Suspected ULFA militants on Saturday night set off eight IED blasts in a space of 90 minutes targeting the house of an AIDUF MLA and crowded markets in Assam's Goalpara and Dhubri districts but there was no immediate report of casualty or injury, police sources said. ULFA, along with some other insurgents group, gave a call for boycotting the Republic Day celebrations. ...
10:29 AM, Jan 27, 2013
Dhubri: Shoot-at-sight order has been issued on Sunday night in lower Assam's trouble-torn Dhubri town after a house was set on fire in the Indira Gandhi Road area even as indefinite curfew is on in Dhubri, official sources said. District Deputy Commissioner Kumud Chandra Kalita said that the order was issued after tension prevailed after a house was set ablaze by unidentified persons around 9.30 pm. "A panic situation was...
12:01 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Guwahati: Two persons, including a CRPF man, were killed on Saturday night as an explosion hit Guwahati and a communal clash erupted in Assams Dhubri town where indefinite curfew was clamped. Unidentified persons set off an IED targeting CRPF personnel near the Assam State Transport Corporation ticket counter adjacent to the Paltan Bazar police station in Guwahati at 7:45 pm, police sources said. Kamrup (Metro) District Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Agnihotry...
09:12 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Dhubri/Kokrajhar: Fresh incidents of violence on Sunday rocked strife-torn Lower Assam districts leaving one person dead in Dhubri and two injured in Kokrajhar even as protestors blocked a national highway in the state. Police said that a body with injury marks was found in Sukhanjora village under the Bogribari police station area in Dhubri district on Sunday morning, taking the toll in the violence since July 19 to 87. The...
05:57 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is to send a seven-member team to the violence affected districts of Assam on Tuesday. The team will be in the region for three days to assist the state government in its rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Nearly 76 people were killed and over five lakh rendered homeless in the week-long violence between Bodo tribal groups and Muslims in the lower regions of Assam, including Kokrajhar, Chirang...
08:39 AM, Aug 21, 2012
An uneasy calm prevails amongst the relief camps of Assam as people have no other option but to stay put on Eid amidst tight security. ...
12:16 PM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: As the nation celebrates Eid on Monday, riot-hit Assam is on high alert. Security has been stepped up across the state, especially in the sensitive districts of Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang that witnessed a spate of clashes between the Bodo tribal groups and Muslims at the end of last month. While the actual reason for the sudden breakout of violence in the lower regions of Assam is unknown,...
06:56 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Guwahati: Curfew in the Rangiya sub-division of Kamrup Rural district was relaxed on Friday as no incident of fresh violence was reported from any part of Assam. "Curfew has been relaxed in Rangiya from 9 am to 3 pm. The situation is under control," Assam Inspector General of Police (Law & Order) LR Bishnoi told PTI. He said police and security forces are maintaining a strict vigil in Rangiya, as...
11:55 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Independent India turns 65 but there is not much to celebrate for at least four lakh people living in relief camps in Assam's Kokhrajar and Dhubri districts. ...
05:59 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Guwahati: The continuing violence in lower Assam has once again brought to the fore the illegal migration and its impact on the socioeconomic situation in the state, which had witnessed prolonged unrest on the explosive issue back in the 80s. Seventy-seven people have lost their lives in the sporadic clashes between Bodos and Muslims in BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts) and Dhubri district in the last fortnight as Assam Chief...
12:32 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Guwahati: The Army has staged flag marches in the four violence-hit districts of Assam on Wednesday even as the death toll reached 38 after five people were gunned down on Tuesday after shoot-at-sight orders were issued. Over 80,000 people have fled their homes and are staying in relief camps following the communal violence that has engulfed Chirang, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Dhubri districts of Assam. Sources say two officials from the...
04:31 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Guwahati: They are the only means of transport between the North and South banks of the Brahmaputra in Dhubri in Assam but these flimsy, ageing and overcrowded boats are also omens of impending tragedy, like the one that happened just two days ago. "In this accident an entire family of nine got swept away," says a resident. But for locals there is often no other lifeline to civilisation. "We have...
10:13 PM, May 02, 2012
Guwahati: It has been over 36 hours since the tragic accident in Dhubri in Assam. By Tuesday morning, 103 were confirmed dead. From then on, there has been no recovery of any more bodies, as bad weather continues to hamper rescue operations at the site. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit the accident site on Wednesday at 2 pm. Rahul will be accompanied by Chief Minister Tarun...
09:34 AM, May 02, 2012
Dhubri: More than 100 people have been found dead and the death toll from the boat accident in the Brahmaputra River in Assam's Dhubri continues to rise. As rescue teams searched for survivors, the families of those who died and those who were missing were inconsolable. A day after the ferry capsized, very few bodies have been recovered. There is no clarity on the number of people dead. While there...
09:08 PM, May 01, 2012
Guwahati: In one of the worst boat tragedies in Assam, 100 people, including women and children, drowned and over 100 went missing when a packed steamer carrying over 300 passengers sank in the Brahmaputra river after being caught in a severe storm midstream in Dhubri district of Assam on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Kumud Chandra Kalita said the bodies of 100 victims were recovered by the BSF and the National Disaster...
11:10 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Guwahati: At least 35 people were drowned and many more were missing when a boat carrying 250 people capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district on Monday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed condolence and ordered all possible assistance in relief operations. Reports said that three army columns including two medicals teams are involved in the rescue operation. According to reports, it was one of the worst ferry disasters...
08:30 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: A ferry carrying about 200 people on Monday capsized in the middle of Brhmaputra river near Dhubri in Assam. Sources said that many people are reported missing. Army and BSF teams have been called in for rescue operation. However, there was no confirmation of the death toll yet. ...
07:30 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Guwahati: An alert has been sounded across Assam following detection of bird flu virus in Dhubri district, a top police official said on Saturday. A Bhopal-based forensic laboratory confirmed that the samples sent to it for testing was positive and the district administration has taken steps for immediate culling of birds in 14 villages in Agomoni area of the district, Deputy Commissioner Sunil Dutta said. The target includes the culling...
12:43 PM, Sep 20, 2011
