The family members of the arrested members of 'Waris Punjab De', lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail, arrived here from Punjab on Thursday and met them in jail.