The Assam government has sounded an alert after heavy monsoon rains covered more than 300 villages; displace an approximate 200,000 people in the last two days.
Four districts of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Jorhat and Nagaon have been most affected.
Most of the displaced people are now stuck at temporary shelters on raise embankment.
Details are awaited.
In an important move the Delhi High Court (DHC) has legally recognized gay sex with a condition that "the provision of section 377 IPC will continue to rule non-consensual penile non-vaginal sex and penile non vaginal sex involving minors".
Section 377 of the IPC so far criminalized homosexuality among agreeable adults. The DHC call this aspect of the section against the fundamental rights. "We declare section 377 of IPC in so far as it criminalizes consensual sexual acts of adults in private is violative of Articles 14, 21 and 15 of the Constitution," a Bench comprising Chief Justice A. P. Shah and Justice S. Murlidhar said.
The court clarified that "by adults we mean everyone who is 18 years of age or above".
In its 105-page judgment, the DHC clarified the position of Law and Constitution on the issue, "In our view Indian Constitutional Law does not permit the statutory criminal law to be held captive by the popular misconception of who the LGBTs (lesbian gay bisexual transgender) are.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday smooth the way for Mohammad Asif's comeback in the national team for the Champions Trophy later on this year after punishing the controversial fast bowler Rs 1 million for his connection in a drug case in Dubai.
The PCB said it had fined Asif on the recommendation of a three-member search committee that found him responsible of bringing the country and Pakistan cricket into disgrace last year when he was locked up in Dubai for ownership of 0.23 grams of hashish.
Asif spent 19 days in custody in Dubai in June last year while returning from India after playing in the opening Indian Premier League where he had also failed a dope test.
"The fine of Rs 1 million is for his bad behaviour and possession of hashish in Dubai. But Asif will be clear to play for Pakistan once he complete his 12-month ban for the failed dope test," PCB chief operating officer Saleem Altaf told PTI.
The drugs committee of the IPL for failing a dope test banned Asif for 12 months. His ban started from September last year although the pacer had appeal his suspension be considered from July when the PCB had also stopped him from playing cricket.
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