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Over 41,000 people have been affected in Goalpara, followed by over 29,000 in South Salmara, the report by the disaster management authority said. (Photo: PTI)

Over 75,000 affected as fresh floods hit Assam, 5 districts submerged

Assam has been recuperating after several rounds of floods this year; it again saw 306 acres of land submerged in the...

2 Oct 2017 3:05 AM GMT

Heavy rains on Tuesday brought Mumbai to a halt flooding vast areas of the city, people were stranded for hours as train services were halted and water levels kept creeping up. (Photo: AP)

PM's USD 87 bn river-linking scheme to begin amid floods across India

The plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including Ganges, which govt hopes will cut farmers' dependence on fickle...

1 Sep 2017 5:59 AM GMT

Flood affected villagers commute to safer places using a boat at Morigaon district in Assam. (Photo: AP)

Bogus concerns over Brahmaputra

Zhangmu Dam is a gravity dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River just northwest of Gyaca in the Tibet Autonomous Region of...

31 Aug 2017 7:01 PM GMT

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said PM Modi has achieved huge success in taking the fight against terrorism on international forum. (Photo: PTI | File)

Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviews flood situation in J&K, Assam

Singh held telephonic conversations Assam CM, Sarbananda Sonowal and Jammu and Kashmir Governor, NN Vohra regarding the...

1 July 2018 6:06 AM GMT

People have no food to eat and no place to live. In spite of this, there is no support from the government yet, One of the locals at the relief camp said. (Photo: Representative)

Assam floods: Residents of Nalbari await help

One of the locals at the relief camp said: 'Children at the camp have been falling sick after the floods.'

29 July 2019 1:24 PM GMT

Currently, there are 615 relief camps operational in Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, and Jorhat districts. (Photo: ANI)

Assam floods: Around 651 villages affected in Barpeta district

One person has lost his life due to the calamity in the district in the last 24 hours, taking the total toll to 77.

28 July 2019 11:34 AM GMT

The 45-second long video showed the rescuers struggling to lift the calf out of the water. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: Wildlife rescuers save baby rhino from flooded Assam's...

A video posted by IFS Parveen Kaswan shared a video of a baby rhino being rescued by a team of wildlife rescuers.

18 July 2019 10:15 AM GMT

The death toll due to flood in Assam has increased to 28 with 10 bodies recovered from different parts of the region in the last 24 hours, authorities said on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Death roll rises up to 28 in Assam floods; over lakhs shifted to...

According to ASDMA, lakhs of people have been affected in around 4,626 number of villages in Assam due to rains.

18 July 2019 9:57 AM GMT

Forest officials say 95 per cent of Kaziranga National Park has been flooded. (Photo: Twitter | @wti_org_india)

Tiger strays into house to relax, after floods in Assam's Kaziranga...

Forest officials along with the Wildlife Trust of India together are attempting to tranquilize the tiger and take it to...

18 July 2019 8:55 AM GMT

The India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rain in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Assam floods: Death toll rises to 15, over 42 lakh people affected

Over 83,000 people uprooted by floods have been forced to take shelter in 494 relief camps.

16 July 2019 3:20 AM GMT

Raising the issue of the alarming flood situation in Assam during Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha, Congresss Ripun Bora also urged the government to send a union minister to take stock of the situation. (Photo: ANI)

Flood situation in Assam be declared as national problem: Congress MP

Ripun Bora said the floods have become a regular phenomenon and people of Assam have to face this problem every year.

15 July 2019 12:37 PM GMT

Incessant downpour in the state has led to flood in large parts of Assam. Around 62 relief camps have been set up for relief and rescue purpose with lakhs of people from 25 districts being affected by the advent of floods in the state. (Photo: File I ANI)

Assam Congress president gives Zero Hour notice over floods in state

The Zero Hour denotes the time immediately following the Question Hour in both the Houses of Parliament.

15 July 2019 6:50 AM GMT