Centre extends AFSPA in Assam for another year
The Centre extended the duration of AFSPA in the state after due consideration of the law and order situation.
NIA registers case to probe recent Assam attacks
National Investigation Agency officials said, they took congisance of four cases registered in this context by Assam Police in the two districts of Sonitpur and Kokrajhar.
NDFB(S) violence: Refugees starts returning home in Assam as peace limps back
According to an official release by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, 2,36,349 people are currently staying in 118 relief camps in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang and Udalguri districts.
BJP lawmaker Ahluwalia visits relief camps in Alipurduar
The BJP leader also interacted with the inmates of six relief camps spread over Changmari, Malapara, Dakshin Haldibari areas of Kumargram and called upon the two governments of Assam and West Bengal to ensure their safe return by setting up Army pickets.
NDFB(S) carnage joint failure of Centre and state: Gogoi
Rejecting Gogoi's view, BJP Assam unit president Siddhartha Bhattacharya told reporters here that "law and order is a state subject. The Centre can only give forces to the state but it is the state's responsibility to deploy them".
Gogoi upset with West Bengal govt for barring officials to visit camps
Around 2.11 lakh people taking shelter in relief camps in the affected districts of Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang and Udalguri gradually returning home, the chief minister said.
Five-member BJP team to violence-hit areas of Assam
Besides Ahluwalia, the party's Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling, the other members of the committee ae Jorhat MP Kamakhya Tasha and Dibrugarh MP Rameshwar Teli.
Assam violence: Security forces arrest one NDFB (S) cadre, four linkmen
While the cadre and two linkmen were arrested in Kokrajhar district, which bore the brunt of the mayhem on 23 December, in the early hours today, two other linkmen were nabbed from Sonitpur last night.
Assam massacre: Restriction on movement of civilians imposed on state's border with Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh on Monday imposed restrictions on civilian movement along the border with Assam following launch of counter-insurgency operations by Army.
Assam massacre: Meghalaya CM urges India to unite and wipe out 'domestic' militancy
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has said that there should be a unified war against the perpetrators of terror in the country.
Assam violence: Army chief reviews deployment, asks troops to help state fight militants
General Dalbir Singh Suhag was also briefed on the pro-active actions undertaken by the Army along with different agencies to intensify the pressure on the militant outfits.
NIA to investigate Assam terror attack cases on Adivasis
The Assam government in a letter yesterday had recommended the investigation of these cases by the NIA.
Ferrying of essentials affected after Assam killings
The goods laden trucks stranded in West Bengal are mostly bound for Tripura, Mizoram, southern Assam and parts of Manipur.
Gogoi reviews relief and rehabilitation efforts in Assam camps
Nearly 93,000 persons belonging to Adivasi and Bodo communities in Kokrajhar, Chirang, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts have taken shelter in 78 relief camps.
Army will intensify operations in Assam: Gen Dalbir Suhag
Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi after which the General said the Army is going to intensify its operations against NDFB militants.
Opposition demands 'ruthless suppression' of NDFB in light of Assam killings
Meanwhile, Army is carrying out intensive area domination of the restive areas of Assam where 81 people were killed in the NDFB(S) attacks, retaliatory violence and police firing since Tuesday.
NDBF(S) militants exchange fire with SSB personnel in Assam
The insurgents hurled the grenade at an SSB patrol at Phoisana Bazar area under Bijni sub-division and traded fire with them before fleeing into the nearby thick jungles, police said.
Assam violence: Centre extends ban on NDFB(S) for five years
The notification declaring the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) as an outlawed organisation under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for five years was issued by the home ministry on Monday, official sources said.
SSB rushes 2,000 men to violence-hit Assam
The SSB chief said the paramilitary force already has nine battalions for border guarding duties along the Indo-Bhutan border in Assam and these fresh units would supplement the existing personnel.
Assam massacre: Death toll rises to 81, operations launched against NDFB
Operations were intensified in Assam against NDFB(S) militants along the border with Arunachal Pradesh even as the death toll in the massacre rose to 81.