Train services on a key rail route in Assam's flood-ravaged Dhemaji district have been suspended indefinitely after massive flooding and riverbank erosion destabilised a railway bridge, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said on Monday.
The flood situation in Assam's Dhemaji district worsened on Sunday after a 300-metre-long iron bridge over the Kemi River was washed away, severing a crucial link between the Kemi-Purana Jelom area and Jonai.
Dhemaji is heading for a keen multi-cornered contest, with sitting BJP MLA and Education Minister Ranoj Pegu facing a strong triangular challenge from Congress candidate Sailen Sonowal and Independent candidate Babul Sonowal.
The Dhemaji District and Sessions Court on Thursday awarded capital punishment to Rintu Sharma for the brutal murder of college student Nandita Saikia.
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Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the rapid progress and development of the north bank of Brahmaputra while attending the 9th biennial session of All Assam Sonowal Kachari Students' Union (AASKSU) in Dhemaji district.
In a tragic incident, two workers were electrocuted to death while installing an electric post at a Jal Jeevan Mission project site in Assam's Dhemaji district.
