GUWAHATI The Assam police issued a directive on Thursday (August 22, 2024), asking “all field formations” to take strict action against anyone trying to break the law. The directive from Director General of Police Gyanendra Pratap Singh followed a few incidents of criminal acts where the victim and the accused belong to different communities. At … Read more
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himatna Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that the BJP will win all constituencies covered by Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam. He also alleged that the holding of the Yatra in Assam during the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony was a political conspiracy to create communal tension. “The … Read more
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Assam Police on October 1 said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA has been extended in four districts of the State for six more months. At the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations in Guwahati, DGP Gyanendra Pratap Singh said the ‘disturbed area’ … Read more
With his elbow room diminishing, Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel seems set to quit the party. He has removed his party affiliations from his social media biodata as a precursor. Patel gained prominence during Patidar agitation in 2015, and subsequently joined Congress and was appointed the youngest working president of the Gujarat unit of … Read more
Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani Monday alleged that his arrest by the Assam Police was a pre-planned conspiracy “designed” by the Prime Minister’s Office to “destroy” him ahead of the assembly elections in the state. “My arrest is an act of 56-inch cowardice and it has undermined Gujarat’s pride,” Mevani told reporters in an apparent attack … Read more
Kidnapped employee Ritul Saikia was released by ULFA(I) militants on Saturday morning in Myanmar near its border with India’s Nagaland, police said. Saikia, kidnapped on April 21, was released near the border in Longwa village of Mon district in Nagaland after 31 days, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI. He was released … Read more