Assam

Guwahati: There is a slight improvement in the overall flood situation in Assam.However, Silchar in south Assam’s Barak Valley remained submerged, even 48 hours after an embankment breach.Families continue to be stranded in their waterlogged homes, and the...

Guwahati: Several TMC members and workers of the Assam unit led by state president Ripun Bora were detained for staging a protest outside Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati where rebel Maharashtra MLAs, including Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde, are...

New Delhi/Guwahati:  Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday visited a flood relief camp in Assam's Nagaon and interacted with the flood-affected people of the area."The government is constantly working towards providing essential commodities and proper health care to the...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, known for his deft political moves in cobbling up the numbers to form governments in the Northeastern states, has now emerged as a key figure in the Maharashtra political crisis.With the rebel...

Guwahati: Rebel Shiv Sena legislators, who are camping at Radisson Blu hotel here, are holding a meeting here to finalize their next course of action, sources said on Wednesday.The sources said the Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde has...

Guwahati: A Rs 100-crore defamation suit has been filed against Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia at Gauhati High Court on behalf of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma.The case was filed on Tuesday weeks after...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continues to be grim with the death of 11 more persons on Monday, taking the death toll to 81, officials said.More than 48 lakh people have been affected in 32 of the state's...

Guwahati: A team of officials from Delhi will visit Assam to assess the damage caused by devastating floods in the state.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a tweet that Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday in telephonic...

Guwahati:  Two police personnel including the officer in charge of Kampur Police Station in Nagaon were swept away in the river current in the wee hours of Monday.Of the two, one person, a constable of the police station was...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam worsened further with the fury claiming nine more lives on Sunday, including three children,taking the toll to 71.While six people died due to floods, three others were killed in landslides. All three...