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21 feared dead as truck plunges into 700m gorge in Arunachal

21 feared dead as truck plunges into 700m gorge in Arunachal
india news
Published on Dec 12, 2025 05:46 am IST

7-year-old girl gang-raped, murdered in Assam; 2 arrested

Police said the accused threw the girl’s body in a drain before absconding. (Representational image)
india news
Published on Jun 02, 2025 01:48 pm IST

ULFA (I) commander held near Assam-Arunachal border, firearms recovered: Police

ULFA-I commander Rupam Asom. (Assam Police)
others
Published on May 24, 2025 01:19 pm IST

Assam to denotify 3 proposed reserve forests, grant land rights to 20,000 people

Assam to denotify 3 Proposed Reserve Forests to give land rights to 20k people
india news
Published on Feb 01, 2025 09:21 am IST

Cases of lobbing of grenades cracked with arrest of perpetrators: Assam DGP

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india news
Updated on Dec 29, 2023 01:10 pm IST

Three youths hurt in police firing while trying to escape from custody: Official

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india news
Updated on Dec 24, 2023 12:44 pm IST

12-year-old girl among two trampled to death by wild elephants in Assam

(Representative Photo)
others
Published on Nov 27, 2023 02:40 pm IST

Assam: Magnitude 2.7 earthquake strikes Tinsukia

Assam earthquake: A magnitude 2.7 quake hit Assam's Tinsukia on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology said, a day after a 5.4 magnitude rocked the Sikkim-Nepal border.
india news
Published on Apr 06, 2021 07:37 am IST

‘Give us another five years..’: Amit Shah vows to end infiltration in Assam

Three-phased elections have been scheduled for 126 legislative constituencies in Assam on March 27, April 1 and April 6. In picture - Home Minister Amit Shah.
india news
Published on Mar 14, 2021 05:53 pm IST

Another 8 weeks needed to bring Baghjan gas well under control: OIL

The gas well in Tinsukia district had a blow out (uncontrolled release of oil or gas) during a work over operation. It caught fire on June 9 killing two firefighters. Another engineer died at the site this month due to electrocution.
india news
Updated on Sept 30, 2020 01:18 am IST

NIA files chargesheet against 7 ULFA-I cadres for killing of Assam police officer

The charge sheet, under various sections of Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Explosives Substances Act and Arms Act, was filed on September 10.
cities
Updated on Sept 11, 2020 05:34 pm IST

After 90 days, Assam’s Baghjan gas-well fire doused; blazes again after glitch

Last week, Assam industry minister Chandra Mohan Patowary told the state assembly that it would take another 6-8 weeks to douse the fire at Baghjan.
india news
Updated on Sept 08, 2020 04:33 am IST

Rape violates fundamental right under Article 21, rules Gauhati HC

Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan held that the statement of the rape survivor could be accepted as the true version of the crime, if supported by other evidence on record.
india news
Updated on Sept 02, 2020 03:04 pm IST

Assam natural gas well continues to blaze, 3 months since blowout

Initially, OIL had said it would take a month to cap the well and douse the fire. Later, the deadline was extended to July 7. But floods and technical issues kept adding to the delay while thousands of residents continue to remain affected.
india news
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 04:47 pm IST

83 days after it started, OIL caps Assam gas well blow out in third attempt

The capping Blow Out Preventer (BOP) stack was placed successfully over the well head at Baghjan on Monday, August 17, 2020.
india news
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 10:57 pm IST

2 Baghjan firefighters selected for President’s gallantry award posthumously

Villagers travel on a boat in the polluted Maguri Motapung wetland as flames (background) come out from an oil well run by state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan in Tinsukia.
india news
Published on Aug 15, 2020 11:53 pm IST

Another attempt to cap Assam gas well blowout fails

Villagers travel on a boat in the polluted Maguri Motapung wetland as flames (background) come out from an oil well run by state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan in Tinsukia district of the northeastern state of Assam.
india news
Updated on Aug 10, 2020 07:35 pm IST

Attempt to plug blow out of Assam gas well fails as wagon falls over

Indian Army personnel helps to douse the fire after a blowout in a gas well of Oil India Limited at Baghjan, Tinsukia District
india news
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 04:44 pm IST

Three foreign experts hurt after another explosion at Assam’s Baghjan oil well

Work at the site was called off on Wednesday following the incident.
india news
Updated on Jul 22, 2020 06:36 pm IST

Huge explosion near Baghjan oil well in Assam, 3 foreign experts injured

Authorities are trying to douse the flame at Baghjan oil well in Assam’s Tinsukia district for over a month.
india news
Updated on Jul 22, 2020 03:28 pm IST

Six more die in Assam floods, nearly 1.5 million people affected in 21 districts

According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the Brahmaputra continued to flow above the danger mark at Nematighat, Tezpur, Guwahati, Goalpara and Dhubri.
india news
Updated on Jul 02, 2020 12:11 am 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

Toll in flood-hit districts of Assam rises to 13, nearly 1.89 lakh people affected

People move to safer place in a boat after floodwater enters the town in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Thursday
india news
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 10:25 am IST

Army builds bridge near Assam gas well fire site

The Bailey bridge, built by the Indian Army, is seen near the gas well fire in Baghjan of Assam’s Tinsukia
india news
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 07:40 am IST

As fire at Assam gas well continues, studies under way to assess impact on environment

The TERI team is also carrying out bioremediation of the sludge accumulated in the area due to the blowout and the subsequent fire.
india news
Updated on Jun 17, 2020 07:31 pm IST

Now, tremors rock villages near Assam’s gas well fire site

Nearly 80% of our villagers are staying in relief camps, the people in their homes are scared to live there because of the tremors. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 10:10 pm IST

Assam gas well blaze endangered wetlands, several species: Survey

National Disaster Response Team (NDRF) personnel carry out search and rescue operations after two firemen of Oil India Limited went missing since an oil well at the company’s Baghjan oilfield exploded in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday.
india news
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 08:54 am IST

Assam gas well blaze: Damage will be compensated, says state minister

On June 10, two people had died in the massive fire in Tinsukia.
india news
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 07:32 am IST

Two weeks after big blowout in Assam, gas well catches fire

People walk behind cattle, as smoke rises after the natural gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) caught fire at Baghjan, Tinsukia district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Tuesday.
india news
Updated on Jun 10, 2020 07:58 am IST

10 days on, Assam gas well blowout still ‘uncontrolled’, Singapore experts yet to reach

Fire tenders at Baghjan Oil Field in Tinsukia on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.(PTI photo)
india news
Updated on Jun 06, 2020 01:15 am IST
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