New Delhi [India], July 19: IIFL Foundation, the CSR arm of the diversified financial services conglomerate IIFL Group, has joined the community efforts towards providing relief to flood affected areas in Assam with support from its local staff volunteers. Assam along with many parts of east
In Assam's Goalpara district, 65-year-old Sahadut Ali Sheikh and his family are now living in a small makeshift tent near their original house after he lost his house and land due to erosion of the Brahmaputra river.
A team of AICC (All India Congress Committee) and APCC (Assam Pradesh Congress Committee) visited the flood-hit areas of the Morigaon district in Assam on Monday and met the flood victims.
Jitendra Singh Alwar, All India Congress Committe (AICC) In-Charge for Assam, targeted the BJP government over the prevailing flood situation in Assam and said that the government is not interested in the plight of the people.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that eight people have applied under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) prior to 1971 in Assam so far and only two have appeared in the interview.
The flood in Assam has so far claimed 93 lives, as two people died in Karimganj district in the last 24 hours, said Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).
In an ongoing effort to maintain peace in Assam and protect local youth from insurgent influences, the Indian Army successfully thwarted a significant recruitment attempt by the NSCN (National Socialist Council of Nagaland) (IM) faction in Tinsukia District.