Guwahati | 11 days ago
Assam Police crack down on impersonation in CEE
Guwahati, May 20 - At least ten youths have been arrested for impersonation, allegedly appearing in Combined Entrance Examination - for medical and engineering courses on behalf of other students, Assam Police said Monday.While five of them were arrested from four different examination centres in Guwahati Sunday, four others were nabbed from Silchar in Barak Valley area, police said.Another such ... read more

Guwahati | 15 days ago
Woman Maoist rebel nabbed in Assam
Guwahati, May 16 - A woman Maoist cadre was arrested here and a man detained for alleged links with the rebels, police said Thursday.Kabita Rabha was arrested Wednesday night from a rented house from Odalbakra area. She was running a printing press in the locality, he said.Kabita Rabha is the wife of Communist Party of India - politburo member Anukul Chandra Naskar alias Pareshda, who was arrested ... read more

Guwahati | 22 days ago
Veteran Maoist leader arrested in Assam
Guwahati, May 9 - A Maoist leader who embraced Maoism way back in 1967 has been finally arrested in Assam, police said Thursday.Anukul Chandra Naskar, 65, a politburo member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist, was taken into custody from Barak Valley Wednesday.Senior Superintendent of Police A.P. Tiwari said Naskar, popularly known as Pareshda, hailed from Balia in West Bengal's 24 South Parga ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Sudipta Sen interrogated by Assam Police
Kolkata, April 28 - Scam-ridden Saradha Group boss Sudipta Sen, arrested for being the alleged kingpin of the multi-billion rupee chit fund scam, was grilled by Assam Police in the cases of fraud and forgery lodged against him in the state, police sources here said Sunday.A team of police officers from Assam quizzed Sen Saturday and Sunday about the four cases filed against his group companies in ... read more

Guwahati | 1 month ago
Two Maoist leaders nabbed in Assam
Guwahati, April 26 - A joint team of Assam Police, CRPF and the intelligence wing of the army Friday arrested two top Maoists from Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border, an official said.The two Maoists were identified as Aklanta Rabha and Siraj Rabha.Assam's Inspector General of Police - L.R. Bishnoi said Aklanta Rabha alias Maheshji alias Saikia is the lone member of the Maoist's Central ... read more

Guwahati | 1 month ago
Protests against Saradha Group in Assam, several offices ransacked
Guwahati, April 23 - After West Bengal, duped investors of the Saradha Group in Assam came out on to the streets in protest Tuesday, leading the administration to seal several offices of the company after mobs broke in and ransacked them.The protests started in Guwahati, Mangaldai and Dhubri towns of Assam, where several investors and agents took to the streets and held sit-ins in front of the off ... read more

Guwahati | 1 month ago
CBI team reaches Kaziranga to probe rhino poaching
Guwahati, April 17 - A seven-member CBI team has arrived in Assam to probe the poaching of rhinos, an official said Wednesday.The Central Bureau of Investigation - team is camping at the Kohora range of Kaziranga National Park to collect details of selected poaching cases that will initially be taken up for investigation, sources said. The agency has registered three cases related to poaching of r ... read more

Guwahati | 5 months ago
Guwahati molestation: Assam RTI activist to challenge verdict
Guwahati, Dec 13 - After Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Assam farmers leader and RTI activist Akhil Gogoi Thursday expressed his unhappiness over the verdict in the GS Road molestation case and said he would appeal against it in the high court.Addressing a press conference here, Gogoi said he would soon file a PIL in the Gauhati High Court challenging Kamrup chief judicial magistrate's - Dec 7 ... read more

Guwahati | 5 months ago
Maoist leader arrested in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 6 - A Maoist leader, who is on the most-wanted list in Chhattisgarh, was Thursday arrested in an Assam town, police said.Anand Singh Kharwal alias Anandji, wanted in several cases in Chhattisgarh and carrying a bounty of Rs.5 lakh, was held in Tezpur in Sonitpur district, around 250 km from here.The Maoist leader is a big catch for us. Based on information, a police team carried out ... read more

Guwahati | 5 months ago
Maoist leader arrested in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 6 - A Maoist leader, who is on the most-wanted list in Chhattisgarh, was Thursday arrested in an Assam town, police said.Anand Singh Kharwal alias Anandji, wanted in several cases in Chhattisgarh and carrying a bounty of Rs.5 lakh, was held in Tezpur in Sonitpur district, around 250 km from here.The Maoist leader is a big catch for us. Based on information, a police team carried out ... read more