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Complaints filed against Assam BJP MLA over controversial remarks

Over half-a-dozen complaints have been filed against controversial Assam BJP MLA Shiladitya Dev by various organisations days after he termed revered scholar Syed Abdul Malik an "intellectual jihadi"

Assam Baghjan well fire: Oil India objects to committee's report in NGT

The Committee of Experts has not made a site-visit till the filing of the Preliminary Report

Covid-19 patient flees from facility in Assam's Dhubri, booked hours later

A Covid-19 patient fled from a medical facility in Assam's Dhubri district, and was brought back on Tuesday after an operation that lasted for hours

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Assam unlocks as infection rate declines

Kerala to train, export nurses and paramedics, why so many vaccines are being developed, and are children strong spreaders of Covid-19?-news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

Flood water recedes in Assam, 1.1 million people still distressed

With the flood water receding in most affected districts, Assam flood situation further improved significantly on Saturday

Covid-19: Assam govt plans to reopen schools, colleges on September 1

The Assam government has made preliminary plans to reopen educational institutions on September 1 but the final decision will depend on the directives of the Centre

Assam to set up 40-member committee to analyse New Education Policy 2020

The Assam government will set up a 40-member committee to initiate implementation of the Centre's New Education Policy (NEP) in the state, a minister said on Saturday.

Attempt to cap gas well at Baghjan failed, reasons being examined: OIL

Well number 5 at Baghjan has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 66 days since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9, killing two of OIL's firefighters at the site

Bhutan king writes to Assam CM, thanks him for support during lockdown

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar has written to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, thanking him for allowing movement of vehicles carrying essential commodities to the neighbouring country

Covid-19: Assam govt reduces quarantine period for returnees to 10 days

The Assam government has decided to reduce the quarantine period for passengers arriving from outside the state to 10 days from the existing span of two weeks, officials said

Assam floods update: 1 more dead, 2.63 million affected in 27 districts

With the death of one person in Morigaon district, the toll in this year's flood and landslides has risen to 123

Assam coronavirus update: Tally at 28,791 with 1,047 new cases; toll 70

Covid-19 tally in Assam reached 28,791 with 1,047 more people testing positive for the disease in 24 hours, and the death toll climbed with 70 with four people succumbing to the disease

Lockdown and uneven rainfall hits tea crop, prices firm up at auctions

The production in north India, comprising Assam and north Bengal, is down by 40 per cent from January to June as compared to the figures of 2019

Assam coronavirus update: 972 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 27,744

Two persons died due to Covid-19 infection in Assam, taking the death toll to 66, while 972 fresh cases were reported in the state

Assam coronavirus update: With 1,093 fresh cases, tally crosses 25,000-mark

Assam breached the 25,000-mark in Covid-19 cases with 1,093 fresh cases reported on Monday, while one more person died due to the disease in the state, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Assam coronavirus update: 859 new cases reported; tally crosses 18,000-mark

Six Covid-19 patients died and 859 new cases were reported on Tuesday with the infection tally crossing the 18,000-mark in Assam, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

Assam coronavirus update: 1,001 new cases reported; 513 in Guwahati alone

Assam on Monday reported 1,001 new COVID-19 cases out of which 513 were from capital Guwahati alone, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

Assam coronavirus update: Lockdown in Guwahati may get extended by a week

"Though the health department has said one-week extension will be enough, others are advocating two more weeks in view of the rising infection," Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

Activist Akhil Gogoi tests positive for coronavirus in Guwahati jail

A total of 55 inmates, including Gogoi, have tested positive at the jail, forcing the authorities to issue orders for taking samples of all the 1,069 prisoners

Assam Coronavirus update: Record jump of 8 deaths in a day, cases at 13,336

Assam reported eight more Covid-19 deaths, the most in a day so far, taking its death toll to 22; the number of positive cases sharply rose to 13,336