Category: Assam

Around 2 lakh hit by floods in Assam

Around 2 lakh hit 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 snapped rail and road links, an official bulletin said on Monday. Two flood-related deaths

Two quakes rock Assam, Meghalaya

Two quakes rock Assam, Meghalaya

Two earthquakes of 3.9 magnitude each hit Meghalaya and Assam in less than 24 hours, official reports said on Monday. The first quake, recorded at 9.47 pm on Sunday, had its epicentre in Nongpoh area of Meghalaya at a depth of 12 km, the second in Nagaon of Assam at

10 Assamese Youths Join ULFA-I, Report

10 Assamese Youths Join ULFA-I, Report

10 more youths, including two women from Assam, have been suspected to have joined the banned military outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I). These youths have been identified as Mridupaban Bora, Ananta Rabha, Diganta Das, Chinmoy Deka, Bipul Deori, Nayanjyoti Kalita, Nakul Das, Shibani Gogoi, Malabika Kalita