People carrying their bicycles as they cross a submerged road at Dhakuakhana on Friday. – UB
Slight improvement in overall flood scene
GUWAHATI, June 29 – There seemed to be a slight improvement in the overall flood situation of the State with the respite from the downpour for almost two days now. The Brahmaputra and most of its tributaries are generally maintaining a receding trend ...AASU stir over Govt failure to tackle floods
GUWAHATI, June 29 – Holding the State Government and the Centre responsible for the worsening flood situation in Assam, the members of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today staged a demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan. ...
Pro-talk ULFA raises influx, identity crisis issues
NEW DELHI, June 29 – The Pro-talk group of ULFA has flagged the problem of illegal influx from Bangladesh calling for constitutional safeguard mechanism for the indigenous people. ...
PC reiterates Maoist presence in State
NEW DELHI, June 29 – Reiterating the presence of Maoists in Assam, Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram however, denied the existence of LeT in the State. ...
Man-made factors behind city landslides
GUWAHATI, June 29 – The landslides taking place in the city hills are mainly man-made. The soil of the city hills lack the binding capacity and due to the greed and ignorance of the land hungry people who are occupying the hills the natural slope of ...
20 Naxals killed in encounter
RAIPUR, June 29 – In a major crackdown by CRPF, at least 20 naxalites, including a woman, were killed in a fierce overnight encounter in the dense jungles of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh that left six jawans wounded, reports PTI. ...
