Police firing in Assam, one killed

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 14:28

A man was killed and two others were injured when police opened fire at a mob attacking a police outpost at Boribazar in Morigaon district, police said.

Mobs clash with police in Morigaon over death of a person

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 16:51

Irate armed mobs angered by the death of a person clashed with police in central Assam`s Morigaon town leading to injury to five persons and police resorting to blank-firing and lathi-charge.

Assam flood takes 80 more villages under its grip

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 20:29

The flood situation in Assam turned critical on Tuesday as 80 more villages in the worst-hit Dhemaji and Morigaon districts were submerged.

One killed by rhino, five injured by tiger

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 14:26

A person was killed by a rhino and five others were injured by a tiger Tuesday in Assam`s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district.

Assam`s oldest man dies at 135 years

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 17:25

The oldest man of Morigaon district in central Assam, Puna Konwar, died today at the age of 135 years in his Baribandha village.

Files stolen from Assam court

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 13:28

Two accused criminals broke into the Morigaon district Chief Judicial Magistrate`s court in central Assam and stole files relating to criminal cases from there last night.

Bangladeshi woman sentenced to two months for illegally entering India

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 18:38

A local court here on Monday sentenced a Bangladeshi woman to two months imprisonment for illegally entering the country in Assam`s Morigaon district.

Assam: Woman molested in police custody

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 18:18

A 40-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in police custody and admitted to hospital in a critical condition in Morigaon district.

Woman molested in police custody in Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 16:48

A 40-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in police custody and admitted to hospital in a critical condition in Central Assam`s Morigaon district.

Over a thousand affected due to erosion by BrahmapUTRA

Last Updated: Sunday, November 25, 2012, 16:11

More than one thousand people in five villages, with two completely washed away, have been severely affected following unabated erosion by River Brahmaputra for the last few days in Assam`s Morigaon district.

Wanted poacher caught after encounter in Pobitora Sanctuary

Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2012, 10:42

A wanted poacher was arrested after heavy exchange of fire between forest guards and a band of hunters in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district.

Undertrials` fast in Assam jail

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 17:33

Over 100 undertrial prisoners of Morigaon district jail in central Assam had been on a hunger strike for several hours Thursday protesting against alleged unhealthy atmosphere inside the jail, the police said.