Assam

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: Bitter political duel between Rahul Gandhi, Assam CM out in open

NRL contributes Rs 2.5 crore to Assam Chief Minister's Relief Fund

The cheque was formally handed over to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by NRL Managing Director (In-Charge) Bhaskar Jyoti Phukan recently, an NRL release said on Thursday

Flood situation in Assam remains grim; two more die, 5.75 lakh affected

The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Wednesday with two more people losing their lives and over 5.75 lakh people remaining affected by the deluge across nine districts

Assam flood: Situation continues to improve as death toll rises to 27

The situation in Assam, where the pre-monsoon floods have affected large parts of the state for the past 12 days, continue to improve for the third day on Tuesday

Assam flood: Death toll rises to 25, over 650,000 hit across 22 districts

The flood situation in Assam has slightly abated even though the death toll rose to 25 as one more person died and over 6.5 lakh people remained affected by the deluge across 22 districts

Assam Cabinet decides to revise CBCS for UG, PG courses under NEP

The Assam Cabinet took certain key decisions, including revision of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes under the New Education Policy (NEP).

Assam flood: Death toll rises to 24; marginal improvement in situation

Six more persons died in Assam on Sunday due to flood, taking the overall death toll to 24, even as the flood situation witnessed some marginal improvement, officials said.

Entry to religious institutions should be allowed after an age: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that entry to religious institutions like Madrasas should only be allowed at an age at which students can take their own decisions.

SIT to probe police station arson; inquiry into custodial death: Assam DGP

Five miscreants were arrested for the arson at Batadrava Police Station in Assam's Nagaon district, and a SIT will soon be constituted to inquire into the incident, a top police officer said on Sunday

IAF deploys choppers to rescue people in Assam; 119 evacuated on Saturday

IAF deployed An-32 transport aircraft, 2 Mi-17 helicopters, a Chinook helicopter and a ALH Dhruv and evacuated 119 passengers stranded at Ditokchera railway station with the help of Mi-17 helicopter

Assam floods: Nearly 680,000 people in 31 districts reeling under deluge

Four persons died on Friday after drowning in flood waters in Cachar, Hojai and Nagaon districts and the death toll in floods and landslides rose to 18

Assam-Arunachal border dispute likely to be resolved by next year: Shah

Efforts underway to make North East insurgency-free, 9,000 militants of region returned to mainstream in last 8 years, says Shah in Arunachal

An all-weather road to Tawang; BRO conducts final blast on Nechiphu Tunnel

In the two years since the PLA's intrusions into Eastern Ladakh, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is sparing no effort to build and upgrade road highways from Tezpur to the McMahon Line

500,000 people in Assam to get houses under PMAY-G, says CM Himanta Sarma

The chief minister said that of the 12,000 beneficiaries in Jorhat district, 4,000 belong to tea garden communities

Flood situation in Assam worsens; one dead, 718,000 affected

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Thursday with one more person losing his life and nearly 7.18 lakh people in 27 districts remaining affected by the deluge, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person drowned in Kampur revenue circle of Nagaon district. Besides, two more persons are reported to be missing at Kampur, it said. With this, the total number of people losing their lives in this year's flood and landslides has gone up to 10 across the state. ASDMA said that more than 7,17,500 people are hit due to floods in Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts. Nagaon is the worst hit with over 3.31 lakh people suffering, followed by Cachar (1.6 lak

Floods worsens in Assam, over 600,000 affected; landslides in Arunachal

1413 villages are under water and Nagaon is the worst hit district where 2.88 lakh people are reeling under the calamity; in Cachar nearly 1.2 lakh people ands in Hojai more than 1.07 lakh people were

Assam floods: Amit Shah assures all help, army joins rescue operations

Union Home Minister Amit Shah discussed the overall flood situation in Assam with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over phone and assured all possible help from the Centre

Seven die, over 200,000 affected in pre-monsoon flood in Assam region

With two more people dead in Cachar district, the death toll rose to seven in the ongoing pre-monsoon floods and landslides in Assam, where over two lakh people so far have been affected in 24 districts, officials said on Tuesday.

Around 200,000 people in 20 districts affected by floods in Assam

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides triggered by incessant rain

40,000 people affected in Cachar as Assam floods get worse

The situation in Assam's Cachar district continues to remain grim with over 41,000 people in the district affected by the current wave of floods