Jorhat
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Jorhat Assembly Election: Can Congress' Gaurav Gogoi stop BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami's hat-trick?
Assam | Apr 03, 2026, 01:28 PM ISTHot seats in Assam Assembly Election 2026: The Jorhat Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies in the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 100 of the Assam Legislative Assembly.
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When former PM Morarji Desai miraculously escaped unhurt from a plane crash in Assam's Jorhat
India | Jan 28, 2026, 04:05 PM ISTMorarji Desai narrowly escaped death in a dramatic plane crash on November 4, 1977, when an aircraft carrying him crash-landed in a remote paddy field in Assam’s Jorhat district.
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Assam flood crisis worsens: Over 6 lakh affected across 19 districts
Assam | Jul 01, 2024, 11:01 PM ISTAssam's flood situation has worsened, impacting over 6.44 lakh people across 19 districts. Multiple agencies are engaged in rescue operations as eight rivers flow above the danger mark.
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Jorhat Election Results 2024: Congress Gaurav Gogoi breaks BJP's winning streak
India | Jun 05, 2024, 11:19 AM ISTJorhat Election Results 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party registered victory in the seat in last two Lok Sabha elections. This time, Congress fielded its main face in the state Gaurav Gogoi hoping to wrest the seat from BJP.
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Jorhat Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress’ Gaurav Gogoi faces BJP’s Topon Kumar Gogoi challenge
India | Apr 20, 2024, 05:31 PM ISTHot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP's Topon Gogoi emerged victorious in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, securing over 50 per cent votes. He won with 5,43,288 votes.
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PM Modi unveils statue of Lachit Borphukan, addresses public meeting in Assam's Jorhat | VIDEO
India | Mar 09, 2024, 01:54 PM ISTPM Modi in Assam: Prime Minister also dedicated to nation important projects like the new medical Medical College and Hospital at Tinsukia; and 718 Km long Barauni - Guwahati Pipeline (part of Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project) built at a cost of about Rs 3,992 crore, among others.
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Brahmaputra boat capsize: Assam CM Himanta visits accident site; orders police to file criminal case
India | Sep 09, 2021, 01:43 PM ISTTwo boats collided on Wednesday and the smaller one of the two capsized around 100 metres away from the Nematighat bank between Kamalabari in Majuli district and Nematighat in Jorhat district in Assam.
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Out on parole, Akhil Gogoi leaves for Jorhat to meet ailing mother
India | Jun 26, 2021, 01:43 PM ISTJailed legislator Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, left for Jorhat on Saturday to meet his ailing mother after spending a night with his wife and son.
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Villagers of Jorhat express their plight due to regular floods
News | Mar 25, 2021, 10:37 AM ISTEvery year, villages in Assam battle with flood and its repercussions, hundreds of people are forced to leave their house and stay on roads.
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Assam polls: Giving solid fight, very confident to win elections, says Priyanka Gandhi
Politics | Mar 21, 2021, 05:20 PM ISTCongress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed public rally in Assam's Jorhat ahead state Assembly elections on March 21. While speaking to media persons, she said, "We are giving a solid fight, we are very confident.
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Couple dies in fire at automobile shop in Assam's Jorhat
News | Aug 10, 2020, 01:20 PM ISTA couple died after fire broke out at an automobile repairing shop in Assam's Jorhat on August 09. Many got severely injured and were rushed to the nearby hospital.
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Assam Lockdown: Week-long ‘total lockdown’ in Jorhat from July 9
India | Jul 08, 2020, 09:54 PM ISTThe Jorhat district administration in Assam has decided to impose a week-long "total lockdown" across Jorhat city from July 9 to check the spread of coronavirus
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IAF AN-32 aircraft crash investigation reveals 'navigational error'
India | Dec 24, 2019, 03:14 PM ISTThe Indian Airforce's aircraft (IAF AN-32) that crashed in Aruncahal Pradesh in June 2019, enetered wrong valley and was caught in bad weather. An investigation into the IAF AN-32 crash cites 'navigational error' as the main reason behind the crash. Details here
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AN-32 pilot's wife was on ATC duty in Jorhat when the aircraft went off the radar
India | Jun 06, 2019, 09:42 PM ISTSandhya Tanwar was on duty at the IAF's Air Traffic Control in Jorhat, watching as her husband Ashish Tanwar piloted an AN-32 aircraft that took off from the airbase for the thickly forested area of Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh that fateful Monday afternoon.
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Two IAF pilots killed after chopper crashes near Jorhat in Assam
India | Feb 15, 2018, 07:39 PM ISTThe incident took place at Sumoimari Chapori, a police officer said, adding that Defence and IAF personnel were on their way to Majuli.
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Indian Army’s top officer claims of ‘systematic victimisation’ by ex-Army chiefs: report
India | Jul 16, 2017, 11:45 AM ISTIn his complaint to the Army headquarters, 45-year-old Shekhawat has named former chief Gen Bikram Singh, his successor Gen Dalbir Singh and Lt Gen Abhay Krishna
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Adult Royal Bengal Tiger lynched in Assam village
India | Nov 24, 2016, 09:57 PM ISTAn adult male Royal Bengal tiger was hacked to death in a village near Jorhat in upper Assam on Thursday.
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Tragic: Assam man sets his wife on fire after quarrel over attending Rahul Gandhi's programme
National | Mar 01, 2014, 01:57 PM ISTJorhat (Assam): Meeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi led to the death of a woman in Jorhat district of Assam on Friday. Bonti Chutia, a Congress female activist from Titabor sub-division of Jorhat district , returned
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Mising and Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Councils polls announced
India | Sep 03, 2013, 07:40 AM ISTGuwahati: The Assam State Election Commission yesterday announced the schedule for holding elections to the General Council Constituencies for Mising Autonomous Council and Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council. With the notification for both the elections being
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Miraculous escape for 110 ferry passengers
India | Jun 18, 2012, 06:48 PM ISTJorhat (Assam), Jun 18: At least 110 passengers had a miraculous escape when the ferry in which they were travelling to Majuli, the world's largest river island, got stuck in the middle of the Brahmaputra