Cop kills self with service rifle in Cachar

A CPI (Maoist) politburo member, wanted in several cases, was arrested from Silchar in Cachar district of Assam, police said today.

Silchar, May 5: The Cachar paper mill, a Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) enterprise, at Panchgram in Hailakandi district is afflicted by funds constraints.

Marking the winds of change, the Dima Hasao district in Assam (formerly called the North Cachar Hills) was deemed as a focus district by the Industries and Trade Fair Association of Assam (ITFAA) at the International Guwahati Trade Fair (IGTF) 2013 ...

Three persons have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and assault of a minor girl in Assam`s Cachar district, the police said Thursday.

Silchar, April 21: The Cachar district vigilance and monitoring committee will probe the Rs 1.43-crore zilla parishad scam in parallel to the present police investigation.

Silchar, April 25: The Cachar district administration has re-imposed night curfew along the border areas last evening to check influx into Cachar and Karimganj.

Law-enforcing agencies on Saturday seized contraband drugs worth Rs 16.15 crore from a truck in Assam's Cachar district. The truck was carrying automobile spare parts from New Delhi to Mizoram. An official said, "Personnel from the Assam taxation ...

Noted social activist Swami Agnivesh alleged that tea garden labourers of Cachar district in Assam were severely discriminated by the owners.

For the first time in over two decades, election to the autonomous council of Dima Hasao, one of the two hill districts in Assam, is going to be held in the absence of gun-toting rebels. Polls to the 28-member 11th North Cachar Hills Autonomous ...