A near intact skeleton of what could be of a dinosaurus has been found in Assam's Chirang district, a senior forest official said. The six feet high skeleton was originally found on the bank of the Kuklung river by villagers of Nakrapatiguri when they went on a pilgrimage to a temple there on February 24, Divisional Forest Officer Brahmananda Patiri said. ...
08:44 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Sudhir Mishra's 'Inkaar' talks about sexual harassment at the workplace and word 'sex' has been used 262 times in it. ...
07:01 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Guwahati: Bodoland area in lower Assam witnessed fresh trouble with the killing of four persons by armed assailants in Jiaguri even as police arrested a member of Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District in connection with the killing. The assailants fired randomly on a group of persons at Jiaguri in Kokrajhar police station in which four persons were killed late last night, Inspector General of Police (BTAD) SN Singh said on Saturday....
10:21 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Guwahati: With violence dying down in lower Assam since it broke out on July 19, the administrations of Kokrajhar and Chirang districts, the worst-hit, have drawn up an action plan on confidence building measures. Peace meeting by committees comprising representatives of different communities, appeals to refugees to go home with the return of peace and a call to all political parties and organisations not to call bandhs, rallies road and...
11:29 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Chirang: The Assam riots at the end of last month left nearly 80 people dead and lakhs homeless. The real challenge now lies in rehabilitating those who were displaced. And helping them are young doctors, who assist the men, women and children afflicted with diseases in the camps. While children remain afflicted with diarrohea and fever, women suffer from leucorrhoea. There is also an alarming spike in cases of malaria,...
08:33 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Guwahati: There seems to be no end to the crisis in Assam as at least five people have been killed in fresh violence in the Chirang district of the state. Following the fresh violence, an indefinite curfew has been imposed in the Chirang district. With this incident, according to official figures, the total number of people killed in the violence in Assam has gone up to at least 85. Over...
07:27 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Guwahati: Normal life was affected in lower Assam districts on Thursday due to a day-long bandh called by a Muslim outfit to protest against the recent violence. Official sources said shops, schools, business establishment and financial institutions remained closed while there was less traffic on the national highway. Train movement, however, was not affected. The bandh has been called by new outfit Muslim Yuva Parishad. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi...
11:12 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Chirang: Tired, traumatised, malnourished and sick - the children of conflict in Assam's relief camps are living in constant fear. Five-year-old Phulmala is hopes to return to her village one day. She still has her house keys hung around her neck. She says she has been wearing the same frock for a month. "Our house is burnt. Our cattle is gone. We only get to eat rice and dal." The...
07:54 AM, Aug 23, 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
New Delhi: Assuring the people of Assam a foolproof security in the wake of fresh violence, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday said that the tension in the northeast state started after the killing of four Bodo youth. Making a suo moto statement on the Assam violence in Parliament, Shinde said that a special investigation team has been set up by the state police for investigating the killings. As...
06:01 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Kokrajhar: Fresh violence in Assam has threatened to break the delicate calm which has been prevailing in Kokrajhar and adjoining districts for the past two weeks following communal clashes. The killing of 7 people within 48 hours has triggered fears of a backlash, ruining all efforts of relief and rehabilitation. The 2 week long violence in Lower Assam has left over 70 dead, rendering more than 4 lakh homeless. It...
07:13 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Kokrajhar: Three people were shot dead near riot-affected Kokrajhar region of Assam on Monday night, in the second such incident in two days. Police and para-military forces were rushed to the affected areas. On Sunday, four people were killed in a similar act of violence, ending ten days of relative calm in the region. Three bodies with bullet injuries were recovered from Chirang while one from Kokrajhar. Lower Assam has...
08:38 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Guwahati: In a fresh violence that broke out in parts of lower Assam, five persons have been killed in Kokrajhar pushing the overall toll to 61 on Sunday. Three bodies bearing bullet wounds were found in Chirang and two from Kokrajhar district, where one person is reported missing, police said. Chirang Superintendent of Police Kumar Sanjiv Krishna said the three - father and his two sons - had left the...
05:31 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Kokrajhar: While the death toll in the ethnic violence in Assam went up to 44, the blame game within the political arena was on. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi defended his government against allegations that it was slow to react to the rioting, and failed to anticipate the violence. He said a reduction in Central forces has made his task tougher. Gogoi also ruled out resignation, saying that his resignation...
06:01 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Kokrajhar: While the death toll in the ethnic violence in Assam went up to 58, the blame game within the political arena was on. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi defended his government against allegations that it was slow to react to the rioting, and failed to anticipate the violence. He said a reduction in Central forces has made his task tougher. Gogoi also ruled out resignation, saying that his resignation...
03:27 PM, Jul 27, 2012
