Guwahati, June 28 (PTI): The Assam government will take specific policy measures to slow down the growth of minority population with an aim to eradicate poverty and illiteracy, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarm
New Delhi, June 28 (PTI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the preventive detention of a Manipur-based political activist under the National Security Act (NSA), alleging that it has
Tezpur, June 28 (PTI): Eleven kids at a childrens home in Assams Sonitpur district have tested positive for COVID- 19, an official said on Monday.
Six staff members have also tested positive for the infectio
Aizawl, June 28 (PTI): Mizoram on Monday reported 131 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 19,455, a health official said.
The fresh cases were reported from Aizawl (124) followed by Lunglei and Kolasib
Itanagar, June 28 (PTI): The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 34,932 on Monday with 165 more people testing positive for the infection, a senior health official said.
The death toll in the frontie
Guwahati, June 27 (PTI): Environmental degradation leading to depletion of dissolved oxygen level in a pond has claimed the lives of hundreds of fish in Dighalipukhuri in Guwahati, Assam Fisheries Minister Pari
Guwahati, June 27 (PTI): The Assam government has cleared over 3,400 hectares of forest land of encroachments from 2016-2020, Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said on Sunday.
A total of 91
Agartala, June 27 (IANS): Renowned painter of northeastern region Chinmoy Roy died in Delhi on Sunday after a prolonged illness, family sources said.
He is survived by his only son. His wife had predeceased
Guwahati, June 27 (PTI): 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 n
Guwahati, June 27 (PTI): The engine of the Ledo-Guwahati Express special train derailed between Ledo and Margherita stations in Assam on Sunday, officials said.
The incident happened around 3.33 pm, they sai
Dibrugarh (Assam), June 27 (PTI): About 12,000 people of the Mising community residing at Laika and Dadhia villages inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park of Assam, after they were rendered homeless some 70 years
AGARTALA, JUNE 27 (IANS): Amid all major political parties' opposition and skeptical stand, tribal party 'TIPRA Motha', which in the April 6 elections had captured the politically important Tripura
New Delhi, June 26 (PTI): Plans are afoot to ensure that 10,000 Bodo youths in Assam get job in army, paramilitary forces and police in the next four years, Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Bodoland Territor
New Delhi, June 26 (PTI): The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively.
The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and
Guwahati, June 26 (PTI): An employee of the defunct Nagaon Paper Mill of the Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) in Assam died on Saturday, taking the total fatalities since the closure of the PSU'
Diphu, June 26 (PTI) A prisoner, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Diphu Medical College and Hospital in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, escaped, police said on Saturday. The prisoner was admitted to
Itanagar, June 26 (PTI): A red panda, rescued recently from a river in Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, was released back to its natural habitat by forest officials on Saturday. The rare
Guwahati, June 26 (IANS) Assam's Environment and Forest Department on Saturday filed FIR against an Executive Member of a Municipal Board for his action leading to the killing of scores of egrets on the unp
Gangtok, June 26 (PTI): Sikkim on Saturday reported 130 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 19,941, a health department bulletin said.
The death toll rose to 301 as two more patients suc
Guwahati, June 26 (IANSlife) Vedanta Baruah has become the first Assamese to receive the 10-year Golden Visa in Investors category, granted by the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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