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Assam reports 174 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate at 3.62%: NHM

Assam reported 174 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as per the National Health Mission (NHM). The state's positivity rate decreased to 3.62 per cent as the new cases were detected after testing 4,808 samples, it said in a bulletin. Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, reported 26 fresh cases, followed by Dibrugarh where 16 cases were detected and Lakhimpur where 15 people tested positive. There are 2,976 active cases in the state at present. The toll remained at 8,026 with no new deaths reported in the last 24 hours. Assam has so far reported 7,43,222 cases. A total of 7,32,218 patients have recovered, including 185 people on Wednesday.

Assam CM asks officials to ensure smooth conduct of govt recruitment exams

No candidate will be allowed to re-enter the examination centre after the end of the examination of that particular shift

Assam to send 1,000 students to Andaman & Nicobar to study Cellular jail

The Assam government would send 1,000 students from the state as a study tour to Cellular jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Assam registers over 8-fold jump in infections with 202 new Covid-19 cases

Assam has registered an over eight-fold jump in fresh Covid-19 cases with 202 more people testing positive for the virus, raising the tally to 7,43,048, the National Health Mission said in a bulletin.

Assam to withdraw 100,000 minor cases: CM Himanta on Independence Day

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced that his government will withdraw one lakh minor cases, including for social media posts, to reduce the burden on the lower judiciary

India's lawn bowls pioneers: How a team of four bowled over a nation

After 2007 National Games, Assam and Jharkhand emerged as hubs of a fringe sport now capturing eyeballs thanks to the Commonwealth Games glory

Interim wage hike likely to hit margins of West Bengal tea estates: Icra

The impact would be lower for producers of quality tea, given the price premium they enjoy over the average market realisations, Icra said in a report.

Mizoram, Assam to hold CM-level talks in Delhi to resolve border dispute

Mizoram and Assam will hold chief minister-level talks in New Delhi later this month or early September to find an amicable solution to the inter-state border dispute

Assam government launches 1st drone school of northeast in Guwahati

The northeast has got its first remote pilot training school in Guwahati, as part of the central government's quest to make India a hub for drone technology, officials said.

Assam, Mizoram govts sign joint statement on resolving border dispute

Both states have agreed to promote and maintain peace to prevent any untoward incident along the borders

Assam: One more person with 'links' to Bangladeshi terror group arrested

One more person with alleged links to Bangladeshi terror outfit Ansarul Islam has been arrested in Assam's Barpeta district, police said

Assam: Fake traffic police officer collects fine from motorists, arrested

A fake traffic police officer was nabbed when he was levying fine on violators along with real on-duty personnel in Sonitpur district of Assam, officials said on Sunday. According to a senior police officer, the man posing as a traffic police officer came from Guwahati on a bus and got down at Paruwa Chariali in Tezpur city on Saturday. "Immediately, he called the traffic policemen present there and started checking vehicles that were violating rules. He started collecting fines. This led to suspicion to the other junior officers and they called their seniors," he added. When senior officials reached the spot, the truth came out and he was arrested immediately. "During the investigation, we came to know that he has applied the same trick in other places such as Rangia and Nagaon to collect money. He studied till lower levels and always dreamt of becoming a police officer. So, he started posing as a cop wearing the uniform," the officer said.

CM asks Assam Agriculture Commission members to visit farming clusters

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged members of the Assam Agriculture Commission to make extensive visits to farming clusters to ensure qualitative improvement in the sector, an official release said

Assam delegation to visit Mizoram on Aug 9-10 for border talks: Official

A five-member delegation headed by Assam Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora will be on a two-day visit to Mizoram from August 9 to discuss inter-state boundary dispute issues

Assam to set check posts along Arunachal border to stop illegal liquor

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed Excise officials to set up temporary check posts along the state's boundary with Arunachal Pradesh to check illegal influx of liquor.

Rhino poaching bid in Kaziranga foiled, 4 arrested in Assam's Biswanath

The Crime Investigation Range of the Forest department in Assam's Biswanath district and police arrested poachers who were planning kill a one horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve

Assam CM launches digital issuance of caste certificates for students

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launched 'Mission Bhumiputra', a digital way to issue digitalised caste certificates to students

IndiGo flight from Assam cancelled after plane's wheels stuck in outfield

An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata was cancelled apparently after the aircraft skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield

10 of 19 Assam labourers who fled construction in Arunachal site rescued

A total of 10 labourers out of the 19 who went missing from a road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh's Kurung Kumey district, have so far been rescued, a senior official said

Entry through backdoor: 217 govt employees in Assam may lose jobs

As many as 217 employees of Assam Fisheries Development Corporation (AFDC) Ltd may lose their jobs following allegations that they joined the corporation by adopting illegal means.