Electric firecrackers likely caused blaze at Goa nightclub: CM

A preliminary inquiry into the devastating nightclub fire in Goa suggests that "electric firecrackers" were set off inside the premises, sparking a blaze that claimed 25 lives, Chief Minister......

Floods, landslides kill 8 as heavy rains batter Assam

Eight persons have been killed in floods and landslides in Assam as incessant rainfall caused massive inundation in 17 districts, affecting over 78,000 people, officials said on Saturday. IMAGE: A......

6 more killed in Assam flood; Manipur, Mizoram battle rain fury, lakhs hit

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Tuesday, with six more people dying, even as the rain and flood situation in Mizoram and Manipur remained grim, affecting lakhs of people amid the......

2580 villages under water, 14 lakh people hit in Assam floods

The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Thursday even though flood waters started have receding in many parts of the state, officials said. IMAGE: Villagers take shelter on the top of their......

Star athlete Hima Das makes appeal for flood-hit Assam

IMAGE: People stand on a damaged embarkment washed out by the floods due to incessant rainfalls, at Hajo in Kamrup. Photograph: PTI Photo India's rising track and field star Hima Das has made an......