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Assam flood claims 2 more lives, toll rises to 61; 10.75 lakh people affected in 18 districts, say officials
• 5 years agoBarpeta remains the worst-hit district in Assam with over 6.33 lakh people affected by the flood, the the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its daily bulletin
One dead, over 36,000 people affected as second wave of floods hit Assam’s Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Dhemaji districts
• 5 years agoThe Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday informed that a total of 99 villages have been affected by floods caused by incessant rainfall across four districts
Opportunities, not religious persecution, make Bangladeshis flock to India; border residents fear more immigration on pretext of atrocities
Karishma Hasnat • 5 years agoFor people living along the northern Dhubri sector of India-Bangladesh border in western Assam, their friends from Bangladesh have more than a single perspective to share on the Citizenship Amendment Act
West Bengal labourers, back from Kashmir after Kulgam attack, see little option but to return to Valley to make ends meet
• 5 years agoGroup hailing from West Bengal, Assam was brought back at initiative of West Bengal government after five labourers from state were gunned down in terror attack in Kulgam last month
Ill-equipped private madrassas in Assam ignore child rights, junk formal education; girl students often end up as child brides
Syeda Ambia Zahan • 5 years agoThe private madrassas are one of the key reasons for low rate of income among the Muslim community as hardly anyone graduating from these ill-equipped institutes will have a chance to survive in today's competitive job markets.
Four more dead in Assam due to floods as toll rises to 86 since onset of monsoon; over 1,300 villages still deluge-hit
• 6 years agoFour more people died on Monday due to floods in Assam, mounting the toll to 86 this monsoon season.
Floods in Bihar, Assam claims 170 lives till Monday; 1.07 crore people still reeling under effect of disaster
• 6 years agoFloods in Bihar and Assam have claimed 170 lives till Monday with 1.07 crore people still reeling under the effect of the deluge in the two states.
Floods continue to wreak havoc in Bihar and Assam; death toll mounts to 166, 1.11 crore people affected so far
• 6 years agoFloods continued to wreak havoc in Bihar and Assam, with around 1.11 crore people continuing to reel under the deluge in the two eastern states where the death toll reached 166 on Sunday.
Daily Bulletin: Karnataka trust vote delayed till Monday; TMC panel to meet kin of Sonbhadra victims; Assam flood toll rises to 47; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoDay after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained and stopped from going to Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, where 10 people were gunned down this week during a clash over a land dispute, a team of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs is set to visit the families of the victims on Saturday.
Daily Bulletin: SC to hear plea of rebel Karnataka MLAs today; over 70 lakh hit by floods in Bihar and North East; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSC agrees to hear plea of five more rebel Congress MLAs today; Nearly 70 lakh affected by floods in Bihar and Northeast, toll mounts to 44; day's top stories