Admission to universities, colleges and higher secondary schools in Assam will be free during the current academic year to ensure there is no additional burden on parents already affected by the coronavirus lockdown, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday. He said there will be no hidden costs. “Students […]
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Doctor who attended event with Assam minister tests positive for Covid-19
A doctor who was present at an event attended by Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the opposition Congress to ask for the minister be placed in quarantine and his swab samples tested. Test results for the doctor, whose samples were collected on May […]
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Amid Covid-19 lockdown, Assam sends pumpkins via cargo flight to Dubai
Amid the ongoing lockdown to control spread of Covid-19, Assam government on Thursday sent a consignment of pumpkins produced in the state on a cargo flight to Dubai. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the flight at the cargo terminal of Guwahati’s Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in the presence […]
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Devoleena donates for relief of flood-affected in home state Assam
Bigg Boss 13 contestant Devoleena Bhattacharjee has donated money to help those affected by flood in her home state of Assam. “I have donated Rs 73,000 to Assam CM relief fund, and I feel that more people should come out and support the government in fighting this difficult time. My mother always […]
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Assam: 51-yr-old man arrested for trying to rape dead minor
Guwahati: Police in Assam’s Dhemaji district have arrested a 51-year-old man on charges of attempting to rape the body of a minor (14) a day after she had died in suspicious circumstances and was buried by her family members. Fellow villagers caught the accused, Akan Saikia, in the act on […]
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Two weeks after inter-state travel resumes, Covid cases spike in Assam
Two weeks after inter-state travel resumed, Assam has seen a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases with the tally nearing a hundred. Since Saturday, seven people including a nine-year-old boy who returned from New Delhi few days ago have tested positive taking Assam’s total to 98 cases (including one […]
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Not Delhi, Assam has the highest rate of crime against women in India
While Delhi is infamous for crimes against women, it is Assam, which has topped the chart for rate of crime against women in the country for the second consecutive year, as per the 2018 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures. Rate of crime against women in Assam stood at 166 […]
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Airports Authority of India cautions against fake recruitment ads for Assam airport
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Saturday warned job aspirants to be cautious of fraudsters promising employment at Rupsi airport in Assam’s Dhubri district. A fake advertisement for recruitment at Rupsi airport has been circulated by some unscrupulous elements through unauthenticated online or offline means, forging the AAI’s name […]
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Eight ULFA(I) militants surrender in Assam
As many as eight rebels of the banned ULFA(I) surrendered in Tinsukia district of Assam after joint operations by the Assam Police, the paramilitary forces and the Indian Army, officials said on Saturday. “Eight cadres of the ULFA(I) have surrendered. While two of them surrendered on Thursday, six surrendered on […]