Guwahati Blasts

A total of 15 people, including three women, have been arrested from across Assam in connection with the banned ULFA(I) "planting explosives at 24 locations to trigger serial blasts" on Independence Day.

A former student leader facing trial for his alleged role in an ULFA-triggered bomb blast in Guwahati has been awarded the gold medal by the Assam governor for topping his post-graduation examination, which he took from behind the bars.

A minor was killed in a blast at Kathakathini in Jagun area of upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday morning. The explosion is suspected to be a grenade blast, said police.

A man has been arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in the grenade blast near the Guwahati Central shopping mall on May 15, the police said.

A day after a grenade blast in Assam's Guwahati injured 12 persons, Guwahati Police on Thursday recovered huge amount of suspected explosive materials along with arms and ammunition from a house.

At least 12 people were injured in a grenade blast outside a busy shopping mall in Assam's Guwahati on Wednesday evening. The condition of two people is critical and all the injured have been admitted to three hospitals. Two Sashastra Seema Bal jawans are among the injured.

Four people were injured in an explosion on a footpath by the banks of the Brahmaputra river in central Guwahati this morning, the police said. The blast at Pan Bazaar, not very far from the local police station, led to a long traffic jam as hundreds of people were out at the market on a weekend ahead of Durga Puja.

A day ahead of Independence Day celebrations, an improvised explosive device was recovered today in front of the Makum Forest Training School in Upper Assam.

One of the injured in the powerful bomb blast near BJP office at Dudhnoi in lower Assam's Goalpara district succumbed to his wounds at a Guwahati Hospital, raising the death toll to three.

Four people, including a six-year-old girl, were injured in twin explosions in Guwahati's commercial hub Fancy Bazaar today.

Two blasts ripped through a train after it arrived at the Chennai train station this morning, killing a young woman and injuring 14 others. The woman was an employee of the Tata Consultancy Services.

At least 10 people were injured when militants triggered two blasts in Assam's Kamrup district on Monday evening, a day ahead of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's scheduled visit to the state, police said.

Suspected militants triggered two grenade blasts and two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered in Assam today, a day ahead of the 67th Independence Day. No injury or casualty was reported in the two blasts.

The ULFA led by Paresh Baruah was behind the grenade blast at Paltan Bazar in the heart of the city that left 15 people injured, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.

At least 15 persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a grenade blast this evening at the busy Paltan Bazar area near the railway station in Guwahati in Assam, the fifth such incident in the state in a week.

A total of 15 people, including three women, have been arrested from across Assam in connection with the banned ULFA(I) "planting explosives at 24 locations to trigger serial blasts" on Independence Day.

A former student leader facing trial for his alleged role in an ULFA-triggered bomb blast in Guwahati has been awarded the gold medal by the Assam governor for topping his post-graduation examination, which he took from behind the bars.

A minor was killed in a blast at Kathakathini in Jagun area of upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday morning. The explosion is suspected to be a grenade blast, said police.

A man has been arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in the grenade blast near the Guwahati Central shopping mall on May 15, the police said.

A day after a grenade blast in Assam's Guwahati injured 12 persons, Guwahati Police on Thursday recovered huge amount of suspected explosive materials along with arms and ammunition from a house.

At least 12 people were injured in a grenade blast outside a busy shopping mall in Assam's Guwahati on Wednesday evening. The condition of two people is critical and all the injured have been admitted to three hospitals. Two Sashastra Seema Bal jawans are among the injured.

Four people were injured in an explosion on a footpath by the banks of the Brahmaputra river in central Guwahati this morning, the police said. The blast at Pan Bazaar, not very far from the local police station, led to a long traffic jam as hundreds of people were out at the market on a weekend ahead of Durga Puja.

A day ahead of Independence Day celebrations, an improvised explosive device was recovered today in front of the Makum Forest Training School in Upper Assam.

One of the injured in the powerful bomb blast near BJP office at Dudhnoi in lower Assam's Goalpara district succumbed to his wounds at a Guwahati Hospital, raising the death toll to three.

Four people, including a six-year-old girl, were injured in twin explosions in Guwahati's commercial hub Fancy Bazaar today.

Two blasts ripped through a train after it arrived at the Chennai train station this morning, killing a young woman and injuring 14 others. The woman was an employee of the Tata Consultancy Services.

At least 10 people were injured when militants triggered two blasts in Assam's Kamrup district on Monday evening, a day ahead of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's scheduled visit to the state, police said.

Suspected militants triggered two grenade blasts and two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered in Assam today, a day ahead of the 67th Independence Day. No injury or casualty was reported in the two blasts.

The ULFA led by Paresh Baruah was behind the grenade blast at Paltan Bazar in the heart of the city that left 15 people injured, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.

At least 15 persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a grenade blast this evening at the busy Paltan Bazar area near the railway station in Guwahati in Assam, the fifth such incident in the state in a week.