ASSAM

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

Japanese Encephalitis toll in Assam climbs to 110

6:45 pm July 23, 2019

Guwahati: The Japanese Encephalitis death toll in Assam since the beginning of this month rose to 110 with nine more casualties being reported in the last three days, according to a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin here on Tuesday. The nine Japanese Encephalitis (JE) deaths were reported from Goalpara, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Dhubri, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar […]

2 more districts flooded in Assam; 1.95 lakh affected

Flood waters show receding trend in Assam

10:49 pm July 20, 2019

Guwahati: The flood waters showed a receding trend in Assam where 12 people the death toll due to rain-related incidents rose to 59 on Saturday while 24 of the state’s 33 districts remained inundated, officials said. The waters of the deluge, which wrecked large scale devastation across the state, receded from Baksa, Hojai and Majuli […]

Rape accused flee jail in flooded Dhubri, found

9:51 pm July 20, 2019

Dhubri(Assam): A rape accused undertrial escaped from a designated district jail at Dhubri in Assam and was apprehended within 60 hours from neighbouring Kokrajhar district, police said on Saturday. Dhubri Girls College had been converted into a designated prison with stipulated security after the district jail was submerged in knee deep water due to the […]

Earthquake jolts Arunachal Pradesh, other NE states

5:50 pm July 19, 2019

Guwahati/Shillong: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and other northeastern states on Friday afternoon. The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of 10 km at East Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh, the Met Office website stated. According to reports, tremors were felt in Guwahati, parts of Assam, Dimapur in Nagaland, among […]

Shakurpur sewer incident: Another sanitation worker dies

Survey to identify manual scavengers in Assam

12:33 pm July 19, 2019

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Department to formulate a state-wide survey to identify manual scavengers. He asked the department to prepare a comprehensive roadmap for skill development of the manual scavengers to ensure opening up of new job opportunities for them. Chairing a meeting […]