More than 1,000 passengers on board the Guwahati Express and the Guwahati-Silchar Express trains, which were stuck in the flood-hit areas of Assam, were helped by the RailTel’s wi-fi facility at stations, where there was a complete breakdown of the mobile network, the rail PSU said on Wednesday. RailTel made
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Four persons have been hospitalised after consuming wild mushrooms at Monakocha village under Fakiragram police station in Kokrajhar district. The incident took place at Monakocha village on Tuesday night. They had pain in their stomach and were vomiting continuously after consuming the mushrooms for their dinner. They were immediately rushed
Hojai district has witnessed massive flooding due to incessant rainfall. To safeguard themselves, people had to leave their house and take shelter at relief camps. In order to help those stranded people, the Hojai district team of Assam Chamber of Commerce distributed relief among the flood affected people. The team
The police in western Assam’s Goalpara district have arrested a teacher of a government school for allegedly carrying beef to school. Dalima Nessa, the arrested teacher, is the headmistress of the Hurkachungi Middle English School in the district’s Lakhipur area. She was questioned by the police and arrested after a
The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated on Wednesday with one more person dead in Darrang district, the toll rose to nine in the current pre-monsoon floods and landslides in Assam as more than 6.62 lakh people have been affected in 27 of the state’s 34 districts, officials said. According