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GUWAHATI, Oct 20: As many as 7, 96,456 general electors will exercise their democratic rights in the Assam by-polls on October 30. The electors will cast their votes in five constituencies namely – Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur,…

GUWAHATI, Oct 20: Bridge, the first Assamese film to bag an award in the international competition at the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in January this year, has now made it to India’s list of Oscar probables. As…

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has urged the Centre to release funds to the tune of Rs 1088.19 crore for repair work and restoration of infrastructure and property damaged by floods and landslides during this year. A high-level…

GUWAHATI, Oct 13: The central government has notified the appointments of eight judges to the Gauhati High Court. “In exercise of the power conferred under the Constitution of India, President of India, in consultation with the Chief…

GUWAHATI, Oct 13: The Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell has taken suspended Assam deputy inspector general of police (border), Rounak Ali Hazarika in its custody after his discharge from the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital…

GUWAHATI, Oct 12: Producers of 17 mobile theatre groups of Assam were provided financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each by the state government to help them tide over the financial hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic since last year.…

GUWAHATI, Oct 12: Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) has submitted a proposal to Union minister of state for communications, Devusinh Chauhan to establish a centre of excellence in advanced communications to develop specific…

GUWAHATI, Oct 11: If expired tablets and capsules were showcased to spread the message of cleanliness last year, this time it is about empty ampoules to inspire people to get two jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution against the…

GUWAHATI, Oct 8: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday expressed confidence that the ruling BJP-led alliance would bag three Assembly seats – Thowra, Mariani and Tamulpur – without any “competition” in the October 30 by-polls.…

GUWAHATI, Oct 8: Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi, while opposing the proposed plan of the Centre to enhance oil palm plantations in the Northeast, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to weigh the adverse impact of such a move on the…