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
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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
Stretches of the India-Bangladesh border fencing have been damaged due to floods in Meghalaya but a tight vigil is being maintained, BSF officials said on Friday. Heavy rain-triggered flash floods in Meghalaya have caused extensive damage to roads and other major civilian infrastructure, prompting chief minister Conrad K Sangma to