Dima Hasao District

The rail link to Assam's Dima Hasao district, which was snapped in a series of devastating landslides, has been restored, a senior official of Northeast Frontier Railway said on Tuesday.

A report from Haflong, the headquarters of Dima Hasao which has been among the affected districts, said that efforts are on to restore communication channels to all parts of the hill district.

More than 7.17 lakh people spread over 1,929 villages across 29 districts of Assam have been hit by heavy floods triggered by pre-monsoon rain. Nine people have died.

The death count has risen to eight in the the ongoing pre-monsoon floods and landslides in Assam, where over four lakh people have been hit in 26 districts, officials said, adding that about 40 thousand people have been shifted to relief camps.

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides snapped rail and road links.

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides triggered by incessant rain snapped rail and road links.

Around 25,000 people across six districts of Assam have been affected by the first wave of floods in the state this year. Three people including a woman died in landslide incidents in Haflong area in Dima Hasao district on Saturday.

Five people were killed and seven trucks set on fire near Diyungbra in Assam's Dima Hasao district late Thursday night, allegedly by members of the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA)

Assan Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said districts excluding Chirang, Biswanath, Baska, Majuli, Dima Hasao, Charaideo, Hailakandi, South Salmara and West Karbi Anglong have already crossed the 100 mark and schools in the remaining districts will be completely closed.

Assam Election: Six polling officials have been suspended after the Election Commission found that 181 votes had been cast at a booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district that had only 90 registered voters

Total 171 votes were cast in a booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district, even though 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise, officials said today, revealing a massive irregularity.

Violence broke out on Tuesday in Assam's Dima Hasao district, a tribal-dominated area, amid a call for indefinite shutdown by the North Cachar Hill Indigenous Peoples' Forum (NCHIPF). The NCHIPF have called for an indefinite shutdown as they demand a separate autonomous council by bifurcating the Dima Hasao district.

At least four persons, who were feared trapped inside a pump house after a pipeline carrying water to a hydro-power plant burst in Assam's Dima Hasao district, remained untraced today, more than 24 hours after the accident.

At least three persons were feared trapped inside a pump house after a pipeline carrying water to a hydro-power plant burst in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Monday, official sources said.

A suspected terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire with police at Maibang area in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Friday, a police officer said.

The rail link to Assam's Dima Hasao district, which was snapped in a series of devastating landslides, has been restored, a senior official of Northeast Frontier Railway said on Tuesday.

A report from Haflong, the headquarters of Dima Hasao which has been among the affected districts, said that efforts are on to restore communication channels to all parts of the hill district.

More than 7.17 lakh people spread over 1,929 villages across 29 districts of Assam have been hit by heavy floods triggered by pre-monsoon rain. Nine people have died.

The death count has risen to eight in the the ongoing pre-monsoon floods and landslides in Assam, where over four lakh people have been hit in 26 districts, officials said, adding that about 40 thousand people have been shifted to relief camps.

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides snapped rail and road links.

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides triggered by incessant rain snapped rail and road links.

Around 25,000 people across six districts of Assam have been affected by the first wave of floods in the state this year. Three people including a woman died in landslide incidents in Haflong area in Dima Hasao district on Saturday.

Five people were killed and seven trucks set on fire near Diyungbra in Assam's Dima Hasao district late Thursday night, allegedly by members of the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA)

Assan Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said districts excluding Chirang, Biswanath, Baska, Majuli, Dima Hasao, Charaideo, Hailakandi, South Salmara and West Karbi Anglong have already crossed the 100 mark and schools in the remaining districts will be completely closed.

Assam Election: Six polling officials have been suspended after the Election Commission found that 181 votes had been cast at a booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district that had only 90 registered voters

Total 171 votes were cast in a booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district, even though 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise, officials said today, revealing a massive irregularity.

Violence broke out on Tuesday in Assam's Dima Hasao district, a tribal-dominated area, amid a call for indefinite shutdown by the North Cachar Hill Indigenous Peoples' Forum (NCHIPF). The NCHIPF have called for an indefinite shutdown as they demand a separate autonomous council by bifurcating the Dima Hasao district.

At least four persons, who were feared trapped inside a pump house after a pipeline carrying water to a hydro-power plant burst in Assam's Dima Hasao district, remained untraced today, more than 24 hours after the accident.

At least three persons were feared trapped inside a pump house after a pipeline carrying water to a hydro-power plant burst in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Monday, official sources said.

A suspected terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire with police at Maibang area in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Friday, a police officer said.