Northeast floods, June 29 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday spoke with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to review the flood situation in several parts of the state and assured him of the Centre's full support in managing the crisis, officials said.

In Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley district, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter rescued four people who had been stranded on an island in the Sisiri River in the Dambuk area on Monday.

According to the officials, Shah enquired about the extent of damage caused by rising river levels across the state. In a post on social media, Sarma mentioned he had briefed the Union home minister on the relief and rehabilitation efforts currently being carried out in the flood-affe...