Assam has registered a total of 1,680 new COVCID19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s overall tally to 26,772. Confirming the news, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa S... Read more
SMITA BHATTACHARYYA: The Jorhat district administration has announced that the total lockdown in force in Jorhat Municipal Board (JMB) and in 11 suburban areas since 7 pm on July 9 will be l... Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre was keeping a “close watch” on the ongoing flood, erosion, Covid-19 and the May 27 Baghjan gas well blowout crises. Modi assured all he... Read more
On the day when Assam’s COVID19 tally stands at 22,981, a total of 858 patients, who were earlier infected by the virus, have been discharged from various hospitals in the state on Sunday. S... Read more
SMITA BHATTACHARYYA: A WhatsApp message doing the rounds lately is that the letter C has shot into prominence in the year 2020. To the list which begins with cough, cold, containment, confin... Read more
AVIK CHAKRABORTY: A barricade was erected by local villagers blocking the road from the Baghjan well site since Saturday afternoon after a fish farmer, Sukleswar Neog (45), allegedly committ... Read more
Second case of suspected lynching in Karimganj since June Umanand Jaiswal, Guwahati: The bodies of three Bangladeshi nationals, suspected to have sneaked in to steal cattle, were found in a... Read more
From world famous football clubs to political and spiritual gurus, all lend a hand to the state Umanand Jaiswal, Guwahati: A day after England’s Premier League club Arsenal FC expressed soli... Read more
State tries plasma therapy to treat critical patients Umanand Jaiswal, Guwahati: The Assam government has decided to accord state guest status to plasma donors from outside the state for tre... Read more
51000 affected are living in 711 relief camps spread over 28 districts Umanand Jaiswal,Guwahati: A “deeply disturbed” former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Friday appealed to the Prime Mi... Read more
All nursing homes in Guwahati will have to procure COVID19 testing machines within next 15 days: Assam health minister Kalpajyoti Saikia: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursda... Read more
Avik Chakraborty: The Oil India Limited (OIL) has started digging an underground tunnel near the Baghjan blowout oil well to analyse the damage caused by the fire. It is expected that the di... Read more
Smita Bhattacharyya: After a huge spike in community transmission in Jorhat on Wednesday, the district administration has imposed an indefinite lockdown from Thursday. This time, the lockdow... Read more
DIPJYOTI SARMA: Even though the water level of Brahmaputra in Guwahati has receded by 6 cm on Wednesday, however, it is still flowing over the danger level by 1 metre. The water level of the... Read more
The COVID19 death toll in Assam has increased to 46 after the demise of 6 more persons due to infection on Tuesday. This has been confirmed by Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tu... Read more
AP: With the death of six more people in floods and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state, the death toll has been climbed to 77 till Tuesday. According to officials, two weeks... Read more
Out of 1,001 cases, 513 cases have been reported from Guwahati; active cases in Assam stand at 6,348 Assam has registered 1,001 new COVID19 positive cases, taking the state’s overall tally t... Read more
KALPA JYOTI SAIKIA: Whether the Guwahati Central Jail has turned into a hotbed for COVID19? This question has been raised after a number of jail inmates, lodged in the central jail in Guwaha... Read more
AVIK CHAKRABORTY: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday visited Rohmoria in Dibrugarh and announced 3 schemes at a cost of Rs. 25 crore for a permanent solution to the erosion pr... Read more
Nearly 50 people have been killed due to floods in Assam so far. Six more people died in rain-related incidents in the on Monday. As per an official bulletin, floods have submerged 95 per ce... Read more