Assam

Guwahati: Extending Assam’s cooperation to Meghalaya in its fight against COVID 19 pandemic and intensifying the cooperation to contain the spread of the infection, Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma told his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma that the current...

Guwahati: An earthquake of 3.8 magnitudes on the Richter scale jolted Assam again today at 5.33 pm. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 5:33 pm at a depth of 19 Km. The epicentre of the...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday said that there is no ceasefire from the side of the government against the banned insurgent outfit ULFA-I. However, the Assam Chief Minister stated that the government is looking into the unilateral...

Guwahati: The COVID-19 caseload in Assam mounted to 3,28,629 as 3,650 more people tested positive for the disease, while 56 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,179, a bulletin issued by National Health Mission said. Kamrup Metropolitan reported the...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the state will start an 'odd-hour management' process in government medical colleges and other hospitals as India fights a deadly second wave of Covid, the NDTV reported. Sarma, who earlier...

Silchar: Authorities have extended the tenure of service of Assam University, Silchar vice-chancellor Dilip Chandra Nath as Saturday was his last day of work in the central varsity. Nath, a former professor in the department of statistics of Gauhati University,...

Guwahati: As many as 76 persons died due to COVID-19 related infections in Assam on Friday taking the death toll in second wave in the state to 2,060. In Assam, 44,057 tests were conducted on May 14 of which 4,078...

Guwahati: The banned insurgent outfit, The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) Saturday declared a unilateral ceasefire for three months with immediate effect. “With utmost sincerity, we would like to inform the indigenous people of Assam that in view of...

Guwahati: The Assam government has extended the curfew timings and has directed all the shops and commercial establishments across the state to shut down their shutters at 11 AM with effect from May 16. The decision has been taken in...

Guwahati: Assam forest minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Friday visited Bamuni Pahar in Nagaon district, where 18 elephant died a day ago presumably due to lightning, and ordered an inquiry into the incident. A panel, headed by Deputy Conservator of Forest...