Floods, landslides claim 9 lives in North-East - Times of India

Floods, landslides claim 9 lives in North-East – Times of India

[ad_1] GUWAHATI/DIBRUGARH: Nine lives were lost due to continuous rainfall triggering landslideswhile worsening the flood situation, in the North-East since Monday, even as IMD issued an “orange warning” in Assam, MeghalayaArunachal Pradesh and Nagaland for three days, starting Wednesday.The number of people hit by floods in Assam surged to 11.34 lakh across 28 districts on…

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Red alert extended in 3 NE states, unprecedented rainfall hits Meghalaya, Assam | India News - Times of India

Red alert extended in 3 NE states, unprecedented rainfall hits Meghalaya, Assam | India News – Times of India

[ad_1] GUWAHATI: The unrelenting downpour persists in Assam, Meghalayaand Arunachal Pradeshprompting the IMD to extend the ‘red alert‘ for an additional day in these three northeastern states until Wednesday. Mawsynram, renowned as one of the wettest locations globally, experienced the season’s peak precipitation within the past 24 hours, exacerbating the already dire situation in the…

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Giriraj Singh urges panchayats to become ‘revenue sufficient’ | India News - Times of India

Giriraj Singh urges panchayats to become ‘revenue sufficient’ | India News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: On a day over 400 participants from panchayati raj institutions from across the country, many of them women ‘sarpanches’, witnessed the Republic Day celebrations at Kartavya Path as special guests, minister for rural development and panchayati raj Giriraj Singh called for making panchayats “revenue sufficient”.He urged the representatives to not just depend…

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