"Elections are about to be held in Chhattisgarh. PM Narendra Modi was in Chhattisgarh yesterday. Now he is not just the leader of India but people know and consider him as the most popular leader of the world," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Born on November 24, 1622, Barphukan was known for his leadership in the Battle of Saraighat, 1671 in which an attempt by Mughal forces to capture Assam was thwarted.
The operations were carried out by Police at Phaisen Check Gate and by joint teams comprising Champhai Police Station staff, Zokhawthar Police Station Staff and the 42nd Assam Rifles Battalion, said the police.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against the then Deputy Chief Engineer of Northeast Frontier Railways, Maligaon, Guwahati(Assam) in a disproportionate assets case.
Properties worth several lakhs of rupees were gutted in a massive fire that broke out a furniture godown at Tibator in Assam's Jorhat in the early hours of Monday, officials said.
Along with the Gorkhas in various parts of India and in neighbouring Nepal, the community in Assam which is sizable in numbers, on Monday celebrated 'Gai Tihar' by worshipping cows, feeding them, putting tikas, and garlands on them.
Numal Mahatta, Superintendent of Police of Cachar district, said that based on secret information, a team of Cachar district police and 147 Bn CRPF launched a joint operation at Silchar Kalain Road under Kalain police station and apprehended a person.
A cloth godown, two four wheelers and one motorcycle were damaged in the fire incident that took place at the New Market area in Mankachar on Sunday night, an official said.