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Opportunities, not religious persecution, make Bangladeshis flock to India; border residents fear more immigration on pretext of atrocities

For 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

Congress MLA slits own palm, inks posters with blood at Assam Assembly premises in bizarre protest against sale of defunct state-owned firms

Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, who is known for his unusual styles of protest, on Tuesday, slit his palm at the Assam Assembly premises and wrote with his blood his objection to the state government's alleged move to sell some of its defunct enterprises

Four more dead in Assam due to floods as toll rises to 86 since onset of monsoon; over 1,300 villages still deluge-hit

Four more people died on Monday due to floods in Assam, mounting the toll to 86 this monsoon season.

Toll due to floods in Assam, Bihar rises to 174; IMD issues heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai

Floods in Bihar and Assam claimed four more lives on Tuesday taking the toll to 174, while two persons were killed due to lightning in Uttar Pradesh.

Floods continue to wreak havoc in Bihar and Assam; death toll mounts to 166, 1.11 crore people affected so far

Floods 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.

Monsoon kills dozens in North India, North East; lakhs affected in Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura

In Bihar, the flood situation turned grim on Sunday with the death of four people as around 18 lakh were affected in nine districts of the state

Assam floods: Toll rises to 11 as situation worsens; 26.5 lakh affected across 28 districts

The flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday with the death toll rising to 11 and affecting nearly 26.5 lakh people across 28 districts.

30 Rohingya Muslims held on bus from Agartala to Guwahati; 31 others stuck near Bangladesh border handed over to Tripura Police

Thirty Rohingya Muslims, including 12 children, were held along the Tripura-Assam border on their way to Guwahati from Agartala in a bus as BSF handed over 31 others who were holed up in Bangladesh border, to Tripura Police.

12-hour bandh observed in parts of Assam to protest killing of 5 men in Tinsukia; police detain over 700 protesters

Protesters squatted on railway tracks, pelted stones at vehicles and burnt tyres on roads in some districts of Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh.

Assam deputy speaker Kripanath Mallah falls off elephant during welcome procession, shares hearty laugh with supporters

Assam deputy speaker Kripanath Mallah was on his visit to Ratabari to meet his supporters and locals.