Assam, a hilly state on the border with Myanmar and Bangladesh, has long served as a gateway to Northeast India, a distant region famed for its cultural individuality and geographical beauty.
Assam, the “Land of the Red River and Blue Hills,” has recently been included in The New York Times’ list of 52 places to go in 2025. Alongside destinations like Jane Austen’s England, the Galápagos ...
The latest addition to the list of wrong navigation data provided by Google Maps is when the application misled a team of Assam Police to cross the border of the state and drive into Nagaland. A ...
An Assam Police team mistakenly crossed into Nagaland guided by Google Maps and got detained by locals who mistook them for criminals. The officers were released after a night in captivity.
The map showed a tea garden in Nagaland as being in Assam, which caused confusion among the locals. They attacked the police team and held them overnight. One officer was injured. Only three officers ...
A 16-member Assam Police team reached Nagaland- with the help of Google Maps- during a raid where they were attacked and captured by local residents who mistook them for criminals. The incident ...
Locals mistook cops for criminals and attacked them 16 Assam Police personnel were captured Google Maps showed a tea garden in the wrong state A 16-member Assam Police team, following directions from ...
The team, which was in civil dress and armed, had been following directions from Google Maps to a tea garden they believed was located in Assam. However, the map mistakenly placed the garden in ...