Cachar District

A 12-year-old girl was allegedly dragged from her home to a paddy field and sexually assaulted by her uncle in Assam's Cachar district on Sunday evening.

The police in Assam have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 9 crore and arrested a drug peddler from the state's Cachar district, an official said on Sunday.

The parents of three "insurgents" from the Hmar tribes killed in an encounter in Assam's Cachar district have filed a police complaint alleging they were innocent and were killed in police custody.

Three Hmar insurgents were killed and several police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Assam's Cachar district on Wednesday, officials said.

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

Jiribam violence: In the wake of fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam district, Assam on Sunday intensified security measures along its interstate border, particularly in the Lakhipur area of Cachar district.

Police seized 1.90 kg of heroin worth Rs 9.5 crore and apprehended six drug peddlers in two separate operations in Assam's Cachar district, an official said.

The BJP has retained power in Assam's North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), with the saffron party bagging 25 seats in the 30-member governing body in Dima Hasao district, officials said on Friday.

A vehicle pile-up in senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi's convoy in Assam's Cachar district injured several party workers on Tuesday, police said.

At least eight rare animals, including a black macaque and gorillas, were rescued in Assam's Cachar district on Monday, police sources have said.

NIT Silchar suicide: Students at the National Institute of Technology at Silchar in Cachar district of Assam on Friday night clashed with the police during an aggressive protest after the death of one of their fellow students at the college hostel.

A 43-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Cachar district BJP office in Assam, police said on Thursday.

A day after an 11-year-old student was allegedly murdered inside a madarsa in Assam's Cachar district, the police claimed to have cracked the case and arrested a teacher. Police sources said he confessed to the crime after hours of interrogation.

Drugs worth Rs 45 crore have been seized in Assam's Cachar district and three members of an inter-state gang were arrested, one of whom was injured in police firing while allegedly trying to flee from custody, police said on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 people from Manipur's Jiribam district and surrounding areas have crossed the inter-state border to enter Assam's Cachar district, following violence in the neighbouring state, officials said on Saturday.

A 12-year-old girl was allegedly dragged from her home to a paddy field and sexually assaulted by her uncle in Assam's Cachar district on Sunday evening.

The police in Assam have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 9 crore and arrested a drug peddler from the state's Cachar district, an official said on Sunday.

The parents of three "insurgents" from the Hmar tribes killed in an encounter in Assam's Cachar district have filed a police complaint alleging they were innocent and were killed in police custody.

Three Hmar insurgents were killed and several police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Assam's Cachar district on Wednesday, officials said.

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

Jiribam violence: In the wake of fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam district, Assam on Sunday intensified security measures along its interstate border, particularly in the Lakhipur area of Cachar district.

Police seized 1.90 kg of heroin worth Rs 9.5 crore and apprehended six drug peddlers in two separate operations in Assam's Cachar district, an official said.

The BJP has retained power in Assam's North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), with the saffron party bagging 25 seats in the 30-member governing body in Dima Hasao district, officials said on Friday.

A vehicle pile-up in senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi's convoy in Assam's Cachar district injured several party workers on Tuesday, police said.

At least eight rare animals, including a black macaque and gorillas, were rescued in Assam's Cachar district on Monday, police sources have said.

NIT Silchar suicide: Students at the National Institute of Technology at Silchar in Cachar district of Assam on Friday night clashed with the police during an aggressive protest after the death of one of their fellow students at the college hostel.

A 43-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Cachar district BJP office in Assam, police said on Thursday.

A day after an 11-year-old student was allegedly murdered inside a madarsa in Assam's Cachar district, the police claimed to have cracked the case and arrested a teacher. Police sources said he confessed to the crime after hours of interrogation.

Drugs worth Rs 45 crore have been seized in Assam's Cachar district and three members of an inter-state gang were arrested, one of whom was injured in police firing while allegedly trying to flee from custody, police said on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 people from Manipur's Jiribam district and surrounding areas have crossed the inter-state border to enter Assam's Cachar district, following violence in the neighbouring state, officials said on Saturday.