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Curbs to tone down Durga Puja celebration amid COVID
GUWAHATI: Amid the unremitting spurt in coronavirus cases, the Assam government has decided not to take any chances this Durga Puja, and instead, tone the celebration down by adhering to a preventive strategy.
State chief secretary Kumar…
Arunachal CM tests negative for COVID-19
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said that he has tested negative for COVID-19. He had tested positive for the virus on September 15.
Khandu, who is currently in home isolation in New Delhi, tweeted that…
Assam reports 19 more deaths due to COVID, toll up to 511
GUWAHATI: Nineteen more persons died of COVID19 in Assam today taking the death toll up to 511 even as 2394 new cases were detected in the state during the last 24 hours out of the 32478 tests conducted with a positivity rate of 7.37 %.…
100-year-old woman from Assam beats Covid-19
GUWAHATI: A 100-year-old woman has been discharged from a hospital here after recovering from Covid-19 on Wednesday, officials said.
Health officials said that Mai Handique, a boarder of a Guwahati-based old-age home, had undergone…
Amid COVID-19, Customs seized goods worth Rs 110 crores in NE in 5 months
AGARTALA/SHILLONG:The Customs in association with other central paramilitary forces and agencies have seized various goods worth Rs 110 crore in 710 operations in the northeast since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the region, officials said on…
SpiceJet launches dedicated cargo services to NE cities
GUWAHATI: SpiceJet, the country’s popular airline and the largest air cargo operator, has launched 14 new cargo flights to and from North Eastern India using its Bombardier Q400 freighters thus ensuring unparalleled connectivity…
Assam gives subsidy to 10 cine entrepreneurs
GUWAHATI: Ten cine entrepreneurs in Assam were on Wednesday provided government subsidy to establish new cinema halls and reopen or renovate closed and old cinema halls in the state.
The subsidy has been provided under a scheme…
Baghjan villagers to block OIL work over compensation ‘delay’
GUWAHATI: Residents of Baghjan in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district have decided to stop work at Baghjan Early Production System (EPS) from Thursday in protest against Oil India Limited’s delay in releasing compensation to the families…
Clause 6 panel’s report yet to “reach” Centre
GUWAHATI: The report of the high-level committee constituted for implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is yet to reach the Centre, even after its submission to the Assam government in February this year.
“The high-level…
Autonomous council not schemes can uplift tea tribes: ACMS
GUWAHATI: The Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), the largest trade union of garden workers in the Northeast, has demanded a separate autonomous council for holistic development of the community.
“The tea tribes’ community despite living in…