11 killed in police firing during Assam panchayat polls

At least eleven people were killed in police firing and seven CRPF personnel and policemen injured in violence in Goalpara district during the third and final phase of the panchayat elections in......

Toll in Goalpara firing incident mounts to seven

The death toll in the attack by suspected Garo National Liberation Army insurgents on a group of people gambling on the occasion of Diwali in Assam's Goalpara district has risen to seven. "Six......

Centre to sign peace accord with Assam's tribal militants this month: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Tuesday said that the Centre is likely to sign a peace accord with militant organisations from the state's Adivasi communities within September. Addressing a......

Assam-Meghalaya police mull over joint operation against ultras

A high-level security review meeting held between senior police official of Assam and Meghalaya in Guwahati on Wednesday decided to launch joint operation against marauding Garo National......