Assam Passengers

Tyres of Air India flight burst after landing in Dibrugarh

Press Trust of India | Saturday March 23, 2013

Two tyres of an Air India flight from Kolkata to Dibrugarh burst while landing at the Mohanbari airport in Assam's Dibrugarh district today, but all the 90 passengers on board were safe, airports authority sources said.

Minutes after train passes, blast on railway track in Kokrajhar

Press Trust of India | Sunday February 3, 2013

Passengers of the Howrah-Guwahati down Garibrath Express had a providential escape today when a powerful bomb exploded on the railway tracks minutes after it passed Goabari in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district.

Two killed, 13 injured in Assam road accident

Press Trust of India | Monday December 17, 2012

Two drivers of a bus and a truck were killed and 13 bus passengers injured when their vehicles collided in Jorhat district on Monday.

Passengers pushed from train in West Bengal

Edited by Mala Das | Sunday August 19, 2012

Two people have died in West Bengal after being pushed out of a train headed to Guwahati from Bangalore, reports Press Trust of India. Nine other passengers were injured in the incident and all but one were from Assam.

Special train on Friday to clear rush to Assam

Press Trust of India | Thursday July 26, 2012

A special train would be run from Howarh to Dibrugarh on Friday to clear the rush of passengers following irregularities in Assam-bound train services owing to riots in Lower Assam.

Assam violence: 1.5 lakh homeless, Army begins flag marches; 20,000 passengers stuck

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday July 25, 2012

With ethnic violence escalating in lower Assam's Kokrajhar area, at least 13 columns of the Army has now been begun flag marches in Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Chirang and Bongaigaon in an attempt to assuage the situation. At least 32 people have died and 1....

Assam violence: Over 20,000 passengers stranded as 21 trains halted

Written by Alok Pandey; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday July 24, 2012

With ethnic violence escalating in lower Assam's Kokrajhar area, train services to and from the north east have been severely hit. The railways estimate over 20,000 passengers are stranded at different places across Assam and neighbouring West Bengal...

Assam boat tragedy: Death toll lesser than original estimate?

Reported by Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Tuesday May 1, 2012

Latest reports suggest that the death toll in the Assam boat tragedy could be much less than the original estimate. Last night, over 100 people were feared dead after an over-packed steamer, reportedly carrying 350 passengers, sank in the Brahmaputra...

Assam boat tragedy: Search on for hundreds still missing

Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Tuesday May 1, 2012

Search operations are on for more than 100 people who are still missing after a over packed steamer carrying at least 250 passengers sank in the Brahmaputra river in Assam on Monday after being caught in a severe storm. Nearly 24 hours after the trag...

At least 100 killed in boat accident in Assam

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 1, 2012

In one of the worst boat tragedies in Assam, 100 people, including women and children, drowned and over 100 went missing when a packed steamer carrying over 300 passengers sank in the Brahmaputra river on Monday after being caught in a severe storm.

Train derails in Assam; 3 dead, 50 injured

NDTV Correspondent | Friday February 3, 2012

At least three people have been killed and 50 others have been injured after seven coaches of a passenger train derailed at an unmanned crossing in Kamrup district of Assam today.

Assam: 20 civilians shot dead by Bodo militants

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday November 9, 2010

With two more people shot in Kokrajhar district in lower Assam, 20 civilians have now been shot dead by the Bodo militant outfit NDFB in serial killings in Assam's north bank of the Brahmaputra. In one incident, at least eight bus passengers were lined up and shot dead at point blank range.The incid...