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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicAssam floods

Topic: Assam floods

Meghalaya university in eye of ‘forest land grab’ row: Himanta cried ‘flood jihad’, but experts in doubt

A govt-appointed committee says Meghalaya’s University of Science and Technology was built on forest land without proper permission, causing massive flooding in Assam.

Heavy rains lash Assam, authorities issue landslide warning

Assam disaster management authority has urged all residents in Guwahati city to take necessary precautions following excessive waterlogging due to heavy rainfall.

From climate change to infra collapse, why deadly floods have become Northeast’s new normal

New Delhi: The Northeast was battered by devastating floods this year, displacing thousands and claiming dozens of lives. Experts say it's time the government...

Assam flood situation improves, 3.37 lakh in 12 districts affected

More than 36,000 displaced people were taking shelter in 133 relief camps, while 68 relief distribution centres were also operational, as of Saturday.

12 dead and over 6.3 lakh affected across 21 districts in Assam as floods worsen

Over 2.57 lakh people are sheltering in 511 relief camps & distribution centres across flood-hit areas. Rescue and relief operations are ongoing.

Assam flood situation critical, more than 5.35 lakh affected, 11 killed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dials Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, assuring full support from central government.

Two more, including a child, die in Assam’s Karimganj due to flood, death toll rises to 93

In the last 24 hours, the flood waters washed away 232 animals, fully damaged 161 houses and partially damaged 6663 houses, and 13 roads in the non-eastern state of Assam.

Assam flood situation remains grim. Dhubri worst hit with over 3.18 lakh people affected

The total number of people losing their lives in this year’s flood, landslide, storm and lightning has increased to 106.

21 lakh people affected, over 50 dead in flood-hit Assam. 3 rhinos drown in submerged Kaziranga

Over 70% of the national park is under water & 70 animals have died in the floods that have forced people & animals into relief camps. Brahmaputra still flowing above danger level.

Assam flood toll swells to 46 as eight more dead, 80% of Kaziranga park submerged

Floodwaters of the rain-swollen Brahmaputra & its tributaries have affected over 11 lakh people in 28 districts, inundating roads, villages, embankments & farmlands.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.