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The Chief Minister said that he was honoured to receive a call from the President who enquired about Assam’s flood scenario and the ongoing relief and rescue operations

The government deployed NDRF, Army and Air Force, besides various State organisations, which required an uninterrupted communication network for relief and rescue operations.

The overall toll in the landslide at Tupul yard railway construction camp in the neighbouring State on June 29 has increased to 25

‘This gift will make the relationship between the countries more sweeter,’ says envoy.

Water Resources Department had registered a police complaint against unknown miscreants for cutting through the embankment at Bethukandi, about 3 km from the centre of the town, to let the rain-accumulated water of a wetland drain into the Barak river

Since the sudden flooding that began on June 19, residents have been scrambling for dry land, food and clean water. Rahul Karmakar reports on the ferocity of the floods in Assam, the blame game on what caused them, and the palpable anxiety in Barak Valley about the days ahead

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma held a virtual conference with Deputy Commissioners and asked them to provide relief and ensure the rehabilitation of affected people at the earliest

Brahmaputra, Beki, Kopili, Barak and Kushiyara rivers were flowing above the danger level in some places although most of the remaining rivers were showing a receding trend

Rebels to move out of Guwahati