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Assam reports 5 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since April last year

Assam reported only five new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest daily spike since April last year, a health bulletin said. The fresh infections pushed the state's coronavirus tally to 2,17,309, it said. Fourteen more people were cured of the disease, taking the recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state to 98.76 per cent. As many as 2,864 people were vaccinated during the day, the bulletin said. The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 1,347 as no fresh fatality was reported. The first dose of the vaccine was administered to 1,365 people during the day, while the second dose was given to 1,499 beneficiaries. The state has so far vaccinated 1,29,603 people, including 5,249 who received the second dose. No Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) case was reported during the day. Assam now has 258 active cases, while 2,14,615 people have recovered from the disease and three patients have migrated to other states so far. The state

PM Modi to virtually launch 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra' on Thursday in Assam

The PMO said a permanent Inland Water Transport Terminal will also be built at Jogighopa under the programme, which will connect with the multi-modal logistics park also coming up there

Japan eager to assist in skill enhancing, infra projects in Assam: Envoy

For India, the development of North East is indispensable and the country is mobilising all the abundantly available resources in the region, including Assam, the envoy said

Political tango: Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi gives a peek into his life

In November last year, the Congress MP had lost his father, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, right in the middle of an election campaign

The foreign hand, again

Conspiratorial thinking leads to tyranny. It means you imagine connections between disparate groups of dissenters, and thereby elevate in your mind their danger to the state

Assam govt presents vote on account; fuel to be cheaper by Rs 5 a litre

The finance minister presented the vote-on-account for an aggregate expenditure of Rs 60,784.03 crore for the first six months of the current fiscal

Congress to launch 'Save Assam' bus yatra ahead of assembly polls

Ahead of the assembly elections in Assam, the opposition Congress on Wednesday announced that the party would launch a bus yatra campaign titled "Asom Bachao Ahok" (Come, let's save Assam)

Assam govt decides to appoint World Championship sprinter Hima Das as DSP

Nicknamed 'Dhing Express', Hima Das is a 20-year-old Indian sprinter from Assam

Violence reported on Assam-Mizoram border; prohibitory orders in Hailakandi

Several shacks were torched and a few persons were injured in an attack by unidentified people in Hailakandi district of Assam

More than 100,000 Assam health workers get Covid-19 vaccine so far

Altogether 1,08,512 health workers in Assam have received the Covid-19 vaccine so far after 8,998 were inoculated on Tuesday, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission

LIVE: Uttarakhand glacier burst leaves 7 dead, 125 missing; rescue ops on

There is no danger of floods in the downstream areas as the water level has been contained.

How microfinance has become a central issue in Assam ahead of polls

According to experts, haphazard regulation of the MFI sector may be tantamount to throwing the baby out with the bathwater

Modi has failed the people of Assam by enacting Citizenship Act: Congress

The Assam Congress on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed the people of the state by enacting the Citizenship Amendment Act. BJP's Vision Document 2016-2025 had promised to follow in letter and spirit the Assam Accord with March 25, 1971 as the cut off date to distinguish between illegal migrants and citizens of the state, Assam Congress President Ripun Bora said at a press conference here. "The Accord made it clear that those who came to the state after 1971 will be considered illegal migrants but by enacting the CAA, BJP has allowed Bangladeshis to come to India till December 31, 2014 (the cut off date). It has given the Bangladehis a red carpet welcome," he said. "How is BJP going to fulfill the Assam Accord in letter and spirit?" Bora questioned. The prime minister had also declared that all illegal Bangladeshis in Assam will have to leave bag and baggage from Assam after May 16, 2014, he recallled. The BJP had claimed that there are around

Modi to visit Bengal, Assam on Sunday to dedicate development projects

Modi will be in Bengal and Assam on Sunday for inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of several development projects

Sonowal reviews arrangements for PM's Sunday visit to poll-bound Assam

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday visited Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district to review the arrangements being made for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit on February seven.

Prime Minister Modi to visit poll-bound Assam on February 7

Modi will visit Assam on February 7 and lay the foundation stone of two medical colleges and launch the scheme for the upgradation of the state highways

Budget 2021 has deprived Assam from share of central taxes: Congress

Congress leader Debabrata Saikia said that the BJP government in Assam and at the Centre always announce projects but their implementations are extremely feeble

BJP working overtime to destroy the social fabric of Assam: Congress

The Congress alleged that the ruling BJP has been working overtime to destroy the social fabric of Assam

Cong, regional parties bent on Babur's rule in Assam: BJP MLA Himanta

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the sole aim of the entire opposition, comprising the Congress-led Grand Alliance and the newly-formed regional parties, is to bring "Babur's rule" in the state

Development of Assam, northeast key part of self-reliant India: PM Modi

Modi highlighted that the region is widening the country's connection with the eastern Asian countries under the 'Act East' Policy