At least 80 people have died, and millions have been affected in Assam after floods ravaged India's north-eastern state. Why does Assam flood every year? Who is responsible for these yearly deaths? Listen in to Palki Sharma.

Gravitas: Assam floods: 80 dead, millions affected

India's northeastern state of Assam is suffering from heavy flooding. All major rivers are in spate, affecting over 5 million people and claiming 11 more lives. Bank erosion caused by the river Brahmaputra is one of the major reasons why Assam gets flooded every year.

Assam Floods: Death toll rises to 89, over 5 million people affected by Assam floods. Check all Updates here.

Monsoon rains have become a major cause of destruction and loss in northeast India. Incessant downpours have triggered landslides and floods. At least 16 people have been killed in India's Meghalaya due to floods.

India's Northeast hit by Monsoon floods: 1.8 mn stranded in Assam

Assam flood situation deteriorates, more than 70,000 people affected - see pics

The flood situation in the Indian state of Assam continues to worsen, 6 more people including 2 children lost their lives on Sunday. The death toll has now gone up to 24 and more than half a million people have been impacted by these floods

Assam floods: Situation worsens in India's Northeast as half a million affected across 27 districts

Assam is reeling under flood fury. 500,000 people have been displaced. 46,000 hectares of crop area has been destroyed & 9 people have lost their lives. Why does Assam face a deluge every year? What are the solutions? Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Flood fury in Assam

Torrential rains have battered India's Northeastern state of Assam leaving nine people dead and displacing almost half a million people. Incessant rainfall wreaking havoc in the state leaving houses inundated and roads completely submerged in the water forcing the people to rely on boats for being ferried from one place to another

Torrential rains ravage 1400 villages of India's Assam state

India's Northeastern state, Assam is facing flash floods in which 7 have lost their lives. More than 200,000 people across 24 districts have been affected

Flash floods in India state of Assam, rain triggers landslides

Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the Indian northeastern state of Assam. Personnel from the SDRF had been called in for relief.

Heavy rains results in flash flood in the Indian state of Assam

On the Indian Prime Minister's visit to Assam, Ratan Tata welcomed him and lauded PM Modi for inaugurating the Cancer Hospital in Dibrugarh city of Assam. Listen in to what Ratan Tata said while addressing the audience.

Why did Ratan Tata say 'Thank You' to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

Why did Ratan Tata say 'Thank You' to the Indian PM Narendra Modi?

A burglar was apprehended by cops in a peculiar example of a heist gone wrong after he interrupted his attempted break-in to cook khichdi. This strange incident occurred in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, India's northeastern state.

'Cereal burglar': Thief in India cooks food in the middle of burglury, arrested

A limited-edition Hublot watch that once belonged to the football legend late Diego Maradona was recovered from India’s northeastern Assam state on Saturday morning after it went missing from Dubai.

Maradona’s stolen watch worth Rs 2 million recovered from India’s Assam, 1 arrested

The Assam Police have sounded an alert over possible terror strikes by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terror outfit al-Qaeda over alleged persecution of Muslims in the northeastern Indian state.

Alert in India's northeastern Assam state over threats from ISI, Al-Qaeda

In the western part of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, more than 29 people, aged between two to 45 years, had been infected with a mystery fever, which has been identified as scrub typhus.

Scrub typhus: All about the mystery fever that has been gripping Indian states

Assam was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 4 on Monday afternoon, an official bulletin said. As per the National Center for Seismology, the quake was recorded at 1.

4-magnitude earthquake hits west Assam, tremors felt in north Bengal

Tensions have escalated along the border of two North-East states of India. The policemen of Assam and Mizoram fired at each other during which 5 personnel of Assam police were killed and 50 others were injured.

Assam-Mizoram border dispute: 5 Assam policemen killed in violent clashes with Mizoram

Assam's Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Saturday formally inaugurated the Dihing Patkai National Park. It is a red-letter day for Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts and the state as a whole that the Dihing Patkai has been created as the seventh National Park, the minister said at a function organised here to mark the occasion.

Assam's Dihing Patkai formally inaugurated as National Park

Newly sworn-in Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the aim of his government is to make the state one of the top five in India in the next five years.

Aim to make Assam one among top five Indian states, says new Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

The ruling Trinamool Congress scored an emphatic victory in West Bengal in the face of stiff challenge posed by BJP with the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leading the party to its third successive victory in assembly polls.

Trinamool scores hat-trick in Bengal, BJP retains Assam, LDF keeps Kerala

Elated over the initial trends of Assam poll results, which showed that the BJP has an edge over its rivals, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday exuded confidence that the saffron party-led alliance will retain power in the state.

People blessed us, BJP to retain power in Assam: Sonowal 

Strong quake hits India's Assam state

Assam recorded a voter turnout of 73.03 per cent on Thursday, while the figure stood at 80.53 per cent for West Bengal in the second phase of assembly polls in the two states.

Second phase polls: 80.53 per cent turnout in Bengal, 73.03 per cent in Assam till 5 pm

The Election Commission on Friday announced the election dates for 824 assembly constituencies that will go to polls in four states and one union territory. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that West Bengal will go to polls in 8 phases and Assam in three phases while Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry will have a single-phase election.

Voting in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry between March 27 and April 29, results on May 2

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