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
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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
UPPL president Pramod Boro has hailed the date and notification declared for conducting the bye poll for No.22 Koklabari constituency in Baksa scheduled on 8th June. Addressing the reporters on Saturday in Kokrajhar, Boro, who is also chief executive member of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) told that his UPPL party is
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
The ferry services between Jorhat and Majuli has been stopped due to heavy rains and the rising water levels of the Brahmaputra River. Ferry services at Nimati ghat, Kamlabari and others will also remain suspended, district authorities said today. The services will remain suspended till further notice.