As floodwaters entered fresh areas of Assam, the number of affected people has doubled in Assam to over four lakh since the previous day, while three more persons died due to the calamity taking the toll to eight, a government bulletin said on Tuesday. Landslides triggered by incessant rain snapped
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Jawa-Yezdi Motorcycles concluded the annual Taktsang Trail Ride in Guwahati. The ride that commenced from Dimapur with 14 riders, took them across the beautiful landscape and unexplored corners of the North-Eastern states covering 1000 km. The Taktsang Trail ride has been introduced in the Jawa-Yezdi Nomad’s ride calendar to discover
Senior IPS officer Lajja Ram Bishnoi has been appointed as Meghalaya’s new Director General of Police, state Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui said on Monday. The 1991-batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre was serving as the Special DGP of Assam Police. “Senior IPS officer L R Bishnoi has been
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
Four people, including a woman, died in landslides triggered by incessant downpour here, police said on Monday. Two people were killed when their house was hit by a massive landslide near Punjabi Dhaba, they said. A woman is still trapped inside the bamboo house with a tin roof, which came