Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday announced Rs 500 crore package for Assam which has been battling the worst floods in recent times that has left 77 people dead and nearly five lakh homeless.

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With the current spell of floods and landslides claiming 77 lives in Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi are scheduled to visit the affected areas on Monday.

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The overall flood situation in Assam showed first signs of improvement with cessation of heavy rain that lashed parts of the state last week.

"There is a slight improvement of the situation with the

The flood situation continued to be grim in Assam with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asking defence minister A.K.

It may sound strange, but hundreds of people here on Monday thronged a swamp in the outskirt of city to fish out currency notes of Rs1,000 and Rs500 which was seen floating in it, reports our corresp

The home ministry has asked the pro-talk faction of Ulfa to designate a senior cadre of the outfit for sending him to Dhaka to meet top Ulfa leader and general secretary Anup Chetia who is under prote

Jihadi outfits like Lashkar-e- Taiba are planning attacks in Odisha and Maharashtra besides making fresh recruitment efforts in the Northeast, Assam DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said on Tuesday.

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If intercepts of security agencies are any indicator, the elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah is trying to transfer a huge amount of money stashed somewhere outside Burma.

Disclosing that elusive Ulfa

If intercepts of security agencies are any indicator, the elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah is trying to transfer a huge amount of money stashed somewhere outside Burma.

Assam's flood situation deteriorated on Sunday as incessant rains breached embankments inundating several villages, vast tracts of cropland and affecting nearly two lakh people.

The current deluge ha