Cachar

Covid cases: Deaths in Assam touch record highs

11:41 pm May 17, 2021

Guwahati: Assam reported a record 92 deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of COVID-19 cases registered an all-time high of 6,394 persons, pushing the total number of infections to 3,35,023, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, 11 in Kamrup, seven in Sonitpur, six in Darrang, five each in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, three each in Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar, two […]

Flood waters continue to recede in Assam; one dead

Floods claim 7 more lives in Assam; 15 lakh people hit by deluge

11:40 pm July 1, 2020

Guwahati : Seven more people were killed in floods and related incidents across Assam, where around 15 lakh people have been affected by the deluge with embankments, roads, bridges, and many other infrastructure damaged at various places, a government report said on Wednesday. Thirty three people have lost their lives in the floods and 24 in […]

2 more districts flooded in Assam; 1.95 lakh affected

5 more die in Assam flood, toll touches 80

9:49 pm July 26, 2019

Guwahati: Floods in Assam claimed five more lives, taking the toll in the state to 80 on Friday even as water levels in all the affected districts receded further, an official report said. Around 27.15 lakh people in 2,078 villages of 17 districts have been affected by the deluge. Of the five deaths reported on […]