Tag: Assam

In an effort to improve road connectivity across the state, the Assam government has decided to convert 1,100 wooden bridges to concrete, an official said here on Friday. ....

Despite an overall improvement in the flood situation in Assam, nearly 38,000 people across nine districts continued to remain affected, officials said on Friday. ....

The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police, which registered a case against Sharjeel Imam, the self-proclaimed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader, for the Saturday's provocative video, on Sunday conducted searches at various places to nab him.....

At least 20 people, including three children, were killed in three separate landslides in southern Assam on Tuesday, officials said. ....

As Assam flood continues to ravage the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of persons who lost their lives in the flood. ....

The over a month long devastating flood in Assam continued to remain grim , with one more death on Saturday in Morigaon district, taking the toll to 97 while, 26.37 lakh people in 27 of the states 33 districts were distressed, officials said. ....

The opposition Congress on Tuesday announced a five-party 'Mahagathbandhan' to take on the ruling BJP-led coalition in Assam in the upcoming Assembly elections expected to be held in April-May. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress and its electoral ally AIUDF in Assam wanted to open the gates for the infiltrators in a bid to increase their "vote bank". ....

To woo the Koch-Rajbongshi votes in poll-bound Assam and West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah would meet 'Maharaj' Ananta Rai on Thursday, who claims to be a successor of the erstwhile Koch-Rajbongshi royal dynasty and an influential superior of the community. ....

The Election Commission of India on Friday said that it will announce poll dates for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry. ....