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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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.

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Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.