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Assam, which is under the Centre's radar for low testing and detection of fresh Covid cases, is finding reluctance of beneficiaries to take the second dose as the biggest hurdle.
A girl student pursuing Bachelor of Computer Application was pushed out of the house of a small-time businessman in Assam’s Biswanath Chariali last week for allegedly wearing a pair of jeans instead of burkha.
Assam, which is under the Centre’s radar for low testing and detection of fresh Covid-19 cases, is finding reluctance of beneficiaries to take the second dose as the biggest hurdle.
The Jatiya Vidyalaya School at Chabua in Dibrugarh district has been shut down for a week by the district administration after four teachers and 2 students were found Covid-positive.
The state Pollution Control Board (PCB) on Saturday reiterated that its order banning the use and sale of polluting firecrackers remains.
A Foreigners' Tribunal (FT) in lower Assam's Bongaigaon district has summoned a 60-year-old woman to prove her citizenship all over again within a little over two years.
Tension at the Mizoram-Assam border escalated again after Assam Police personnel "arrested" a Mizoram IR constable on Friday night and took the latter inside Hailakandi district of Assam.
Over 73% of nearly eight lakh voters in five assembly constituencies of Assam where bypolls were held on Saturday turned out at polling stations for the second time in six months amid the pandemic situation to cast their votes.
Voting was under way for by-election to the Tuirial assembly constituency in Mizoram amid tight security on Saturday, officials said
City residents formed a human chain here on Thursday to protest against the felling of nearly 50 trees to allegedly construct a new bus lay-by. The protest was held at the iconic Shankardev Udyan at Bharalumukh on the banks of the Brahmaputra.
The chief minister's special vigilance office and two government schools in Guwahati have been put under containment in the past 24 hours, after multiple Covid-positive cases were reported from these places.
Assam governor and chancellor of state universities, Jagdish Mukhi, has asked Gauhati University (GU) to submit a weekly timetable of lecture classes of each faculty member, which the teachers fear will erode the authority bestowed on the vice-chancellor.
Police here on Thursday interrogated the elderly couple murder accused Akash Choudhury's wife for the second day, while family members cremated the victims after the eldest daughter arrived here from London.
Police in central Assam's Nagaon district arrested an alleged drug supplier on Thursday morning. Sirajul Islam, 31, was injured in police firing during the encounter. Police also recovered a .22 pistol and seized suspected heroin, worth over Rs 9 lakh in the international market, from his possession.
A court here in Guwahati on Thursday granted bail to Congress MLA from Assam's Baghbar constituency, Sherman Ali Ahmed, in a government funds misappropriation case. But he will have to stay in prison as he is yet to get bail in a different case.
A 24-year-old Tezpur University student was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a fellow female batchmate on the campus.
The chief minister’s special vigilance office and two government schools in Guwahati have been put under containment in the past 24 hours, after multiple Covid-positive cases were reported from these places.
Mizoram on Thursday reported 547 new Covid-19 cases, 193 less than the previous day, which raised the tally to 1,19,496, an official said. At least 139 children are among the newly infected people, he said.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) let off chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP's star campaigner for the upcoming bypolls in the state, with a warning after he was showcaused on Monday for violating the model code of conduct (MCC).
A local court here on Wednesday remanded the caretaker of the elderly couple, who were murdered in their residence at Beltola, in seven days' police custody after investigators submitted evidence that "clearly established his involvement" in the crime.
Assam on Wednesday reached a milestone with the completion of two crore first dose vaccination for its 18 plus population. Two months back on August 7, it had achieved the target of one crore vaccination.
Police here on Tuesday filed chargesheets against Rajkanya Baruah, accused in a road accident that took place on October 2, and Abhishek Gupta in a murder case that took place on September 1.
As hazy skies are back to haunt the state capital, the city's air quality dipped to the "moderate" category, which causes breathing discomfort to people with lungs, asthma and heart diseases, with a steady reduction in ambient temperature and lack of rain.
Assam, which has witnessed rainfall deficit of over 20% for the sixth time since 2010, is among the five states that are highly vulnerable to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones, according to a new study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
High decibel campaigning for the byelections to five seats in the state came to an end on Wednesday evening with the BJP and its allies taking on a divided opposition.
Assam on Wednesday reached a milestone with the completion of two crore first dose of anti-Covid vaccine for its 18-plus population.
The ban on sale and bursting of firecrackers except the green ones during Diwali, which was imposed by the state's Pollution Control Board (PCB) by an order on October 22, has been put on hold as it is being reviewed by the state government afresh "keeping people's sentiments in mind".
The Election Commission of India late on Monday night issued a notice to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seeking an explanation for violating the model code of conduct while campaigning for the upcoming by-elections in five assembly constituencies in the state.
An elderly couple, aged 87 and 65 years, was found dead at their residence in the Beltola area of the city on Tuesday morning.
There are around 22,724 villages in Assam, of which 700 had no maps so far and so posed hurdles in executing government projects and buying and selling of land.
Heroin worth Rs 8 crore was seized in Assam's Nagaon and Karbi Anglong districts with one of the suspected drug peddlers injured in exchange of fire with the police, officials said on Tuesday.
Election Commission of India has issued a notice to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seeking explanation for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during campaigning in the five assembly constituencies in the state.
Assam eased Covid-related restrictions on Tuesday, limiting the night curfew from 11pm to 5am, in view of the improvement of the situation in the state, officials said.
The second dose coverage against the estimated population has been 58% in Mizoram, which is the highest among NE states. Arunachal Pradesh, despite the difficult terrain, has inoculated 50% of the estimated population with the second jab. Tripura has vaccinated 48% of the 18 plus population with the second dose.
Ahead of CO UN Climate Change Conference at Glasgow, environmentalists have raised an alarm over a visible change of rainfall pattern and other climate indicators in the northeast, which is conclusively attributed to fallouts of global warming.
Hundreds of rare and exotic varieties of orchids have been crushed under the wheels of bulldozers as Rabha tribals watched speechless the destruction of biodiversity in the name of development in this eco-sensitive tribal zone.
Researchers from northeast have made a significant finding in cancer research to resist the aggressive spread of triple negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer that commonly occurs at a young age, which is of high prevalence in the northeast.
Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said despite facing severe criticism abroad for evicting settlers in Darrang district from encroached lands, the BJP-led government has been able to protect Jati-Mati-Bheti (community, home and hearth) by reestablishing Sanatan faith in the area.
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has served notices to 66 private hospitals/nursing homes, which include a few top-rated private hospitals in the city asking them to submit "occupancy certificates" within seven days. The notices have been issued to the hospitals to assess the constructions, if there is any without permission of the civic body and thereby evading tax.
Hundreds of trees were felled to boost road connectivity under the state government’s ambitious Asom Mala scheme earlier this month. But in the 10-km stretch from Loharghat to Muduki, leading to tourist hotspot Chandubi Lake, more than the trees, the blatant destruction of the orchids has drawn the attention of nature lovers.
Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said despite facing severe criticism abroad for evicting settlers in Darrang district from encroached lands, the BJP-led government has been able to protect Jati-Mati-Bheti (community, home and hearth) by reestablishing Sanatan faith in the area.
Mizoram registered 572 new Covid-19 cases, 173 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 1,17,261, a health department official said on Sunday. The single day positivity rate in the state was 9.47 per cent as 572 people including 138 children tested positive for the infection out of 6,037 samples tested, he said.
Ahead of Diwali, Assam's Pollution Control Board (PCB) has imposed a complete ban on bursting and sale of all kinds of firecrackers, except the green ones, in the state.
In a joint operation with the Mizoram excise and narcotics department, BSF troops seized a huge quantity of drugs and apprehended one person from Kolasib in Mizoram on Friday, after receiving a specific tip-off.
Congress also cited that in another campaign in Bhabanipur, Sarma announced he would provide a PMAY house to one of the attendants at the meeting. He even asked the person responsible for the allotment to do so on an urgent basis. “The chief minister isn’t supposed to and cannot authorise allotment of any house randomly,” said Congress.
