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Eight people are killed and more than 115,000 people are displaced after heavy flooding in Assam, India.
2023-07-18

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

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

The Rajya Sabha of India votes 125 to 105 to pass a controversial amendment to the Indian nationality law that would expedite citizenship for religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. As the bill omits Muslims, critics say it's discriminatory and violates the secular nature of the Constitution. Massive protests break out in the state of Assam in response.
2019-12-11

Police in Assam arrest 18 people in connection of lynching two youths following rumors on WhatsApp and social media that they were child traffickers.
2018-06-11

2013 Assam floods: Floods in Indian state of Assam force nearly 250,000 people to leave their homes.
2013-07-11

Villagers in Assam kill a 55-year-old man suspected of practicing black magic to "appease" a goddess.
2013-06-7

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

27 people are killed after their bus plunges into a gorge in Assam, eastern India.
2011-05-31