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  When former PM Morarji Desai miraculously escaped unhurt from a plane crash in Assam's Jorhat

  India | January 28, 2026 16:05 IST

  Morarji 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 | July 01, 2024 23:01 IST

  Assam'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 | June 05, 2024 11:19 IST

  Jorhat 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 | April 20, 2024 17:31 IST

  Hot 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 | March 09, 2024 13:54 IST

  PM 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 | September 09, 2021 13:43 IST

  Two 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 | June 26, 2021 13:43 IST

  Jailed 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 | March 25, 2021 10:37 IST

  Every 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 | March 21, 2021 17:20 IST

  Congress 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 | August 10, 2020 13:20 IST

  A 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 | July 08, 2020 21:54 IST

  The 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 | December 24, 2019 15:14 IST

  The 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 | June 06, 2019 21:42 IST

  Sandhya 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 | February 15, 2018 19:39 IST

  The 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 | July 16, 2017 11:45 IST

  In 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 | November 24, 2016 21:57 IST

  An 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

  Politics | March 01, 2014 13:57 IST

  Jorhat (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 | September 03, 2013 7:40 IST

  Guwahati: 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 | June 18, 2012 18:48 IST

  Jorhat (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