The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Thursday with nearly 86,000 people hit by the deluge across five districts, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Bongaigaon is the worst affected where almost 53,000 people are in distress, followed
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Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) on Thursday said it will introduce Vistadome tourist special train services in two popular routes — Guwahati-New Haflong in Assam and New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar Junction in West Bengal from Saturday. NFR general manager Anshul Gupta said the special trains will be run on the two routes considering
The Assam government on Thursday decided that it will create nearly 900 posts in Public Works and Public Health Engineering departments by making new circles and divisions in various parts of the state. At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Cabinet gave its nod to create
Anguish and outrage poured in from across Assam on Thursday after a college student succumbed to injuries in a machete attack by her estranged boyfriend, who was a non-teaching staff at her college. Nandita Saikia, a BA student at Moridhal College in Dhemaji district, was attacked by Rintu Sharma while
A woman was critically injured after she was attacked allegedly by a man with whom she was engaged in an extra-marital affair, a police officer in Kamrup district of Assam said on Thursday. The development comes close on the heels of a college girl losing her life in a similar