-NDTV.com Northeast floods: Lower Assam has been one of the worst-hit with five major rivers flowing above danger level. Guwahati: The flood situation in the Northeast looks grim with Assam and Meghalaya emerging as the worst-hit. At least 42 people have died and nearly 40 lakh have been affected in both the states. * Assam has been reeling under devastating floods with 32 of the northeastern state's 33 districts now inundated by floods....
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Bihar Cuts Train Services As 'Agnipath' Rampage Continues: 10 Points
-NDTV.com Trains and stations have been vandalised and set on fire in Bihar over the last four days by Agnipath protesters. New Delhi: Train services were stopped in Bihar till 8 pm today and will be suspended again at 4 am tomorrow till 8 pm, authorities said, as the state continued to reel under the worst outbreak of violence over the 'Agnipath' military recruitment scheme. Here are the 10 latest developments in this...
More »Garlic prices lose pungency, farmers irked in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu With government yet to begin procurement, many are forced to destroy their yield unable to meet even the transport cost Exactly five years after a police firing claimed the lives of six garlic farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur who were protesting demanding minimum support price for their produce, farmers in the districts bordering Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are up in arms against the State and Union governments for price as...
More »Off to school through swirling waters -Abdul Latheef Naha
-The Hindu Lack of bridge across the Chaliyar hits tribal students in Kerala Malappuram: Dozens of children from four marooned tribal hamlets in the jungle across the Chaliyar river at Munderi near Nilambur in Kerala are risking their lives to reach schools every day. They have been forced to use bamboo rafts to cross the river since two bridges were washed away in the floods that devastated one of the hamlets in...
More »'Agnipath' Protests In 7 States, Mobs Burn Trains, Block Roads: 10 Points -Alok Pandey and Manish Kumar
-NDTV.com Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have witnessed protests over the new military recruitment policy. The protest had spread to BJP-ruled Haryana and Madhya Pradesh too. New Delhi: At least one person has died and several others injured as angry mob set trains on fire and clashed with police in several states over the new military recruitment policy, Agnipath. The government has defended the scheme, calling it "transformative". * A person...
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