Baksa District

In a gesture of respect, Assam minister and BJP leader Pijush Hazarika paused his election rally speech when namaz was being read at a mosque nearby. This happened in Assam's Baksa district on Wednesday.

A policeman has been arrested in Assam after he was seen in a video threatening Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the police said. Assistant sub-inspector Panitra Mech, who was posted in Baksa district, some 86 km from main city Guwahati, was seen in the video that was shared widely on social media on August 15.

Three districts of Assam -Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Baksa are still inundated and 11,900 people are reeling under the impact of the flood on Monday, an official bulletin said.

Dhemaji, Baksa and Morigaon districts of Assam continued to remain submerged on Wednesday, even as floodwaters receded from most parts of the state, according to an official bulletin.

Baksa district has recorded the highest pass percentage among 33 districts in the state in Assam board Class 12 exam.

A 50-year-old woman living in a remote corner of Assam, who has trouble feeding her family, has been fighting a lone battle- to prove that she is a citizen of India. Declared a foreigner by Assam's Foreigners' Tribunal, Jabeda Begum lost the battle in Gauhati High Court and now, the Supreme Court looks too far away.

The Assam government on Monday issued a red alert as the flood situation turned extremely critical, displacing tens of thousands and cutting off entire portions of the state. As many as 4,157 villages across 30 districts of the northeastern state, including Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Udalguri, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang...

The impact of the terror attack at Kashmir's Pulwama was felt all the way down at Kalbari village in Assam's Baksa district today, as residents gathered to mourn the death of 48-year-old CRPF soldier Maneshwar Basumatary in the incident.

A woman and a man in Assam's Baksa district were stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up by a mob on the suspicion that they had an illicit affair. The extremely disturbing attack, captured on cellphone cameras, has been shared widely on social media.

The Narayanguri embankment in Assam's Baksa district has been washed away thrice since 2004 due to floods. Like the last two times, it's being rebuilt once again to protect human settlements.

The Congress has not managed to win a single seat in the elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council, even as the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the party of perfume baron perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal, scored a handful of seats in its debut election. However, the Bodoland People's Front is expected to retain control of the Council.

Indefinite curfew continues in parts of Assam's Baksa district, a day after all four bodies of people kidnapped by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants, were recovered.

Bodies of three more people kidnapped by suspected militants were recovered from the Beki River in Assam's Baksa district today even as police fired in the air to disperse a mob holding a protest against the kidnapping in violation of indefinite curfew in Salbari sub-division.

Curfew in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang in Assam was relaxed on Monday morning. The death toll in the targeted killings rose to 31 on Sunday evening after two bodies were found floating in the Beki river near Narayanguri village in Baksa district. 30 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of lo...

The family members of those killed in the targeted attacks by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbhijit faction) militants in Assam's Baksa district buried the bodies on Sunday night.

In a gesture of respect, Assam minister and BJP leader Pijush Hazarika paused his election rally speech when namaz was being read at a mosque nearby. This happened in Assam's Baksa district on Wednesday.

A policeman has been arrested in Assam after he was seen in a video threatening Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the police said. Assistant sub-inspector Panitra Mech, who was posted in Baksa district, some 86 km from main city Guwahati, was seen in the video that was shared widely on social media on August 15.

Three districts of Assam -Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Baksa are still inundated and 11,900 people are reeling under the impact of the flood on Monday, an official bulletin said.

Dhemaji, Baksa and Morigaon districts of Assam continued to remain submerged on Wednesday, even as floodwaters receded from most parts of the state, according to an official bulletin.

Baksa district has recorded the highest pass percentage among 33 districts in the state in Assam board Class 12 exam.

A 50-year-old woman living in a remote corner of Assam, who has trouble feeding her family, has been fighting a lone battle- to prove that she is a citizen of India. Declared a foreigner by Assam's Foreigners' Tribunal, Jabeda Begum lost the battle in Gauhati High Court and now, the Supreme Court looks too far away.

The Assam government on Monday issued a red alert as the flood situation turned extremely critical, displacing tens of thousands and cutting off entire portions of the state. As many as 4,157 villages across 30 districts of the northeastern state, including Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Udalguri, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang...

The impact of the terror attack at Kashmir's Pulwama was felt all the way down at Kalbari village in Assam's Baksa district today, as residents gathered to mourn the death of 48-year-old CRPF soldier Maneshwar Basumatary in the incident.

A woman and a man in Assam's Baksa district were stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up by a mob on the suspicion that they had an illicit affair. The extremely disturbing attack, captured on cellphone cameras, has been shared widely on social media.

The Narayanguri embankment in Assam's Baksa district has been washed away thrice since 2004 due to floods. Like the last two times, it's being rebuilt once again to protect human settlements.

The Congress has not managed to win a single seat in the elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council, even as the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the party of perfume baron perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal, scored a handful of seats in its debut election. However, the Bodoland People's Front is expected to retain control of the Council.

Indefinite curfew continues in parts of Assam's Baksa district, a day after all four bodies of people kidnapped by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants, were recovered.

Bodies of three more people kidnapped by suspected militants were recovered from the Beki River in Assam's Baksa district today even as police fired in the air to disperse a mob holding a protest against the kidnapping in violation of indefinite curfew in Salbari sub-division.

Curfew in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang in Assam was relaxed on Monday morning. The death toll in the targeted killings rose to 31 on Sunday evening after two bodies were found floating in the Beki river near Narayanguri village in Baksa district. 30 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of lo...

The family members of those killed in the targeted attacks by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbhijit faction) militants in Assam's Baksa district buried the bodies on Sunday night.