Guwahati Times

Over-speeding, drinkdriving, driving on wrong side, jumping red light and talking on phone while driving have been found to be the five biggest causes of road accidents in Uttar Pradesh — the state that tops the list in terms of deaths due to road mishaps in the country. Stationary vehicles

Incessant rainfall triggered landslides on Thursday blocking highways in West Bengal’s Darjeeling and Sikkim and cutting off the northeastern state’s capital Gangtok from Siliguri in the plains. Fresh landslides hit many parts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts on Thursday amid a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the

Twenty eight villages were submerged in Majuli island district today by the overflowing water of Brahmaputra and Subansiri rivers. A Majuli district administration official told media that all the 28 villages under water were outside the embankment of the island and were close to the rivers with some villages located

Two persons have lost their lives due to flood and one person died due to rain-induced landslide, while the total number of flood-hit people has swelled to over two lakh during the past 24 hours in the State. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) flood report here