GUWAHATI, July 26 ? Though the water levels of the major rivers are receding, the worst affected districts are still reeling under floodwaters and the some portions of the National Highway-37 in Morigaon district are still submerged. The death toll in the current wave of floods has gone up to 144. According to the flood bulletin issued by the State Government here this evening, all the rivers are flowing above danger level in Morigaon district and almost all the roads are still under floodwaters. The death toll in the tragic boat capsize has gone up to 18. In Nagaon district, a large number of...

ITANAGAR, July 25 ? A 12-member Central team headed by Joint Secretary of the home department K Jain will arrive here next week to assess the damage caused by the current floods in Arunachal Pradesh, reports PTI.

State?s Relief Commissioner M K Parida told PTI that the team comprising senior officers of different Central ministries would tour the flood-affected districts of the state for a week.

Meanwhile, the flood situation in the state has improved following let-up in rainfall for the last three days. However, six of the seven flood-affected districts still remained cut off and there was...

TURA, July 24 ? There is jubiliation in all the three districts of Garo Hills following the six month-long ceasefire agreement signed between the top leadership of the banned ANVC and the representatives of the Central and State Governments in New Delhi on Friday afternoon. Many were taken by surprise over the sudden outcome of the peace parlays.

The Garo Baptist Convention (GBC) which was instrumental in facilitating the talks, have taken the ceasefire agreement with cautious optimism. Welcoming the ceasefire, GBC president Grover R Marak said that he was happy to see it happen. He believes...

NAZIRA, July 25 ? ?We want to push up production of crude from 1.5 million tonnes to 2 million tonnes per annum in Assam, and we also want to jack up gas production from 1.2 MMSCMD (million metric standard cubic metres per day) to 1.4 MMSCMD? said SC Upadhyay, the Nazira-based executive director of ONGC. He said that the ONGC, which has been operational in Assam for the last 45 years, now wants to augment production and productivity by inculcating the latest that technology has to offer. The price for all this: A whopping Rs 1000 crore.

Speaking to The Assam Tribune, Upadhyay allayed fears of...

UDALGURI, July 25 ? Finally, after much speculation, the full-fledged body of the All Bodo Peace Forum (ABPF) was recently formed at Harimubhawan here in the presence of more than 200 representatives from Sonitpur, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari, Kokrajhar and Shillong who were looking forward to ?a good hope? for the banned outfit organisation ? the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB). The meeting chaired by J Basumatary resolved to create a congenial atmosphere needed for the preparations to bring the Bodo ultra outfit to the negotiation table.

After a broad consensus, the meeting formed...