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At least six policemen in India have died after police from two states fired at each other. The unusual incident happened along the border between Assam and Mizoram states in north-eastern India. Officials from both sides, including chief ministers, have accused each other of provoking violence. The firing incident follows months of simmering tensions over a […]
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck India’s rugged north-eastern state of Assam on Wednesday, causing cracks in the walls and floors of some structures. No immediate reports of injuries or casualties were reported. The quake hit at a depth of 34 km near the town of Dhekiajuli, 140 km north of the main city of […]
Indian officials successfully doused the blaze at the damaged gas well at Baghjan in the state of Assam on Sunday, after over five months of a blowout. The worst industrial disaster in took away the lives of three employees of the plant and injured dozens. The process to control the well by joint efforts of […]
At least 102 have died due to floods in the north-eastern state of India, Assam. Deaths were due to drowning, landslides and electrocution. As on Sunday, nearly 2.5 million people in 2,265 villages in 23 of the state’s 33 districts were still affected by floods. Goalpara was the worst affected district followed by Barpeta and Morigaon. […]
Massive floods in the eastern state of Assam in India has killed at least 59 people and displaced over 3 million people. Off the 33 districts in Assam 28 are reportedly flooded. Barpeta, is worst hit district where at least 550,000 people were affected by flooding. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in a […]
A video of students shouting slogans against coronavirus in Assam has gone viral on social media. It appears that the group of students were returning after enjoying a game of football and while marching on a field, exclaimed, “Coronavirus, go back.” The 29-second video has been made available online by a Twitter user Mrinal Talukdar. […]
The 65th annual Filmfare awards to honour and celebrate the finest talents of Bollywood were held at Guwahati, Assam on the night of February 15. The starry night saw an array of Bollywood actors including Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal and Kartik Aaryan to name […]
The data of the final citizens’ list in Assam, published last August, has vanished from the website of the state National Register of Citizens (NRC) where the data was published as mandated by the Supreme Court. The Union Home Ministry said the NRC data is safe and cited “some technical issue in visibility on cloud”. […]
Police have arrested six women for their alleged involvement to assault another woman by branding her as a witch in Assam’s Biswanath district. The incident took place at Diring tea garden area where some locals had allegedly assaulted a woman by branding her as a witch. Following the incident, police safely rescued the victim identified […]
Violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act triggered the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Canada to issue a travel advisories asking their citizens to “exercise caution” while travelling to India’s northeast. “Demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendment Bill are taking place in some parts of the country. There have been reports of violent protest […]
Transportation was severely disrupted in North East India due to ongoing violent protests in the region against the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Some 106 trains were cancelled or short terminated by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and dozens of flights were cancelled at Guwahati Airport. Thousands of passengers were left stranded. For the few flights and trains […]
Senior IPS officer Abdur Rahman resigned from the service in protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday. He said he took this decision in “civil disobedience”. Posting his resignation on Twitter, Rahman, a 1997-Batch IPS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, said, “I condemn this Bill. As a civil disobedience, I have decided not […]