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]Congress just like elephant, has one teeth to show off, other to chew: JP Nadda
Addressing an election rally at Tingkhong in Dibrugarh district, Nadda also accused the Congress of practising "politics of opportunism" and said Assam will head into "darkness" if the opposition party is voted to power.
Published on Mar 22, 2021 06:15 PM IST
PTI | , Tingkhong, Assam
First cow hospital of Northeast inaugurated in Assam’s Dibrugarh
The hospital, Surbhi Aarogyashala, is set up by Shree Gopal Gaushala at a cost of Rs 17 lakh.
Published on Nov 23, 2020 07:34 AM IST
Dibrugarh | By Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Child declared dead wakes up before burial in Dibrugarh, dies few hours later
Police have arrested a compounder of a tea garden hospital for declaring the child dead when he was not authorised to do so.
Published on Nov 09, 2020 02:20 PM IST
Hindustan times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
Doctor in Assam allegedly pours hot water on 12-yr-old domestic help
The minor, who had been employed as a domestic help for over a year, was sleeping on the floor when the doctor allegedly poured hot water on him.
Updated on Sep 02, 2020 04:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
Explainer: How foreign experts got injured at Baghjan oil well and what happens to efforts to plug blowout now
The blowout happened at the well on May 27, and it has been on fire since June 9. An explosion on Wednesday left three foreign experts injured. They were trying to plug to blowout.
Updated on Jul 23, 2020 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Utpal Parashar | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Three foreign experts hurt after another explosion at Assam’s Baghjan oil well
The gas well located at Baghjan had witnessed a blowout – an uncontrolled release of gas or oil – on May 27 and caught fire on March 9, when two firefighters were killed and destroyed at least 13 adjoining houses.
Updated on Jul 22, 2020 06:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
24 killed, 1.3 million affected as flood hits 25 of 33 districts in Assam
More than 1.3 million people in the affected districts have been hit by flooding. Barpeta, South Salmara and Nalbari were the worst affected districts. Nearly 27,500 people have been uprooted by floodwaters and are taking shelter in 273 relief camps in 12 districts.
Updated on Jun 30, 2020 07:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
Assam flood situation worsens; 2.5 lakh affected in 16 districts, death toll rises to 16
One person died due to drowning in Dibrugarh on Friday taking the total number of deaths due to floods in this season to 16.
Published on Jun 26, 2020 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
Assam Police gifts 2-wheeler to young woman who sells vegetables on bicycle
A photograph of Janmoni Gogoi, with large bags hanging from the handle of her bicycle and a basket on its carrier, selling vegetables has gone viral on social media.
Published on May 12, 2020 11:50 PM IST
Dibrugarh | By Press Trust of India
No coronavirus positive case in Assam yet, says minister; asks residents to avoid non-essential travel
From Tuesday, all domestic and foreign passengers will have to go through screening, said Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Updated on Mar 16, 2020 06:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
Fire breaks out on Assam river, ‘environmental disaster,’ screams Twitter
Thankfully, the fire got doused on its own.
Updated on Feb 04, 2020 01:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Serial bomb blasts amid Republic Day celebrations in Assam; none hurt
Serial low-intensity explosions rocked the state of Assam on the occasion of India's 71st Republic Day. Four blasts were reported from Dibrugarh, Sonari and Duliajan. No loss of life or property was suffered in the explosions which took place between 8:00 am and 8:30 am approximately. The terror group, United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) or ULFA(I), claimed responsibility for the crime. Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, called it an act of cowardice and said that the police had been instructed to take strict action against the culprits.
Updated on Jan 26, 2020 08:18 PM IST
Shivangini Gohain, 12-year-old Assam archer struck by arrow, shifted to ICU
A senior doctor at the AIIMS trauma centre said Gohain, who had been brought here from Dibrugarh in Assam on Thursday night, was stable after the “very complex surgery”.
Updated on Jan 10, 2020 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rhythma Kaul & Navneet Singh
Young Assam archer suffers injury during training, airlifted to Delhi for treatment
The incident took place during a regular training session at Chabua in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district.
Updated on Jan 09, 2020 11:55 PM IST
Guwahati | By PTI
Making a picture says a thousand words
For award-winning photojournalist Padma Shri Sudharak Olwe, a camera is a weapon that brings justice to the most marginalised of people
Updated on Dec 29, 2019 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By Priya Pathiyan
Assam govt lifts curfew in Guwahati, resumes broadband services after days of protests over amended citizenship law
The decision to lift curfew in Guwahati came after the state government reviewed the law-and-order situation in the state, chaired by chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, on Monday.
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 09:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Curfew, over citizenship law protests, relaxed in Guwahati, parts of Dibrugarh
Protests erupted in Dibrugarh and other parts of Assam following the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Parliament on Wednesday, and it becoming an Act thereupon after the Presidential assent on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 15, 2019 09:20 AM IST
Guwahati | By Press Trust of India
Curfew relaxed in Dibrugarh, but rest of Assam reeling under protest over citizenship law
The police, who joined the paramilitary forces in clashes with demonstrators breaking curfew in Guwahati, opened fire on the crowd on Thursday in which two people died.
Updated on Aug 05, 2020 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Two killed in north-east firing as citizens protest citizenship law
CAB, cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, paves the way for immigrants of faiths others than Islam from three neighbouring countries to gain Indian citizenship.
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 05:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By HT Correspondent
9 dead, 12 injured as bus collides with tempo traveller in Assam’s Sivasagar
The head on collision between the two vehicles happened at around 8.45 am in Thowra Dol area of Sivasagar in Upper Assam, superintendent of police Amitava Sinha said.
Updated on Sep 23, 2019 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
Assam’s Dibrugarh recovering from road rage triggered mob violence
The incident, which was sparked by an altercation over use of high beams by a driver on Wednesday night, had started rumours that resulted in mob violence.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 10:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will Assam’s bridges bring votes?
The BJP is hoping to make up for its possible loss of seats in the areas, where it peaked in 2014, by winning as many seats in regions like the northeast. Seven out of 14 Lok Sabha members from Assam belong to the BJP.
Updated on Apr 11, 2019 07:08 AM IST
Dibrugarh/Dhemaji/Likabali/Tinsukia/Sadia/Roing (Assam/Arunachal Pradesh) | By Sadiq Naqvi
Lok Sabha election 2019: Tough fight expected for Assam’s Dibrugarh LS seat
The BJP won the Dibrugarh Lok Sbah seat for the first time in 2014 while the Congress has won it 12 times since 1951.
Updated on May 10, 2019 03:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New delhi | By HT Correspondent
Dense fog engulfs Delhi, 27 trains delayed, flights affected
As dense fog enveloped Delhi on Monday morning, Delhi Traffic Police issued an advisory on Twitter asking commuters to drive safely.
Updated on Feb 04, 2019 09:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
India’s longest road-rail Bogibeel bridge can bear weight of India’s heaviest battle tanks, fighter jets
The bridge has been designed to bear the weight of India’s heaviest 60 tonne battle tanks and so that fighter jets can land on it.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 12:22 PM IST
Bogibeel | By Agence France-Presse
All you need to know about Bogibeel, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge in 10 points
PM Narendra Modi will today inaugurate Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest rail cum road bridge and Asia’s second-longest, in Assam’s Dibrugarh.
Updated on Dec 25, 2018 01:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, | By HT Correspondent
PM inaugurates India’s longest rail-road bridge in Assam’s Bogibeel
From providing medical facilities to education and airport, the bridge, whose foundation stone was laid by then PM H D Deve Gowda in 1997 and work commenced under then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002, is expected to be a boon for people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Updated on Dec 25, 2018 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Faizan Haidar
PM Narendra Modi to open bridge over Brahmaputra to boost Northeast connectivity
The 4.94 km bridge is touted as the longest rail-and-road bridge in India and is situated 17 km downstream of Dibrugarh city in Assam.
Updated on Dec 23, 2018 04:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Anisha Dutta & Faizan Haider
Trinamool delegation led by Derek O’ Brien meets Tinsukia victims’ kin
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee had called for protest rallies in different parts of north and south Bengal including Siliguri and Kolkata against the brutal killings.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 12:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Tinsukia | By HT Correspondent
Mob lynches brother of man accused of killing a couple in Assam
According to Dipendra Chetri, the officer-in-charge of Moran Police station in Dibrugarh district of Upper Assam, Bhola Praja and Ramoni were waylaid on Thursday evening by a man he identified as Jaggu Praja.
Updated on Oct 20, 2018 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
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