Assam road accident kills 30, including 13 children

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 09:25

In a massive accident, a cargo truck rammed into two minivans carrying brick kiln workers in Barpeta district, 150 kilometres from Assam`s capital.

Police remove ULFA flags in Barpeta

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 19:35

Police on Thursday removed ULFA flags from two places in Assam`s Barpeta district.

Cash withdrawal racket busted in Arunachal

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 13:30

A racket allegedly involved in unauthorised withdrawal of cash from SBI customers` accounts through online transaction has been busted by the police.

Barpeta DC assaulted for stopping illegal petrol sale

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 21:45

The Deputy Commissioner of lower Assam`s Barpeta district was assaulted by a group of people selling petrol illegally when he tried to stop them.

Barpeta DC assaulted for stopping illegal petrol sale

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 19:54

The Deputy Commissioner of lower Assam`s Barpeta district was today assaulted by a group of people selling petrol illegally when he tried to stop them, official sources said.

Powerful bomb recovered from train track in Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 18:46

A powerful bomb was recovered from a train track in Barpeta Road railway station in lower Assam`s Barpeta district on Wednesday, police said.

Assam flood situation worsens, 4 persons drown

Last Updated: Monday, June 18, 2012, 18:57

Four persons, including a child, were drowned in the flood waters today taking the toll in the deluge to five, even as the flood situation in Assam deteriorated following incessant rainfall affecting 80,000 people.

Assam flood situation worsens

Last Updated: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 19:15

Overall flood situation in Assam deteriorated following torrential rains for past couple of days inundating low lying human habitations and cropland.

One dead, 31 injured in Assam road mishap

Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2012, 15:36

One person died on the spot and 31 others were injured, six of them seriously, in a road mishap in Barpeta district of Assam today.

NHRC to probe into police firing in Barpeta

Last Updated: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 00:53

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will inquire into an incident of police firing in which at least four students were killed and about 50 injured in Barpeta town of lower Assam recently.

Two students killed in police firing in Barpeta

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 15:08

Two students were Wednesday killed when police opened fire to quell a mob which set ablaze a government office in the district.

AIUDF leader shot dead in Barpeta

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 20:11

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leader Muzaffar Ali was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Assam`s Barpeta district on Wednesday, police said.