Assam

Guwahati: The Assam Government will take action against those fair price shops that are found indulging in black-marketing violating laid down norms while selling essential commodities.Assam Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that he asked...

Guwahati: RTI activist Akhil Gogoi was acquitted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of his alleged involvement in violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).This comes only days after the NIA court had acquitted Gogoi in the...

Guwahati: Assam police on Tuesday submitted a chargesheet naming 36 people, including three children, in the Hojai doctor assault case.“Reference Udali Doctor assault case of Hojai – @Hojai_Police has submitted a charge sheet today against 36 accused persons including...

Guwahati: Assam is ramping up its paediatric critical care units in all medical colleges in the state, as well as district hospitals after statistics showed that more than 34 thousand children below the age of 18 have tested positive...

Guwahati: Dissolved oxygen depletion in the historic Dighalipuhuri lake in heart of Guwahati led to the death of scores of fishes, which were found floating in the lake creating panic among the masses.Scores of dead fish were found floating...

Guwahati: The Assam government on Sunday announced that it will give Rs 2.5 lakh each to all widows, whose husbands died of COVID-19, if their family income is less than Rs 5 lakh.Under the new 'Chief Minister's COVID-19 Widows...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday appointed a home guard as a police constable for his role in helping the police recover contraband worth crores.Borsing Bey (35), hit the headlines on June 21 when he refused...

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has ordered a probe into the death of nearly 250 cattle egrets at Tangla in Udalguri district in lower Assam.Chief Minister Sarma directed forest and environment minister Parimal Suklabaidya to enquire into...

Guwahati: In order to control the surge of COVID-19 cases, Assam government has declared three districts of the state as containment zones, while relaxing norms in those districts where cases have shown a downward trend.Due to rise in COVID-19...

Sivsagar: A dreaded criminal, Bubu Knowar alias Bindo Gogoi, in Upper Assam who was involved in at least 40 killings and part of an inter-state car lifting was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Sivasagar district...