13 more bodies, including that of a Territorial Army personnel, were recovered from the debris at a railway construction site in Noney district, which was hit by a massive landslide, raising the death toll in the tragedy to 21, officials said. More than 55 others were still missing following the
Category: Northeast
The number of deaths caused by floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh this year rose to 18 as one more body was retrieved from under the debris in Papum Pare district, an official said on Thursday. The body of a 27-year-old woman, identified as Momita Chakma, was retrieved from under
A 21-year college student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man in Tripura’s Gomati district, police said on Wednesday. The woman, a resident of Melagarh in Sepahijala district, was returning home after appearing in her final examination. At around 5.30 pm, three youths forcibly pushed me into a vehicle
Eighty illegal immigrants from Myanmar were apprehended from Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Tuesday, police said. These illegal immigrants, who did not have any valid documents, were living in rented accommodations in Ngathal village and Vaal Veng of the district, they said. Among those apprehended were 25 men, 35 women and
Three more persons died in flood-hit Arunachal Pradesh, parts of which are still bearing the brunt of last week’s heavy rainfall that triggered landslides and submerged low-lying areas. A 36-year-old woman, Sangio Yapa, died and three others suffered injuries in a landslide that buried their home at Takar Colony in