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Indian state battling floods braces for more rain
The flood-hit Indian state of Assam is on high alert as it braces for more rains in the coming days. The northeastern state has been inundated by flood waters for several days, affecting more than 600,000 people and killing at least 34. Chief (...)

02 - 07 - 2024
Millions stranded as floods ravage parts of Bangladesh, India
Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people and killing at least 19 people in Bangladesh, authorities said on Saturday, warning the situation could worsen. Lightning strikes killed (...)

19 - 06 - 2022
Millions stranded as floods ravage parts of Bangladesh, India
Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people and killing at least 19 people in Bangladesh, authorities said on Saturday, warning the situation could worsen, according to (...)

18 - 06 - 2022
Assam floods leaves thousands without food and water
Severe flooding in the eastern Indian state of Assam has displaced tens of thousands and killed at least 24 people. Heavier than usual rains have submerged several villages, forcing locals to seek shelter in squalid conditions, sometimes even on (...)

24 - 05 - 2022
Heavy rains trigger floods in northeast India, killing 8
At least eight people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in India's remote northeast region, officials said Tuesday according to the Associated Press. Several railway stations were not working because of floods, said Nazreen (...)

17 - 05 - 2022
India leaves nearly 2 million people off citizens' list, fate uncertain
Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in India's northeastern state of Assam, after a mammoth years-long exercise to check illegal immigration from neighboring Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Resentment (...)

31 - 08 - 2019
Floods force millions to flee homes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Floods have forced more than three million people from their homes across north and northeastern India, officials said on Monday, as the death toll in neighboring Nepal and low-lying Bangladesh rose to 76 after days of heavy monsoon rains. Worst (...)

15 - 07 - 2019
Masked men make off with voting machines in N-E India
About 500 masked men carrying guns and machetes attacked Indian election officials in a remote northeastern state and made off with computerized voting machines, officials said on Wednesday. India's mammoth election staggered over nearly six weeks (...)

22 - 05 - 2019
Masked attackers snatch voting machines in northeast India
About 500 masked men carrying guns and machetes attacked Indian election officials in a remote northeastern state and made off with computerized voting machines, officials said on Wednesday. India's mammoth election staggered over nearly six weeks (...)

22 - 05 - 2019
Dozens of Indian tea workers killed by bootleg alcohol
At least 41 Indian tea plantation workers have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor after receiving their weekly wages, and 20 are critically ill in hospital, a government minister said on Friday. The deaths come less than two weeks after more (...)

22 - 02 - 2019
Protesters in India claim victory as citizenship bill stalls
Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighboring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified by parliament. The Citizenship Amendment Bill is aimed at (...)

13 - 02 - 2019
Floods in India's northeast kill 40, displace 1.5 million
Floods in northeast India have killed at least 40 people and displaced nearly 1.5 million, Reuters reported. The Brahmaputra river, which flows from China down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks after torrential monsoon rains, (...)

13 - 07 - 2017
Floods in India's northeast kill 40, displace 1.5 million
Floods in northeast India have killed at least 40 people and displaced nearly 1.5 million, Reuters reported. The Brahmaputra river, which flows from China down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks after torrential monsoon rains, (...)

13 - 07 - 2017
ISL kicks off to a grand start
The Indian Super League (ISL) got off to a spectacular start Saturday in the eastern city of Guwahati with the home team winning the opening match in the third season of the football tournament. 
NorthEast United FC beat Kerala Blasters FC 1-0 in (...)

02 - 10 - 2016
Floods ravage northeast Indian state, kill 58 in Nepal
Severe floods in India have affected more than 1.6 million people, buried hundreds of villages and almost submerged a national park, forcing wildlife to seek refuge on roads, authorities said on Wednesday. With the weather office forecasting heavy (...)

28 - 07 - 2016
Bomb blast kills 3, hurts 5 in northeastern India
An explosion in the parking lot of a bus station early Sunday killed three people and wounded five others in India's remote northeastern state, AP cited police as saying. The homemade bomb went off in Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, killing (...)

21 - 12 - 2014
India: Fresh Violence in Assam, Toll Rises to 59
Three persons were killed in fresh violence in north-east Indian state Assam's Chirang district, one of the scenes of the recent Bodo-Muslim clashes, raising the toll to 59. The three - a man and his two sons - had left the camp for displaced (...)

05 - 08 - 2012
India: Fresh Violence in Assam, Toll Rises to 59
Three persons were killed in fresh violence in north-east Indian state Assam's Chirang district, one of the scenes of the recent Bodo-Muslim clashes, raising the toll to 59. The three - a man and his two sons - had left the camp for displaced (...)

05 - 08 - 2012
India: 17 Killed in Assam Violence
At least 17 people, including a six-month-old child, were killed and many wounded in fighting between indigenous tribes and Muslim settlers at the weekend in India's northeastern Assam state, police said on Monday. Authorities imposed a night-time (...)

23 - 07 - 2012
Five Dead in Poll Violence in India's Manipur State
Five people were killed in election related violence in India's isolated, northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Saturday. Among those who died were a woman, a security guard and three election duty staff, when suspected tribal rebels (...)

28 - 01 - 2012
Fire in Indian refugee camp kills at least 21
Akhir 14, 1432 H/March 19, 2011, SPA -- At least 21 people in a refugee camp in northeastern India, mostly women and children, died on Saturday after a kitchen fire spread rapidly through huts of bamboo and plastic sheets, Reuters quoted a senior (...)

19 - 03 - 2011
Powerful Explosives Found in Indian State of Assam
A consignment of powerful explosives was recovered Saturday by a joint team of the army and police from a bus at Bokulia Karbi in Anglong district of north-eastern Indian state of Assam. The explosives were found packed in a school bag and kept (...)

10 - 01 - 2011
Australia powers to ODI series win in India
arm seamer Doug Bollinger grabbed five for 35 to set up Australia's six-wicket victory over India in the sixth one-dayer Sunday for an unassailable 4-2 lead in the seven-match series. New ball bowler Bollinger dismissed Sachin Tendulkar (10) and (...)

09 - 11 - 2009
Indian troops kill seven rebels in northeast
Indian paramilitaries shot dead seven separatist guerrillas in a gunbattle in the country"s restive northeast on Sunday, police said. The Assam Rifles, one of the country"s oldest anti-insurgency paramilitary forces, raided a rebel hideout in the (...)

01 - 11 - 2009
4 die, two bombs found in India
Four people, including two policemen, were killed in two separate incidents of violence in northeast India, police said on Saturday, ahead of a general election. Police in the region's main city, Guwahati, also recovered two powerful bombs from a (...)

12 - 04 - 2009
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