The Latest Breaking News from Morigaon

Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

Newslaundry · Aug 22, 2025

SC protection in Morigaon, but fresh summons in Guwahati: Wire points to ‘no details’ of new FIR

The Guwahati Crime Branch has issued summons to The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and senior journalist Karan Thapar in an FIR citing Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita among other charges. This came on the same day the Supreme Court shielded Varadarajan from coercive action in a separate FIR filed…

Newslaundry · Aug 18, 2025

Assam: 55-year-old sustains injuries after being attacked by rhino near Pobitor

A 55-year-old man sustained injuries after being attacked by a one-horned rhinoceros at Jhargaon area near Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Dec 16, 2024

Man arrested for planting IED near Basketball ground in Imphal

According to the police, a person named Kshetrimayum Bhogendro Singh was detained in connection with the planting of IED near Basketball Ground at Singjamei Chingamakha in Imphal. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 13, 2022

Madrasa run by mufti with Ansarul Islam link demolished

The madrasa in Assam’s Morigaon district, from where its head mufti was arrested for his alleged links with Bangladesh terror outfit Ansarul Islam, was demolished

The Hindu · Aug 4, 2022

Assam police arrest journalists for reporting on minor’s ‘porn’ video

On July 9, a video clip was posted on social media. It purportedly showed four men having sex with a girl, later revealed to be a minor aged 17, in Assam’s Morigaon.

Newslaundry · Jul 29, 2022

Manipur landslide: Toll of Assam residents rises to 15

Of the 15 Assam residents who lost their lives in the landslide, 12 labourers were from Morigaon

The Hindu · Jul 12, 2022

Manipur landslide: Army jawan among seven from Assam killed; State govt to airlift bodies

The overall toll in the landslide at Tupul yard railway construction camp in the neighbouring State on June 29 has increased to 25

The Hindu · Jul 2, 2022