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PM Modi seeks report on clashes along Assam-Nagaland border

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 13:51

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sought a report from the Home Ministry on clashes that took place along Assam-Nagaland border.

Assam losing Rs 200 cr annually due to floods: Economic Survey

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 11:35

Assam suffers an average loss of Rs 200 crore every year due to devastating floods with nearly 40 per cent of the state`s total land declared as flood-prone by the government.

Assam-Nagaland border tensions: Gogoi blames Modi govt; Centre hits back

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 11:32

Amid rising tensions on the Assam-Nagaland border, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday blamed the Central government for failing to contain violence there.

Assam: 5 NDFB-S militants killed in encounter with security forces

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 08:39

Five NDFB-Songbijit militants were killed in an encounter with a joint police and Army team in lower Assam`s Chirang district early Wednesday morning, said a top police official.

Over 4 lakh affected by Assam floods

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 22:38

A man and a child were killed even as over four lakh people continued to reel under floods caused by surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Assam, an official said Tuesday.

`People in border areas not confident about central security`

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 18:11

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said the people living along the Assam-Nagaland border and the inmates of the relief camps do not have confidence in the central security forces deployed along the disputed belt.

Nagaland, Assam CMs to discuss border problems

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:54

Chief Ministers of Nagaland and Assam will meet to discuss border problems on August 21 next.

Assam flood situation grim, Morigaon condition critical

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:28

As the overall flood situation in Assam remained grim, the condition in Morigaon district turned critical on Tuesday with Brahmaputra river inundating 100 villages, affecting around one lakh people and flooding rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.

Armyman held for trying to molest girl in Rajdhani Express

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 12:45

An Army man was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly making an attempt to molest a teenaged girl on board the Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam.

Flood situation remains grim, Sonowal visits affected areas

Last Updated: Monday, August 18, 2014, 23:19

The flood situation in Assam remained critical in a number of districts including Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur.