Assam

Guwahati: Assam government has suspended classes for students up to class 8 in all the districts with over 100 cases of COVID-19 in a single day.The decision has been made in view of the rising cases of COVID-19 in...

Tezpur (Assam): A 53-year-old woman was killed and her body buried in a forest in a suspected case of "witch-hunting" in Sonitpur district of Assam, officials said on Sunday.According to senior officials, the gruesome incident took place at Geruajuli...

Guwahati: Assam has registered 12 more Covid19 deaths and 2,384 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.The Assam health minister informed that of the new cases, Kamrup Metro district alone has reported 883 cases.The overall positivity percentage of...

Guwahati: Two of the three ONGC employees, who were abducted allegedly by suspected banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) cadres, have been rescued.Army, along with Assam Rifles troops, rescued the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employees during...

Guwahati: The Assam government on Friday revised its discharge protocol for COVID-19 patients superseding the earlier notification on it issued in July last year, an official release said.The revised discharged protocol is aligned with the guidelines on the three-tier...

Guwahati: Assam Police has confirmed that banned ULFA (I) was behind the abduction of three ONGC employees.Special Director General of Police, Law and Order, G.P. Singh, who is camping at Lakuwa in Sivasagar district since Wednesday to supervise the...

Guwahati: In the second wave, Assam’s COVID-19 positive cases have crossed the 10,000 marks Friday with 10 more COVID 19 deaths reported on a single day.A total of 1931 new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in Assam on Thursday....

Guwahati: Congress in Assam today urged Election Commission for taking up VVPAT counting at least 20 per cent of polling stations of each assembly segment against the existing norm of five to ensure impartially and transparency in the counting...

Guwahati: The double mutation of the COVID-19 variant has been found in Assam. Recent samples from the Dibrugarh airport of travelers have tested positive for the Indian ‘double mutation’ Covid virus, informed Assam Health Minister.Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Thursday chaired an all party meeting to discuss the emerging COVID-19 situation in the state.The meeting was attended by the representatives of different political parties and senior cabinet ministers of the state.“I urged...