Bijoy Chinese, a top ULFA leader and a trusted lieutenant of its 'military chief' Paresh Baruah, has come overground and has expressed support for peace talks. Official sources said ULFA (anti-talk faction) 'eastern zone commander' Bijoy Chinese had got in touch with police in Tinsukia and was being brought to Guwahati on Thursday. ...
05:21 PM, Feb 21, 2013
An oil pipeline at Makum in upper Assam's Tinsukia district was on Tuesday damaged in an explosion for which United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claimed responsibility. The explosion in the pipeline of the Indian Oil Corporation-Assam Oil Division (AOD) created a 4-ft crater in Pachim Mamarani area, AOD sources said, adding there was no report of any casualty. ...
05:15 PM, Jan 29, 2013
A 13-year-old girl in Tinsukia district of upper Assam was allegedly gang-raped by four persons on suspicion that she had stolen a mobile phone of one of them, police said on Friday. Five persons, including a woman, were arrested. ...
07:45 PM, Jan 04, 2013
In a shocking incident in Assam, the owner of a tea estate and his wife were on Wednesday burnt to death by a mob of angry workers. The incident occurred at the Borduma Tea Estate in the Tinsukia tea gardens. ...
10:12 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Tinsukia (Assam): At least four persons were seriously injured in a grenade blast by suspected militants of the ULFA's anti-talk faction at Doomdoma township in Tinsukia district on Friday, the police said. A group of ULFA militants hurled the grenade at the Doomdoma Chowk injuring the four persons and fled. The injured persons were taken to Tinsukia hospital. The anti-talk faction of the ULFA has recently announced to step up...
10:01 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Tinsukia/Dibrugarh: A fire broke out in an oil well of Oil India Ltd in upper Assam's Tinsukia district early this morning. No injury or casualty has been reported so far. OIL spokesman Jishnu Sarma said the fire in a cruse oil well at Chandmari village was reported around 1 am. OIL's fire tenders doused the blaze around 5 am and the well was sealed. Investigations said that the fire broke...
04:57 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Tinsukia (Assam): A hardcore militant of the anti-talk faction of ULFA was arrested on Monday evening and four powerful IEDs were seized from him at a place in Tinsukia district of Assam. Acting on information provided by local villagers, the police and troops from 8 Bihar Regiment carried out an operation near Bordumsa along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and was nabbed Padmajit Gohain alias Nathu aliance Romit Asom who managed to...
08:40 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Guwahati: Giant hairy spiders of an unidentified species but similar to the tarantula have created panic in the remote villages of Sadiya in upper Assam's Tinsukia district. Residents of several villages, surrounded by dense jungles and Brahmaputra river, spotted the spiders about a month ago and claimed that two persons had died after being bitten by the giant hairy spider. Eight others are in Sadiya civil hospital after being bitten...
04:56 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Guwahati: Barely a few hours ahead of the scheduled visit of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to Assam, a blast rocked the state's Tinsukia district late on Friday night, killing one person. Police said the blast took place at Philobari in Tinsukia district, over 500 km away from Guwahati. Police said that the bomb was planted in front of the house of a Congress leader and that it killed one person...
01:48 AM, May 26, 2012
Tinsukia: A day ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Assam, one person was killed in a bomb blast by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district on Friday night, police said. The bomb was planted in a roadside at Selabari area. The deceased has been identified as A Agarwal, a local businessman, police said. Sonia is coming on a one-day visit to Guwahati on Saturday where she is...
11:14 PM, May 25, 2012
Guwahati: A grenade exploded at a market place in Bordumsa in upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Thursday afternoon. Police say no one was injured in the grenade blast. The blast comes just a day after the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) protesting against the proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh called for an "Assam Bandh" on April 20. "The ULFA has called for a day long...
04:13 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Guwahati: With the Union Home Ministry alerting the Assam government to tighten security ahead of ULFA's 'Army day' on Friday, DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury on Thursday said that three districts in the state were an area of concern. "Three districts in upper Assam are an area of concern and we are on maximum alert," Choudhury who recently took charge said in Guwahati, referring to Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts where...
03:35 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Guwahati: At least six persons were injured by unidentified persons claiming to be ULFA in Tinsukia district, officials said on Thursday. The assailants armed with sophisticated sharp weapons attacked people at Jagun along the Assam-Bangladesh border and injured six of them seriously on Wednesday night. They left the spot after claiming themselves to be ULFA cadres, they said. The army and police have launched massive operation to track them out,...
08:31 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Pan Bazar, Bhangagarh, Ganeshguri and Hatigaon in Guwahati under curfew. ...
02:41 PM, Oct 30, 2008
Two Bihari businessmen were shot dead by ULFA insurgents at a remote village in Assam's Tinsukia district. ...
11:34 PM, Jan 29, 2007
There has been mass desertions from the Congress party in Assam following a warning by the banned ULFA. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 25, 2007
The spurt in violence continued in Assam as suspected ULFA militants triggered a blast in Tinsukia. ...
03:06 PM, Jan 24, 2007
2,000 paramilitary personnel sent to state after ULFA carries out yet another blast and kills two persons. ...
09:25 PM, Jan 20, 2007
Suspected ULFA insurgents hurled a grenade at around 1815 hrs IST at the main commercial center in Tinsukia. ...
07:35 PM, Jan 20, 2007
Prime Minister Mamohan Singh arrived in Assam early on Tuesday to review the security scenario. ...
12:42 PM, Jan 16, 2007
