Assam coal mine rescue op Day 2: Navy divers flown in from Vizag

A team of Navy, Army, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force personnel intensified their efforts to rescue the nine workers, trapped inside a mine in the Assam Coal......

Assam's eviction drive turns violent; 2 killed in police firing, 34 hurt

Two protesters were killed and 11 others were injured in police firing during a drive to evict alleged encroachers in Kamrup (Metropolitan) district of Assam on Thursday, a top police officer said.......

Prime accused in Assam rape case jumps into pond, dies

The prime accused in the rape of a minor girl allegedly escaped from police custody, jumped into a pond and died on Saturday morning at Dhing in Assam's Nagaon district, police said. IMAGE: The......

Retired Army officers to train Assam police, AFSPA to go by December

Retired army personnel will be appointed as additional superintendents of police to impart training to the police force in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Dergaon on Monday.......

Sprinter Hima Das takes oath as DSP in Assam

IMAGE: Hima Das revealed that she had dreamt of becoming a police officer when she was young. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Sarbananda Sonowal/Twitter Star sprinter Hima Das was, on Friday,......