Skip to content Skip to navigation

Earthquake felt in BTAD

By Hantigiri Narzary |

A massive 6.8 earthquake  jolt was also felt this morning around 4.35 AM in Lower Assam's’ BTAD districts including Kokrajhar as peoples have to come out of the houses.

It was the first felt jolt of earthquake in the early day of the first week of January(2016) that  impact severely in Manipur.

‘No any casualty  or damaged and cracks of buildings are reported so far in the jolt from districts’, said Madhav Prasad Sarma,Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner.The district administration was working to take information about post earthquake in the district,Sarma added.

‘Me along with my family and peoples of our resident complex come out from the room and houses in fearing after felt jolt of earthquake early this morning which lasted around 50 seconds. It was a dangerous jolt after Nepal that claimed thousands of lives leaving huge damages in June last year(2015)’,  said MH Narzary,a resident of Jampwi Barnai under Ward No.8 in Kokrajhar town.

Add new comment

Random Stories

Assam tea gets GI status

22 Nov 2007 - 3:20am | Rituparna Goswami Pande
Assam tea has reached new heights with the recent conferring of Geographical Indications label ,GI status to the Orthodox Assam tea. Orthodox tea is the second Assam product to bag the GI label after...

Rajnath slams Cong on influx

30 Mar 2014 - 1:29pm | AT News
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday accused of the Congress government of encouraging infiltration from the Indo-Bangladesh border.Addressing a poll rally in Karimganj, he said that a Bangla...
Bokakhat MLA Arun Phukan hosting national flag at Bokakhat.

R-Day celebrations peaceful

26 Jan 2014 - 1:42pm | AT News
Braving ULFA-NDFB-KLO boycott calls, reports of Republic Day celebrations are pouring in from across the state.In Sivasagar, parliamentary secretary Sarat Saikia unfurled the national flag at the...

International Tea Festival

8 Nov 2007 - 6:26am | Rituparna Goswami Pande
The world is coming to Guwahati this November to take part in the International tea festival that will be held on November 22 at the Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor stadium at Sasusajai. The three day...

Other Contents by Author

Heera hopes for majority

With few weeks to for general election various political parties and organisations have already started campaigning in the area to gain public support. The pro-talk ULFA leader and a consensus candidate of Janogosthio Aikhya Mancha in Kokrajhar Lok Sabha seat Heera Sarania today visited Fakiragram area in Kokrajhar as part of the election campaign. Sarania said that peoples of the Bodoladn region wanted change and will vote a change.Sarania said that the ruling party in BTC administration and sitting parliamentarian has failed to address the grievances of the majority people for which the public will vote a change. He has expressed serious concern over killing, kidnapping and extortion from...

Shock and anger in Kokrajhar

Utter shock and anger seem to have gripped Kokrajhar a day after three members of a family were killed in the name of witch hunting.The incident took place at Borjhora village in  Monglajhora area under Bogribari police station  where the trio remained clueless.Police have so far arrested 13 persons in this connection after two bodies were exhumed from a jungle.  The entire incident came to light after the victim's youngest son, who is a constable with 7th AP Bn got to the incident . According to Suresh, victim's elder son who lives nearby, about 10-15, with sharp weapons came  on the evening of Wednesday and forcefully took away his mother (Bangali) and d elder sister...

3 missing in Kokrajhar

Three people are believed to have been killed in the name of witch-hunting in Kokrajhar.The incident took place on Thursday in Mongoljhar where the three people including a woman have been remaining untraced for the last 48 hours.Acting on the complaints, police have picked up 11 villagers on Saturday morning. They are being interrogated to ascertain the truth.

Woman commits suicide

A woman committed suicide by lying before a moving train in Kokrajhar on Thursday.Identified as Jaya Saki, the 40 year old woman committed suicide on the rail track near the Gauranga bridge in the afternoon.  She is believed to have committed suicide because of domestic affairs hours after her girl eloped with a youth.