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Floods wreak havoc in Assam, 200,000 displacedFlash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Assam have displaced an estimated 200,000 people in the past two days with the state government sounding an alert as more than 300 villages.Friday, July 03, 2009 15:20 [IST]
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Christians assaulted on Assam islandA group of people, allegedly Hindu activists, attacked a party of Christians including priests and nuns on Majuli island in Jorhat district in Assam Jan 24, church officials Monday said.Monday, February 02, 2009 17:34 [IST]
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On this Bihu too, no bonfire in this Assam villageAs Assamese people celebrated the Bhogali Bihu yesterday with feasts and revelry, the residents of this desolate village in Upper Assam's Jorhat dist did not light the traditional bonfire this year.Thursday, January 15, 2009 09:58 [IST]
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Pregnant leoprad captured in varsity campusA pregnant leopard which had virtually laid seige to the Assam Agricultural University here in Assam's Jorhat district was captured alive today.Saturday, January 10, 2009 13:12 [IST]
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Security guard from Assam arrestedFour months after diamond jewellery worth Rs 10.50 lakh was robbed from a store here, a security guard hailing from Assam has been arrested in this connection.Wednesday, December 31, 2008 18:38 [IST]
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Five, Nagaland MLA, injured in collisionFive persons, including a mla from Nagaland, were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a car and a truck in Assam's Jorhat district today, police said.Tuesday, November 18, 2008 18:32 [IST]
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Leopard injures Assam tea labourersA leopard today injured two workers of a tea garden in upper Assam's Jorhat district.Thursday, November 06, 2008 18:11 [IST]
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'Shortage of doctors biggest healthcare challenge'JORHAT (Assam): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that a shortage of doctors and nurses was the biggest hurdle to providing adequate healthcare for Indians.Monday, August 25, 2008 19:06 [IST]
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Assam: PM stresses on urgent growth in health carePM Manmohan Singh today said one of the major challenges facing the country was to provide adequate health care facilities and address the shortage of trained medical personnel.Monday, August 25, 2008 15:57 [IST]