Relief and rescue operations are continuing in the flood-hit Dima Hasao district. An Indian Airforce chopper landed in Haflong carrying 20 NDRF personnel and 1.5 tonnes of equipment and essentials. The remaining stranded people are also being rescued by the Air Force. The government and airforce along NDRF are running
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The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Friday as waters entered fresh areas affecting a total of 29 districts, though the number of people hit by the deluge decreased marginally to 7,11,905, a government bulletin said. As four more deaths were reported due to the calamity, the
With the flood scenario remaining grim in Assam’s Barak Valley, communications have taken a hit. This has resulted in a shortage of fuel in the Barak Valley districts. Scores of vehicles are stranded on the Guwahati-Silchar highway as a result of floods snapping the connectivity. And as a result of
Police “deliberately fired on four accused of rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad, with an intent to cause their death”, a Supreme Court-appointed panel which probed the 2019 encounter has said in its report. The panel headed by former SC judge VS Sirpurkar recommended filing of murder charges
Issuing an alert to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Central government has asked them to keep a close watch on the monkeypox situation, in wake of a rapid spurt of cases abroad, and send samples of symptomatic travellers to the