Flood claims 9 lives in Assam
The flood situation in Assam on Monday worsened with the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continuing to rise leaving nine persons dead and rendering 10 lakh people homeless in 16 districts.
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IAF stands by pilot's decision not to fly Rahul Gandhi
The Indian Air Force on Wednesday said the refusal by its pilot to fly Rahul Gandhi from Kokrajhar to Guwahati in Assam was because of safety reasons and it strongly stands by the decision of its offi
Bandh disrupts normal life in Northeast
Normal life was on Thursday disrupted in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh due to a 12-hour bandh called by the North East Students' Organisation to protest 'harassment' of students
IRCTC to start chartered rail tours from N-E
Indian Railways' subsidiary IRCTC on Thursday announced launch of special chartered rail tours for the first time for the people from Assam and North-East.
"Under this scheme, special coaches would
All party delegation to visit Assam as part of confidence building
An all party delegation will visit violence-hit Assam's Dhubri district on Monday as part of confidence building measures.
Last accused in Guwahati molestation case surrenders
The last accused in the Guwahati molestation case of July 9 has surrendered.
The police said the last accused in the case, Sikandar Basfore, gave himself up late on Friday evening at Bhangagarh Polic
Army jawan dead, six injured in IED blast
An Army jawan was killed and six others were injured in an IED blast in Goalpara district of lower Assam on Tuesday.
PM Manmohan Singh leaves for riot-hit Kokrajhar
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday left for Assam's violence-hit Kokrajhar district in an IAF helicopter after the previous chopper he was travelling in flew back here following a technical snag.
Another molestation case accused arrested
Police on Thusday arrested another accused in connection with the molestation of a girl here on July 10, taking the total number of those held in the case to 15.
The accused, Rubul Ali, was arrested
Assam violence: Death toll rises to 38, train services hit
Six more persons fell victim to unabated violence between minority immigrants and Bodos in three districts of lower Assam, taking the death toll in the ethnic strife to 38 even as the entire Northeast remained cut off by rail for the second day today.