Assam
Rhino left bleeding succumbs, fifth death in three days
A rhino, left bleeding by poachers who removed its horn, succumbed to its injuries on Friday taking the number of total pachyderm deaths to five during the last three days in the Kaziranga National Pa
Indefinite curfew in Dima Hasao district in Assam
At least ten persons were injured, some of them seriously, as police resorted to blank fire on bandh supporters even as the Dima Hasao district administration clamped indefinite curfew in the district
Four rhinos killed in KNP, Assam asks for CBI inquiry
Four rhinoceros have been brutally killed by poachers in flood-hit Kaziranga National Park (KNP) since Tuesday, including one on Thursday, prompting an alarmed Assam government to ask for a CBI inquir
Poachers shoot at rhino, take away horn in Kaziranga
A female rhino of Kaziranga National Park was shot at and its horn and ear cut off by poachers in upper Assam's Golaghat district on Wednesday morning, while people blocked NH-37 in protest.
The poa
One killed in Dima Hasao blast in Assam
One person was killed in a powerful bomb blast at Donganraji in central Assam's Dima Hasao district early on Tuesday morning.
The improvised explosive devise (IED) went off at 1 am in the Umrangso m
Flood claims 9 lives in Assam
The flood situation in Assam on Monday worsened with the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continuing to rise leaving nine persons dead and rendering 10 lakh people homeless in 16 districts.
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Blast rocks Sibsagar in Assam
One person was killed and seven others were injured when a blast rocked this town in Assam on Monday night.
Police said the blast, suspected to be caused by an IED, was triggered between Central Mar
No genuine Indian will be harassed: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that no genuine Indian citizen will be harassed in the name of being a foreigner and accused the BJP and the state's main Opposition AUDF of trying to divide the society.
Illiteracy leading to high birth rate among Muslims: Gogoi
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday dismissed the suggestion that illegal migration from Bangladesh has led to high growth of Muslim population in the state but blamed illiteracy for the high birth rate among the community.
Use of social media to inflame communal tension worrying: PM
Voicing concern over deterioration of the communal situation in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the use of social media and other mode of communication to aggravate such
