Guwahati Explosions

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.

An explosion was heard near a military station in Assam's Jorhat district, a defence spokesperson in Guwahati said.

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 massive fire has engulfed a natural-gas producing well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, that has been leaking gas for the last 14 days. Sources say the fire, that began this afternoon, may spread to adjoining areas.

One suspected anti-talk ULFA(I) cadre was arrested on Thursday for planting two explosive devices in Assam capital Guwahati ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's day-long visit to Assam.

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.

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 suspicious object, suspected to be a bomb, was today recovered from a Silchar-bound parcel baggage in Guwahati railway station, GRP and police officials said.

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.

Ahead of the Independence Day on Monday, powerful explosives have been recovered that were meant to attack the LGB International Airport and other major areas of the city, police said today.

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

The Army has foiled a terror attack bid in Assam with the killing of a suspected terrorist of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation in an encounter, sources said.

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.

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.

A packet, suspected to be carrying explosives, recovered from the cargo section of a Guwahati-New Delhi Spice Jet aircraft, on Saturday created panic and delayed the flight at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Borjhar in Guwahati, police said.

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.

An explosion was heard near a military station in Assam's Jorhat district, a defence spokesperson in Guwahati said.

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 massive fire has engulfed a natural-gas producing well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, that has been leaking gas for the last 14 days. Sources say the fire, that began this afternoon, may spread to adjoining areas.

One suspected anti-talk ULFA(I) cadre was arrested on Thursday for planting two explosive devices in Assam capital Guwahati ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's day-long visit to Assam.

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.

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 suspicious object, suspected to be a bomb, was today recovered from a Silchar-bound parcel baggage in Guwahati railway station, GRP and police officials said.

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.

Ahead of the Independence Day on Monday, powerful explosives have been recovered that were meant to attack the LGB International Airport and other major areas of the city, police said today.

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

The Army has foiled a terror attack bid in Assam with the killing of a suspected terrorist of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation in an encounter, sources said.

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.

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.

A packet, suspected to be carrying explosives, recovered from the cargo section of a Guwahati-New Delhi Spice Jet aircraft, on Saturday created panic and delayed the flight at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Borjhar in Guwahati, police said.