Guwahati, August 24 (PTI): Guwahati on Monday got the country''s longest river ropeway that will connect two banks of the Brahmaputra.
Built at a cost of Rs 56 crore, the ropeway will cover a distanc
Guwahati/Itanagar, August 24 (PTI): The opposition Congress on Monday staged a protest at the Guwahati airport against the Centre''s decision to privatise it by leasing out to Adani Enterprises for 50 y
Guwahati, August 23 (IANS): The Assam BJP on Sunday rubbished Congress leader and former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's claim that former Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi could be the BJP's chief
Guwahati, August 23 (PTI): The first serological survey in Assam was launched here by the Minister of state for Health and Family Welfare Pijush Hazarika on Sunday to assess whether people surveyed have develop
Guwahati, August 23 (PTI): Three senior Assam Police officers, including two Superintendents of Police, have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, health officials said.
Tinsukia SP Shiladitya Chetia and h
Guwahati, August 22 (PTI): The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) on Saturday announced that it will launch a political party to fight the Assam elections in 2021, and its jailed leader Akhil Gogoi will be the
Guwahati, Aguust 18 (MExN): The Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed concerns over various ‘negative developments’ emerging out of digital media entities functioning across the country
Guwahati, August 18 (IANS): The Assam government is getting ready to reopen educational institutions in the state from September 1 but this would depend on the Union Home Ministry's decision, state Educatio
Guwahati, August 17 (IANS): Indian and foreign experts are now in the final stages of capping the oil well leakage and dousing the fire at the state-owned Oil India (OIL) field in eastern Assam's Tinsukia d
Guwahati, August 17 (PTI): In the first successful step towards dousing the blaze at Baghjan gas well in Assam, a blow out preventer (BOP) could be placed at the mouth of the well, Oil India Limited (OIL)
Guwahati, August 16 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam improved marginally as the number of people affected by the deluge reduced on Sunday, a disaster management bulletin said.
A total of 11,812 people wer
Guwahati, August 16 (PTI): Assam''s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 75,000-mark with 1,057 fresh cases, while the death toll mounted to 182 as eight more people succumbed to the virus, Minister for Health
Guwahati, August 14 (PTI): The Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) is likely to be selected as one of the centres for Phase-II trial of ''Covaxin'', the country''s first indigeno
Guwahati, August 14 (PTI): Around 500 COVID-19 patients have died in Assam, including 300-350 due to comorbidities, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
Deaths caused by oth
Guwahati, August 12 (MExN): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) and the Yung Aung-led NSCN (K) have called for a total ban on India’s Independence Day celebration in WeSEA (Western South East Asi
Guwahati, August 12 (PTI): Dhemaji, Baksa and Morigaon districts of Assam continued to remain submerged on Wednesday, even as floodwaters receded from most parts of the state, according to an official bulletin.
Guwahati, August 10 (PTI): An employee of Assam Archaeology Department, who was attacked and critically injured by a wild boar, died on Monday at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, an official said.
The m
Guwahati, August 10 (PTI): The second attempt to shut Oil India's damaged well at Baghjan in Assam, which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for 76 days, failed on Monday when the iron cable to lift the li
Guwahati, August 10 (PTI): Director General of Assam Police Bhaskar Jyot Mahanta tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, officials said.
The top police officer has opted for home isolation, an official sourc
Guwahati, August 10 (PTI): Any air traveller to Assam who will depart from the state within 72 hours of his arrival will not have to undergo quarantine provided his Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) result at the airpor