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Barpeta man rapes 13-yr-old girl on way home after tuition; mob burns his house

In her statement, the girl said the 60-year-old man allegedly spotted her passing by his locality, gagged her and forcibly took her home where he raped her. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

india news

Published on Jan 08, 2026 06:01 pm IST

Crackdown on illegal immigrants: Most Lucknow slum dwellers under scrutiny claim Assam roots

Teams from Lucknow Police’s five zones and the LMC have been conducting door-to-door surveys in informal settlements of the city. (Sourced)

lucknow news

Published on Dec 14, 2025 05:18 am IST

Assam: Barpeta court awards death sentence to man for killing wife, daughter in 2023

The convict was charged under Sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to police records. (Representative photo)

india news

Published on Oct 22, 2025 09:32 pm IST

Assam crackdown on ‘foreigners’ triggers frantic search by family members to trace their whereabouts

india news

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 09:50 pm IST

Assam to develop historical sites linked with Vaishnav saint in phased manner: Himanta

india news

Published on Mar 14, 2025 08:40 pm IST

Three including minor and woman killed in hit-and-run case in Assam

(Representative Photo)

india news

Published on Mar 31, 2024 01:10 pm IST

Three suspected poachers with tiger skins, bones arrested in Assam

(Representative Photo)

others

Updated on Apr 30, 2023 08:08 pm IST

Death toll in Assam floods cross 100; nearly 25 lakh still affected

As on Sunday, nearly 25 lakh people in 2265 villages in 23 of the state’s 33 districts were still affected by floods. Goalpara (4.70 lakh) was the worst affected district followed by Barpeta (3.95 lakh) and Morigaon (3.33 lakh).

india news

Updated on Jul 26, 2020 08:04 pm IST

Assam flood situation continues to be grim; Centre assures Rs 346 crore as relief

Children walk past cattle on an embankment in a flooded area in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam.

india news

Published on Jul 22, 2020 10:18 pm IST

Assam’s flood-affected battle Covid-19 in relief camps; none infected yet

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (extreme right-back to camera) interacting with a child at a flood relief camp at Teok in Jorhat district on Wednesday

india news

Updated on Jul 19, 2020 03:46 pm IST

Nearly 4 million people still affected in Assam floods; 5 more deaths reported

Five deaths due to drowning-2 in Morigaon district and one each in Barpeta, Lakhimpur and Goalpara-were reported during the day.

india news

Published on Jul 16, 2020 08:07 pm IST

Assam flood situation continues to remain grim; over 35 lakh affected, 66 dead

Nagaon: A woman marooned in her house in the flood-hit Baghmari village in Nagaon district of Assam.

india news

Published on Jul 15, 2020 07:27 pm IST

Assam flood situation worsens; 33 lakh people in 28 districts affected

A one-year-old female rhino calf that got separated from its mother due to flooding in Kaziranga National Park was rescued by forest personnel on Tuesday.

india news

Published on Jul 14, 2020 07:55 pm IST

Assam flood situation worsens; 2.5 lakh affected in 16 districts, death toll rises to 16

A total of 18,234 persons uprooted due to flooding are taking shelter in 142 camps in 9 of the affected districts. Rescue personnel evacuated 151 people trapped due to floods in Dhemaji, Nalbari and Dibrugarh districts on Friday.

india news

Published on Jun 26, 2020 07:11 pm IST

NIA charge sheets 5 members of Bangladesh terror group JMB in Assam

The NIA has filed a charge sheet against five members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a Bangladeshi terror outfit banned in the neighbouring country and in India.

india news

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 09:16 am IST

In Assam, BJP set to do well in minority dominated pockets predict locals

After the Lok Sabha polls, a section of people realized that since they cannot defeat the BJP they should side with it, locals said.

india news

Updated on Oct 20, 2019 09:04 pm IST

Second time in a week, Assam police accused of assault

According to Rohis Ali (32) a driver in Barpeta Road around 12-13 policemen from neighbouring Chirang district came to his house at 12.20 am on September 18.

india news

Updated on Sept 20, 2019 10:39 pm IST

Final Assam citizens list tomorrow: All you need to know about the list

National register of citizens is an exercise which was first done in 1951 to enumerate the citizens, their houses and holdings.

india news

Updated on Jun 23, 2020 08:42 pm IST

3 children among 5 missing after boat capsizes in Assam’s Barpeta

The boat belonged to the family of Samad Ali (50), who is missing along with 4 others.

cities

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 04:23 pm IST

Centre releases ₹251 cr for Assam as floods swamp 30 districts, toll rises to 20

A man uses a makeshift raft to move his paddy to a safer place in a flooded area in Assam’s Morigaon district .

india news

Updated on Jul 16, 2019 10:15 pm IST

11 killed in Assam floods, Met dept predicts more rainfall

A total of 3,181 villages in 103 revenue circles across the state have been affected and standing crop in 87,607 hectares damaged.

india news

Updated on Jul 15, 2019 12:14 am IST

Desire for upward mobility unites India’s young voters

Eighteen million people between the ages of 18 and 23 were expected to cast their first vote in the 2019 national election.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 22, 2019 12:10 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: NRC, citizenship bill row key voter issues in Assam and Tripura

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to make it easier for non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan to get Indian nationality, dominated the campaigning in the state.

lok sabha election 2019

Published on Apr 23, 2019 11:28 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: NRC, citizenship bill row may shape polls

Polling will be held for the remaining four out of Assam’s 14 Lok Sabha and one of Tripura’s two seats in the third phase of the ongoing national elections on Tuesday.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 02, 2020 08:21 pm IST

Voting on religious lines, Bengali speakers may help BJP, Congress win in Assam

According to the 2011 language census, Bengali speakers increased from 22% in 1991 to nearly 30% in 2011. During the same period, the number of Assamese speakers decreased from 58% to 48%.

india news

Updated on Apr 21, 2019 10:22 am IST