Massive fire at Chowk Bazaar in Assam’s Jorhat, over 600 shops gutted

Massive fire at Chowk Bazaar in Assam’s Jorhat, over 300 shops gutted

Massive fire at Chowk Bazaar in Assam’s Jorhat, over 300 shops gutted

The fire was brought under control after several hours of effort by 25 fire tenders

Assam: Speeding train hits elephant in Jorhat, drags it for 50 m, dies

The elephant observation team notified the Tinsukia control room that there was elephant movement near the train track

Assam Univs, Colleges Becoming Ragging Hotspots? 2nd Case Reported in A Week

FIR lodged in Jorhat police station, college’s anti-ragging committee has begun enquiry, report in 7-10 days

One injured after miscreants open fire at a business in Jorhat

The miscreants had opened fire at the business outlet to rob the store

Assam: Main conspirator of ‘Bulli Bai’ app, Neeraj Bishnoi arrested from Jorhat

The main conspirator in the Bulli Bai case has been arrested from Assam. Neeraj Bishnoi, a second-year engineering student, who is said to be the main conspirator and creator of the ‘Bulli Bai’ on GitHub and the main Twitter account holder of the app has been arrested by IFSO or Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations […]

Assam boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 3; missing doctor’s body recovered

The body of the third victim, Dr Bikramjit Baruah who went missing after last Wednesday’s tragic boat accident in Nimatighat near Majuli was finally recovered on Tuesday. A team of SDRF and the local police retrieved the decomposed body of Dr Baruah from Brahmaputra river at south Majuli, where it was found floating. Locals had […]

Assam boat tragedy: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visits mishap site; orders high-level inquiry

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday directed the police to file a criminal case in connection with the boat accident in the Brahmaputra river near Neematighat in Jorhat district that claimed one life while two persons are still missing. The Chief Minister visited the mishap site today and took stock of the current […]

Assam: 11 students of Jorhat college tests COVID-19 positive

As many as eleven out of 138 students of DCB Girls’ College in Eastern Assam’s Jorhat have tested positive for COVID-19. The development comes amid India facing a second wave of COVID-19, registering over one lakh cases on Tuesday. Out of the 11 students, three were supposed to appear for semester exams and have now […]