Over 24 lakh people still affected in Assam flood, toll mounts to 86
Jul 21, 2020, at 07:47 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Assam flood situation is still grim as over 24 lakh people in 24 districts are affected.
Death toll in Assam floods rise to 73
Jul 17, 2020, at 06:51 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The flood situation in Assam continued to be grim as the death toll increased by two overnight to reach 73.
Assam flood hits 33 lakh people from 28 districts, death toll rises to 59
Jul 15, 2020, at 02:05 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam worsened on Tuesday with nine more people succumbing to the current wave of flood taking the death toll to 59.
Jun 29, 2020, at 05:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to chief ministers of Bihar and Assam over rising levels of Mahananda and Brahmaputra river waters in their respective states and assured them of all help for the protection of the people.
Assam flood situation improves despite toll touching 7
Jun 01, 2020, at 10:51 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam has improved considerably though one person has lost his life by drowning in flood waters taking the death toll to seven.
Sonowal visits flood-hit Goalpara, over 3.81 lakh people affected in Assam
May 29, 2020, at 08:16 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday visited flood hit Goalpara district and took stock the situation.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, first wave of floods hit Assam
May 22, 2020, at 11:13 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the northeastern state of Assam was hit by the first wave of flooding, leaving several villages submerged.
Assam CM Sonowal directs completion of embankment construction in Kaziranga within May 30
May 13, 2020, at 07:44 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday inspected the construction work of embankment by Water Resource Department from Morihula to Agoratoli range as a protection measure for Kaziranga National Park (KNP). While surveying the work, he directed the department to complete the embankment project within May 30.
Heavy rains disrupt normal life in Puducherry
Nov 30, 2019, at 12:44 pm
Puducherry/UNI: Incessent heavy rain lashed Puducherry and its suburbs since Friday night disrupting normal life in this Union Territory.
Indian army, Assam Rifles personnel rescue villagers in flood-hit Dimapur in Nagaland
Oct 28, 2019, at 03:06 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Around 300 families have been affected after the flood waters of Diphu and Dhansiri river submerged several colonies and villages in Nagaland's Dimapur.
Five districts in Bihar hit by flood, toll rises to 42
Oct 01, 2019, at 08:39 pm
Patna, Oct 1 (UNI) More than 1.7 million people are hit by flood due to swelling of rivers following incessant rains in 15 districts of the state even as two IAF choppers continued to drop food packets in the state capital for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
Mermaid in disaster: Model Aditi Singh poses in Patna flood, pictures trend on social media
Sep 30, 2019, at 11:25 pm
Patna: Despite the calamity in the eastern state of Bihar, model Aditi Singh found some reasons to cheer at a time Patna is submerged in water due to flood caused by incessant rain for the last three days. Her images drew cheers and a few boos as well.
Assam receives no central aid for flood fury
Aug 13, 2019, at 11:37 am
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IBNS): While Assam is facing devastating flood and erosion every year and several hundred of people have lost their lives in the natural fury, the state has received no central aid for flood management since 2014 apart from its share in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
Will reach out to PM Modi and seek assistance for flood-hit Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi
Aug 09, 2019, at 11:25 am
New Delhi/Wayanad, Aug 9 (IBNS): Congress MP from Kerala's Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi, said he will reach out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seek the central government's assistance for his parliamentary constituency which is suffering due to flood.
Eleven people killed in Karnataka as flood situation turns worse
Aug 08, 2019, at 06:04 pm
Bengaluru, Aug 8 (UNI): Unprecedented floods that has ravaged 15 out of 30 districts in Karnataka, especially in the Krishna river course in Karnataka is turning grim throwing normal life out of gear, even as 11 deaths were reported connected to rain related incidents during last two weeks.
Assam flood: Congress MLA seen carrying relief materials on his back
Jul 23, 2019, at 08:15 pm
Guwahati, July 23 (IBNS): When several lakh people having been affected in the devastating floods of Assam, a Congress MLA has shown his humanitarian side to help the flood affected people.
BSF’s four border outposts along Bangladesh border submerged by flood waters
Jul 14, 2019, at 07:48 pm
Guwahati, July 14 (IBNS): While 25 districts in Assam are reeling under flood waters with over 14.17 lakh people affected, the flood waters also submerged several Border Out Posts (BOPs) of the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Ind-Bangladesh border and CRPF camps in the state.
Over 14.06 lakh people of 25 districts affected, death toll rose to 7
Jul 13, 2019, at 07:48 pm
Guwahati, July 13 (IBNS): Assam flood situation worsened after seven people died and over 14.06 lakh affected in the current flood in the state.
Flood situation still grim in Assam, over 70,000 people affected
Jul 10, 2019, at 02:30 pm
Guwahati, July 10 (IBNS): The flood situation in Assam remained grim as over 70,000 people of eight district of the state are affected in the current flood.
Over 20,000 people of six districts of Assam affected in fresh flood
Jun 29, 2019, at 12:21 pm
Guwahati, June 29 (IBNS): Over 20,000 people are affected in fresh flood in Assam after the flood waters submerged 20 villages in six districts of the state.
Kerala Floods: Vijayan says UAE offered Rs 700 crore
Aug 21, 2018, at 02:55 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IBNS): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made an offer of Rs 700 crore for the flood hit state.
Aug 18, 2018, at 09:07 am
Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kochi on Saturday and will later undertake an aerial survey of the flood-hit parts of Kerala.
Aug 15, 2018, at 04:19 pm
Guwahati, Aug 15 (IBNS) : A photograph was taken on August 15, 2017, that warmed the heart of every Indian citizen on the last Independence Day.
Assam govt faces severe fund crunch after flood damages
Jul 28, 2017, at 05:26 am
Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam government faced a severe fund crunch as several development schemes in the state halted for fund crisis.
Assam govt faces severe fund crunch after flood damages
Jul 28, 2017, at 05:26 am
Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): The Assam government faced a severe fund crunch as several development schemes in the state halted for fund crisis.