Troops of Assam Rifles under the aegis of Indian Army in a joint operation with Assam Police apprehended an active cadre of ULFA-I near Lalpahar in Tinsukia district’s Lekhapani area recentl... Read more
Natural gas and oil condensate started leaking from an oil well around 50 days ago. It caught fire a month ago. Guwahati: The leaking oil and gas well of the state-owned Oil India (OIL) in A... Read more
Earlier on July 12, the CM had directed DCs to deploy NDRF and SDRF personnel for the timely rescue of flood victims. Dibrugarh: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday (July 13, 2... Read more
Six people died in rain-related incidents in Assam as the flood situation in the state worsened dramatically on Monday, affecting nearly 22 lakh people. Weather forecasting agencies said the... Read more
Change comes a day after the IMA, Assam, protested the gruelling schedule for health workers Umanand Jaiswal: The Assam health department on Wednesday revoked its July 6 order on 11-day duty... Read more
This house-to-house testing is in addition to the 31 centres in the city where residents can voluntarily submit their samples to get tested for the coronavirus. Abhishek Saha, Guwahati: As t... Read more
Following six days of sunshine, the water level of all major rivers in Assam is receding. But the Indian Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rainfall at isolated places in Assam an... Read more
Police officials reportedly attended a party on a ship on the Brahmaputra river on the night of July 6. In a video, the cops can be seen consuming liquor reportedly during night curfew hours... Read more
GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Monday decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary into a national park amid a controversy over allowing coal mining inside its area. “Our gover... Read more
Highest single-day spike in Assam, city under 14-day lockdown since June 29 Guwahati:The Assam government on Sunday said Guwahati was in the grip of the Covid pandemic and it was getting “bi... Read more
The villagers appealed the state government and the local MLA on several occassions to construct a bridge over the river, but neither of them responded. Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati: The peo... Read more
As per the lockdown guidelines, all private offices, institutions, business establishments, outlets other than grocery shops and all public, private and commercial vehicles have been shut du... Read more
According to reports, based on intelligence input, police and forest officials had conducted an operation in Behali area of Biswanath district in Assam and arrested two persons for killing a... Read more
Clear skies over the past three days have brought some relief to the people of Assam and also reduced the water level of all major rivers in the state. However, nearly 10.75 lakh people of 1... Read more
Assam government on Sunday ordered most of the departments to shut their offices in the state secretariat complex for a week after several employees working there tested positive for Covid-1... Read more
On the day when Assam’s overall COVID19 tally increased to 11,001, a total of 416 other patients, who were earlier infected by the virus, were discharged from various hospitals across... Read more
COVID-19 cases are rising at an exponentially in the state and coronavirus has infected people from various sections, including defence and police personnel. So far, a total of 117 police pe... Read more
22 of 33 Assam districts affected by flood, death toll rises to 34 The flood in Assam spread to 22 of the 33 districts affecting over 16.03 lakh people and claiming the life of one more pers... Read more
Seven more people were killed in floods and landslides across Assam, taking the death toll in natural calamities to 33 and nearly 15 lakh people in 21 of the 33 districts were affected by th... Read more
The Assam government employees will get their complete salaries for the month of June on July 1. This was announced by Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on his Facebook and Twitter... Read more
