Assam Tinsukia Killing

At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in a road accident in Assam's Tinsukia last night, police said on Wednesday.

A 12-year-old girl was raped and killed in Assam's Tinsukia district, police said on Thursday.The accused, who fled to Arunachal Pradesh, was later critically injured in police firing when he tried to escape from custody after his arrest.

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to pay compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of five youths killed by the Army in Assam's Tinsukia district in 1994 during an anti-insurgency operation.

Assam Police said inhalation of some poisonous gas like methane could have led to the death of the coal miners who were all aged below 30 years

According to sources, the security forces received information regarding the presence of six ULFA-I cadres led by one Rupon Asom taking shelter at Dapather Majgaon under the Kakopathar police station.

A 35-year-old tourist was killed when he fell down during paragliding at a temporary resort set up in Dibru river in Assam's Tinsukia district, officials said on Thursday.

Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured in a grenade blast in upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Friday.

A minor was killed in a blast at Kathakathini in Jagun area of upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday morning. The explosion is suspected to be a grenade blast, said police.

More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ordered a high-level inquiry into the circumstances that led to a blowout at a gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tinsukia district and a subsequent fire that killed two persons.

Three women, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed and several people were injured on early Saturday morning after a speeding car ploughed into the pedestrians in Assam's Tinsukia district.

A man and his mother were beaten to death by an angry mob in the presence of a policeman at Shewpur Tea Estate in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Friday. The matter came to light after a video of the murder was widely shared on social media.

Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said on Thursday a six-member team of the proscribed ULFA(I) terrorists was behind the killing of five Bengali-speaking persons at Tinsukia district earlier this month.

An elephant died between Titabar and Mariani stations early Wednesday after being hit by an express train, which derailed after the incident, a Railways official said.

Nearly a week after five people of Bengali origin were killed by unidentified terrorists in Assam's Tinsukia district, the nature of the crime is still under debate.

At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in a road accident in Assam's Tinsukia last night, police said on Wednesday.

A 12-year-old girl was raped and killed in Assam's Tinsukia district, police said on Thursday.The accused, who fled to Arunachal Pradesh, was later critically injured in police firing when he tried to escape from custody after his arrest.

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to pay compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of five youths killed by the Army in Assam's Tinsukia district in 1994 during an anti-insurgency operation.

Assam Police said inhalation of some poisonous gas like methane could have led to the death of the coal miners who were all aged below 30 years

According to sources, the security forces received information regarding the presence of six ULFA-I cadres led by one Rupon Asom taking shelter at Dapather Majgaon under the Kakopathar police station.

A 35-year-old tourist was killed when he fell down during paragliding at a temporary resort set up in Dibru river in Assam's Tinsukia district, officials said on Thursday.

Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured in a grenade blast in upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Friday.

A minor was killed in a blast at Kathakathini in Jagun area of upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday morning. The explosion is suspected to be a grenade blast, said police.

More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ordered a high-level inquiry into the circumstances that led to a blowout at a gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tinsukia district and a subsequent fire that killed two persons.

Three women, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed and several people were injured on early Saturday morning after a speeding car ploughed into the pedestrians in Assam's Tinsukia district.

A man and his mother were beaten to death by an angry mob in the presence of a policeman at Shewpur Tea Estate in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district on Friday. The matter came to light after a video of the murder was widely shared on social media.

Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said on Thursday a six-member team of the proscribed ULFA(I) terrorists was behind the killing of five Bengali-speaking persons at Tinsukia district earlier this month.

An elephant died between Titabar and Mariani stations early Wednesday after being hit by an express train, which derailed after the incident, a Railways official said.

Nearly a week after five people of Bengali origin were killed by unidentified terrorists in Assam's Tinsukia district, the nature of the crime is still under debate.