Assam Police Commandos

These commandos may look like from the National Security Guards (NSG) by their tactical move to tackle a hostage situation, but they are the fresh batch of Assam's Black Panthers - the state's very own commando battalions of police force.

Videos have emerged of how the army's Assam Rifles troops rescued Manipur Police commandos pinned down by insurgents with heavy gunfire in an ambush on a highway, in a dramatic first-hand view of the daring rescue.

Assam Police Recruitment 2023: Within the police department, there are openings for sub-inspector of police (unarmed branch) with 144 vacancies and sub-inspector (armed branch) in Assam Commando Battalions with 51 vacancies.

Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta will no longer have the protection of the elite commandos of the National Security Guards (NSG), officials said. He has been downgraded to a security detail comprising commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Mr Mahanta, a senior leader of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and an MLA, who h...

When a picture of 25-year-old Shamsul Haq Mengnoo holding an AK-47 rifle went viral on social media in Kashmir on Sunday, shockwaves were felt all the way in Assam.

For the last four years, 26-year-old Bobby Baishya and her friends have been spending their mornings on martial art sessions. They are Veeranganas -- a 100-member all-women crack commando unit of the Assam police meant to provide safety to women in crowded urban areas.

In an overgrown field outside Manipur's capital, Basanta Nameirakpam points to the spot where his son, Nobo, lies buried. The 27-year-old was killed in an encounter by a joint team of Manipur police commandos and Assam Rifles in April, 2009. His cousin, Gobind, was also shot dead that evening. Ordinarily the two men would have been cremated, but th...

A hideout of the NDFB(S) was today busted in a joint operation by commandos of the Assam police and army men in the jungles of lower Assam's Kokrajhar district.

These commandos may look like from the National Security Guards (NSG) by their tactical move to tackle a hostage situation, but they are the fresh batch of Assam's Black Panthers - the state's very own commando battalions of police force.

Videos have emerged of how the army's Assam Rifles troops rescued Manipur Police commandos pinned down by insurgents with heavy gunfire in an ambush on a highway, in a dramatic first-hand view of the daring rescue.

Assam Police Recruitment 2023: Within the police department, there are openings for sub-inspector of police (unarmed branch) with 144 vacancies and sub-inspector (armed branch) in Assam Commando Battalions with 51 vacancies.

Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta will no longer have the protection of the elite commandos of the National Security Guards (NSG), officials said. He has been downgraded to a security detail comprising commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Mr Mahanta, a senior leader of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and an MLA, who h...

When a picture of 25-year-old Shamsul Haq Mengnoo holding an AK-47 rifle went viral on social media in Kashmir on Sunday, shockwaves were felt all the way in Assam.

For the last four years, 26-year-old Bobby Baishya and her friends have been spending their mornings on martial art sessions. They are Veeranganas -- a 100-member all-women crack commando unit of the Assam police meant to provide safety to women in crowded urban areas.

In an overgrown field outside Manipur's capital, Basanta Nameirakpam points to the spot where his son, Nobo, lies buried. The 27-year-old was killed in an encounter by a joint team of Manipur police commandos and Assam Rifles in April, 2009. His cousin, Gobind, was also shot dead that evening. Ordinarily the two men would have been cremated, but th...

A hideout of the NDFB(S) was today busted in a joint operation by commandos of the Assam police and army men in the jungles of lower Assam's Kokrajhar district.