Global concern surfaced after the Assam Police arrested a prominent activist while he was protesting against a public-private partnership tourism venture near the world-famous Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath as the Assam Chief Minister for a second consecutive term after the BJP-led NDA formed the government in the state for the third straight time.
BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla demanded to know who supplied Khera the documents and questioned why Rahul Gandhi backed allegations the Gauhati HC has now found prima facie false.
Court relief gives Khera a narrow window to seek regular bail as legal fight intensifies over explosive claims and counterclaims between Congress and Assam CM’s camp.
Following Khera's allegations, Rinki Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of CM Himanta, had filed a case against him.
In a joint operation by the cops of the special task force of the West Bengal Police and the Assam Police, a most-wanted associate of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a Bangladesh-based fundamentalist group, was arrested from Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
The operation, conducted following a specific tip-off, led to the interception of a vehicle and the discovery of 532.46 grams of heroin hidden in secret compartments on Friday night.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police has arrested two more operatives of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a militant group associated with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
According to Bedabrata Bora, chairman of the APCC media cell, Bhupen Kumar Borah is currently being held at the 10th Assam Police Battalion in Kahilipara.
The operation follows the recovery of 11 IEDs from various locations across the state on August 15, a day after ULFA-I released a statement detailing the sites where the explosives were planted.
