GUWAHATI, July 21 ? The Assam Government is in favour of preparing a National Register of Citizens by taking March 25,1971 as the cut-off date. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, while speaking on the admissibility of an Adjournment Motion moved by members of the AGP and BJP on the statement of the Union Minister of State for Home about presence of 50 lakh foreigners in Assam. The Chief Minister said that identity cards should be issued to all Indian citizens to settle the problem. He said that influx is a continuous process and ?we never said that there is no influx of...

GUWAHATI, July 21 ? With the surging waters of the Brahmaputra recording the highest ever mark in the city at 51.46 metres (6 pm) today, the citizens experienced floods in a number of localities. The previous highest mark in the city that was 51.37 metres way back in 1988, was eclipsed by 9 cms today. The busy MG Road at Fancy Bazar was inundated by the floodwater of the Brahmaputra for the first time since 1988. Many other adjoining areas including the AT Road, Bharalumukh, Santipur, Machkhowa, etc., were lying submerged in water. The backwaters of the Brahmaputra have even touched the rail...

ITANAGAR, July 20 ? The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh further worsened today with inundation of many fresh areas, mostly in six districts, four of which ? Lohit, East Siang, Lower Dibang and Anjaw ? remained cut off for more than two weeks following heavy landslides and washing away of bridges, reports PTI. Pasighat, the district headquarters of East Siang, remained submerged without power supply for the last fortnight following breakdown of Yambung and Pasighat hydel projects.

The people of the area are facing acute shortage of drinking water, with the administration advising them to...

AGARTALA, July 20: Prices of essential commodities were on the rise in Tripura with the State remaining cut off from the rest of the country since July 9 due to landslides caused by incessant rains, official sources said today, reports PTI. Sources at the Border Road Task Force, which looks after NH 44 linking Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura, said the situation had further deteriorated with heavy rains causing landslides in several parts of Sonarpur in Meghalaya and disrupting vehicular movement on the national highway.

Meanwhile, the prices of eseential commodities including onion, potato, fish...

SIVASAGAR, July 20 ? Continuous rainfall in Upper Assam and adjoining hilly area of Arunachal Pradesh since the last couple of days has posed serious threat to the embankments of Brahmaputra and all its tributaries in the regions and overflowing Brahmaputra has inundated vast areas at Dehingmukh, Desungmukh and Dekhowmukh areas. River Brahmaputra was flowing 2 metre above danger level on Monday morning may at any moment breach embankment at Chilotia, Milankur, and Libeel as water is continuously flowing over the dykes.

Meanwhile, back flow through tributary Demow inundated the Panidihing Bird...