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2000 Villages Submerged in Assam Floods, 13 Lakh Affected
The flood situation in Assam has worsened with flood waters having submerged over 2,000 villages in 19 districts, affecting over 13 lakh people, officials said today.
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Assam Seeks Rs 500 Crore from Centre as Interim Flood Relief
The Assam government today sought an interim relief of Rs 500 crore for relief, rehabilitation and repair works in flood-affected areas across the state, which has claimed lives of at least 13 people so far.
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'We are living here without any self-respect'
As we drove into the trouble zone, the calm almost deceived us. For over a month now, these parts of lower Assam have been tense, angry and scared. But on National Highway 31, connecting Assam to North Bengal and the rest of India, there were no visible signs of hostility.
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In Assam, over two lakh people are still refugees
It has been more than a month since ethnic violence broke out in parts of lower Assam. Ever since then people there have been tense, angry and scared. Nearly two and a half lakh people, both Bodos and minorities, are still in 224 relief camps, although two lakh people have returned to their homes.
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In Assam's relief camps, the battle for life rages on
The politics over ethnic clashes in Assam has spilled over to Mumbai with violent clashes between the police on one side, and protesters on the other. Thousands of kilometres away, in Assam, there is politics over the identity of those from the Muslim community in relief camps, with a majority of them now accused of being illegal migrants from Bang...
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Rohima Begum, with her baby born at Assam relief camp, has nowhere to go
There was little time to do anything but grab her two young boys and run as fast as she could when the gunmen came into the northeast village in the dead of night and began firing. Along with scores of other villagers, nine-months pregnant Rohima Begum hid with her family waist-deep in the rice fields as the gunshots rang out amid the screams of th...
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2000 Villages Submerged in Assam Floods, 13 Lakh Affected
The flood situation in Assam has worsened with flood waters having submerged over 2,000 villages in 19 districts, affecting over 13 lakh people, officials said today.
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Assam Seeks Rs 500 Crore from Centre as Interim Flood Relief
The Assam government today sought an interim relief of Rs 500 crore for relief, rehabilitation and repair works in flood-affected areas across the state, which has claimed lives of at least 13 people so far.
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'We are living here without any self-respect'
As we drove into the trouble zone, the calm almost deceived us. For over a month now, these parts of lower Assam have been tense, angry and scared. But on National Highway 31, connecting Assam to North Bengal and the rest of India, there were no visible signs of hostility.
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In Assam, over two lakh people are still refugees
It has been more than a month since ethnic violence broke out in parts of lower Assam. Ever since then people there have been tense, angry and scared. Nearly two and a half lakh people, both Bodos and minorities, are still in 224 relief camps, although two lakh people have returned to their homes.
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In Assam's relief camps, the battle for life rages on
The politics over ethnic clashes in Assam has spilled over to Mumbai with violent clashes between the police on one side, and protesters on the other. Thousands of kilometres away, in Assam, there is politics over the identity of those from the Muslim community in relief camps, with a majority of them now accused of being illegal migrants from Bang...
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Rohima Begum, with her baby born at Assam relief camp, has nowhere to go
There was little time to do anything but grab her two young boys and run as fast as she could when the gunmen came into the northeast village in the dead of night and began firing. Along with scores of other villagers, nine-months pregnant Rohima Begum hid with her family waist-deep in the rice fields as the gunshots rang out amid the screams of th...
