Assam

Guwahati: Assam’s COVID-19 tally touched 7,38,426 on Saturday as 670 more fresh cases tested positive for the infection, officials said.The positivity rate was at 7.35 percent as 9,112 samples were tested for COVID-19.The state had logged 652 cases,...

Guwahati: The Assam government has appointed IAS officer Partha Pratim Mazumdar as the new state coordinator for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in place of Hitesh Dev Sharma, who will attain superannuation on July 31, 2022.Mazumdar, currently posted...

Guwahati: An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata on Thursday was canceled after the aircraft skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield.While taxiing for take-off on the...

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Friday.During his meeting with Shah at his Parliament office, Sarma apprised him about the state government's initiatives in flood management. "Among others, I...

Guwahati: In line with other parts of the country, legislators of the Assam Assembly including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma cast their votes for the presidential polls on Monday.A total of 119 of the 126 Assam MLAs have exercised...

Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has retained the seventh position in the National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF) In the category for engineering institutes it was announced on Friday.The Institute also retained its eighth rank in the ‘Overall’ section,...

Guwahati: In a joint operation, security forces on Friday seized 477 kg of ganja from a vehicle in Assam's Bokajan town under the Karbi Anglong district and arrested one person, police said.The arrested person has been identified as 57-year-old...

Guwahati: A lower court in Golaghat district of Assam has permitted Barshashree Buragohain to sit for examination who was arrested for her Facebook post allegedly supporting banned outfit ULFA (I).Buragohain, was arrested on May 17 for her Facebook post...

Guwahati: The Assam Government on Friday issued advisory to all district commissioners to keep a vigil on the “illegal killing or sacrifice of cows or claves" during the coming Eid al-Adha celebrations.The advisory also said that action will be...

Guwahati: An Earthquake of 3.7 magnitudes on the Richter scale hit Assam on Tuesday.The National Centre of Seismology (NCS), recorded the earthquake at 11-03 AM.The depth of the earthquake was 35 km.“Earthquake of Magnitude 3.7 occurred on 05-07-2022,...