Based on information provided by an arrested thief, the Guwahati police on sunday recovered cash worth Rs 13.29 lakh from a garbage dump at lower Assam's Barpeta district.

Police said the money was r

Four suspected Maoists were killed and a police constable was critically injured in an encounter between the two sides in a remote village in Assam's Tinsukia district on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-o

Search operations in Assam's boat tragedy at Dhubri continued for the eighth day today with the army, NDRF and BSF trying to trace of victims.

Police said no bodies were found either yesterday or to

A global workers association has blamed poor training, dangerous working practices and inadequate regulation for the deadly ferry accident in Assam. Seventy-one bodies were recovered so far and around

The Assam government on Friday put the official toll in Monday's ferry capsize in Brahmaputra river here at 35 and said 42 passengers were reported missing.

Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Kumud Chandra

Five more bodies were fished out of the Brahmaputra River here on Thursday morning, taking the death toll in Monday's ferry disaster to 113, even as the search for more bodies resumed after remaining

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday lamented the boat tragedy in Dhubri in which 250 people were feared drowned in the Brahmaputra and said the government would lay emphasis on development o

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each for next of kin of those killed in the Assam boat tragedy.

"An assistance of two lakh rupees has been announced fo

Assam government on Tuesday announced compensation for victims of the boat disaster in Dhubri district and said a new ferry service would be started in the area within a week to ensure that such trage

A team of 12 Army divers were on Tuesday flown to the ferry disaster site in Assam's Dhubri district who were taking part in the search operations together with Army engineers and soldiers with rescue