Tag Archives: Assam
Assam floods: Death toll rises to 75; CM announces relief, aid package for affected
The death toll from the deluge in Assam rose to 75 on Tuesday after seven [...]
Jul
Assam govt hikes ex gratia for flood victims’ kin, relaxes norms for compensation
Guwahati, The Assam government on Tuesday announced relaxation in norms for providing ex gratia payment [...]
Jul
Assam floods: Sivasagar survivors recount harrowing escape, face long recovery
Sivasagar , Forced to spend 12 hours atop a wooden divan floating in the floodwaters [...]
Jul
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The flood situation in Assam remains grim, with lakhs across several districts of the state [...]
Jul
Agreement being breached, CJP tells govt, threatens to resume protest
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday said students and protesters were being detained or [...]
Jul
Assam to drop CJP protest cases, release detainees over NEET paper leak agitation
The Assam government has decided not to initiate any further adverse legal action against those [...]
Jul
Adil Hussain: My nieces are stuck in Assam’s flood at Sivasagar
Actor Adil Hussain, born and brought up in Assam expresses anger and frustration at the [...]
Jul
‘My brother doesn’t listen…’: Himanta draws from own family, backs Keshab Mahanta
Videos surfaced on social media showing Assam minister Keshab Mahanta's daughter Dibisa protesting in Guwahati [...]
Jul
Papon appeals for help for flood-hit Assam as death toll rises to 68: ‘Can’t imagine
Singer Papon has made an emotional appeal on social media for more people across the [...]
Jul
A second chance for 27 Assam residents declared foreigners
Sixty-year-old Noor Jahan from Assam’s Morigaon spent seven years in a foreigners’ detention centre after [...]
Jul