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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 […]

Sonowal takes stock of flood situation in Goalpara

11:59 pm May 29, 2020

Guwahati/ Goalpara: Even as the flood waters receded from two districts, 3.81 lakh people in seven districts of Assam are reeling under the impact of the deluge that destroyed nearly 25,000 hectares of standing crops. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited flood hit Goalpara district on Friday to take stock of the situation. Nalbari, Goalpara, Nagaonn, […]

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 […]