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A villager walks through flood water to get to her submerged house, in Hojai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Northeast floods: Death toll mounts to 23, Assam situation still grim

Brahmaputra at Nimatighat in Jorhat, while Barak at AP Ghat in Cachar and Badarpurghat in Karimganj are flowing above...

18 Jun 2018 1:50 PM IST

Assam man Purna Nahar Deka, accused of raping his daughter, hacked his wife to death in the premises of the Dibrugarh sessions court on Friday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Assam man, accused of raping his minor daughter, kills wife in court...

The man said he attacked his wife as she falsely accused him of raping their daughter. He said his wife had filed a...

16 Jun 2018 4:12 PM IST

Assam Muslim MLA receives threat letter with bullets, told to leave BJP

Assam Muslim MLA receives threat letter with bullets, told to 'leave...

BJP MLA Aminul Haque Laskar, however, doubted the authenticity of the demand, saying it might be a handiwork of...

13 Jun 2018 8:35 AM IST

Saiprasad was arrested near Balaji temple on Friday, based on evidence from the scene of crime and inputs from resort staff, Shamshabad DCP P.V. Padmaja said. (Representational Image)

16 held for lynching 2 youths in Assam

Two youths Nilutpal Das and Abhijit Nath were battered to death by a group of villagers on suspicion of being child...

11 Jun 2018 6:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said for providing good medical facilities to the poor and those residing in rural areas, more than 90 medical colleges have been opened and 15,000 MBBS seats increased. (Photo: ANI)

PM Modi's assassination plot finds link to Assam

The letter is addressed to a Maoist leader named Prakash.

10 Jun 2018 2:05 AM IST

Two men, returning from a picnic spot, were pulled out of their car and lynched by villagers who suspected them to be childlifters in Assams Karbi Anglong district. (Representational Image)

Assam: No arrests for lynching so far

The SUV in which they were traveling was also badly damaged in the attack by the mob.

10 Jun 2018 1:38 AM IST

Investigators said Mohammad Rehmat, who is now on the run, killed his 18-year-old daughter Komal Bibi on Monday after she failed to tell him where she had been for about five hours. (Representational Image)

Mob lynches two youths in Assam suspecting them to be childlifters

The incident on Friday night was the fallout of a rumor circulated on social media about presence of childlifters in the...

10 Jun 2018 1:35 AM IST

The man wearing a kurta pyjama was assaulted by the youth. Venu Goud, a counsellor, thrashed the victim even as the crowd watched the assault. (Representational Image)

Two men, mistaken for child abductors, lynched to death in Assam

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the DGP to to take prompt action against all the culprits.

9 Jun 2018 6:17 PM IST

According to Transparency International, judicial corruption can be attributed to the shortage of judges and the complex judicial procedure. (Representational image)

Don't accept gifts: Judge to legal body providing service to poor

'Panel lawyers under NSLSA should represent the needy and downtrodden and provide them free legal services,' Justice...

30 May 2018 10:17 AM IST

The insurgent group routinely targets Afghan officials and security forces across the country, though it is more active in southern provinces. (Photo: AFP)

Lucrative' surrender deal to N-E militants

Rs 4 lakh fixed deposit, Rs 6,000 monthly stipend proposed.

28 May 2018 2:04 AM IST

3,305 FIRs were registered in Rajasthan in 2017 and 140 rape victims received compensation.

25-yr-old Assam woman axes father as he tried to rape her, buries him...

The 25-year-old woman and four of her family members have been arrested in connection with the incident.

24 May 2018 4:30 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to welcome the Commonwealth nations to utilise world-class cricketing facilities. (Photo: AFP)

India's longest road-rail bridge to be inaugurated by PM Modi later...

The bridge is 32 metres above the water level of the Brahamaputra and is fashioned on a bridge that links Sweden and...

10 May 2018 6:11 PM IST