Assam News

The state government has given shoot-at-sight orders in Karbi, Assam, where locals have resorted to violence in support of a separate Bodoland. Agitation for a separate state is on rise in Assam despite CM Tarun Gogoi having said that there will be no bifurcation. Meanwhile, GJM leaders met Sharad Pawar on Saturday to discuss their demand for a separate Gorkhaland.

A major fire broke out in a pantry car of the Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express near Dharamtul Railway Station in Morigaon district near Guwahati at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday. No causalities took place as the fire-tenders immediately extinguished the fire. A short circuit is believed to have caused the fire. Train left for the remaining journey after five-hour delay.

So-called US-based "humor" website-- NationalReport.net on Nov-3 published an article named-- Assam Rape Festival-- that went viral on social media and netizens from all over the globe (who considered it a reality) slammed Assam for organizing it. "Indian men are beginning to celebrate as the annual festival is just days away," the article said. Police have started investigating the matter.

There have been angry protests in Assam over the death of a 30-year-old married woman who was allegedly gang-raped in an auto rickshaw and thrown out of it Friday. However, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who has ordered an inquiry and is "personally monitoring" the situation, has told that the initial post-mortem report does not indicate rape.

A 14-year old girl was killed and nine persons, including a woman, were critically injured in a crude bomb blast by suspected militants in Dibrugarh (Assam) on Tuesday. The identity of the insurgent outfit responsible for the blast is yet unknown, although investigations are on. Both ULFA and Maoist elements are known to be active in the region.

A total of 9 people died and 26 others were injured, early Sunday, when a bus overturned and fell into a roadside ditch in Assam. The tragedy occurred at 4 AM when the driver of the bus, carrying 37 people, lost his control over the vehicle. Police said, “Among the nine dead, five are men and four are women."