By Aamir Hazarika on November 11, 2017
APSC scam, Assam, Assam police, Cash for Job, CBI, Police
HEADLINES

With the arrest of more than 21 fake APS-ACS officers who bagged the lucrative APSC jobs-for-cash and now languishing across various police lockups of Guwahati on police remand, questions are being asked about why not the Assam Government hand over the entire investigation to the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) by fixing 1992 as the […]
By Anirban Kalita on July 2, 2017
Abhizeet Asom, Arunodoy Asom, Assam police, Paresh Baruah, ULFA, ULFA[I]
HEADLINES
![ULFA[I] coverts recruitment and fund collection – Jorhat is new Hub ULFA[I] coverts recruitment and fund collection – Jorhat is new Hub](https://www.timesofassam.com/wp-content/themes/theme/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofassam.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F07%2Fulfa-photo-post.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
In an unconventional shift from a one to one recruitment, the banned ULFA(Independent) a dreaded organisation has of late resorted to recruitment using social media platform like Facebook and extortion through SMS and direct phone calls originating from Nagaland. Latest inputs suggest that the helm of the ULFA activities is mostly centered in and around […]
By Anirban Kalita on May 16, 2017
Assam, Assam police, Media Censorship, Pallab Bhattacharyya, ULFA[I]
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![Assam Govt Chief Secretary has limited scope to Censor Media – ULFA[I] Assam Govt Chief Secretary has limited scope to Censor Media – ULFA[I]](https://www.timesofassam.com/wp-content/themes/theme/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofassam.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2Fmedia-censhorship.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
There has been much hue and cry about a statement made by one Chief Secretary recently in Tezpur. This statement allegedly called for putting Editors and journalists behind bars if they report any news or release about Insurgent groups. This was considered as an attack on the fourth pillar of democracy and the authorities were […]
By Anirban Kalita on October 22, 2016
Assam police, Drishti Asom, Drishti Rajkhowa, GNLA, Manoj Rabha, Meghalaya, Meghalaya Police, Paresh Asom, Paresh Baruah, Sohan D Shira, ULFA, ULFA[I]
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![Deputy CS of ULFA[I] Drishti Rajkhowa had to step back from Surrender Deputy CS of ULFA[I] Drishti Rajkhowa had to step back from Surrender](https://www.timesofassam.com/wp-content/themes/theme/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofassam.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F06%2FDristi-Rajkhowa-alias-Manoj-Rabha.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1)
Times of Assam had previously reported from reliable sources that Deputy Chief-of-the-Staff of Military Wing & Commander of Western Command of ULFA[I] Colonel Drishti Rajkhowa Alias Drishti Asom alias Manoj Rabha was all set to be coming over ground, primarily because of ideological conflicts between him and Paresh Baruah alias Paresh Asom over several matters. […]
By Anirban Kalita on January 12, 2016
Assam, Assam police, Babul Dihingia, Encounter, Fake Encounter, Mugdha Jyoti Mahanta, Mugdhajyoti Mahanta, Tinsukia, ULFA, ULFA[I]
BREAKING NEWS
One Babul Dihingia is detained by Assam Police in Kakopathar of Tinsukia district with Rs 25 Lakh on Monday, January 11, 2015. Dihingia – who is a Linkman of ULFA [I] – has not been produced in court by police even after 24 hours have been passed. Family of Dihingia confirmed his abduction to Times […]
By Anirban Kalita on June 26, 2015
Army, Assam police, B R Ferrenga, B Saoraigwra, I K Songbijit, NDFB
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Noted militant leader I K Songbijit alias Songbijit Ingti Kathar is no more a member of hardliner NDFB outfit. The former Interim President cum Commander-on-Chief was kicked out from the outfit by its permanent committee with dissolving the Interim Committee. In a latest press release sent to the Times of Assam by newly appointed NDFB President B […]
By Anirban Kalita on April 15, 2015
Assam police, Himanta Biswa Sharma, MLA Rumi Nath, Rumi Nath Arrested
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The Guwahati police arrested BJP-turned-Congress MLA Dr Rumi Nath in connection of alleged links with international car-lifting racket kingpin Anil Chauhan, including on charges of allegedly recommending car-pass for Chauhan to enter the premises of the Assam Legislative Assembly and MLA Hostel campus on Tuesday morning, April 14, 2015. Confirming this, Guwahati Police Commissioner Jyotirmoy […]
By Pranab Kumar Das on February 20, 2015
Army, Assam police, I K Songbijit, NDFB militant, NDFB(S), NIA, Songbijit
BREAKING NEWS
Four NDFB(S) militants were apprehended in a joint operation by the army and Assam police from Gohpur near Assam Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur district on February 19, 2015. According to police sources the NDFB militants were rooming in the forest area in Gohpur sub division with arms last few days in the dense forest near […]
By Anirban Kalita on December 24, 2014
Assam, Assam police, Militant attack, NDFB, NDFB(S), Pallab Bhattacharya, Songbijit
BREAKING NEWS, HEADLINES

At least 48 civilians killed – when heavily armed militants launched simultaneous attacks on civilian settlers in four different locations spread in two Assam districts, Kokrajhar and Sonitpur – on Tuesday evening, December 23, 2014. The toll is likely to rise. Unconfirmed reports put the toll over 50. The Assam police claimed inputs about a likely attack […]
By Anirban Kalita on October 11, 2014
Anil Majumdar, Assam Medical College, Assam police, Crime Investigation Bureau, Dipmoni Saikia MBBS, Gauhati Central Jail, journalist Anil Majumdar, killing of journalist Anil Majumdar, Niranjan Deka, Sarita Toshniwal, Sarita Toshniwal Murder case
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The role of the Assam police’s Crime Investigation Bureau(CID) has often been questioned due to its delayed or incomplete investigations time and again. Questions have been asked about its internal corruption, political influences in decision making and misuse of power many a times. The same has been repeated in the case of murder of Sarita […]