Assam flood hits 40 more villages, erodes 60 houses

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 20:38

Flood waters on Friday engulfed 22 villages in Assam`s Bongaingaon and eroded 60 houses in Morigaon district displacing scores of people as Bramhaputra river continued to flow above the danger level.

Brahmaputra erodes 60 houses in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 09:35

Altogether 60 houses were eroded in Morigaon by the Bramhaputra river, which was flowing one metre above danger level in the Assam district on Friday, with no sign of improvement in other areas of the state.

Assam flood situation remains grim

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:09

With no sign of relief from flood waters in Assam, the situation continued to remain critical as 27 more villages were submerged on Thursday.

Assam floods affect 1.1 lakh people in 11 district

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 19:53

The flood situation remained critical in Assam with 30 more villages reeling under water on Wednesday.

Assam flood situation remains critical

Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 19:34

Assam`s flood situation remained critical on Sunday with 11 districts reeling under the water of the swollen Brahmaputra and its tributaries affecting over one lakh people.

Assam flood takes 80 more villages under its grip

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 20:29

The flood situation in Assam turned critical on Tuesday as 80 more villages in the worst-hit Dhemaji and Morigaon districts were submerged.

30,000 people affected as flood despoil Dhemaji in Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 21:57

Assam has been hit by floods with 25 villages in flood-prone Dhemaji district inundated on Wednesday, official sources said.

30,000 people affected as flood despoil Dhemaji

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 19:55

Assam has been hit by floods with 25 villages in flood-prone Dhemaji district inundated on Wednesday, official sources said.

Man gets death penalty for killing son, daughter

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:44

A local court Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his son and daughter.

Afghan national arrested in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 15:04

An Afghan national, suspected to be an ISI agent, has been apprehended today by the police in Assam`s Dhemaji district.

Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued

Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 17:13

The Government Railway Police nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches.

Assam: Firing in air against anti-dam protestors

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 15:12

For the second consecutive day today, police fired in the air and burst teargas shells to evict anti-dam protesters who blocked NH-52 on the border of Lakhimpur-Dhemaji districts in Assam.