ASSAM

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Assam’s BJP CM contradicts own party, terms police paper leak as ‘scam’

12:02 am October 1, 2020

Guwahati: Assam’s BJP Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday termed the question paper leak in state police recruitment examination as a “scam”, which is in contrast to the party’s stand of calling it an “anomaly”. Question papers of several exams under various governments have been leaked in the state since 1952 but this for the first time that the […]

Assam officer dies by suicide in Goalpara

7:46 pm September 25, 2020

Goalpara (Assam): A senior government officer died allegedly by suicide at his official residence in Assam’s Goalpara district on Friday, police said. Jayanta Das, the additional deputy commissioner of the district, was found hanging in his room by a staffer of his quarter, police said. Das hailed from Guwahati and joined duty in Goalpara two […]

India’s COVID-19 recoveries close to 48 lakh

7:37 pm September 25, 2020

New Delhi: India’s total COVID-19 recoveries have surged to over 47.5 lakh with 10 states and union territories including Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal accounting for 73 per cent of the new recovered cases, the Union health ministry said on Friday. A total of 81,177 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 in a span of 24 […]

Assam to cull 12,000 pigs as African swine fever spreads

Nagaland partially lifts ban on import of pigs

2:00 pm September 17, 2020

Kohima: The Nagaland government has decided to partially lift the ban imposed on the import of pigs, officials said on Thursday. Nagaland imposed the ban on April 28 due to the outbreak of African Swine Fever in neighbouring Assam, they said. In a notification, Chief secretary Temjen Toy said that the ban is partially lifted […]

Car in Meghalaya minister’s convoy meets with accident, 4 injured

11:59 pm September 13, 2020

Nagaon: A car in Meghalaya minister James P K Sangma’s convoy met with an accident in Assam on Sunday when he was returning to Shillong from Manipur, resulting in injuries to four of his security guards, police said. The minister, brother of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, has reached home safely, an official said in Shillong. The accident took place near Nonoi in Nagaon district when […]