Assam Floods
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Assam floods: PM Modi speaks to CM as death toll mounts to 26
India | Jul 09, 2017, 09:31 PM IST26 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 | Aug 02, 2016, 03:09 PM ISTAssam'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 | Jul 31, 2016, 08:21 AM ISTA 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 | Jul 31, 2016, 08:01 AM ISTThe 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 | Aug 23, 2015, 03:54 PM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Oct 01, 2014, 07:08 AM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Sep 26, 2014, 07:26 PM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Sep 23, 2014, 03:04 PM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Sep 22, 2014, 07:01 PM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Sep 10, 2014, 05:52 PM ISTMorigaon: 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 | Aug 20, 2014, 06:39 AM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Aug 17, 2014, 08:54 PM ISTGuwahati: 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 | Sep 24, 2012, 10:06 PM ISTGuwahati, 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
National | Jul 01, 2012, 07:39 PM ISTMorigaon , 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 | Jun 29, 2012, 08:23 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 17, 2011, 02:02 PM ISTLakhimpur, 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