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Covid-19 pandemic: Assam registers 25 new cases and 2 more deaths

Two fresh fatalities linked to coronavirus pushed the death toll to 7,984

Coronavirus pandemic: Assam logs 36 fresh cases and two deaths

The number of Covid-19 deaths remained at two for the third consecutive day

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma directs online OPD booking in medical colleges

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday asked the health department to take measures for online booking in out patient departments of medical colleges and hospitals in the state.

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam records 47 fresh cases and four deaths

Assam reported a dip in new COVID-19 cases as the state recorded 47 new infections, eight less than the previous day, taking the tally to 7,23,861, according to the bulletin

Hyderabad police register case against Assam CM for remarks on Rahul

Based on a complaint filed by the president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) and party MP A Revanth Reddy, the FIR was registered Himanta Biswa Sarma, the police said

Verbal abuse of political opponents part of a larger malaise

Substituting shrillness of tone for substantive arguments, personal attacks rather than promoting policy critique go counter to promoting civility in public life

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs 267 new cases and 6 more deaths

Assam reported 267 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, pushing the tally to 7,23,244, while six fresh fatalities took the death toll to 6,596

Coronavirus pandemic: Assam logs 294 new cases and five deaths

Assam on Thursday reported 294 new COVID-19 cases, 21 less than the previous day's figure, pushing the tally to 7,22,977, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission. Five fresh fatalities raised the death toll to 6,590 while 1,347 COVID patients have died due to other causes. Altogether 30,008 samples were tested for coronavirus during the day and the positivity rate is 0.98 per cent. The North-eastern state has so far tested 2,81,43,320 samples. The number of active cases now is 4,421. Jorhat, Bishwanath, Golaghat, Kamrup Metropolitan and Nalbari district each recorded one Covid fatality while the current death rate is 0.91 per cent, the bulletin said. Of the new positive cases, Kamrup Metropolitan district reported the highest at 88, followed by 18 in Jorhat and 17 each in Barpeta and Goalpara. A total of 903 patients recovered from the disease during the day, taking the total of cured people to 7,10,619 at a recovery rate of 98.29 per cent. The number of pe

Polling for 80 municipal boards in Assam on March 6; counting on March 9

The Assam State Election Commission (ASEC) of Assam on Wednesday announced that polling to 80 municipal boards across the state will be held on March 6 and votes will be counted three days later. Addressing a press conference, State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said the polling will be conducted through electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the first time in the history of civic elections in Assam. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ASEC banned roadshows, rallies and processions related to campaigns till February 15 as per the guidelines of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority. Door-to-door campaigning is allowed with a maximum of 15 persons. "The model code of conduct comes into force with the announcement of the poll date," Kumar said. The last date for filing nominations has been fixed on February 15 and scrutiny of applications will be done on February 17, he said. "The polling will take place on March 6 and the counting will be held on March 9. The last date f

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports 1,028 new cases, 18 more deaths

Assam registered 1,028 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday pushing the tally to 7,18,920

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs 3,677 new cases, 20 more people die

Assam on Thursday registered an over 88 per cent jump in fresh Covid-19 cases with 3,677 more people testing positive for the infection

Coronavirus pandemic: Assam's new cases drop by 53% in a day

Assam on Wednesday reported an over 53 per cent fall in daily Covid-19 cases compared to the previous day, as 1,951 more people tested positive for the virus

Lead start-up, innovation movement: Assam CM Himanta to Gauhati

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urged Gauhati University to lead a start-up and innovation movement in the state and assured the institute that it will get all support from the government.

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports 4,189 fresh cases and 19 deaths

Assam on Tuesday recorded 4,189 fresh Covid-19 infections, a decrease of over 1,700 new cases compared to the previous day's figure

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs 5,902 new cases, 18 more deaths

The overall positivity rate in the state stands at 2.53 per cent

Assam, Arunachal to conduct ground level survey of border areas: Himanta

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh decided to conduct ground level survey on the status of inter-state boundary as a step towards resolving the vexed border row, Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Assam, Meghalaya CMs apprise Shah of efforts to resolve border disputes

Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad K. Sangma met Amit Shah in Delhi and apprised him about the efforts being made to resolve six of the 12 inter-state border disputes between Assam and Meghalaya

Border row: CMs of Assam, Meghalaya to meet Amit Shah today in Delhi

A vital meeting regarding the resolving of the border dispute between neighbouring states of Assam and Meghalaya will take place with Union Home Minister Amit Shah

'Assam on track to provide clean tap water supply to every home by 2024'

Assam is well on track to achieve the target of providing clean tap water supply to every home by 2024, said Department of Drinking water and Sanitation Secretary Vini Mahajan

Assam logs highest single-day spike of 8,339 Covid cases; 15 more die

Assam on Wednesday reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row, with 8,339 people testing positive for the infection