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Another ISIS flag with message 'Join in ISIS' found in Assam

Guwahati, May 4 (IBNS) : After six 'IS NE' flags being hoisted by unknown miscreants in Assam’s Goalpara district, another ISIS flag has been found in Lower Assam’s Nalbari district, according to reports.

Assam: Woman gives birth to baby girl in running train

Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS): A woman gave birth to a baby girl in the running Dibrugarh – Chandigarh express in Assam on Wednesday . 

Assam Water Resources department missed deadline to repair damage embankments

Guwahati, May 1 (IBNS): While the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) had cautioned for facing severe damage in the upcoming monsoon season, the Assam government's Water Resources department has missed a deadline to repair damaged river embankments in the state issued by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

People coerced to move at very short notice for flawed NRC exercise in Assam: Congress

Guwahati, Apr 27 (IBNS): The Congress on Friday said that the people issued notices to appear for verification of their documents on flimsy ground for preparation and upgradation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam are coerced to move at very short notice, lest their names be struck off from the NRC.

12-hour shutdown observed in Central Assam to protest against denial of ministerial berth to a tribal MLA

Guwahati, Apr 27 (IBNS): A group of nine organisations, including the All Tiwa Students’ Union, the Koch-Rajbongshi Students’ Union, Tiwa National Solidarity Forum, the Chutiya Jati Sanmilan, enforced a 12-hour Central Assam shutdown on Friday in protest against non-inclusion of tribal MLA Ramakanta Deuri in Sarbananda Sonowal-led Assam government that was expanded on Thursday, which witnessed sporadic violence in various parts.

NIA arrested militant flee from police custody in Assam

Guwahati, Apr 25 (IBNS): A hardcore militant of banned outfit NDFB(S) fled from the police custody in Assam's capital city Guwahati on Wednesday evening.

Kuladhar Saikia named as new Assam DGP

Guwahati, Apr 25 (IBNS): Kuladhar Saikia, a 1985 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and Sahitya Academy awardee, has been named as the next Assam Police DGP. 

Assam: Seven new ministers to be inducted in Sonowal cabinet tomorrow

Guwahati, Apr 24 (IBNS): The much awaited cabinet expansion of Sarbananda Sonowal-led Assam government will take place on Thursday.

Assam : Suspected ULFA-I militants fire at a petrol pump near state's border with Arunachal Pradesh

Guwahati, Apr 24 (IBNS) : A petrol pump in upper Assam’s Charaideo district was in the line of massive firing by suspected militants of banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I), on Monday night.

Parts of north eastern India hit by earthquake on Tuesday morning

Guwahati, Apr 24 (IBNS): An earthquake hit parts of Assam and some other areas of North Eastern India on Tuesday, according to media reports.

Assam: ULFA-I: Marginal Threat

Insurgency across India’s Northeast is currently at its lowest ebb. Most major insurgent groups have suffered severe losses over recent years and are now engaged in talks  with the Government. However, some splinter formations remain violently active. One of these latter groups is the Independent faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I).

Lake formation or construction on Brahmaputra in Tibet : CWC, Assam govt fear huge damage in downstream

Guwahati, Apr 23 (IBNS): The Central Water Commission and the Assam government have sounded alerts ahead of the flooding season.

Three NSCN-R militants nabbed in Nagaland

Guwahati, Apr 22 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles have apprehended three NSCN-R militants in Nagaland, officials said.

7-year-old girl raped in Assam, police arrest accused person

Guwahati, Apr 22 (IBNS): While protests erupted across the country over the increase of rape incidents, another gruesome rape incident has been come to light in Assam.

Assam: One person killed, three injured in group clash over property dispute

Guwahati, Apr 20 (IBNS): One person was killed and three others were injured in a clash between two groups over property dispute in Assam's Kamrup district.