The first phase of the panchayat elections is being held in 14 districts of the state: Sonitpur, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Sribhumi.
Earlier, the Inter-Ministerial Central Team was divided into two groups and visited the flood-affected districts of Dibrugarh, Majuli, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Cachar, Karimganj & Hailakandi.
According to the flood reports of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person died in Hailakandi district on Tuesday after drowning in flood waters.
The flood situation in Assam on Thursday has deteriorated, as nearly 2 lakh people, including 36,000 children from 9 districts of the state have been affected in the deluge.
In a joint operation, Assam Police and the forest department rescued 52 smuggled Indonesian birds and animals, including Black Lori birds, Red and Blue Lories, Babirusa Swine and Hornbills, from Hailakandi district along the Assam-Mizoram border.
Numal Mahatta, Superintendent of Police of Cachar district, said that based on secret information, a team of Cachar district police and 147 Bn CRPF launched a joint operation at Silchar Kalain Road under Kalain police station and apprehended a person.
"The arrested persons are fake Kazis, and they illegally conducted marriages, including minors. In one register, we found that one of the arrested persons had illegally conducted 150-200 marriages in the district. They also conducted child marriages. Our investigation is on," Samir Baruah
Giving a new momentum to development of the Barak Valley, which consists of three administrative districts namely Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated and laid foundations of several projects worth Rs 767 crore in Assam's Barak Valley on Thur