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  PM Modi arrives in Assam to review flood situation

  Politics | August 01, 2017 11:07 IST

  During his day-long visit, Modi will meet the Chief Ministers and top officials of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland, to discuss the situation.

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  Assam flood situation remains critical, death toll mounts to 69

  India | July 18, 2017 22:42 IST

  Nearly nine lakh people have been affected in various parts of Assam.

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  PM Narendra Modi expresses anguish over worsening flood situation in Northeast, promises help

  Politics | July 12, 2017 18:21 IST

  In Assam, 39 people have lost their lives and 15 lakh people across 23 districts have been affected in this years' flood.

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  Assam floods: Death toll mounts to 39, 15 lakh people hit

  India | July 11, 2017 23:49 IST

  The toll in this year's flood related cases has gone up to 39 in Assam, including eight in Guwahati

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  Assam floods: PM Modi speaks to CM as death toll mounts to 26

  India | July 09, 2017 21:31 IST

  26 people have lost their lives in this year's flood-related cases in Assam while more than 4.87 lakh people are affected.

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  Assam floods wreak havoc on wildlife in state; 17 rhinos, 166 hog deer among 218 animal causalities

  India | August 02, 2016 15:09 IST

  Assam's hog deers and endangered rhinos are becoming the biggest victim of the devastating flood in the state, with 17 rhinos and 166 hog deer reported to have drowned to death in the calamity so

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  Assam govt left red faced as 2014 Bangladesh pic included in flood report to Rajnath Singh, officer suspended

  India | July 31, 2016 8:21 IST

  A senior of Assam Civil Services officer was on Saturday suspended by the state government after he was held primarily responsible for a major goof-up when a two-year old world-famous photograph of Bangladesh's Noakhali flood

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  Floods in northern, eastern India claim over 80 lives; wildlife under threat

  India | July 31, 2016 8:01 IST

  The flood situation in Assam remained critical with three more persons perishing on Saturday, taking the toll to 29 in the current deluge even as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh made an aerial survey of

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  Over 6 lakh marooned in Assam floods, toll now 7

  India | August 23, 2015 15:54 IST

  Guwahati: Over 6.5 lakh people in 15 districts of Assam continue to be marooned in the floods, as the toll reached seven after four bodies were recovered in Dhubri district on Saturday, the authorities said.Officials

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  67 dead, Over 42 lakh hit by floods in Assam in 2014: Govt

  India | October 01, 2014 7:08 IST

  Guwahati: At least 67 people have lost their lives and over 42 lakh people across Assam were affected in three waves of floods this year, the government said yesterday."Assam has suffered huge losses in terms

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  Tarun Gogoi seeks Rs.1,000 crore central package for flood-hit Assam

  India | September 26, 2014 19:26 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday sought a special package of Rs.1,000 crore from the Centre to begin rehabilitation work in the flood-hit districts, where 36 people have died and over one lakh others

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  Assam floods claim eight lives

  India | September 23, 2014 15:04 IST

  Guwahati: Altogether eight people have died in heavy floods and landslides triggered by continuous rain for the last three days in Assam, where airforce helicopters, army, NDRF and SDRF have been pressed into service for

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  Assam flooded after heavy rains, three dead

  India | September 22, 2014 19:01 IST

  Guwahati: Heavy rainfall in Assam has caused severe floods in the state claiming three lives with several villages in Goalpara, Dhubri, Lakhimpur and Kamrup (Rural) district, besides Guwahati inundated by water today.The army, BSF and

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  BJP demands Central intervention to tackle Assam floods

  India | September 10, 2014 17:52 IST

  Morigaon: The BJP Assam unit president Sidhartha Bhattacharjee today expressed concern over the state government's alleged failure to tackle the flood problem in the state and demanded Centre's intervention in this regard.Visiting the flood ravaged

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  Over 4 lakh affected by Assam floods

  India | August 20, 2014 6:39 IST

  Guwahati: A man and a child were killed even as over four lakh people continued to reel under floods caused by surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Assam, an official said on

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  Assam flood situation critical

  India | August 17, 2014 20:54 IST

  Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam turned critical today with the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries rising alarmingly in Upper and Central Assam districts.The rivers were overflowing in the districts of Lakhimpur,

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  Close to 14 lakh people marooned in Assam

  India | September 24, 2012 22:06 IST

  Guwahati, Sep 24: The flood situation remained grim in Assam Monday with more areas submerged across 16 districts, marooning nearly 14 lakh people in the state, officials said. A total of 1,972 villages had come

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  Declare Assam flood as national calamity, says BJP

  Politics | July 01, 2012 19:39 IST

  Morigaon , July 1: BJP today asked the union government to declare the Assam floods as a “national calamity.”A high-level BJP national delegation led by party General Secretary Vijay Goel today visited flood affected areas

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  Govt assures all help in dealing with Assam floods

  India | June 29, 2012 20:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 29: The Centre today assured all help to Assam in dealing with the flood situation in the state and promised to send more teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) there.“We have

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  1.25 Lakh People Affected By Assam Floods

  India | July 17, 2011 14:02 IST

  Lakhimpur, Assam, July 17: Heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam for the last two days has affected life in Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts of Assam submerging villages and hitting a population of over