Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest. The blasts hit Nalbari town, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) west of Guwahati, the main city in restive Assam state. A police spokesman said the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which has been fighting for an independent homeland since 1979, was likely to be behind the explosions. Two senior... Read Full Story
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Medical staff carry a blast victim for treatment at Gauhati Medical College Hospital in Guwahati on November 22. Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India’s restive northeast on Sunday. (AP Photo) Guwahati, NOVEMBER 22 (AGENCIES): Two powerful explosions shook Nalbari town in Assam on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding at least 55, officials... Read Full Story
More than 30,000 refugees from ethnic clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have crossed the border into the Republic of Congo, aid agencies said on Friday. "Today, the figure is 30,600" refugees, said Rufin Mafouta, head of the office of Medecins d'Afrique (MDA - Doctors of Africa) carrying out relief work in cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). "There's been a massive influx in the past few days because the fighting has become far more intense" in the DR... Read Full Story
Bomb blasts 6 killed , wound 40 in Assam : Bombs hidden in bicycles exploded in front of a police station and a shopping complex in Nalbari town, about 70 km (43 miles) west of state capital Dispur, Jitmol Doley, a senior police officer told Reuters by telephone. Police said the separatist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was behind the blasts, but a senior rebel leader telephoned local newspaper offices and television stations to deny its involvement
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GUWAHATI: Three blasts rocked Nalbari district in Lower Assam on Sunday morning, in which five persons have reportedly been killed while another 30 have been injured.
The blasts took place at around 10:15 hours (local time) outside a police station in Nalbari district, police said. The bombs were planted on a parked bicycle, a police official added.
Police suspected militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to have carried out the explosions.
Nalbari district is about 70... Read Full Story
GUWAHATI: Twin Blasts Rock Assam’s Nalbari District; 4 dead, 25 injured , Two blasts rocked Nalbari district in Lower Assam on Sunday morning, in which four persons have reportedly been killed while another 25 have been injured.
The blasts took place at around 10:15 hours (local time) outside a police station in Nalbari district, police said. The bombs were planted on a parked bicycle, a police official added.
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Agartala, November 21 (Agencies): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in New Delhi Saturday and discussed ways to resolve the 12-year-old deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to Mizoram following the recent ethnic violence in the northeastern state, officials said. “Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram held an urgent meeting with... Read Full Story
Assam bomb blast, three blasts rock Assam, bomb blast in Assam ULFA militants suspected Three serial explosions went off in Nalbari district of Assam on Sunday morning, killing five people and leaving more than 50 injured.
The explosions went off in a span of 40 minutes.
The first bomb was kept on a parked bicycle near a police station and explod 1 Vote(s) Read Full Story
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Guwahati, November 21 (PTI): At least nine top ULFA militants have sneaked into Assam for conducting subversive activities targetting oil refineries and other vital installations on November 27 which the ultras observe as 'Black Day'. A posting in the Assam police website said the nine ultras recently sneaked into the state from Myanmar, Bhutan and Nagaland to carry out blasts in protest... Read Full Story
Suspected separatists blew up a fuel-laden train in India's restive northeast, causing a giant inferno that took 12 hours to control, police said Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the train of 48 wagons travelling from the Numaligarh Refinery caught fire late Monday in the state of Assam about 270 kilometres (167 miles) from state capital Guwahati. "It was initially thought the fire broke out after the train jumped rails. But now we believe it was due to a powerful explosion on the rail... Read Full Story
