Officials say top Indian rebel arrested, reportedly in Bangladesh

Officials: Top Indian rebel arrested

GAUHATI, India — The commander of a powerful rebel movement in India’s remote northeast was arrested along with a top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already crippled by a string of arrests.

Officials say of powerful Indian rebel movement, ULFA, has surrendered with top deputy

Officials: Top Indian rebel surrenders

GAUHATI, India — The commander of a powerful rebel movement in India’s remote northeast was arrested along with a top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already crippled by a string of arrests.

2 bomb blasts in India’s restive northeast leave 7 people dead, 52 others wounded

2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India

3 bomb blasts in India’s restive northeast leave 5 people dead, 25 others wounded

3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India

Indian police: Separatist rebels shoot and kill 11 in insurgency-hit northeast

GAUHATI, India — Separatist rebels shot and killed 11 villagers and wounded 12 others in India’s insurgency-wracked northeastern state of Assam, police said Monday.

Rescuers search for survivors after quake in mountainous Bhutan kills at least 12

GAUHATI, India — Rescue workers fanned out across eastern Bhutan on Tuesday, one day after an earthquake shook the tiny, isolated Himalayan nation and killed at least 12 people, officials and a state-run daily said.

Earthquake kills at least 11 in remote, mountainous Bhutan, shakes northeast India

GAUHATI, India — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the remote mountain nation of Bhutan on Monday, killing at least 11 people, damaging an ancient monastery and forcing hundreds to flee, officials said. At least 15 people were also injured.

Earthquake kills at least 7 in remote, mountainous Bhutan

GAUHATI, India — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the remote mountain nation of Bhutan on Monday, killing at least seven people when their houses collapsed and damaging buildings across the region, officials said.

Strong earthquake shakes Bhutan and India’s northeast, unclear if any injuries

GAUHATI, India — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the remote mountain nation of Bhutan and India’s northeastern Assam state Monday, sending people running into the streets and damaging schools and homes, officials said. There were no early reports of injuries.

Suspected separatists kill family of 4 migrant workers in India’s northeast, say police

GAUHATI, India — Suspected militants used automatic weapons and machetes to kill a family of four migrant workers Tuesday in India’s insurgency-hit northeast.

Wild elephants trample 5 villagers to death in India

GAUHATI, India — Wild elephants demolished two thatched-roof huts, killing five villagers in a pre-dawn attack Friday in India’s remote northeast, an official said.