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Two people are killed and three others are seriously injured after being hit in a hit and run incident in Cachar district, Assam, India.
2022-04-20

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam, part of Meghalaya, and part of Bangladesh, causing damage to houses and buildings. Two people die from heart attacks, while ten others are wounded by the earthquake itself.
2021-04-28

The Indian tourism industry reports that, as a result of protests, December visits to the Taj Mahal and the state of Assam declined by 60% and 90% respectively compared to the same period last year. These declines are also occurring in the midst of general economic slowdown in the country.
2019-12-29

As anger over the new citizenship law grows in the Indian states of Assam and Tripura, the government calls in the Army to restore peace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals for calm.
2019-12-12

India releases the final version of the National Register of Citizens for the state of Assam. Up to 1.9 million residents risk losing their citizenship if they are not on the list and can not prove their residency. The move is criticized for disproportionately affecting the local Bengali community.
2019-08-31

The death toll from floods in the Indian state of Assam rises to seven, with 650,000 people displaced.
2015-08-23

Sixty-five thousand people in the Indian state of Assam are affected by floods and heavy rainfall.
2015-07-16

A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state kills two people.
2015-02-13

Attacks on villages in the Indian state of Assam kill dozens of people. Suspicion falls on the insurgents of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland.
2014-12-23

Fighting between indigenous tribes and Muslim settlers in Assam, northeast India kills at least 19 people, causing 50,000 people to flee.
2012-07-23