The Latest Breaking News from Assam

‘Agnipath recruits may join NE extremist groups after tenure’

The Assam Jatiya Parisha said such groups will have readymade fighters after four years of service in the Indian armed forces

The Hindu · Jun 22, 2022

Maharashtra political turmoil | Uddhav Thackeray leaves Varsha, his official residence, for family home Matoshri

Ready to quit as CM, would like to see a Shiv Sainik as successor, says Uddhav Thackeray; rebel group, now in Assam, firm on its demand that the Sena should quit the MVA

The Hindu · Jun 22, 2022

Hosts Assam win big in U-17 Women’s National Football Championship

Hosts Assam began their campaign at the U-17 Women’s National Football Championship with a bang by thrashing Pondicherry 6-1 in their Group G encounter at Dimakuchi Stadium on Tuesday.

The Times of India · Jun 21, 2022

Floods Swamp More of Bangladesh and India, Millions Marooned

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain. Particularly heavy monsoon rain has brought the worst floods in more than a century in some…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods

Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh are crowding makeshift refugee centers and scrambling to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as massive floods, which have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands there and in neighboring India, continue to wreak havoc

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Floods swamp more of Bangladesh and India, millions marooned

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain.

Reuters · Jun 21, 2022

51 killed by Assam police since May 2021, High Court told

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday heard a PIL petition on fake encounters.

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2022

Rare Assam tea sold for ₹1 lakh per kg

Pabhojan Gold Tea offers a bright yellow liquor with a soothing after-taste and is made from the choicest second flush tips plucked from the tea estate

The Hindu · Jun 20, 2022

Assam floods: Major rivers in spate, 10 more deaths take toll to 81

GUWAHATI: Assam’s flood situation turned critical after 10 more flood-related deaths were reported on Monday that has taken the toll to 81 on Monday even as the state government requisitioned IAF to airlift petrol, diesel and geo bags to Barak valley, which remains cut off from rest of the state…

The Times of India · Jun 20, 2022

Assam floods: Major rivers in spate, toll rises to 73

NEW DELHI: Assam’s flood situation turned critical after 10 more flood-related deaths were reported on Monday that has taken the toll to 81 on Monday even as the state government requisitioned IAF to airlift petrol, diesel and geo bags to Barak valley, which remains cut off from rest of the…

The Times of India · Jun 20, 2022