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Waste and clogged drains: A week’s rainfall brings Guwahati to its kneesSubscriber Only
June 20, 2022 08:45 IST
On Sunday, the state’s disaster management authority reported nine more deaths, taking up the total death toll this year to 71.
Eight more killed in Assam as rain continues to wreak havoc; toll at 70
June 19, 2022 21:47 IST
More than 37,17,800 people have been affected due to floods in 4,462 villages across 30 districts of the state, news agency PTI quoted an ASDMA official as saying.
Assam flood toll 62, over 30 lakh affected; PM Modi dials Sarma to know situationSubscriber Only
June 19, 2022 09:26 IST
A release from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that in the past 24 hours, floods and landslides claimed eight more lives, taking up the total death toll this year to 62.
22 dead in Meghalaya, Assam as rains continue to lash northeast
June 17, 2022 23:19 IST
According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), over 18 lakh have been affected in 2,893 villages across 28 districts of the state. Several rivers are flowing above the danger mark in Assam, including Brahmaputra, Beki, Manas, Pagladiya, Puthimari and Jiya Bhoroli.
Assam police will absorb every Agnipath recruit after four years: CM Himanta
June 17, 2022 20:49 IST
While violent protests have been reported from other states in the past two days, Assam has not witnessed any major protest, barring one in Jorhat on Friday morning.
Assam: Incessant rain wreaks havoc, Guwahati reels under artificial floods
June 15, 2022 12:03 IST
While four labourers died in a landslide triggered by torrential showers in the capital Guwahati’s Boragaon area early Tuesday, approximately 8,000 people in seven other districts of Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Nalbari, and South Salmara were affected.
Four buried alive by landslide triggered by incessant rain in Guwahati
June 14, 2022 16:36 IST
The incident happened at around 1 am in the morning, said an official from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority.
AAP’s Manish Sisodia charges Assam CM with corruption; Himanta dismisses accusation, says he will file defamation
June 5, 2022 08:03 IST
At a press conference, he claimed that while the Assam government procured PPE kits for Rs 600 a piece from other companies, Sarma gave urgent supply orders to the firms of his wife and son's business partners for Rs 990 a piece "taking advantage of the Covid-19 emergency".
Assam: Opposition seeks probe into ‘supply scam’ by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife’s company
June 3, 2022 19:18 IST
Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the CM's wife, refuted the allegations saying did not make a “single penny” out of the supply.
Another death in Assam police custody; accused in Nagaon arson case ‘run over’Subscriber Only
May 31, 2022 05:42 IST
In December 2021, Niraj Das, the prime accused in the lynching of a student leader in Jorhat, had died in a similar fashion — run over by a police vehicle while he was allegedly trying to escape custody.
Assam: To help in ‘identification’, Cabinet to issue ‘minority certificates’ to six religious communitiesSubscriber Only
May 30, 2022 03:26 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, Habib Mohammad Chowdhury, the Chairman of the Minorities Development Board, said that the move would “benefit” the minorities of Assam, especially in availing government schemes.
Flood situation grim in Assam as two more people die, 5.61 lakh suffer
May 27, 2022 14:16 IST
The total number of people losing their lives in this year's flood and landslides in Assam has reached 30.
Assam CM Sarma inaugurates model schools in tea gardens
May 26, 2022 12:13 IST
The proposal to set up 200 tea garden schools was introduced in the 2017-2018 state budget by Himanta Biswa Sarma when he was the finance minister.
Assam: ‘Custody death’ victim’s wife among five booked under UAPASubscriber Only
May 24, 2022 07:38 IST
Among those arrested in the arson case are the wife and minor daughter of Safikul Islam, a fish trader whose alleged custodial death had led to protests, and a mob torching Batadrava police station in Nagaon on Saturday.
Assam: Day after mob torches police station in Nagaon, homes of accused demolishedSubscriber Only
May 23, 2022 01:37 IST
The Nagaon district administration on Sunday ordered a judicial probe into the alleged custodial death of a fish trader from Salonabari village. Following the death, a mob had set fire to a police station on Saturday.
Assam professor arrested for ‘criticising govt policies’, gets bailSubscriber Only
May 23, 2022 05:46 IST
Associate professor at the SS College in Hailakandi, Jamir Ahmed Choudhury was booked for using “unparliamentary language” against the state’s chief minister and education minister in emails sent to the district superintendent of police as well as the deputy commissioner.
Assam BJP MLA criticised for ‘piggyback ride’ in flood waters
May 19, 2022 18:35 IST
In the video, Sibu Misra can be seen on the back of a man, identified as a journalist from the area, as the latter took him to safety of a rescue boat through ankle-deep water.
Assam floods: More than 6 lakh affected, death toll rises to 9
May 19, 2022 10:35 IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that the Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore for flood relief measures.
Assam: Govt school headmistress booked for ‘carrying beef’ in lunchSubscriber Only
May 19, 2022 07:26 IST
The headmistress' arrest was made based on a complaint by the school management committee, confirmed a senior police officer of the Assam district.
Army completes Court of Inquiry into killing of Nagaland civilians
May 16, 2022 22:24 IST
Following the killings in Oting area of Mon district in a botched operation and its aftermath, the Army started a Court of Inquiry (CoI), while the state government set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.
After Foreigners’ Tribunal’s ‘stop interfering’ letter, NRC coordinator says: ‘List not final’Subscriber Only
May 17, 2022 02:06 IST
Ever since it was published on August 31, 2019, Assam’s NRC — which left out 19 lakh people — has been in a limbo.
A Letter From Assam’s Namsang, Joypur: This is the way we go to schoolSubscriber Only
May 8, 2022 10:01 IST
Come May 10, Assam tea gardens will finally have high schools. Down forests, past elephants, bench by bench, teacher by teacher, children of workers can finally hope to finish schooling, have a life outside
Storm hits Assam’s Barpeta district
May 7, 2022 22:42 IST
Four houses and three other establishments were damaged in some villages under Chenga revenue circle, an Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin said.
Assam: ULFA-I issues death sentence to two cardres for alleged spy workSubscriber Only
May 7, 2022 12:56 IST
The banned group’s publicity wing said that Dhanjit Das and Sanjib Sarma had been planted by the police to extract information about the outfit.
Granting Mevani bail, court raps Assam Police for ‘abusing process of court and law’Subscriber Only
April 30, 2022 10:22 IST
After being granted bail in a "defamatory" tweet case, Mevani on Monday was rearrested in a fresh case filed in Barpeta district under various charges including assault of a public servant and outraging a woman’s modesty.
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