<p>Guwahati: A cache of explosives buried in a jungle was recovered in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Saturday, even as security was tightened across the state for 76th Republic Day celebrations, police said.</p><p>The explosives, including five grenades and three detonators, were found wrapped in a polythene bag during a search operation, they said.</p><p>“On 25/1/2025, based on a reliable information regarding the secret storage of illegal arms and ammunitions buried underground in the jungle area near Khwbra village, Batashipur under Dhekiajuli Police Station, a search operation was conducted,” the Sonitpur Police said in a post on X.</p><p>“One of the grenades had damaged pin/lever. So it has been kept in a secured area under guard,” it police said, adding, the bomb disposal squad of the army is being contacted to dispose the explosives.</p><p>Meanwhile, security arrangements have been heightened throughout Assam to ensure peaceful and smooth Republic Day celebrations, police said.</p><p>Regular search of vehicles and patrolling are also underway.</p>.Two contractors dead in Germany after gas cylinder explosion at Bosch site.<p>Government railway police has been conducting intensive checking of trains, railway tracks, bridges and passenger belongings, in coordination with district police and railway police force, officials said.</p><p>Close vigil is being maintained on the waterways, too, including in Guwahati.</p><p>Special arrangements have been made at the Republic Day celebration venues, with Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya scheduled to unfurl the national flag in Guwahati on Sunday.</p><p>Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be unfurling the tricolour at Dibrugarh, while ministers and other official dignitaries will be attending the celebrations at different venues.</p><p>The state police was left red-faced last year, after the ULFA(I) claimed to have planted bombs in 24 locations across Assam to trigger serial blasts on Independence Day.</p><p>Police later unearthed "bomb-like substances" from at least 10 locations, including four in Guwahati.</p><p>The ULFA(I) and NSCN/GPRN has called for a “total strike” from midnight to 6 pm of Sunday, urging the people of Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to stay away from the Republic Day celebrations.</p>
<p>Guwahati: A cache of explosives buried in a jungle was recovered in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Saturday, even as security was tightened across the state for 76th Republic Day celebrations, police said.</p><p>The explosives, including five grenades and three detonators, were found wrapped in a polythene bag during a search operation, they said.</p><p>“On 25/1/2025, based on a reliable information regarding the secret storage of illegal arms and ammunitions buried underground in the jungle area near Khwbra village, Batashipur under Dhekiajuli Police Station, a search operation was conducted,” the Sonitpur Police said in a post on X.</p><p>“One of the grenades had damaged pin/lever. So it has been kept in a secured area under guard,” it police said, adding, the bomb disposal squad of the army is being contacted to dispose the explosives.</p><p>Meanwhile, security arrangements have been heightened throughout Assam to ensure peaceful and smooth Republic Day celebrations, police said.</p><p>Regular search of vehicles and patrolling are also underway.</p>.Two contractors dead in Germany after gas cylinder explosion at Bosch site.<p>Government railway police has been conducting intensive checking of trains, railway tracks, bridges and passenger belongings, in coordination with district police and railway police force, officials said.</p><p>Close vigil is being maintained on the waterways, too, including in Guwahati.</p><p>Special arrangements have been made at the Republic Day celebration venues, with Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya scheduled to unfurl the national flag in Guwahati on Sunday.</p><p>Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be unfurling the tricolour at Dibrugarh, while ministers and other official dignitaries will be attending the celebrations at different venues.</p><p>The state police was left red-faced last year, after the ULFA(I) claimed to have planted bombs in 24 locations across Assam to trigger serial blasts on Independence Day.</p><p>Police later unearthed "bomb-like substances" from at least 10 locations, including four in Guwahati.</p><p>The ULFA(I) and NSCN/GPRN has called for a “total strike” from midnight to 6 pm of Sunday, urging the people of Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to stay away from the Republic Day celebrations.</p>