Serial explosions in Assam; no casualty reported
Suspected ULFA-Independent militants conducted a series of five bomb blasts in Assam's Charaideo and Tinsukia districts on the morning of India's Independence Day. No casualties or injury was reported in any of the explosions, the police said. Notably, on August 5, 14 people were killed and over 20 injured by NDFB (Songbijit) insurgents at Balajan in Assam's Kokrajhar district.