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SHILLONG: Meghalaya's COVID hotspot — the sprawling BSF campus at Umpling — which is causing serious concern among officials and public alike, has been designated as a containment zone with a slew of accompanying protocols. Anxious to get…

GUWAHATI: Leader of the Opposition at the Assam Legislative Assembly, Debabrata Saikia has requested chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to set up an inquiry commission to trace how COVID-19 has "spread" among inmates of Guwahati Central…

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the deputy commissioners of all districts to take steps for skill mapping of the youths who have returned from outside the state so that they could be provided adequate…

GUWAHATI: One drowning death was reported from Barpeta district even as the flood scene in Assam continued to improve considerably with relatively less rainfall over the past few days. With the latest casualty, the overall death toll in…

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Secretary, Kumar Sanjay Krishna on Wednesday said the impact of the ongoing lockdown in Kamrup Metropolitan district would be reviewed by Saturday. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Krishna said, “We do not…

GUWAHATI: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that all government doctors in the state were working like a team in the "battle against COVID-19" and that there have been no complaints regarding their duty hours. Reacting…

SHILLONG: A magisterial inquiry has been ordered by the government into the lapses, violation of conditions of transit passes and possible suppression of facts by the marriage party from Shillong that went to Greenwood Resort in Guwahati on…

NEW DELHI: Leading cariers, IndiGo, has been awarded the 7th eNabling North East Development Award 2019-2020, for improving the livelihood of tribal communities from Assam-Meghalaya border areas through multiplication of spices. The…

GUWAHATI: One more death was reported from Dhemaji district despite considerable improvement in the flood situation even as a population below two lakh remains affected in 13 districts of Assam. The overall death toll in the first wave…

GUWAHATI: The Assam branch of the Indian Medical Association has expressed reservations against the state government’s “policy changes” in regard to handling the COVID-19 situation. In a letter to state health minister Himanta Biswa…