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Himanta Biswa Sarma orders police to file criminal case, high-level probe in Brahmaputra boat capsize
• 4 years agoAfter visiting the accident site with senior officials, Sarma told reporters that as per the initial probe, mismanagement was found to be the prime reason for the accident
One dead, 33 missing after two boats collide in Assam: A look at some of India’s worst boat accidents
Fp Staff • 4 years agoBoat accidents are common in India, with many overcrowded boats not having safety equipment
Assam boat tragedy exposes safety lapses in India's inland water transport system
Fp Staff • 4 years agoLack of registered operators, poor implementation of rules and regulations and overcrowding on boats is endangering lives
Assam: One dead, 20 missing after two boats collide in Brahmaputra river; praying for their safety, says PM
Fp Staff • 4 years agoSeveral people are feared drowned after a ferry boat with 120 passengers capsized after colliding with another boat in Brahmaputra river in Assam's Jorhat on Wednesday
Assam declares total lockdown in 7 districts from tomorrow; what’s allowed and what’s not
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoAs per official notice, there will be a round-the-clock curfew in these selected districts as all commercial setups, restaurants and shops will remain shut
Out on two-day parole, MLA Akhil Gogoi leaves Guwahati for Jorhat to meet mother
• 4 years agoGogoi, who was arrested after anti-CAA protests broke out in Assam in December 2019, won the recent Assembly polls as an Independent candidate from Sivasagar
Assam Assembly election 2021, Jorhat profile: BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami defeated Congress' Rana Goswami in 2016
Fp Research • 5 years agoThe voter turnout in the Jorhat constituency in the 2016 election was 79.86 percent, while in the 2011 election, the polling percentage was 68.17 percent
Sessions court in Jorhat convicts 25 in connection with elderly doctor’s lynching in 2019
• 5 years agoThe angry mob, which had fatally attacked the senior medical officer, also vandalised a hospital following the death of a garden worker
Assam flood situation improves; 12 lakh in 22 districts still in grip of deluge, says govt
• 5 years agoThe State Disaster Response Force, district administrations and local people have rescued 46 people from different places during the last 24 hours by deploying 102 boats
Toll due to Assam floods, landslides rises to 123; Brahmaputra's water level expected to recede by Monday
Fp Staff • 5 years agoWhile 97 people died in flood-related incidents in Assam, 26 were killed in landslides. Goalpara continued to be the most affected district with 4.7 lakh people hit by the deluge