Guwahati

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Corona scare: 230 passengers from Delhi screened at Arunachals Naharlagun station

10:55 pm March 14, 2020

Itanagar: A team of doctors on Saturday screened as many as 230 passengers and railway staff at Naharlagun station for possible novel coronavirus infection, officials said. The passengers arrived at the station from New Delhi by the Arunachal Express. They were screened with the help of non-contact infrared thermometers, a senior health official informed. It […]

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Assam govt issues directive to schools, colleges amid

10:09 pm March 14, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Saturday announced a series of measures to be taken at educational institutions in the state in wake of the coronavirus outbreak, including cancelling of assembly programmes and excursions. The directive said that no exhibitions should be held in school, colleges and higher educational institutions and no excursions and other visits […]

7 killed, 30 injured in Assam road accidents

9:37 pm February 4, 2020

Goalpara (Assam): Seven people were killed and 30 others injured in two bus accidents in Assam’s Goalpara district on Tuesday, police said. Six people were killed and 30 others injured when a speeding bus fell into a ditch in Kutahuti village near Dhupdhara area in the district, a police officer said. The bus, on its […]

Delhi riots: Court sends Sharjeel Imam to 14-days judicial custody in UAPA case

Assam govt wants to bring Sharjeel Imam to Guwahati for interrogation: Himanta Biswa Sarma

11:03 pm January 30, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government wants to bring Sharjeel Imam, arrested in a sedition case over his controversial “cut off-North-East-from-India” remark, to Guwahati for interrogation, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday. Sarma, who also holds the charge of the Education and the Health departments, was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an […]

Two siblings die in fire at home

8:43 pm January 23, 2020

Guwahati: Two children of a family died on Thursday when a fire, caused possibly by a short circuit, engulfed their house at Beltola area in the city, police said. The fire caused an LPG cylinder to explode and engulfed the first floor of the house so fast that none could enter it to rescue the […]