Assam: 49 children die in govt hospital in 2 month

Last Updated: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 17:42

At least 49 children have died in the past two months at a government hospital in south Assam`s Barak Valley.

Curfew relaxed in Assam`s Karimganj district

Last Updated: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 13:10

The Army and BSF personnel from neighbouring Hailakandi and Silchar districts as also the CRPF were brought in to control the situation.

Assam: Indefinite curfew imposed in Karimganj

Last Updated: Friday, November 25, 2011, 22:25

Indefinite curfew was imposed from Badarpur to Bhanga in Assam`s Karimganj district after local people turned violent.

23 houses set ablaze in Karimganj

Last Updated: Friday, November 25, 2011, 15:05

A 5000-strong mob set the house of suspected kidnapper Salimuddin afire at Bhanga between Badarpur and Karimganj town Thursday evening.

Rail drivers abducted by stopping train in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, October 21, 2011, 14:41

The militants kidnapped the driver and assistant driver of a passenger train on its way from Badarpur in Karimganj district to Bhairavi in Mizoram.

No votes in 16 polling stations of Ratabari constituency

Last Updated: Monday, April 4, 2011, 20:10

Altogether 21,665 voters in 16 polling stations did not exercise their franchise in Nivia Charagi area under Ratabari assembly constituency in Assam`s Karimganj district in protest against the poor infrastructural facilities.

Muslim votes a key factor in Karimganj electoral battle

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 11:01

Muslim votes are expected to be a deciding factor in at least four of the five Assembly constituencies in south Assam`s sensitive Karimganj district, bordering Bangladesh, which goes to poll on April 4 in the first phase.