A large number of labourers of two tea estates of Golaghat and Jorhat districts had fallen ill after drinking spurious liquor on Thursday night.
The banned outfit ambushed an army vehicle with a powerful bomb near remote Asomiyagaon village.
The ULFA had warned of attacks on Congressmen in the run-up to the forthcoming panchayat body elections in the state. The police, however, haven't ruled out the possibility of suicide, as the Congress leader was not given a party ticket to contest the polls this time.
They were protesting the killing of a youngster by the army.
The fire raging in an oil well of Oil India Ltd in Assam's Dibrugarh district continued for the fifth day on Monday as experts remained engaged in an unprecedented operation to douse the flames within a week's time.
A major fire broke out in an abandoned oil well of Oil India Ltd at Kuhibari near Dikon in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Thursday causing more than 500 families and hundreds of tea workers to be evacuated to safer places.
The incident has come just when there were reports of cooling off of violent clashes between local Assamese and Bihari migrants.
One person died and 27 others were injured in a blast at a market place in the Rajgarh town of Dibrugarh district in Assam on Sunday evening, police said.
The blast took place in Paradise cinema hall in the heart of Tinsukia town just as the audience were entering for the matinee show at 1300 IST.
After several delays, it will be completed by Jan 2017.
This is the fourth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 28,000.
Militancy connected with jihad and north-east insurgency will be the focus of discussions when top ranking officials from state police and central police forces will meet in Guwahati on November 29 and 30.
Chabua is a key base of the IAF and it has the latest airplanes including the Sukhoi-30 MKi and Chetak helicopters.
A day after total shutdown in Assam to protest against the CAB, fresh protests erupted in the state and neighbouring Tripura and other parts of the nation.
R0 values, or the average number of infections expected to be caused by a Covid carrier, vary between states, and have not stabilised. While unlocking, it would be wise to look at these variations, advises Atanu Biswas.
A bomb was recovered on Monday from an unclaimed bag in a train just days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Assam
The tragedy had struck the tea gardens of the twin districts of Golaghat and Jorhat after a large number of their workers consumed the spurious liquor on Thursday night.
The flood situation remained critical in Assam with 30 more villages reeling under water on Tuesday, taking the total number of affected people in this season to around 1.1 lakh in 11 districts.
Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.
Students' organisations and political parties are participating in the bandh to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there.
Sonowal said the judgement is a reflection of India's democratic values where human rights and fairness are respected.
Defence PRO said that the forces have managed to restore normalcy in the areas they were deployed and have been continuously working to aid the civil administration.
In the wake of the recovery of a powerful improvised explosive device from a passenger train ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Guwahati in Assam on November 29, security agencies have been forced to embark on a detailed inspection of all the vulnerable locations including those frequented by VIPs.
As round one of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election began in 91 constituencies across the length and breadth of India, from the hills of Kashmir to the islands of Andaman and Nicobar, reports of unrest and irregularities cast shadows over the world's biggest poll process.
The army, SDRF and NDRF are assisting the district administrations in evacuating the affected population to safer places, the authority said.
Sonowal's name as the party's face came as no surprise as he came with a clean image and no baggage and enjoyed the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
There were about 290 bandhs, blockades called by numerous organisations during fiscal 2012-13.
'The prime minister expressed concern and assured all possible help to the state,' CMO said.
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