Guwahati/ Goalpara: Even as the flood waters receded from two districts, 3.81 lakh people in seven districts of Assam are reeling under the impact of the deluge that destroyed nearly 25,000 hectares of standing crops. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited flood hit Goalpara district on Friday to take stock of the situation. Nalbari, Goalpara, Nagaonn, […]
Read MoreGuwahati: Assam minister Jogen Mohan was shown black flags in Sivasagar district on Sunday by AASU activists protesting against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, a day after he was sworn in. The incident happened when the minister was going to his constituency – Mahmara. The activists also shouted slogans against him. “Jogen Mohan go back”, “We don’t […]
Read MoreNalbari (Assam): The Nalbari district administration on Saturday declined to commit to the demands put forth by family members of 70-year-old Falu Das, who was declared a ‘foreigner’ and died recently. The family have two major conditions for accepting Das’ body — all of them be included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) without […]
Read MoreGuwahati: With the death of five more patients on Sunday, the toll in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam rose to 76, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said. The registered positive JE cases across the state also increased to 348 from 334 on Friday. The five deaths were reported from Darrang, Nalbari, Tinsukia, Kamrup and […]
Read MoreGuwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to be grave on Friday with more than half of the districts submerged by waters of the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries, leading to the death of three persons and affecting 4.23 lakh people. The swirling flood waters have forced the railway authority to control train services due […]
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