Sonitpur

With Citizenship Act protests refusing to die in Assam, Centre deploys eight columns of Indian Army, Assam Rifles

A total of eight columns of the Army and Assam Rifles have been deployed in Assam, including capital Guwahati to control the ongoing violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill and the amended Citizenship Act

Anti-CAB protests in Assam: Curfew imposed in Guwahati; mobile internet services suspended in 10 districts after thousands take to streets

A day after a total shutdown in Assam to protest against the CAB, fresh protests erupted in the state on Wednesday while the legislation was being debated in the Rajya Sabha.

Woman in Assam's Sonitpur commits 'suicide' following rumours of her exclusion from NRC; district administration rubbishes report

A woman in Assam's Sonitpur district allegedly committed suicide following rumours that her name was not in the updated final National Register of Citizens.

World Elephant Day: Pitted against humans, pachyderms in Assam battle insensitive crowd, constraints of tiny living space

Assam is no stranger to the sad syndrome where the fight for supremacy often ends with either the death of human beings or elephants.

Four more dead in Assam due to floods as toll rises to 86 since onset of monsoon; over 1,300 villages still deluge-hit

Four more people died on Monday due to floods in Assam, mounting the toll to 86 this monsoon season.

Monsoon kills dozens in North India, North East; lakhs affected in Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura

In Bihar, the flood situation turned grim on Sunday with the death of four people as around 18 lakh were affected in nine districts of the state

Assam floods: Toll rises to 11 as situation worsens; 26.5 lakh affected across 28 districts

The flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday with the death toll rising to 11 and affecting nearly 26.5 lakh people across 28 districts.

Harsh Vardhan dispatches central team to Assam to probe Japanese Encephalitis cases, says he is 'closely monitoring' situation

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday dispatched a central team to review health situation in Assam after Japanese Encephalitis cases reported in the state

Mob in Assam ties, tortures differently-abled woman on suspicion of being child-lifter; victim taken to hospital

Locals and personnel from the Village Defence Party tried to stop the mob and alerted the police immediately, said the SP.

Assam flood situation worsens; one drowns, 40,000 people affected in Sonitpur

After showing signs of improvement in the past one week, the flood situation in Assam worsened suddenly on Sunday because of heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh.