In a rather proud moment for the 6th Battalion of Assam Rifles also known as the Khonsa Battalion, the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh – Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) today on 17th August awarded the said battalion of the prestigious security force with the Government’s Citation for their “conspicuous proficiency, elan, and sagacity in counter-insurgency operations”
Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family on Monday, August 15 received death threats over 8 anonymous phone calls that were made to Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Foundation’s Harkisandas Hospital situated in Mumbai's Girgaon area. The calls were made around 10:30am on a public telephone number of the hospital and at least eight such threatening calls were made within a short span of two hours, as per reports. The hospital authorities immediately informed the DB Marg police about the incident, and a case was registered against the same.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the 75th year of India’s Freedom by taking a rather strong stand against the secessionists forces in the state said that, “there is no question of Assam parting ways with India”.