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The current flood wave in Kaziranga is likely to force the authority to suspend the movement of traffic on the National Highway No 37. According to information, a huge portion of the vital road in the state has come under the surging waters of the Brahmaputra causing immense misery for the birds and wild animals. Herds of wild elephants are waiting to shift to the nearby karbi hills. A number of rhinos in the national park have already crossed the road while some others have not been able to do it because of the flood waters. Many deer and buffalos have been reeling under the flood waters. The forest guards have rescued a rhino calf from the flood waters. The hapless animal has been sent...

A devastating flood wave in Assam has forced the Assam assembly to suspend the budget session till August 8. The Business advisory committee of the House took the unanimous decision in view of the flood situation where 13 people died and nearly 20 lakh people have been affected. The MLAs, mostly, have left for their own home constituency to visit the flood-hit areas. They would also review the relief and rescue operation in the affected areas.

Assam flood scene deteriorates further on Wednesday where the water levels of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have refused to recede. According to the government sources, the current flood wave have affected more than 13 lakh people in 19 district where most of the people have been rendered homeless. But the real figure is believed to have reached 20 lakh till Wednesday as more and more areas have come under the surging waters. The worst-hit districts include Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Majuli, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Goalpara, Golaghat, Morogaon and Kamrup where army personnel have been carrying out relief and rescue operation. In Morigaon district alone, three people died whole at least 5...

Wine, cigarette, mobile phones would be costlier while gold, molasses, mekhela chador, candle, feeding bottle, drinking water bottle, citronella would be cheaper. This was what Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. In his maiden speech after tabling the Rs 2880.91 crore deficit budget for 2016-17, his government has a huge liability of Rs 31,300.19 crore. He said the government has proposed to do away with the mechanism of plan and non plan expenditure. Sarma further proposed to keep the traditional Assamese mekhela chador out of the VAT while the VAT amount in molasses, candle, feeding bottle, drinking water bottle have been deceased. The government has further...