Repeated Landslides in Guwahati Raise Questions Over Building on Vulnerable Slopes

  A string of landslides across Guwahati highlights the dangers of building on vulnerable hill slopes  For nine days in a row this July, the earth beneath Guwahati’s hills refused to hold. ALSO READ: The Rivers We Forgot: How Neglected Tributaries Are Fueling Assam's Flood Crisis A boulder tore through the bathroom wall of Ratan Das’s…

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Six, Including Two Juveniles, Arrestedfor Repeated Sexual Assault of 12-Year-Old Girl in Assam's Majuli

  GUWAHATI: Six persons, including two juveniles have been arrested in Assam's Majuli district after a 12-year-old girl was allegedly subjected to repeated sexual assaults over several months and was found to be over 6 months pregnant, police said. The arrests were made following a complaint lodged by the victim's family at Garamur Police Station…

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