Ex DGP of Punjab Kanwar Pal Singh Gill – known as KPS Gill – known for dominating militancy in Punjab – passed away following cardiac arrest in Delhi on May 25, 2017 afternoon. He was 82 years old at the time of death. Gill was suffering from end stage kidney failure and significant ischemic heart disease […]
![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 "Assam Govt Chief Secretary has limited scope to Censor Media – ULFA[I]")
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 […]
Director General of Police of Meghalaya, Dr S B Singh (IPS) has denied any probability of negotiation with militant outfits of the state, and said that the counter-insurgency operation will be continued. Dr Singh also said that militant outfit GNLA is cornered by counter-insurgency operation and the outfit is now little away from their end of […]
![Full text of ULFA[I] Chairman’s Open Letter to Dalai Lama](https://www.timesofassam.com/wp-content/themes/theme/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofassam.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F11%2FDr-Abhizeet-Asom-%40-Mooqool-Haazoriiqaa.jpg&q=90&w=795&h=470&zc=1 "Full text of ULFA[I] Chairman’s Open Letter to Dalai Lama")
To Dalai Lama Your Holiness Dalai Lama, It is with deepest of regret rather than welcoming to my homeland Assam with open arms, I am having to address you with disdain, being a sincere admirer of your scholarship. Your Holiness, Assam is of course not a strange place for you. I believe that, the day […]
The Night of 31st December has always been a dark and sad day for those in Assam who grew up with a feeling of Nationalism. It has been exactly 25 years today when Assam had lost one of its bravest and uncompromising sons, Captain Heerak Jyoti Mahanta the then Deputy C-in-C of ULFA. On the […]
Fourteen civilians have been killed after suspected NDFB militant opened fire at a weekly market at Balajan Tinali of Kokrajhar district. Security forces in the area have killed one of the militants. Fifteen civilians have been reported injured in the incident. One of the militants was also killed, with police recovering one AK-56 rifle from […]
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 […]
Apart from the hullabaloo over Sheena Borah murder case and elections in Assam, one important trend that needs to be pondered upon at the present time is the growing number of cases of defection in Indian politics and Assam politics specifically. Of late, there has been a wave of many prominent members joining Bharatiya Janata […]
‘Intolerance’ is on the rise in India. In the last couple of months, many noted litterateur, actors, retired judges and civil society members have expressed there concern on this growing sense of ‘intolerance’. Even, the President of India have on several occasion appealed for tolerance, which we believe proves that there is a growing sense […]
Many Assamese particularly those who have been supporting BJP and Narendra Modi, shared a post in Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday, where Modi extended his greetings on the occasion of Lachit Divas. Everything was fine. However, the so-called-patriotic Assamese for their love for Modi forgot for the time being, that Lachit Divas is observed every […]