-The Indian Express The fresh set of orders triggered panic as people boarded buses, hired SUVs and multi-purpose vehicles and pick-up trucks to reach towns like Jorhat, Charaideo, Sivasagar and Golaghat. Guwahati: From two sisters on board a bus to a senior citizen who fell ill during a hearing, four persons, including a 14-year-old girl, have died since Monday in Assam. All were among the thousands summoned for fresh National Register...
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North-eastern states live in fear of drought -Akshit Sangomla
-Down to Earth Monsoon ditched them so bad that they stare at lowest rain deficit in 13 years This year, the north-eastern region of India has been witness to a series of weather anomalies. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the eastern and north-eastern regions have together received 31 per cent less rainfall than normal in this south-west monsoon (SWM) season as on July 25, 2018. If the scenario does not...
More »Bureaucratic Anomalies Put Assam's 'Doubtful Voters' in a Precarious Position -Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
-TheWire.in With the final draft NRC expected soon, there is still no visible mechanism in place for the EC to continuously update its list based on the judgements by tribunals clearing 'D voters'. Guwahati: Shah Alam Bhuyan, an assistant inspector in the Assam police, reminded me of a stark truth about policemen on election duty: “We just help others vote, most of us can’t vote because we are usually on election...
More »Flood situation improves in Assam, five districts still affected
-PTI GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam continued to improve on Monday, although 1.25 lakh people in five districts of the state are still reeling under it. According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 1.25 lakh people remain affected currently in Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts. Till Sunday, 1.6 lakh people were suffering due to the third wave of floods across six districts of the...
More »88 more die in floods in Bihar, UP and Assam
-PTI Situation improves in West Bengal with absence of major rainfall. Patna/ Guwahati/ Kolkata/ Lucknow: Floods continued to wreak havoc in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam which reported 88 more deluge-related deaths on Sunday, while West Bengal heaved a sigh of relief in the absence of major rainfall. The death toll in Bihar floods rose from 202 to 253. About 1.26 crore people are grappling with the flooding in 18 districts of the...
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