Goalpara

10 Drown After Boat Capsizes In Assam's Goalpara District

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday September 18, 2017

Ten persons drowned when four boats capsized in Sabon river during a severe storm in Assam's Goalpara district, a senior district administration official said today.

Elephant Kills 3, Locals Block Highway In Protest

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 7, 2016

Tension prevailed in Assam's Goalpara district after locals blocked a highway today protesting against the forest department's failure to control elephant attacks on villages that led to the death of three members of a family.

One More Dead In Blast In Assam's Goalpara, Toll Now 3

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 5, 2016

One of the injured in the powerful bomb blast near BJP office at Dudhnoi in lower Assam's Goalpara district succumbed to his wounds at a Guwahati Hospital, raising the death toll to three.

1 Dead, 20 Hurt In Blast Near Temporary Election Office Of BJP In Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 5, 2016

One person was killed and 20 others, including four police men, injured in a bomb blast near a temporary election office of BJP tonight in Assam's Goalpara district where Assembly election will be held in the second phase on April 11.

Assam Floods: Nearly 2 Lakh People Affected, 9000 Hectares of Crop Lost

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey | Tuesday June 16, 2015

With the Brahmaputra and Jia Bharali rivers flowing above the danger mark in some places in Assam, the flood situation in the state is worsening.

Army Defuses 10 kg Bomb Planted on Rail Tracks in Assam's Goalpara

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Friday February 27, 2015

A major disaster was averted when the Indian Army detected and defused a 10 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on the rail tracks in Dudnia in Assam's Goalpara district this afternoon.

A Side Effect - A Happy One - Of Cyclone Hudhud

India News | Reuters | Wednesday December 17, 2014

The cyclones that tear through India with increasing frequency often leave devastation in their wake. But sometimes they can also bring benefits, as the fishermen in India's lower Assam districts of Dhubri and Goalpara have discovered.

Nearly Four Lakh Still Flood-Hit in Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 6, 2014

Nearly four lakh people were still reeling under the impact of floods in Assam though the water level was receding in most parts of the state.

Northeast Frontier Railway Cancels 10 Trains as Flood Damages Tracks

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 6, 2014

Northeast Frontier Railway on Sunday cancelled 10 trains, and changed the schedules and routes of three others due to damage in tracks by flood waters in Lower Assam.

Two Terrorists Killed in Encounter with Army in Assam's Goalpara

India News | NDTV.com | Sunday October 5, 2014

Two terrorists were killed in a fierce encounter with the Army in Assam's Goalpara district in the wee hours of Sunday.

Nearly Four Lakh Still Hit, Flood Crisis Remains Grim: Assam Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 5, 2014

The situation in flood-hit Assam remains grim with nearly four lakh people still affected even though water levels were receding at most places in the state.

Assam Floods: Toll Rises to 36; 10 Lakh Affected

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 25, 2014

With the recovery of four more bodies today, the death toll mounted to 36 in Assam floods that affected about 10 lakh people in 13 districts and rendered majority of them homeless.

Battling Hunger and Rebuilding Homes Top Priority for Flood-Hit People of Assam, Meghalaya

India News | Written by Alok Pandey and Sanjay Chakraborty | Thursday September 25, 2014

More than 70 people have been killed and lakhs displaced in floods and landslides in the two northeastern states of Assam and Meghalaya.

Northeast Frontier Railways Cancels Eight Trains Due to Floods in Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 25, 2014

Northeast Frontier Railway today said eight trains have been cancelled and seven others have been diverted tomorrow due to floods in lower Assam and ongoing track restoration work.

Blast in Assam Kills One, Injures Three Others

India News | Edited by Vishnu Varma | Wednesday July 23, 2014

One person was killed and three others injured in a blast in front of a police station in Assam's Goalpara district today.

Bomb recovered in trouble-torn Goalpara district in Assam

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 11, 2013

A crude bomb was recovered from National Highway 37 in Assam's trouble-torn Goalpara district on Sunday, police said.

Guwahati: Bomb-like objects found on rail tracks

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 10, 2013

Four bomb-like objects were recovered from train tracks between Dudhnoi and Krishnai stations in lower Assam's restive Goalpara district today morning.

Seven killed by suspected militants in army uniform in Assam

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday November 4, 2013

At least seven people have been killed by suspected militants in army uniform in Assam's Goalpara district.

Four killed in Assam's Goalpara district, curfew imposed

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Curfew has been imposed in Malaipathar in Assam's Goalpara district amid violence in which four people have been killed. Two people died this morning when the police opened fire to control a 3000-strong mob on the rampage. Two more people were killed later in mob violence.

Assam poll violence: Two more killed in police firing in Dhubri

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 15, 2013

Two people were killed today and 11 others seriously injured in firing by security men amid clashes at a panchayat vote counting centre in Assam's Hatsingimari subdivision where indefinite curfew has been imposed.

Assam poll violence: Director General of Police says situation improving, defends police firing

India News | Alok Pandey | Thursday February 14, 2013

No fresh killings have been reported from Assam's Goalpara district where protests by the Rabha Hajong tribe during Tuesday's village council elections triggered violence. The death toll has gone up to 21 today. Director General of Police, Jayanto Narayan Chaudhary, told NDTV today that the situation is improving.

Assam poll violence: Toll rises to 20 after overnight clashes, fresh police firing; curfew imposed

India News | Alok Pandey | Thursday February 14, 2013

Three more people have died in police firing in Assam's Goalpara district, taking the death toll in the last one day to 20. Thirteen people have died in police firing and six in clashes, which continued overnight between the Rabha Hajong tribe, which is opposing the ongoing panchayat or local elections, and members of other communities.

75 per cent voting reported in violence-hit Assam local polls

India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Tuesday February 12, 2013

An estimated 75 per cent electorate exercised their franchise in the third and final phase of panchayat elections in Assam today which was marred by violence leaving 10 dead and several others, including security personnel, injured.

11 killed in police firing during local polls in Assam; Army deployed

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday February 13, 2013

Eleven people have been shot dead in clashes between police and tribal groups opposed to local elections in Assam. The Army has now been deployed to help the local police maintain law and order in Goalpara district, where the clashes were reported.

Couple killed, two children injured in accident

Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 31, 2013

A couple was killed and their two children injured on Thursday when the vehicle in which they were travelling in collided head-on with a speeding truck in Assam's Goalpara district, the police said.

Elephant's tusks, trunk, tail chopped off in Assam

India News | Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Thursday December 6, 2012

The elephant is lying in a paddy field in Kharmauza village, five kilometres from Goalpara town on national highway 37. Eyewitnesses say its tusks have been uprooted and trunk chopped off. The tail is missing.

Blast in Assam: Army vehicles targeted; one jawan killed, 7 injured

India News | Written by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday July 31, 2012

At least one person has died and seven others have been injured in a high intensity blast that targeted Army vehicles in Assam's Goalpara district today.

Assam flood scene grim, toll rises to 30

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 28, 2012

The overall flood situation in Assam further worsened on Thursday as fresh areas came under water. The death toll rose to 30 and many others went missing in a boat capsize in Goalpara district.

ULFA's bomb-making unit busted; two held

Guwahati News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 21, 2012

Security forces have busted a bomb-making unit of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and arrested two suspects at the Assam-Meghalaya border, police said on Monday. Some explosives and detonators were also recovered from the unit. "Based on a specific tip-off, we launched a search operation in Agama area in lower Assam's Goalp...