New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raising concern about the floods situation in Bihar amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], July 22 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, during his visit to flood-affected areas in Darbhanga district on Wednesday, said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was nowhere to be seen during the crisis in Bihar.
Nagaon (Assam) [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid the raging floods in Assam, river Kopili at Kampur in the Nagaon district continued to flow in a severe situation, according to the Central Water Commission (CWC) on Wednesday.
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 22 (ANI): Stating that Bihar is taking every measure to deal with COVID-19 and the floods, JD(U) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan on Wednesday said that the opposition is only questioning the state government to hide its failure.
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent countrywide lockdown led to a surge of retail investors in equity markets and opening of new demat accounts, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi said on Wednesday.
Sitamarhi (Bihar) [India], July 22 (ANI): Most parts of Sitamarhi district in Bihar were flooded on Wednesday after three days of incessant rains, affecting normal life.
New York [USA], July 22 (ANI): Severe flooding in Bangladesh, which has killed at least 54 people and affected over 2.4 million people, could be the worst since 1988, the United Nations has said.
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): A total of 19 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are being deployed in Bihar to deal with the floods situation in the state, said Satya Pradhan, the Director-General of NDRF on Tuesday.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): Of the 57 animals of the Kaziranga National Park, that were rescued from the Assam floods, 37 animals have been treated and released, according to Dr Rathin Barman, the Joint Director, Rescue Centre, Kaziranga National Park.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): After two more persons lost their lives in a flood-related incident in Assam, the death toll in the state rose to 87 on Tuesday, said Assam government officials.
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], July 21 (ANI): A pregnant woman was taken to the hospital on a makeshift boat amid the floods in Bihar's Darbhanga on Tuesday.
Nagaon (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): Hundreds of houses in the Raha area of Nagaon district got flooded on Tuesday after water was released from a dam of Karbi Langpi hydropower project in Karbi Anglong.