Three members of inter-state gang nabbed in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 20:23

Three persons belonging to a seven-member inter-state gang of robbers were arrested on Friday in Assam`s Jorhat district, police said.

Four assaulted for "practising witchcraft", rescued

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 20:15

The police on Thursday rescued four persons including two women who were assaulted allegedly for practising witchcraft in the world`s largest river island Majuli in Assam`s Jorhat district, official sources said.

Storm lashes Jorhat, injures 16

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:10

A sudden storm with strong winds lashed Jorhat district in upper Assam on Sunday injuring 16 persons and killing eight Adjutant Storks, besides uprooting trees, electric poles and damaging tea bushes and farm fields.

More than 100 fall ill after consuming gram in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 18:01

More than 100 people fell ill after consuming gram during a meeting in Majuli, the world`s largest river island, in Assam`s Jorhat district, official sources said on Monday.

Fresh floods affect Jorhat district, 25,000 families hit

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 22:26

Water level of the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level at several places affecting more than 45 villages in Assam`s Jorhat district, official sources said.

Woman allegedly raped by three brothers-in-law

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 22:18

A woman was allegedly raped by her three brothers-in law at Murmuria Tea estate in Jorhat district, police said on Saturday.

NSCN cadre arrested in Jorhat

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 13:20

A joint team of Jorhat Police and special crime branch of the CBI have arrested a NSCN-IM rebel in connection with killing of former Arunachal MP Wangcha Rajkumar.

Leopard injures four in Jorhat

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 19:07

Four persons, including a minor, were seriously injured in an attack by a leopard at Titabor Forest Range in Assam`s Jorhat district, forest department sources said on Sunday.

Two Assam youths missing

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 20:01

Two youths from Assam`s Jorhat district who went to repair a car in neighbouring Mokokchung district of Nagaland are missing, police said on Monday.

Former militants arrested in Jorhat

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 21:11

Two surrendered ULFA (SULFA) militants were arrested for allegedly threatening two tea planters at gunpoint in Jorhat district Wednesday, police said.

Policeman killed in accident in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 13:21

A police constable, part of a security team of a legislator, was killed and three others injured when their SUV hit a tree at Balijan near here in the early hours on Monday, police said.