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Woman Gives Birth On Medical Team's Boat Amid Raging Floods In Assam
A woman has given birth to a girl while being ferried to the nearest health centre on a boat amid raging floods in Assam, an official said on Friday.
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Watch: Assam Minister Turns Boatman To Ferry Man To Hospital Amid Floods
An Assam minister was seen rowing a boat through an inundated street in the state which is facing the current wave of flooding that began nearly a fortnight ago.
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Assam Becomes First State To Launch Night Navigation Mobile App In Rivers
The first night navigation mobile application in rivers in the country was launched for ferries plying on Brahmaputra river here on Saturday, an official spokesperson said.
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Drug Cartels Adopting New Methods In North East, Says Guwahati Top Cop: Report
Following the crackdown on drug trafficking by the Assam government, narcotic smugglers of the North-eastern states have adopted new methods such as using women as traffickers and ferry the contraband in small vehicles instead of trucks, a senior off
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Lack Of Road Forces Ambulance Driver To Ferry Covid Patient On Bicycle In Assam
An ambulance driver in Assam's Cachar district was forced to ferry a coronavirus-infected man on a bicycle for over a kilometre due to the bad condition of the road leading to the patient's house in Telichhara village.
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AirAsia Ferries 180 Assam Migrants From Mumbai, With Help From Sonu Sood
As many as 180 migrant workers were ferried back home to Silchar in Assam from Mumbai on Tuesday in a chartered flight operated by AirAsia India with support from actor Sonu Sood, the low-cost carrier said.
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IndiGo Ferries 178 Passengers Stranded At Assam's Dibrugarh To Kolkata
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday said 178 passengers stranded at Dibrugarh in Assam have been flown to Kolkata in an IndiGo flight.
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15 Lakh Affected By Assam Floods, At Least 7 Dead: 10 Points
The monsoon floods in Assam claimed another life on Saturday, taking the number of deaths in the rain-ravaged state to seven. Official sources said that over 15 lakh people have been affected in 25 of Assam's 33 districts so far, and the situation will only get worse amid predictions of more rainfall in the hours to come. The rescue efforts are bei...
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7 Killed, Over 15 Lakh Affected As Flood Situation Worsens In Assam: Highlights
The situation in Assam worsened on Saturday as floods in the state claimed another life, taking the number of deaths to seven as as over 14 lakh people were affected by the deluge across 25 districts of the state.
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17 Assam Districts Flooded; No Ferry Services As Rivers Above Danger Mark
A monsoon flood in Assam has inundated at least 17 districts in the north-east state and affected over four lakh people, officials said. The Brahmaputra river - one of the largest rivers in the world that cuts through Assam's biggest city Guwahati - and five other rivers are flowing above the danger mark, officials said.
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Muddy Waters In Brahmaputra Threaten Livelihood Of Boatmen, Fishermen
In Dibrugarh, Assam, the lives of thousands of residents has run into muddy waters. Every day, passenger boats ferry thousands of people from Silapathar in the northern bank of the Brahmaputra to the southern bank's tea city Dibrugarh for work, health services and education.
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Chopper Makes Emergency Landing In Assam's Nagaon; Narrow Escape For 8
An MI-17 helicopter - meant to ferry passengers between Guwahati and Itanagar - was forced to make an emergency landing this morning at an open field in Assam's Nagaon after its pilot suspected a fuel-leak.
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Ferry Boat Gets Ready For Sarbananda Sonowal's Visit To Majuli
As Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to be sworn-in as the first BJP chief minister of Assam tomorrow, preparations are afoot for his victory trip to his home constituency Majuli island in Brahmaputra river.
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The Bridge Assam Hasn't Built. And It Could Save Lives.
Wrapped in a blue sheet and placed precariously on a stretcher with his wife nervously watching, Dulendra Panging is lowered into a ferry in Northern Assam. The bike mechanic, in desperate need of treatment for a spinal injury, will spend at least 50 minutes being delivered to a hospital across the Brahmaputra river in the town Of Dibrugarh, 435 k...
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Owner, crew of ferry arrested; one more body recovered
The owner and crew of the double-decker ferry that capsized on April 30 in the Bramhaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district have been arrested. Owner of the ferry Syed Ali Bepari, pilot Golabuddin, ticket checker Syed ur Rahman and helper Shah Alam Sheikh were arrested on the charge of plying the ferry after expiry of its licence, Dhubri Additional...
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Woman Gives Birth On Medical Team's Boat Amid Raging Floods In Assam
A woman has given birth to a girl while being ferried to the nearest health centre on a boat amid raging floods in Assam, an official said on Friday.
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Watch: Assam Minister Turns Boatman To Ferry Man To Hospital Amid Floods
An Assam minister was seen rowing a boat through an inundated street in the state which is facing the current wave of flooding that began nearly a fortnight ago.
-
Assam Becomes First State To Launch Night Navigation Mobile App In Rivers
The first night navigation mobile application in rivers in the country was launched for ferries plying on Brahmaputra river here on Saturday, an official spokesperson said.
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Drug Cartels Adopting New Methods In North East, Says Guwahati Top Cop: Report
Following the crackdown on drug trafficking by the Assam government, narcotic smugglers of the North-eastern states have adopted new methods such as using women as traffickers and ferry the contraband in small vehicles instead of trucks, a senior off
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Lack Of Road Forces Ambulance Driver To Ferry Covid Patient On Bicycle In Assam
An ambulance driver in Assam's Cachar district was forced to ferry a coronavirus-infected man on a bicycle for over a kilometre due to the bad condition of the road leading to the patient's house in Telichhara village.
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AirAsia Ferries 180 Assam Migrants From Mumbai, With Help From Sonu Sood
As many as 180 migrant workers were ferried back home to Silchar in Assam from Mumbai on Tuesday in a chartered flight operated by AirAsia India with support from actor Sonu Sood, the low-cost carrier said.
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IndiGo Ferries 178 Passengers Stranded At Assam's Dibrugarh To Kolkata
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday said 178 passengers stranded at Dibrugarh in Assam have been flown to Kolkata in an IndiGo flight.
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15 Lakh Affected By Assam Floods, At Least 7 Dead: 10 Points
The monsoon floods in Assam claimed another life on Saturday, taking the number of deaths in the rain-ravaged state to seven. Official sources said that over 15 lakh people have been affected in 25 of Assam's 33 districts so far, and the situation will only get worse amid predictions of more rainfall in the hours to come. The rescue efforts are bei...
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7 Killed, Over 15 Lakh Affected As Flood Situation Worsens In Assam: Highlights
The situation in Assam worsened on Saturday as floods in the state claimed another life, taking the number of deaths to seven as as over 14 lakh people were affected by the deluge across 25 districts of the state.
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17 Assam Districts Flooded; No Ferry Services As Rivers Above Danger Mark
A monsoon flood in Assam has inundated at least 17 districts in the north-east state and affected over four lakh people, officials said. The Brahmaputra river - one of the largest rivers in the world that cuts through Assam's biggest city Guwahati - and five other rivers are flowing above the danger mark, officials said.
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Muddy Waters In Brahmaputra Threaten Livelihood Of Boatmen, Fishermen
In Dibrugarh, Assam, the lives of thousands of residents has run into muddy waters. Every day, passenger boats ferry thousands of people from Silapathar in the northern bank of the Brahmaputra to the southern bank's tea city Dibrugarh for work, health services and education.
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Chopper Makes Emergency Landing In Assam's Nagaon; Narrow Escape For 8
An MI-17 helicopter - meant to ferry passengers between Guwahati and Itanagar - was forced to make an emergency landing this morning at an open field in Assam's Nagaon after its pilot suspected a fuel-leak.
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Ferry Boat Gets Ready For Sarbananda Sonowal's Visit To Majuli
As Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to be sworn-in as the first BJP chief minister of Assam tomorrow, preparations are afoot for his victory trip to his home constituency Majuli island in Brahmaputra river.
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The Bridge Assam Hasn't Built. And It Could Save Lives.
Wrapped in a blue sheet and placed precariously on a stretcher with his wife nervously watching, Dulendra Panging is lowered into a ferry in Northern Assam. The bike mechanic, in desperate need of treatment for a spinal injury, will spend at least 50 minutes being delivered to a hospital across the Brahmaputra river in the town Of Dibrugarh, 435 k...
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Owner, crew of ferry arrested; one more body recovered
The owner and crew of the double-decker ferry that capsized on April 30 in the Bramhaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district have been arrested. Owner of the ferry Syed Ali Bepari, pilot Golabuddin, ticket checker Syed ur Rahman and helper Shah Alam Sheikh were arrested on the charge of plying the ferry after expiry of its licence, Dhubri Additional...
