Everything you need to know about Dhubri Balurchar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Dhubri Balurchar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) What began as an impulse to help those in need of dire medical attention in isolated areas of Assam, where the mighty river Brahmaputra is both a lifeline and a curse, is today a unique mission to reach healthcare to almost a million people spread over 13 districts of the far-flung northeastern state.
Guwahati, April 26 (IANS) Assam Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday denied the allegations Saradha Group chief Sudipta Sen made against him in a letter to the CBI and said he planned to send him a legal notice.
Guwahati, April 23 (IANS) After West Bengal, duped investors of the Saradha Group in Assam came out on to the streets in protest Tuesday, leading the administration to seal several offices of the company after mobs broke in and ransacked them.
Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Friday asked the state government to carry out "an inclusive and effective inquiry" into the incident of firing by security forces at a poll counting centre in Dhubri district Feb 15, killing three people.
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IANS) Three people were killed and five others injured as security forces opened fire to control a mob Friday in Assam's Dhubri district where counting of votes was on for the recently held panchayat polls, officials said.
Guwahati, Dec 28 (IANS) A Bodoland People's Front (BPF) legislator Friday blamed his own party chief Hagrama Mohilary for the communal violence in Assam that left more than 100 people dead three months ago.
Guwahati, Dec 26 (IANS) The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Wednesday appealed to the Assam government to take steps for maintaining peace after protests over alleged "killing" of a youth in Baksa district last week.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Claiming the situation in riot-hit areas of Assam was "under control", Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday said those who had fled to West Bengal were now returning.
Guwahati, Dec 7 (IANS) Assam Governor J.B. Patnaik has suggested that the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) authorities rehabilitate the violence-affected people of the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) on the basis of the voters' list and not on the basis of land ownership.
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Indefinite curfew, clamped in the restive Kokrajhar district in Assam's Bodoland region, was relaxed for the second consecutive day Monday as no incident of fresh violence was reported in the last 24 hours, an official said. Ten people have been killed since Nov 10.
Kokrajhar, Nov 18 (ANI): Curfew imposed in Assam's Kokrajhar district following recent violence was today relaxed for four hours.
Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) Curfew continued Friday in Kokrajhar area of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD), where violence has claimed the lives of six people since last week.
Guwahati, Oct 29 (IANS) About 10 women protestors were injured in a police baton-charge Monday in Assam's Dhubri district, gripped by tension after protestors, irate at failure to arrest assailants of a Durga Puja pandal decorator, clashed with police last week.
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Eid-ul-Azha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice, was celebrated across the country with fervour and gaiety and marked by lavish feasting.
Guwahati, Oct 27 (IANS) Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated in Assam's Dhubri district Saturday under tight security since Wednesday following clashes between protesters and police earlier.
Guwahati, Oct 26 (IANS) Night curfew was Friday re-imposed in Assam's Dhubri town following tension after clashes between police and protestors earlier this week, and the army carried out a flag march in sensitive areas of the district.
Guwahati, Sep 20 (IANS) The Congress government in Assam Thursday decided to publish a white paper Oct 7 on the steps taken by it to implement the 1985 Assam Accord.
Guwahati, Sep 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri, the three violence-hit districts of Assam, Tuesday.
Guwahati, Sep 2 (IANS) With no fresh incidents reported from anywhere in Assam over the past few days, the state government has started the process for rehabilitation of the displaced people in the three violence-hit districts, officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) The army, deployed in Assam's troubled Kokrajhar district, has started an operation to seize all illegal arms and ammunition there, informed sources said Saturday.
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IANS) Tension gripped many parts of Assam, including the troubled Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), following fresh incidents of violence Tuesday in which at least one person was killed and six people were injured.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The central government Monday reviewed the security situation in Assam and took stock of relief and rehabilitation measures for those affected by the clashes between the Bodos and the Bengali speaking Muslims that have left at least 86 dead.
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IANS) Normal life was affected in most districts in Assam Monday due to the 12-hour dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the Bajrang Dal in protest against the recent violent incidents in the state.
Guwahati, Aug 26 (IANS) Fresh incidents of violence were reported Sunday from Assam's troubled Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts.
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IANS) Five people were found killed in communal violence-hit Chirang district in Assam's Bodo areas, police said. The victims were yet to be identified.
Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) The situation continues to be tense in Kokhrajhar in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) after indefinite curfew was imposed Thursday morning.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): The seven member Central team, who visited ethnic- violence-hit Assam, has assured state government of providing additional fund for relief and rehabilitation of displaced people.
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IANS) An Assam legislator was arrested Thursday for his role in the ethnic violence in the state, police said. Pradip Brahma belongs to the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF).
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IANS) An Assam legislator was arrested Thursday for his role in the ethnic violence in the state, police said.
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) A fresh incident of violence left one injured and two missing in Dhubri district of Assam Wednesday, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) Tuesday slammed a report of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Assam violence, saying it contains "biased and inflammatory" comments with potential to "radicalise Muslims".
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IANS) A central team Tuesday visited the violence affected Dhubri district of Assam to take stock of the security and relief and rehabilitation measures taken up by the district administration for the people living in relief camps.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A central team of officials will pay a three-day visit to Assam from Tuesday to assist the state administration in the rehabilitation of over 2 lakh people living in relief camps after recent ethnic violence, it was announced here Monday.
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IANS) Peace remained the central focus of Eid in Assam Monday with thousands of people offering Namaz-e-Eid at mosques across the state, including in the troubled Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where 77 people have been killed in ethnic clashes and more than four lakh displaced.
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IANS) Peace remained the central focus of Eid in Assam Monday with thousands of people offering Namaz-e-Eid at mosques across the state, including in the troubled Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where 77 people have been killed in ethnic clashes and more than four lakh displaced.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Saturday announced cash reward of up to Rs. one lakh to anyone who provides credible information which could lead to identification or arrest of perpetrators of the Assam violence.
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IANS) Two Bodo groups including the National Democratic Front of Bodoland's (NDFB) pro-talk faction Saturday demanded that the Assam government verify the citizenship status of the Bengali-speaking Muslims, displaced during last month's clashes, before rehabilitating them.
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IANS) UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday visited Assam where sectarian clashes have left 77 people dead.
Guwahati, Aug 11 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday said a judicial inquiry would be instituted into the recent violence in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts that killed 77 people and displaced over four lakh people.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Thursday accused the government of treating the Assam violence as a law and order problem and said the ruling Congress was "importing illegal immigrants" for its "vote bank politics".
BJP national President Nitin Gadkari demanded immediate dismissal of Tarun Gagoi Government responsible for riots and atrocities by Bangladeshis
Betoli (Assam), Aug 7 (ANI): The locals blocked National Highway 31 on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border here on Tuesday, in protest of the fresh round of ethnic violence that has claimed for lives, taking the overall toll to 65.
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Hinting that some "external forces" were behind the communal clashes in three districts, the Assam government Tuesday said it has decided for a CBI probe in the violence, which left 73 people dead and over four lakh people displaced.
After maintaining three days silence, a fresh violence reoccurred in Assam's super-sensitive Kokrajhar district killing three and injured two..................
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Three people were killed and two injured as fresh violence broke out in Assam's communally volatile Kokrajhar district, police said Tuesday.
Agra, Aug 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has accused the Congress party of using Bangladeshi intruders for vote bank politics in Assam following the recent ethnic clashes.
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) Tension again gripped the violence-affected Kokrajhar and Chirang districts in Assam on Sunday after the recovery of four bodies - two in each district where clashes between Bodos and Muslim settlers last month left 56 dead and displaced over four lakh people.
Kokrajhar/ Chirang/ Dhubri (Assam), Aug 5 (ANI): The Assam Government sounded high alert to avoid any outbreak of epidemic in the relief camps here on Sunday.
Kokrajhar/ Chirang (Assam), Aug 5 (ANI): Five people were killed in fresh round of violence that rocked parts of lower Assam here on Sunday, ending the ten-day calm in the region and pushing the overall toll to 61.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Assam chief secretary asking for a detailed report on the recent communal violence in the state.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) The situation has improved in the communal violence-hit areas of Assam with the government planning to send all the displaced people to their homes by Aug 15, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Wednesday.
Guwahati, July 31 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K Advani on Tuesday sharply attacked the Central Government for criminally delaying action in halting the escalating ethnic violence in Assam.
Dhubri, July 31 (ANI): Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday met victims of ethnic violence in a camp for refugees in Assam's strife-torn Dhubri District and assured them of all possible assistance.
Guwahati, July 31 (IANS) A blast targeted an army convoy in Assam's Goalpara district Tuesday. Officials said six army personnel were injured and reports had come in of one person being killed. The attack comes as union Home Minister P. Chidambaram was visiting the nearby Dhubri district.
Guwahati, July 30 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday set a deadline of 15 days for persons displaced in the ethnic violence in the state to return to their villages.
Kokrajhar (Assam), July 29 (ANI): Curfew was relaxed in Assam's riot-hit Kokrajhar District on Sunday, a day before Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is to visit the riot-hit areas of Assam.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who faced initial problem in reaching Assam ethnic violence-hit areas due to bad weather as per official said, later managed to visit on the spot through Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper. He there interact to the victims who lost their kin, homes and properties..........
Guwahati, July 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Saturday announced Rs. 300 crore as special assistance for development of the violence-hit areas of Assam.
New Delhi, July 28 (AN): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will visit violence hit Assam today to take stock of the volatile situation there.
Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Normalcy is slowly returning in Assam's violence-hit Bodo areas, where week-long communal clashes claimed 45 lives, with no reports of any fresh incidents of violence being reported from anywhere in the affected areas since Thursday, the government said.
Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday blamed the central government for sending the army late to the violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri, where communal conflict has claimed 45 lives and left 2.9 lakh people homeless.
The death toll in week long old communal violence in Assam reached to 44 on Thursday night as a fresh violence occurred at a relief camp in Kokrajhar, the epicentre of violence. However, tight security has been deployed in Kokrakhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bogaigaon districts comprising state police, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Paramilitary forces and Army..........
Guwahati, July 26 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Assam's Kokrajhar and Chirang districts Thursday even after security forces poured in following the death of 41 people in sectarian strife.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to visit ethnic violence-hit Assam's Kokrajhar District on Saturday to take stock of the volatile situation...........
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will visit ethnic violence-hit Assam's Kokrajhar District on Saturday to take stock of the volatile situation.
The Communal violence between Bangladeshi refugee Muslims and Bodo tribals spreads to new areas of Assam in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts despite rising security and continuous vigilance. As much as 1,70,000 people have been affected from this violence..................
Guwahati, July 26 (IANS) An uneasy calm settled over Assam's Kokrajhar and Chirang districts Thursday with no fresh incidents reported in the communal violence that has claimed 40 lives and affected more than 170,000 people.
Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) The army Wednesday staged a flag march in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) as there was no let-up in tension with three more bodies recovered from Chirang district and five villages set on fire. Police claimed the situation had improved in Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts.
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma on Wednesday congratulated Pranab Mukherjee on being sworn-in as the 13th President of India, and hoped that he would lead the country on the path of success and development.
Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) The army Wednesday staged a flag march in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) as there was no let-up in tensions with three more bodies recovered from Chirang district and five villages set on fire.
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Sectarian strife raged in interior areas of Assam's three districts Tuesday even as security personnel shot dead four miscreants, taking the death toll in the region to 32.
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Security forces Tuesday shot dead four miscreants in Assam, taking the death toll in communal violence raging in two districts to 25, authorities said.
Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) Communal violence in Assam's Bodoland area continued unabated in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts and also spread to new areas Monday. With the toll now 19, the administration has issued shoot at sight orders in Kokrajhar and extended night curfew indefinitely in both districts.
Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) Communal violence in Assam's Bodoland area continued unabated in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts Monday, while also spreading to new areas. With the toll now 19, the administration has issued shoot-at-sight orders in Kokrajhar and extended night curfew indefinitely in both districts.
Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) Communal violence in Assam's Bodoland area continued unabated in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts and also spread to new areas. With the toll now 18, the administration has issued shoot-at-sight orders in Kokrajhar and extended night curfew indefinitely in both districts.
Guwahati, July 9 (ANI): Flood-hit Assam is expected to recover quickly from the natural calamity in the wake of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioning the release of Rs.500 crore from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund to rehabilitate those affected in the state.
Guwahati, July 6 (IANS) The toll in floods and landslides in Assam has risen to 117 but the overall situation across the state has improved, officials said Friday.
Dhubri (Assam), July 2 (ANI): The deterioration in the flood situation in Assam is posing a major threat to national security, as a portion of international fencing along the Bangladesh border here has been damaged due to soil erosion.
Guwahati, June 18 (ANI): The flood situation continues to remain grim in Nalbari and Barpeta districts of Assam. Twenty-five villages at Mayanag and Bhuragaon in Morigaon district were flooded by incessant rain and land erosion created havoc in Chirang and Dhubri districts.
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) A businessman was shot dead by in Assam's Dhubri district Sunday morning after he refused to cough up the money demanded by two miscreants, police said.
Guwahati, May 6 (IANS) A week after the ferry tragedy in Dhubri, the Assam government has approached New Delhi seeking a Rs.365-crore package to develop the inland water transport network in the state, a minister said here Sunday.
Guwahati, May 4 (IANS) Lack of any quick response team (QRT) in lower Assam's Dhubri district as well absence of any life-saving equipment on the vessel led to a high number of casualties in Monday's accident when a ferry, with almost 350 people on board, capsized in stormy weather, a disaster management authority official said.
London, May 4 (IANS) A global workers association has blamed poor training, dangerous working practices and inadequate regulation for the deadly ferry accident in Assam. Seventy-one bodies were recovered so far and around 180 more are missing and believed to be dead.
Guwahati, May 3 (IANS) Eight more bodies, including of a woman and four children, were fished out from the Brahmaputra river Thursday, taking the number of bodies recovered in Monday's ferry disaster to 71. Over 250 people are believed to have died in the tragedy in Assam's Dhubri district.
New Delhi, May 3 (Xinhua-ANI): After a ferry tragedy in the northeast Indian state of Assam on Monday, the state's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has ordered police to crack down on excessive load of ferries and buses, reported local daily The Hindu Thursday.
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Assam authorities Wednesday put the death toll in the ferry tragedy at 63 but furious locals insisted that not less than 200 perished in the Brahmaputra.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Two days after a boat disaster in Assam killed an estimated 270 people, Rajya Sabha member Birendra Prasad Baishya Wednesday sought New Delhi's assistance to modernize ferries in the state.
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is Wednesday expected to visit the site of the boat tragedy in Assam's Dhubri district that is feared to have claimed 270 lives.
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Assam has sought help from Bangladesh to trace bodies of a ferry disaster which might have been washed away downstream, an official said Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will Wednesday visit the site of the ferry accident in Assam that is feared to have claimed 270 lives. He will meet the families of the deceased, an aide said.
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) While the district administration Wednesday resumed the search operation with the help of Border Security Force (BSF) and National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) personnel for the victims of Monday's ferry tragedy, the state government has sought help from the Bangladesh government for recovery of the dead bodies, an official said.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday expressed her heartfelt grief at the loss lives in the boat tragedy on the Brahmaputra River in Assam.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday expressed her heartfelt grief at the loss lives in the boat tragedy on the Brahmaputra River in Assam.
Guwahati, May 1 (IANS) The toll in Monday's Assam ferry tragedy, possibly India's worst such accident, is estimated to be around 270, with the search and rescue parties failing to recover even a single missing person Tuesday, an official said.
Guwahati, May 1 (IANS) It was perhaps the worst nightmare in his life for Abubakkar Siddique, a passenger on the ferry that capsized in the Brahmaputra river Monday evening in lower Assam's Dhubri district.
Dhubri (Assam), May 1 (ANI): Rescue workers continued to search for survivors of the Assam boat capsize tragedy on Tuesday.
Guwahati, May 1 (IANS) The Assam government Tuesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs.1.5 lakh each to the next of kin of those who died in the boat tragedy in Dhubri district a day earlier.
Rescue operations are carried out in Assam where a steamer capsized killing at least 103 people but number of casualties are expected to go up.
Guwahati, May 1 (IANS) Rescue operations continued in the Brahmaputra in Assam Tuesday, a day after a ferry capsized in the river killing nearly 70 people, but with at least 150 still missing the death toll was expected to rise, officials said.
Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) At least 68 people died and over 150 were still missing after a ferry, with over 250 people on board, capsized in heavy storm in Brahmaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district Monday evening, officials said.
