
A powerful improvised explosive device (IED), uranium and explosive materials were recovered on January 24, triggering the authorities to tighten security across Assam in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations, the police said. Patrolling army men of the Red Horns Division recovered the IED, weighing more than eight kg, 1.5 kg of uranium, some electronic detonators, splinters and wires from Gachbari under Baihata Chariali police station of Kamrup (Rural)...

05:00 PM, Jan 24, 2013

Guwahati: Suspected ULFA militants detonated an IED targeting a CRPF team in Assam's Goalpara district in the wee hours on Thursday but none was hurt. A red alert has been sounded following threats from the anti-talk faction of the banned group led by by the elusive Paresh Baruah. The blast, triggered from a hill, targeted two CRPF vehicles at Khardong under Krishnai police station in Goalpara, but they crossed the...

06:09 PM, Aug 09, 2012