Assam

Guwahati: An online flood reporting and information management system was launched on Saturday in Assam, which faces severe deluge every year, an official said.The online system developed jointly by Assam State Disaster Management Agency and UNICEF will replace the...

New Delhi/Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were on Friday called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss about the leadership issue of the next government, five days after...

Dibrugarh: The Zaloni tea estate in Assam’s Dibrugarh district has been forced to shut down after 133 people tested positive for COVID-19, the ANI reported.According to Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha, the estate has been declared a containment zone.“133 cases...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday instructed the higher government officials to keep a strict vigil so that prices of essential medicines remain under control.Interacting with district magistrates, top health officials and other stakeholders associated with novel...

Guwahati: Assam on Wednesday reported 55 COVID-19 fatalities, the highest single-day deaths, pushing the coronavirus death toll to 1,485, the National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said.The state also registered 4,826 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 2,72,751,...

Guwahati: The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to dissolve the Assam unit of its minority cell after no Muslim candidate of its alliance managed to win a seat in the state. The alliance had a comfortable victory -- winning...

Guwahati: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in Assam on Wednesday. The quake was reported at 7.22 pm with its epicentre at a depth of 40 km west of Tezpur, according to the National...

Guwahati: To contain the surge in COVID 19 cases, three wards of Guwahati has been declared as containment zones. The decision has been taken because the "test positivity of COVID-19 has crossed more than 10pc in certain municipal wards...

Guwahati: In the final results of the Assam Assembly elections 2021, the BJP led NDA won 75 seats out of the 126 assembly seats while Congress-led Grand Alliance managed to win 50 seats.BJP won 60 seats and Congress was...

Guwahati: Congress's Assam president Ripun Bora resigned on Sunday after the party's defeat in the state elections. Taking responsibility, the Rajya Sabha MP sent the resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi."I do hereby tender my resignation from the...