Assam Rifle Office

With their heads tonsured and cigarette burns on bodies, two teenage boys returned home in Mizoram after being held captive by militants in adjoining Myanmar's Chin state for nearly a week, an Assam Rifles officer said on Sunday.

The Assam Rifles has maintained a neutral stance since ethnic violence began in Manipur in May 2023, the dual-role force's Director General Lieutenant General PC Nair has said.

At least 151 Myanmarese soldiers fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after their camps in the neighbouring country were overrun by an armed ethnic group, an Assam Rifles officer said on Saturday.

As Army officer has said that the Assam Rifles guarding the 1,643-km Myanmar border has been given clear instructions to allow entry not only to villagers seeking refuge from the fighting in the country but even to Myanmar army personnel.

Fixed deposits worth Rs 2.22 crore of an officer of paramilitary force Assam Rifles have been attached under the anti-money laundering law as part of an alleged disproportionate assets case probe against him, the ED said on Wednesday.

An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, Colonel Viplav Tripathy, had gone to a forward camp.

Three Assam Rifles personnel have been arrested in Dibrugarhalong with a civilian for their involvement with a drug trafficking racket, and heroin worth over Rs 1 crore recovered, a senior police officer said on Friday.

A mob led by members of a students' body on Friday set ablaze several government offices and ransacked a police station in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh to protest against filing of nomination papers by former Assam Rifles personnel living there for decades in panchayat election, an official said.

The 70th Republic Day parade will be a dazzling display of ''Nari Shakti'' (woman power) with an all-women Assam Rifles contingent in the lead and a woman officer performing bike stunts on Rajpath as part of an iconic daredevil team.

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.

The blasts took place near Akhegwo village when a road opening party of the paramilitary force was providing security for the passage of an Assam Rifles convoy at 3 pm yesterday, an Assam Rifles officer said.

Three terrorists of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and a Territorial Army Major were killed in an encounter in Nagaland's Mon district, a defence spokesman said today.

The centre has warned retired police officers who continue to retain personnel and official vehicles even after superannuation, saying they must surrender such privileges immediately else action would be initiated against them.

Six personnel including an officer of the Assam Rifles have been killed in an encounter with terrorists in Manipur's Chandel district.

A senior army officer and 8 of his men from 39 Assam Rifles were arrested today for allegedly stealing smuggled gold bars in Mizoram. The alleged smuggler, whom they had allowed to go, had filed the complaint with the police.

With their heads tonsured and cigarette burns on bodies, two teenage boys returned home in Mizoram after being held captive by militants in adjoining Myanmar's Chin state for nearly a week, an Assam Rifles officer said on Sunday.

The Assam Rifles has maintained a neutral stance since ethnic violence began in Manipur in May 2023, the dual-role force's Director General Lieutenant General PC Nair has said.

At least 151 Myanmarese soldiers fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after their camps in the neighbouring country were overrun by an armed ethnic group, an Assam Rifles officer said on Saturday.

As Army officer has said that the Assam Rifles guarding the 1,643-km Myanmar border has been given clear instructions to allow entry not only to villagers seeking refuge from the fighting in the country but even to Myanmar army personnel.

Fixed deposits worth Rs 2.22 crore of an officer of paramilitary force Assam Rifles have been attached under the anti-money laundering law as part of an alleged disproportionate assets case probe against him, the ED said on Wednesday.

An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, Colonel Viplav Tripathy, had gone to a forward camp.

Three Assam Rifles personnel have been arrested in Dibrugarhalong with a civilian for their involvement with a drug trafficking racket, and heroin worth over Rs 1 crore recovered, a senior police officer said on Friday.

A mob led by members of a students' body on Friday set ablaze several government offices and ransacked a police station in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh to protest against filing of nomination papers by former Assam Rifles personnel living there for decades in panchayat election, an official said.

The 70th Republic Day parade will be a dazzling display of ''Nari Shakti'' (woman power) with an all-women Assam Rifles contingent in the lead and a woman officer performing bike stunts on Rajpath as part of an iconic daredevil team.

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.

The blasts took place near Akhegwo village when a road opening party of the paramilitary force was providing security for the passage of an Assam Rifles convoy at 3 pm yesterday, an Assam Rifles officer said.

Three terrorists of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and a Territorial Army Major were killed in an encounter in Nagaland's Mon district, a defence spokesman said today.

The centre has warned retired police officers who continue to retain personnel and official vehicles even after superannuation, saying they must surrender such privileges immediately else action would be initiated against them.

Six personnel including an officer of the Assam Rifles have been killed in an encounter with terrorists in Manipur's Chandel district.

A senior army officer and 8 of his men from 39 Assam Rifles were arrested today for allegedly stealing smuggled gold bars in Mizoram. The alleged smuggler, whom they had allowed to go, had filed the complaint with the police.