Category: GUWAHATI

The army and Assam Rifles in coordination with the Assam Police, apprehended a wanted top cadre of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Khaplang’s Yung Aung faction (NSCN-K-YA) from the state's Charaideo district, officials said on Monday.

The Bangladesh Assistant High Commissions (AHC) in Guwahati and Agartala celebrated the 53rd anniversary of ‘Vijay Diwas’ on Monday in a very low-key manner.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) should be implemented across the country.

Protests against the atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh continued in the northeastern states with different groups on Tuesday organised demonstrations in Assam and Tripura to condemn the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in the neighbouring country.

Security of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission (AHC) offices in Guwahati and Agartala further strengthened in view of the protests against atrocities on the minority Hindu community in the neighbouring country, officials said on Monday.

In the Sribhumi district of Assam, at least 500 traders have announced that they will no longer be importing or exporting to Bangladesh due to the rising violence against minorities and disrespect for the Tricolor in the neighbouring country.

Karimganj district in Assam will be renamed as Shribumi district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Tuesday. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by CM Sarma at his office here.

The Vande Bharat Express trains would be extended up to Assam’s Silchar and Tripura capital Agartala within the next few months, Rajya Sabha member from Tripura Rajib Bhattacharjee said here on Wednesday.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) engineers and workers are working on a war footing manner to fully repair the damaged railway track in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section, where a loaded goods train wagon derailed on October 31, officials said on Wednesday.     

These five Assembly constituencies -- Dholai, Samaguri, Behali, Bongaigaon and Sidli fell vacant following the election of five legislators in the Lower House of Parliament in this year’s Lok Sabha polls.

By-elections in five Assembly constituencies—Dholai, Samaguri, Behali, Bongaigaon, and Sidli have been necessitated due to the elections of five legislators to Lok Sabha in the general elections this year.

Supply of essential commodities, food grains, and transport fuel have been disrupted in some northeastern states as the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) engineers and workers are repairing the damage to the railway track in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section, where a loaded goods train wagon derailed on October 31.   

The Central government and various central intelligence agencies have alerted the northeastern states about the activities of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and its associate outfits, officials said on Thursday. 

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Thursday reviewed the progress of inter-state border agreements signed between Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh to resolve their decades-old boundary disputes, officials said here.

The Assam Police on Wednesday arrested four suspected rhino poachers at Orang National Park and recovered arms, ammunition and other materials from their possession, top police official said.

Hours after announcing support for the BJP candidate in the upcoming by-election, three All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leaders were expelled from the party on Tuesday.

Amid protests by opposition and eminent citizens over tree cutting in Guwahati for building flyovers in the city, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited Dighalipkuri area in the city, which has become a bone of contention for the past several days.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed that the BJP and its allies will easily win in the four Assembly constituencies while there will be a contest on only one seat.

Normal train services resumed on Sunday in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section after the regular train services remained disrupted since Thursday following the derailment of a loaded goods wagon, officials said.

Railways officials on Saturday said that normal train services are expected to start on Sunday in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section after the regular train services remained disrupted for the third day following the derailment of a loaded goods wagon.

Train services continue to remain disrupted in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section after the derailment of a loaded goods wagon though efforts are on in full swing to restore the rail traffic. 

On the occasion of Diwali, sweets were exchanged on Thursday between the troops of Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), all along the border with Bangladesh, officials said.

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati, moderate rain was very likely to occur at many places over Mizoram and Tripura while light to moderate rain was very likely to occur at a few places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), which operates in the northeastern states and in seven districts of West Bengal and five districts of north Bihar, has achieved 64 per cent electrification of its network, officials said on Tuesday.

Heroin, smuggled from Myanmar, worth over Rs 6.40 crore was seized and three persons were arrested in two separate operations by the police personnel in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, officials said.