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Covid cases: Deaths in Assam touch record highs

11:41 pm May 17, 2021

Guwahati: Assam reported a record 92 deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of COVID-19 cases registered an all-time high of 6,394 persons, pushing the total number of infections to 3,35,023, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, 11 in Kamrup, seven in Sonitpur, six in Darrang, five each in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, three each in Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar, two […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

Modi in Bengal, Assam on Sunday to inaugurate, lay foundations of development projects

8:31 pm February 5, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal and Assam on Sunday for inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of several development projects and will also address public meetings on these occasions in the two poll-bound states. His office said on Friday that Modi will lay the foundation stone of two hospitals and launch ‘Asom Mala’, a programme for state […]

Odisha prepares for possible rain-triggered flash floods

Six killed as flood situation worsens in Assam

9:08 pm July 13, 2020

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam worsened drastically on Monday with six more persons losing their lives in rain-related incidents, even as the deluge affected nearly 22 lakh people across 27 districts, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person each died at […]

Assam flood situation worsens, 3.4 lakh affected in 14 districts

9:08 pm July 10, 2020

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Friday as vast areas of two more districts were inundated, affecting 1.70 lakh more people, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in a report. It said 3,41,837 people of 32 revenue circles of 14 districts are now affected by the deluge. The two new districts where floodwaters entered since […]

Flood waters continue to recede in Assam; one dead

11:17 pm July 8, 2020

Guwahati : The situation in Assam improved on Wednesday as flood waters receded from a district, but the deluge claimed another life, raising the death toll to 40, the State Disaster Management Authority said. Over 1.7 lakh people across 12 districts have been affected by the flood waters, the ASDMA said. On Tuesday, nearly two lakh people were affected […]

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