Three suspected dacoits were shot dead as they tried to rob a bank in Assam”s Kokrajhar district, police said on Sunday. The incident happened on Saturday at Chengmari near Bhotgaon, Director-General of Police Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta said. The dacoits opened fire on the police on being intercepted, he said. In retaliatory
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Opposition Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Sunday filed multiple complaints at various police stations against central ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Rameswar Teli, and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly violating COVID-19 protocols during BJP”s ”Jan Ashirwad Yatra” in Assam. The complaints were also lodged against Assam ministers Bimal Borah and
In a major anti-drugs operation, Assam Police on Sunday seized 40,000 bottles of Codeine Phosphate-based cough syrups being smuggled under stacks of fruits at the Assam-Tripura border. According to Assam Police, the drugs consignment was packed in 250 cartons that were hidden under 100 cartons of fruits in a truck.
The Assam government alleged on Sunday that Mizoram officials entered its territory in Hailakandi and started constructing a bridge, in a fresh escalation between the two Northeastern states. The incident took place on Friday when a few workers from Mizoram were trying to construct a bridge at Kachurthal in the
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday focused on preparing a roadmap for the state’s growth at a conference with deputy commissioners (DCs) of all 34 districts. Attending the inaugural day of the two-day meet in Karbi Anglong district, Sarma wrote on Twitter, “In these two days in Diphu,