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The death toll in the ongoing wave of floods in Assam went up to three, all being children, in the last 24 hours. The number of affected people also climbed to 5.7 lakh of which over 1.4 lakh are children on Tuesday as the situation worsened to “above normal and severe” at many places of the state.
For the first time, a sitting MLA from Badruddin Ajmal’s All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) quit the party on Tuesday. Phanidhar Talukdar, MLA from Bhabanipur legislative constituency, is likely to join the BJP on Wednesday in Guwahati in the presence of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Amid the open resentment within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday expanded his three and half years ministry by inducting three new faces.
PM Narendra Modi called up Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and took stock of the flood situation as the state continues to reel under water for last four days, which has claimed two lives, both children, while over 3.6 lakh population have been hit of which over 70,000 are children.
The Centre’s move to promote cultivation of oil palm plantation in the northeastern region has drawn flak from numerous quarters in Mizoram and faced opposition from environmentalists, conservationists and local media.
Following crackdown on drug trafficking by the Assam government, narcotic smugglers of the northeastern states have adopted new methods such as using women as traffickers and ferrying the contraband in small vehicles instead of trucks, a senior officer of Guwahati Police said on Monday.
Assam floods claimed two human lives on Monday — the first deaths reported in the state due to the deluge this year — as the rising water of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries inundated 21 of Assam’s 34 districts affecting more than 3.63 lakh people. Over 2.58 lakh were affected in 16 districts on Sunday.
Four hog deer were killed by vehicles on National Highway 37 and another swamp deer was killed by poachers in Kaziranga National park (KNP) and Tiger reserve when the animals were coming out of the park periphery due to floods.
The Mahajot of opposition parties, floated in Assam just before the 2021 assembly polls to take on the BJP in the state, is on the verge of collapse. The core committee of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee has taken umbrage at the recent ‘appeasement’ policy of AIUDF leaders towards the state government, especially chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and has on Monday decided to snap ties with Badruddin Ajmal's party.
In a last minute decision, the Assam education department dropped its plan to reopen schools on September 1. Official sources in the state education department on Monday confirmed that certain health concerns have compelled the department to wait before taking a decision on resuming offline classes.
The ‘Mahajot’ of opposition parties, floated in Assam ahead of the assembly polls this year to take on the BJP in the state, is on the verge of collapse.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one child each drowned in the floodwaters at Chenga in Barpeta district and Mayong in Morigaon.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed to divert the traffic from the national highway skirting around Kaziranga National Park as hundreds of animals residing in the park have started fleeing for highlands after swelling water of the Brahmaputra river inundated nearly 70 per cent of the park’s area.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said he will welcome Mamata Banerjee to Assam and Tripura with a red carpet “to divide votes of the Congress”.
Assam police busted an inter-state drug racket in Guwahati on Saturday evening, and seized more than 1.75 kg of heroin worth over Rs 7 crore in international markets.
Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia has demanded a special session of the Assam Assembly to discuss impacts of the 2,000MW Lower Subansiri hydel power project amid the grim flood situation in the state.
Assam police killed two suspected “dacoits” and injured another in an encounter in western Assam’s Goalpara district on Saturday night, taking the death toll in police firing in Assam to 23 since May.
Residents of Mizoram backed by police of the state began construction of the 2km road after stopping Assam from doing the same on Friday which was undertaken under PM Gram Sadak Yojana.
Nearly 60% of the total 430 square km areas of Unesco’s World Heritage Site Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was submerged by floodwaters on Sunday.
The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Sunday, affecting over 2.58 lakh people as the rising water of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries inundated vast tracts of land in 16 of the state’s 34 districts.Over 2.
Union minister for rural development and panchayati raj Giriraj Singh on Saturday stressed on enactment of strict population control laws to protect the “wealth and religion of Assamese people”Singh, national patron of the Janasankhya Samadhan Foundation (JSF),
The Chakma National Council of India (CNCI), based in Mizoram’s Chawngte, objected to the Arunachal Pradesh government’s proposed plan to relocate Chakma and Hajong communities from the state to the other parts of the country.
Following incessant heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, the flood situation in the biggest river island, Majuli, and Unesco’s World Heritage Site Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve worsened on Saturday.
After more than four months on Friday, the total number of Covid cases dropped below 500 in the state. Apart from Sundays, when fewer tests show a low Covid count, the daily cases never dropped below 500 since April 15.
Leading Adivasi organizations like the All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (Aasaa) and the Adivasi National Conference (ANC) on Saturday accused the state government of allegedly forcing five Adivasi ceasefire militant outfits to drop the prime demand of Scheduled
In a major boost to the initiatives to promote traditional medicinal practices in the northeast, Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday announced a slew of initiatives, which includes setting up 1,000 new health and wellness
The flood situation in Assam turned grim on Saturday affecting 2,25,501 people after the swollen Brahmaputra and its tributaries inundated large swathes of land in 15 districts of the state.
Speaking on the occasion, Mukhi said, “On the occasion of flagging off the cycle rally, I urge upon everybody to appreciate the objective behind the rally which is to promote healthy lifestyle among the youth and encourage them to stay fit”.
At least five truckers were shot dead and two others injured when suspected militants of Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) waylaid a convoy of seven trucks, fired indiscriminately and later set these on fire in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Thursday
Two persons from Assam were arrested with meth tablets worth Rs 10 crore from near Aizawl in Mizoram, police said on Friday.
The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Thursday following heavy rain in the upstream and release of water from dams, as two more districts were inundated, affecting 85,000 people which is highest so far this season. However, no deaths have been reported so far.
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from lower Assam’s Bhabanipur constituency Phani Talukdar is likely to resign from the state legislative assembly and join the ruling BJP on September 1, sources said.
Turning down Assam government’s plea for additional six weeks’ time to file a comprehensive report on the police encounters that have taken place in the state, the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has granted four weeks to the government.
The buzz is back in the city markets which are witnessing increased footfall as the festive season is approaching. The All Assam Traders’ Association, representing about five lakh small and medium traders, have asked the state government to lift the inter-district travel ban to boost business.
The sensational murder of Nandita Saikia, a BA third-semester student from Dhakuakhana in Lakhimupur district Assam, will be heard in a fast track court.
Restaurant owners in Assam have moved chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, seeking relief from the ‘growing monopoly’ of online delivery partners like Swiggy and Zomato in the food segment.
The death of Nandita Saikia, a meritorious student from the Moridhal College in Dhemaji in a machete attack, has thrown up the question of women’s security in the state with the Congress blaming the BJP-led government of allegedly failing to ‘maintain law and order’.
Assam transport minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Thursday said inter-district bus fares will not be allowed to increase from September 1, as decided by All Assam Motor Transport Association (Aamta), citing the Covid-19 pandemic affect.
Assam transport and industries minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has stirred up a controversy by openly criticizing the World Health Organization (WHO) in a government programme for its alleged failure to invent a medicine to treat Covid-19.
East Sikkim district has been marked as the best performer and Nagaland's Kiphire district as the poorest in meeting the sustainable development goals in Niti Aayog’s first edition of North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report, which was released on Thursday.
In a major push under the Act East Policy, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Thursday signed an agreement with Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Ltd to build the first slipway or ship repairing facility on the banks of Brahmaputra river, the national waterway-2, at Pandu here. The agreement was inked in presence of Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Asam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Assam cabinet on Thursday approved a phase-wise process for re-opening of educational institutions from the first week of September 1, which will start with final year classes for higher secondary, degree and post-graduate courses, but with a compulsory vaccination rider.
Assam transport and industries minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has stirred up a controversy by openly criticizing the World Health Organization (WHO) in a government programme for its alleged failure to invent a medicine to treat Covid-19.
Nandita Saikia, a BA student at Moridhal College in Dhemaji district, was attacked by Rintu Sharma while she was returning home from her college on Saturday, police said.
Lalremsiami, the lone Olympian from the state and part of the national women’s hockey team in the Tokyo Games which lost out on a medal but won numerous hearts, was accorded a grand welcome in Mizoram on Wednesday.
