Assam

Guwahati: The Assam government on Monday released fresh Covid-19 guidelines and relaxed the curfew timings. In an order, Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said the curfew timing has been reduced across the state till further order.As the positivity rate...

Guwahati: The Assam Assembly on Friday passed Rs 566 crore deficit budget for the financial year 2021-22 by voice vote.The House also passed the Assam Appropriation (No. 1) Bill, 2021, to clear decks for the state government to withdraw Rs...

Guwahati: Assam reported 14 more COVID-19 deaths, which raised the toll to 5,357, while 975 new cases pushed the tally to 5,72,546, according to the bulletin issued by the National Health Mission on Friday.Of the 975 new cases, 121 are...

Dispur: The second Chief Ministers’ Level Meeting held at Assam Administrative Staff College here Friday between Assam and Meghalaya to resolve the vexed border issues between the two states, decided to constitute joint inspection teams named as ‘Regional Committees’...

Guwahati: The B Barooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) and Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research collaborations, the PTI reported.The MoU was signed following a virtual meeting between BBCI Director Dr Amal Chandra Kataki...

Guwahati: After violent clashes at the Assam-Mizoram border which left six dead and scores injured, two sides will sit for a mistrial level discussion on Thursday, to find a solution to the vexed inter-state dispute.Two Assam cabinet ministers...

Guwahati: Mizoram government has requested Assam to make arrangements for the vehicles stranded in Assam to enter Mizoram.Mizoram Home Secretary Vanlalngaihsaka wrote to his counterpart in Assam requesting to make arrangements for stranded vehicles to enter the state.The Mizoram...

Guwahati: Assam Assembly would be adjourned for thirty minutes on Wednesday during the semi-final bout of Lovlina Borgohain in the Tokyo Olympics.Lovlina Borgohain will be taking on world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in the welterweight women’s boxing semi-final...

Guwahati: Assam police on Monday withdrew FIR filed against Mizoram Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena in connection with the border clashes which left six Assam police personnel dead."To take this goodwill gesture ahead, I have directed Assam Police to...

Guwahati: Days after Assam police withdrew FIR against Mizoram Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga directed the state police to withdraw the FIR against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and six others.Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that...