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The death toll due to encephalitis in Assam has reached 120 this year, Minister of State for Health Pijush Hazarika said on Monday. (Photo: ANI)

Encephalitis death toll reaches 120 in Assam: State Health Minister

Treatment for people affected by the disease has been made free at all government hospitals in the state, the minister...

29 July 2019 3:52 PM IST

In the wake of the floods, 124 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in various parts of the country to respond to any type of eventuality, be it natural or man-made. (Photo: ANI)

Actor-politicians call for permanent solution to floods in Assam,...

Floods have killed more than 100 people in Bihar and affected more than 80 lakh in 12 districts.

25 July 2019 2:59 PM IST

The entire West Bengal administration is working for the ruling TMC, BJP President Amit Shah said. (Photo: ANI)

First meet of committee on Assam Assembly seats reservation on...

The new committee will recommend the appropriate level of reservations in employment under the government of Assam.

23 July 2019 7:54 PM IST

Mahika Sharma helps Assam flood victims.

After Akshay Kumar, Mahika Sharma gives financial help to victims of...

She has also requested the government to first invest money to solve flood issue and then to make investment on Assam...

23 July 2019 9:38 AM IST

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. (Photo: ANI)

Assam: Floodwater enters Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, animals take...

A total of 57 animals were rescued out of which four died on arrival at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and...

21 July 2019 8:12 PM IST

A large scale flood relief operation by the Indian Army troops is underway in flood-hit areas of lower Assam since 11 June after the torrential rain hit the region. (Photo: ANI)

Assam floods: Large scale relief operation by Indian Army underway

In spite of incessant heavy rains, rescue columns are operating round the clock in the flood-affected areas.

20 July 2019 9:21 AM IST

The expanded earthquake catalog reveals previously undetected foreshocks that precede major earthquakes as well as the evolution of swarms of earthquakes. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

5.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Arunachal Pradesh, other NE states

No casualties have been reported so far, officials said, adding that more details are awaited.

19 July 2019 4:13 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian diaspora. (Photo: ANI)

PM speaks to Assam CM, takes stock of flood situation

On Saturday, the chief minister had briefed Home Minister Amit Shah about the flood situation in Assam.

15 July 2019 3:54 PM IST

The mishap took place around 1:30 pm when the boat developed a technical snag and subsequently collided with a pillar of an ongoing water supply project in the Brahmaputra. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Assam: Rise in water level of Brahmaputra, may cross danger mark

More than two lakh people have been affected in 11 districts which have been hit by the floods.

11 July 2019 9:58 PM IST

The police had to open fire for getting the situation under control. The head of the family Jadab Sahariya and his son Pulkesh Sahariya got injured in the fire. The latter succumbed to his injuries in the Guwahati Medical College. (Photo: ANI)

Child rescued from being sacrificed by own family in Assam

A highly educated family on the advice of a fake seer tried to sacrifice a child after performing naked prayers in their...

7 July 2019 8:46 PM IST

In 2014 poachers killed 27 rhinos inside the park followed by 16 in 2015, but a sharp increase in the number of rangers there are now 700 helped reduce this to seven in 2017 and six in 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Vulnerable to extinction: Kaziranga rangers save Indian rhinos

Hell in high water: Braving the monsoon to save India's rhinos.

5 July 2019 10:11 AM IST

The two were taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, police said. (photo: Representational)

45 Japanese Encephalitis deaths reported in Assam

Most of upper Assam districts, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, and lower Assam district have been affected by...

4 July 2019 6:56 PM IST