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Guwahati: At least four persons were killed and 10 others injured after a passenger bus lost control and rammed into a roadside tree in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district early on Saturday morningPolice said the accident occurred at Lakkhijan under Bokajan police station limits when the bus, travelling from Moirabari in Morigaon district to Dimapur in…
NEW DELHI: Two pilots were killed after sustaining fatal injuries following the crash of an IAF Su-30MKI jet in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district during a training mission. “IAF acknowledges the loss of Sqn Ldr Anuj and Flt Lt Purvesh Duragkar, who sustained fatal injuries in the Su-30 crash. All personnel of the IAF express sincere…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties in Assam on Wednesday demanded the rehabilitation of families affected by the recent violence between two communities in West Karbi Anglong district and sought adequate compensation for the families of two persons who lost their lives. Submitting a joint memorandum to governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the opposition called for immediate relief…
Karbi Anglong unrest in Assam (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Assam DGP Harmeet Singh on Wednesday confirmed that the Army has been deployed to restore law and order in violence-hit West Karbi Anglong, news agency PTI reported.The region has now entered its third day of violent protests over alleged illegal settlement by non-tribals in the constitutionally…
NEW DELHI: Violent protests over alleged illegal non tribal settlement in Assam’s constitutionally protected Karbi Anglong hill region entered the third day on Wednesday, leaving two people dead, dozens injured, and prompting the state government to impose curfew-like restrictions and suspend mobile internet services in two districts.The violence erupted in West Karbi Anglong and adjoining…
GUWAHATI: Violent tribal protests against illegal non-tribal settlement in a constitutionally protected hill region of Assam left two people dead Tuesday – as Sixth Schedule protections and land rights ignited a volatile fault line. Assam DGP Harmeet Singh, IGP (law and order) Akhilesh Kumar Singh and 48 police personnel were wounded after crowds armed with…
Injured security personnel sit inside an ambulance following violence allegedly triggered by rumours, in West Karbi Anglong, Assam. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Fresh violence was reported from Assam’s trouble-torn Karbi Anglong district for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, with at least eight people injured as a clash between two groups of protestors prompted police…
