ADB scraps $434m solar power loan to Assam after indigenous land rights complaint halts project
Guwahati, June 2: In a major setback to Assam’s renewable energy ambitions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has formally withdrawn a $434.25 million loan...
Manipur floods: 19,811 people affected, 3,365 houses damaged
Imphal, Jun 2: More than 19,000 people have been affected by floods in Manipur caused by overflowing rivers and breaches in embankments, officials said...
3,802 people affected, 883 houses damaged as heavy rain batters Manipur
Imphal, Jun 1: Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Manipur with 3,802 people affected and 883 houses damaged due to floods and landslides across the...
BJP govt in Assam concerned for power, money, land, syndicate: Gaurav Gogoi
Guwahati, Jun 1: Assam Congress president-designate Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday slammed the BJP-led state government saying that the ruling front is concerned only with...
Three Myanmarese refugees among 4 killed in landslides as heavy rainfall lashes Mizoram
Aizawl, June 1: Four persons, including three Myanmarese refugees, were killed while one was injured when their houses collapsed due to landslides triggered by...
Four dead, over 58,000 affected as first wave of floods devastates Assam; Lakhimpur worst affected
Guwahati, June 1: The first wave of floods in Assam has turned deadly, claiming four lives and affecting over 58,000 people across 11 districts,...
Landslides kill 5 in Guwahati as torrential rains paralyze city, expose deepening crisis
Guwahati, May 31: At least five people, including two children, have died in separate landslide incidents across Guwahati in the past 48 hours, as...
Heavy rains and floods in Meghalaya have washed away a section of NH-17 in Boko and Chaygaon
Kamrup DC visited Chaygaon and took stock of the situation
One drowned in the current of the Gijang river (Singra River) along the Assam -...
9 militants arrested in Manipur
Imphal, May 31: Security forces have arrested nine militants belonging to various proscribed outfits in Manipur, police said on Saturday.
Three active cadres of the...
One more arrested in Assam for being ‘Pakistan sympathiser’, total at 79
Guwahati, May 31: One more person, accused of being a Pakistan sympathiser, has been apprehended in Assam, taking the total number of such arrests...
Several feared dead as 5 houses, hotel collapse in Mizoram amid heavy rain
Aizawl, May 31: Several people were feared dead after five houses and a hotel collapsed due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in south...
Guwahati underwater: City paralyzed by torrential rain, red alert issued, schools shut
Guwahati, May 30: Guwahati turned into a city under siege by water on Friday, as relentless rainfall since Thursday night swamped roads, homes, and...
