Assam blasts: Main accused Daimary gets bail

An army jawan was killed in an encounter with suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants in Assam's Sonitpur district on Wednesday, officials said. Troops on patrol were fired upon by the militants in Chariduar area of the district bordering Arunachal Pradesh and a jawan was killed in the encounter which followed, they said. The slain jawan has been identified as Raju Kumar of 7 Bihar Regiment. One of the militants was caught while the others fled, officials said.

Kokrajhar, March 25: The National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit faction) is on a campaign to protect forest and wildlife and has banned felling of trees and other illegal activities inside the reserve forest.

In Assam,security forces have apprehended today 15 cadres of banned outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland,NDFB (Sangbijit faction) in Sivsagar district.State Law and Order IGP S N Singh said that acting on tip off, police arrested all of them at ...

Kokrajhar, March 26: A joint team from the National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive) and the People's Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement met Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in New Delhi today.

Paidi Raju of Visakhapatnam, the 26-year-old civil engineer, who was abducted by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland on February 15 was released by them early on Wednesday on the outskirts of Tamulpur village in Baksa district of Assam.

GUWAHATI, May 13 - The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Progressive), the Indigenous Tribal Peoples Front (ITPF) and the Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha (ASM) have termed as "unconstitutional" any proposal to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on ...

An Assam court Thursday granted bail to chief of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Ranjan Daimary in connection with the Oct 30, 2008, serial bombings that killed over 100 people and injured over 500 others.The Kamrup district sessions court ...

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