Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam has improved significantly as the number of affected families reduced to hardly 4.50 lakh and the death toll remains at around 70 till Tuesday. Charaideo district in eastern Assam continues to be the worst-hit district with 1,88,404 people affected, followed by Sivasagar (1,44,461) and Jorhat (74,458). The unprecedented rains…
Guwahati: The intensity of rains in eastern Assam localities has decreased and bright sunshine covers the other parts in the last 24 hours, the flood situation in the State has subsequently improved. However, more than five lakh people remain affected in the districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo, Golaghat, Jorhat and Nagaon till Monday morning and the…
Guwahati: The flood situation in eastern Assam has slightly improved on 26 July 2026 as the intensive rains stopped in most of the State on Saturday, but the death toll rose to 66 on Sunday morning, and hundreds of villages remain under water. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, nearly 7 lakh people…
Guwahati: The flood situation in eastern Assam remains grim as 62 people died till Friday and hundreds of villages are under water. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to take stock of rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit 12 districts. Expressing deep condolences over the loss of lives and…
Guwahati: Annual Rath Jatra (the festival of chariots) kicked off in western Myanmarese city of Maungdaw on 16 July 2026 with great fanfare and enthusiasm. Tens of thousands of Hindu families from different parts of the Buddhist majority Rakhine/Arakan State gathered in Maungdaw locality to offer prayer to Sri Sri Jagannath during the religious festival,…
Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, born hundred years ago, never looks for the sunset, rather the nationalist volunteer organization always lives with the spirit of morning sun. Founded by Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the Sangh will live with spirit and remain young forever, said Professor Rakesh Sinha. Addressing a distinguished gathering at Shankardev Hall of Keshav…
Guwahati: A marked improvement was observed during the first six months of 2026, with 39 journalists killed compared to 85 during the same period in 2025 — a reduction of more than half the number of victims (- 54%), where the Middle East remained the most dangerous region, ahead of Latin America, said the Geneva-based…
Guwahati: The annual Akhil Bharatiya Prant Pracharak Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh concluded on 12 July 2026 at Belagavi in Karnataka, where Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale along with 226 Karyakartas were present. In the meeting, a review of the training camps held at various levels of the Sangh after March 2026 was…
The ongoing debate about an Indian passport not being a solid document to claim citizenship has inherently highlighted the necessity of a countrywide citizenship screening exercise. Legally, Indian citizenship is administered by the 1955 Citizenship Act and the passports are issued under the 1967 Passports Act. Even though a passport is still recognized as the…
When the global community observed World Refugee Day on 20 June, a dark reality surfaced from Myanmar where the military-controlled regime in Payitwtaw emerged as a primary actor in creating refugees in their own country. Various global actors claim that over 5.3 million Myanmarese people are now living in distress as the UN High Commissioner…
