Guwahati: It has been over 36 hours since the tragic accident in Dhubri in Assam. By Tuesday morning, 103 were confirmed dead. From then on, there has been no recovery of any more bodies, as bad weather continues to hamper rescue operations at the site. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit the accident site on Wednesday at 2 pm. Rahul will be accompanied by Chief Minister Tarun...
09:34 AM, May 02, 2012
Despite tragedies, for the people who live along the Brahmaputra, ferries and flimsy boats remain their lifeline. ...
10:56 PM, May 01, 2012
Dhubri: More than 100 people have been found dead and the death toll from the boat accident in the Brahmaputra River in Assam's Dhubri continues to rise. As rescue teams searched for survivors, the families of those who died and those who were missing were inconsolable. A day after the ferry capsized, very few bodies have been recovered. There is no clarity on the number of people dead. While there...
09:08 PM, May 01, 2012
Guwahati: It has been almost 24 hours since a ferry capsized on the Brahmaputra River in Assam. Rescue operations are on in difficult weather conditions. Reports say 103 are dead, but many were still missing as the ferry was carrying 350 people. The police, Army, BSF and National Disaster Relief Force personnel have been working to find the survivors, but bad weather and a strong river current made operations difficult....
05:01 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each for next of kin of those killed in the Assam boat tragedy. "An assistance of Rs two lakh has been announced for the next of kin of each of the deceased in the tragedy from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund," a PMO statement said. The Prime Minister also spoke to Assam Chief Minister...
12:00 PM, May 01, 2012
Guwahati: A fierce storm in Assam has caused not one but two boats to capsize on the Brahmaputra river. In the first incident, 103 people, including women and children, have drowned after a ferry carrying 350 people capsized in Dhubri distirct. According to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, as many as 40 bodies had been recovered so far. This is being tipped as one of the worst tragedies in recent...
07:43 AM, May 01, 2012
Guwahati: In one of the worst boat tragedies in Assam, 100 people, including women and children, drowned and over 100 went missing when a packed steamer carrying over 300 passengers sank in the Brahmaputra river after being caught in a severe storm midstream in Dhubri district of Assam on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Kumud Chandra Kalita said the bodies of 100 victims were recovered by the BSF and the National Disaster...
11:10 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Providing it a swift strike capability along the border with Pakistan, the Indian Army on Sunday inducted its second BrahMos supersonic cruise missile regiment in the western sector. It also successfully conducted a test of the 290-km range missile to validate the unit's operationalisation. "In conformity and pursuit of operational and strategic surface to surface missile capability development, the second BrahMos unit of Indian Army has been operationalised...
09:47 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: One bogie of the Brahmaputra Mail got derailed on Wednesday leaving five dead and six injured. Accident took place at 5.50 AM at Karanpura in Eastern Railways division. The accident happened when a stationary goods train with fault in the engine suddenly rolled back and hit the sleeper coach at Karanpura station. Sahibganj SP Vijay Laxmi said, "Rescue operations are on. All the injured have been shifted to...
07:38 AM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said China has given an assurance that the dam it was building on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet will not harm India's interest and "we trust" its statement. "India and China are neighbours. It is in our interest to have best possible relations with China...We have been assured (by China) that nothing will be done that will affect India's interest," Singh told...
04:57 PM, Aug 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday dismissed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's apprehensions over the construction of a dam by China across the Brahmaputra River. Gogoi met External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in New Delhi and sought the Centre's intervention, saying the Chinese project will deny Assam and Arunachal Pradesh their share of Brahmaputra water. But after the meeting, sources in the government said that Gogoi has been told that...
01:43 PM, Jun 16, 2011
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has sought the Centre's intervention on a controversial Chinese plan to dam the Brahmaputra river. Gogoi will meet External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to express his concern over the project, which he fears will deny Assam and Arunachal Pradesh their share of the river's waters. "It is not a new issue. I had taken up the issue with the Prime Minister and Water...
11:22 AM, Jun 16, 2011
Dhemaji: Assam was hit by the first wave of flood on Saturday with Brahmaputra's tributary Jiadhol rising alarmingly in the flood-prone Dhemaji district, officials said. Heavy rainfall for the last few days has led to the water level of Jiadhol river to rise alarmingly affecting more than 20 flood-prone villages of the district. A section of National Highway-52 was also submerged at Samarjan with traffic stranded on the way. The...
08:50 PM, Jun 04, 2011
New Delhi: Intelligence agencies have reported 24 new projects along the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries on the Chinese side. Till over a year ago, there were only over half-a-dozen identified locations along the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra identified by the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO). The development came just days after Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to the country. Interestingly, the issue of data sharing on Brahmaputra...
08:52 AM, Dec 21, 2010
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