Prime accused in the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) scam was arrested on Sunday evening from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International airport in Guwahati, police said.
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Thursday sold a Speciality Tea at a record price of Rs 75,000 per kg, the highest this year, an official said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam has rejected an Assembly panel report that recommended setting up a 'Miya Museum' at Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
Several agitators of the fortnight-long Assam-Mizoram border dispute blocked Assam's National Highway 306, the life-line of Mizoram on Wednesday. While protesting, the agitators demanded the state withdraw its security personnel from Assam's territory.
The Assam Joint Entrance Exam (Mains) topper Neel Nakshatra Das, his father and three others were arrested on Wednesday by Police for allegedly using proxy to write the engineering entrance examination.
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi (85) was discharged from the hostpital after more than 60 days on Sunday after he recovered from the Covid-19 infection, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The Mizoram government on Monday assured the safety of drivers and the vehicles carrying goods from Assam into the state. Highlighting the interests of stakeholders, Mizoram Home Dy. Secretary said that it will continue to ensure drivers' safety in the state.
Call it a stress buster or a break from hectic COVID duty, a doctor at Silchar Medical College danced to the tune of a Bollywood number in a coronavirus ward in Assam.
Video of an ENT surgeon from Assam grooving to the beats of Hrithik Roshan's famous song Ghungroo from the film War, wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) kit has gone viral on the internet.
A Mizoram government release said that it is also actively engaging with the Assam government to resolve the current issues at the state border, apart from approaching the Union Home Ministry.
A Mizoram government release said that it is also actively engaging with the Assam government to resolve the current issues at the state border, apart from approaching the Union Home Ministry.
People celebrated Kati Bihu festival in Assam's Bongaigaon on October 17.
Assam government to disband the madrassa board in the state.
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state-run madrasas will either be converted into regular schools or they will be shut down, after teachers are transferred to schools.
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that if the state government is bearing the cost of teaching the Quran in madrassas, then Bible and Bhagavad Gita should also be taught by the government.
In a bid to save the cows, several Hindu activists on Monday protested against serving beef as part of diet to tigers and other big cats in the Assam state zoo located in Guwahati.
The Assam police in connection with the police recruitment scam on Saturday recovered around Rs 5.37 crore from the state's three western districts and arrested two railway staff, police officials said.
The Assam government will close down all state-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols (schools) as it can't afford to teach religious scriptures with public funds, state Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
The new terminal will be equipped with 64 check-in counters, 20 self-check-in kiosks, 6 Baggage carousels, an in-line baggage security screening system and 10 aero bridges, the terminal will be an energy-efficient building.
Transport associations in Assam have decided to continue with their indefinite strike after the state government on Tuesday made it clear that bus fares cannot be increased as people are facing many hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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