Assam boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 3; missing doctor’s body recovered

The body of the third victim, Dr Bikramjit Baruah who went missing after last Wednesday’s tragic boat accident in Nimatighat near Majuli was finally recovered on Tuesday. A team of SDRF and the local police retrieved the decomposed body of Dr Baruah from Brahmaputra river at south Majuli, where it was found floating. Also Read: […]

Assam boat tragedy: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visits mishap site; orders high-level inquiry

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday directed the police to file a criminal case in connection with the boat accident in the Brahmaputra river near Neematighat in Jorhat district that claimed one life while two persons are still missing. The Chief Minister visited the mishap site today and took stock of the current […]

Assam: 11 students of Jorhat college tests COVID-19 positive

As many as eleven out of 138 students of DCB Girls’ College in Eastern Assam’s Jorhat have tested positive for COVID-19. The development comes amid India facing a second wave of COVID-19, registering over one lakh cases on Tuesday. Also Read: Tripura : Trinamool takes out candlelight march in Agartala, demands justice for Majibur Islam […]

4 new positive COVID-19 cases detected in Assam

Assam’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday reached 350 after 4 new positive cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the state. Among the positive cases, 2 persons hailing from Chirang were detected at the Tezpur quarantine centre, while 2 other are from Jorhat having travel history to Chennai State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “4 new […]

Indian Railways to run 3 trains in Assam from June 1

As a part of restoration service of 200 trains across the country, Indian Railways will run three trains in Assam from June 1. Talking to News Live, Northeast Frontier Railway (NF Railway) public relations officer (PRO) Nripen Bhattacharyya said that total five trains will resume services from June 1 under NF Railway. Among these, Delhi-Dibrugarh […]

One more person tests COVID-19 positive in Assam

One more person have tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam, taking the tally to 97. A 28-year-old person from Cachar dist, who arrived from Chennai have tested positive for coronavirus, with this the total number of active cases in the state has reached 52. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “28-year-old person from Cachar […]

Assam: 5 more COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital

Five more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) in Guwahati on Monday. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed about the development on his official twitter handle. Sarma on his tweet stated that 5 patients of Bongaigaon, who were admitted at MMCH in Guwahati, are discharged from the hospital. “Glad […]

Assam: COVID-19 quarantine facility set up at Kaziranga University in Jorhat

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday visited Kaziranga University at Jorhat which is being set up on lines of Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati. Massive screening and quarantine facilities will be set-up at the university to control COVID-19 pandemic. Stranded people coming from other states will be screened and quarantined at the university. Sarma […]

Assam reports 3 more positive COVID-19 cases

Three more positive COVID-19 cases has been reported from Jorhat in Assam on Saturday. 3 people, including an Ambulance driver from Mumbai who drove the 2 other person’s tested positive in Jorhat. The driver has been sent back to Mumbai. 2 positive patients are at JMCH since their arrival in Jorhat. Assam Health Minister Himanta […]