Anurag Kashyap

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Female mountaineer from Arunachal scales new heights

Female mountaineer from Arunachal scales new heights

Rediff.com   30 May 2014

Anshu Jamsenpa was felicitated by the Nepal government after she climbed three Himalayan peaks in six days. Anurag Kashyap reports.

Tarun Gogoi to continue as Assam CM

Tarun Gogoi to continue as Assam CM

Rediff.com   22 May 2014

Congress president Sonia Gandhi rejected Tarun Gogoi's offer to resign after the party's poor performance in the state. Anurag Kashyap reports.

Despite drubbing, Congress to celebrate Gogoi-led govt's anniversary

Despite drubbing, Congress to celebrate Gogoi-led govt's anniversary

Rediff.com   20 May 2014

Even though the Congress was only able to win three of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, the party will celebrate its third year in power on June 1. Anurag Kashyap reports.

Sikkim CM set to beat Jyoti Basu's record

Sikkim CM set to beat Jyoti Basu's record

Rediff.com   17 May 2014

Pawan Chamling is all set to become CM for the fifth time in a row; SDF party led by him sweeps the assembly polls, winning 22 of the 32 seats. Anurag Kashyap reports.

Patients suffer as junior doctors continue strike at Assam medical college

Patients suffer as junior doctors continue strike at Assam medical college

Rediff.com   13 May 2014

Protesting the murder of their colleague and the lack of security at the Assam Medical College Hospital, junior doctors continued their strike for the fourth consecutive day. Anurag Kashyap reports on the matter.

1 dead, 17 injured in bomb blast in Dibrugarh

1 dead, 17 injured in bomb blast in Dibrugarh

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2013

The explosive, probably a crude bomb, went off at around 5 PM behind the old Railway station in the busy Amolapatty area below an electric pole, district Superintendent of Police Rana Bhuyan said

Rhino-saver UAV takes off at Kaziraga Park

Rhino-saver UAV takes off at Kaziraga Park

Rediff.com   8 Apr 2013

An unmanned aircraft on Monday hovered over for about 30 minutes over the Kaziranga National Park in Assam after state Forest Minister Rakibul Hussain inaugurated the test flight, ushering in an era of hi-tech anti-poaching measures at the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Assam: Clashes in BTC areas claimed 731 lives since 1993

Assam: Clashes in BTC areas claimed 731 lives since 1993

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2012

Spells of communal as well as ethnic violence, that have become the bane of life in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District Council areas of Assam, which have claimed 731 lives since 1993 in the area.

'Will involve UN to restore 'sovereignty' of Assam'

'Will involve UN to restore 'sovereignty' of Assam'

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2012

The anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam has stated that it will strive to involve the United Nations by using international instruments to restore 'sovereignty' of Assam from the clutches of the 'colonial occupation of India'.

Anna to join anti-dam crusade, leader ends fast unto death

Anna to join anti-dam crusade, leader ends fast unto death

Rediff.com   28 May 2012

Gandhian Anna Hazare on Monday persuaded Right To Information activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi to end his fast unto-death against the construction of mega dams on rivers in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh without making a cumulative downstream impact study.

Naga rebel groups foment trouble in Arunachal

Naga rebel groups foment trouble in Arunachal

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2011

Rebel groups, particularly militants from National Socialist Council of Nagaland factions, are creating trouble in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar. These militants are taking advantage of the mountainous terrain as well as the lack of manpower and firepower of the Arunachal Pradesh police to tackle insurgents armed with sophisticated weapons.

Blast derails train in Assam, 70 injured

Blast derails train in Assam, 70 injured

Rediff.com   11 Jul 2011

At least 70 persons were injured, several of them seriously, when four coaches of the Guwahati-Puri Express were derailed and four others capsized due to a powerful explosion at Dhatkuchi between Rangiya and Goghrapar railway stations in Assam at 8.20 pm on Sunday. Railway authorities have rushed a relief train with a medical team to administer first aid to passengers at the accident site, while the seriously injured ones are being shifted to hospitals in Rangiya and Guwahati

Assam: 3 CPRF men killed in militant ambush

Assam: 3 CPRF men killed in militant ambush

Rediff.com   2 Apr 2011

Three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and five others injured when militants ambushed a CRPF patrol party in insurgency-hit Karbi Anglong hill district on Assam on Saturday.The ambush took place during the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is scheduled to address some rallies in the poll-bound state.Militants from the Karbi People's Liberation Tiger ambushed two vehicles of a CRPF patrol party at Deothar under Bokajan police station,

Assam: EC's flying squads to monitor poll campaign

Assam: EC's flying squads to monitor poll campaign

Rediff.com   2 Mar 2011

The Election Commission is deploying 'flying squads' in poll-bound Assam to monitor the expenditure of all political parties and to prevent the practice of bribing voters. These squads have the power to file FIRs and seize 'bribe' material including cash.These flying squads would not only monitor the campaign but also take direct action, apart from reporting the matter to accounting teams.

Ethnic strife: Assam issues shoot-at-sight order

Ethnic strife: Assam issues shoot-at-sight order

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2011

Ten companies of additional central forces arrived in Assam to contain violence along the inter-state boundary, Gogoi informed, adding that so far 110 miscreants involved in the strife had been arrested by Assam Police.

ULFA ban to stay despite hope of truce: Assam CM

ULFA ban to stay despite hope of truce: Assam CM

Rediff.com   1 Jan 2011

Hours after the release of United Liberation Front of Asom Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa from Guwhati's Central Jail, the Assam government clarified that the ban the outfit will stay despite the outfit's leadership talking truce.

No ULFA militants hiding here, says Bhutan PM

No ULFA militants hiding here, says Bhutan PM

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2010

Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmey Thinley on Monday said there were no militants from Assam in the Himalayan country and reiterated Bhutan's commitment to prevent any anti-Indian activities on its soil.During a brief stop-over at the Guwahati International Airport on his way to Thimphu, Thinley told reporters that as on date, there was no presence of any militant from the banned United Liberation Front of Assam or National Democratic Front of Bodoland in Bhutan.

ULFA seeks Chetia's freedom to go ahead with talks

ULFA seeks Chetia's freedom to go ahead with talks

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2010

After undergoing a routine medical check up at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital, Rajkhowa told media person, "The overall situation is now conducive for talks and we appeal to both India and Bangladesh to facilitate the participation of Chetia in the talks by releasing him from captivity."

Eight killed in Arunachal flash floods

Eight killed in Arunachal flash floods

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2010

Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh had to call off his visit to Pasighat in East Siang district in the wake of floodwaters of rain-fed Siang river submerging the airfield and other areas in the district headquarter town. Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh had to call off his visit to Pasighat in East Siang district in the wake of flood.

ULFA chairman Rajkhowa's police remand extended

ULFA chairman Rajkhowa's police remand extended

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2009

Security concerns prompted the authorities to hold a camp court inside the Central jail in Guwahati on Thursday afternoon for production of arrested United Liberation Front of Assam Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Raju Barauh and Rajkhowa's body guard Raja Bora.