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Jorhat Boat Accident: 3 people dead, 89 rescued
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 15 (ANI): At least three people have died and 89 have been rescued in the Jorhat boat accident where a boat collided head-on with a ferry boat in the Brahmaputra river near Nimati Ghat, according to a final report from the Assam State Disaster Management A
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Assam boat accident: Rescue operations by NDRF continue
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], September 9 (ANI): Rescue operations continue in Jorhat district of Assam where a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River after a collision with another boat on Wednesday.
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Assam boat accident: 70 people still missing, says rescue official
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], September 8 (ANI): At least 70 people are still missing after a passenger boat sank in the Brahmaputra river after colliding with another boat near Nimati Ghat in Assam's Jorhat, said a rescue official on Wednesday.
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40 people rescued, several feared drowned in Assam boat accident
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], September 8 (ANI): Forty people have been rescued after a passenger boat sank in the Brahmaputra river after colliding with another boat near Nimati Ghat in Assam's Jorhat, district officials said.
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Flood situation in Assam deteriorates, 16 districts affected
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], August 30 (ANI): Tinsukia-Dibrugarh districts in Assam have been inundated due to the overflowing Brahmaputra river and its tributaries triggered by incessant rainfall.
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Central government to take initiatives to develop Brahmaputra river, says
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 22 (ANI): Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati on Saturday said that with the help of the central government, we are going to take initiatives to develop Brahmaputra and Barak rivers.
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Water level of Brahmaputra rises at warning level in Assam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 (ANI): The water level of the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati is rising at a warning level due to the heavy rainfall for several consecutive days in Assam.
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Celebrations organised in Assam's Majuli to thank PM Modi for Majuli-Jorha
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Majuli (Assam) [India], February 20 (ANI): People of Majuli, an island in between Brahmaputra River, on Friday celebrated by lighting earthen lamps and setting off fireworks to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for laying the foundation stone of a two-lane bridge on the river between Majuli
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Bridge over Brahmaputra river to reduce distance between Dhubri, Phulbari
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Phuloni (Assam) [India], February 18 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the Dhubri-Phulbari bridge will reduce the distance between the two places by 203 kilometres.
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Jaishankar visits Japan-funded water supply project in Guwahati
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Guwahati water supply project site along the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati.
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New arboretum at Jeolikot in Nainital showcases floral diversity of Shival
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], January 31 (ANI): To create awareness and impart environment education, a big arboretum showcasing the floral diversity of the Shivalik hills was inaugurated at Jeolikot in Nainital district on Sunday.
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India asks China not to harm interests of downstream states, to remain eng
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): India has conveyed its concerns to China over reports of a proposed dam on Brahmaputra and has said its interests should not be harmed.
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