GUWAHATI: The flood death toll in Assam has climbed to 97, with four people still missing, according to the latest flood update released by the Assam government on August 6. ALSO READ: Direct Guwahati–Dibrugarh Train Services Resume After Flood-Hit Rail Line Restored The cumulative flood impact, recorded from April 29 to August 6 (11:59 PM),…
GUWAHATI: Train connectivity between Guwahati and Dibrugarh via Lumding and Sivasagar has been restored after the flood-affected railway section between Selenghat–Amguri–Simaluguri–Sivasagar Town was made operational from 4 pm on August 6. ALSO READ: Heavy Rain Alert for Assam as IMD Forecasts Widespread Showers Till August 12 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the update…
GUWAHATI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya on Thursday, August 7, while warning that thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are likely to continue across the region till August 12. ALSO READ: Ganesh Chaturthi in Guwahati's Pandu to Recreate Childhood Memories with ‘Bachpan Ka Pyar’ Theme According…
GUWAHATI: All bars and hotels in Kamrup (Metro) permitted to operate round the clock have been directed to continue providing mandatory pick-up and drop-off services for customers to ensure their safety, following a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee held on Thursday, August 6. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Passes Bill Allowing Govt to Permit…
GUWAHATI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday, August 6, passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which amends the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 to authorise the Central government to permit banks and other payment service providers to levy charges on transactions made through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and other notified electronic…
GUWAHATI: Bharat Bhushan Dev Choudhury was sworn in as the State Chief Information Commissioner of Assam on Thursday, August 6, at a ceremony held at the conference hall of Lok Bhavan in Guwahati. ALSO READ: Gauhati University to Provide Free Duplicate Academic Documents to Flood-Affected Students Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath of…
GUWAHATI: Gauhati University to issue duplicate academic documents free of cost to students who lost or damaged their original certificates in the recent floods affecting several districts of Assam. ALSO READ: Jharkhand Students Demand Cancellation of Recruitment Exams Amid Protest The decision was approved by the Vice Chancellor, on Thursday, August 6 is aimed at…
Amid one of Assam's most severe ongoing flood crises, Apollo Hospitals Guwahati has carried out a large-scale relief and medical outreach drive at Doba-Tiniali in Charaideo district, working alongside the Charaideo Police. As part of the initiative, the hospital sent a team of doctors, nurses, and support staff to the flood-hit area to deliver…
Dream House Production (India) Pvt. Ltd. has unveiled a wide-ranging social welfare programme tied to the release of its upcoming Assamese film Tibro, committing financial aid, on-ground volunteer work, and free skills training for communities affected by this year's floods in Assam. The production house said it will direct 20 percent of Tibro's net…
GUWAHATI: Amid the ongoing protest by students in Jharkhand over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations, the JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch has put forward a set of demands seeking cancellation of several examinations, independent investigations and comprehensive reforms in the recruitment process. ALSO READ: Three More Held in Assam's ₹34 Crore Fake GST Scam, Total Arrests Reach…
GUWAHATI: The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Thursday, August 6, arrested three more persons in connection with the fake GST Input Tax Credit (ITC) fraud during two separate coordinated raid and search operations carried out in Kolkata, officials said on Thursday. ALSO READ: Census 2027 Theme Song Voiced by Late Zubeen Garg…
GUWAHATI: The Census 2027 Theme Song was formally launched on Thursday, August 6, at the Directorate of Census Operations, Amingaon, as part of the public outreach campaign for the First Phase of Census 2027. ALSO READ: Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Fresh Embankment Breaches Displace Thousands Penned by Pankaj Chakravarty, District Commissioner of Kokrajhar, and rendered…
GUWAHATI: The flood situation across several parts of Assam deteriorated further on Thursday, August 6, with fresh embankment breaches, rising river levels and severe erosion inundating villages, damaging farmland and forcing thousands of families to seek shelter in safer areas. ALSO READ: Gaurav Gogoi Questions Delay in Flood Alerts Despite ISRO's Near-Real-Time Monitoring In Darrang,…
GUWAHATI: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday August 6 questioned why timely flood warnings did not reach people on the ground despite the Centre confirming that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) provides near-real-time flood monitoring data for the Brahmaputra basin. ALSO READ: Centre Approves ₹8,970 Crore…
GUWAHATI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of the 135.871-km, four-lane access-controlled Guwahati–Tezpur corridor on National Highway-15 in Assam on August 6. The project will be developed under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Toll model at an estimated cost of Rs 8,970.20 crore. ALSO READ: Assam…
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday August 6 urged people not to collect money from the public in the name of flood relief and distribute aid under their own banners. He said those wishing to support flood-affected people should either use their own resources or channel their donations through the government. ALSO…
GUWAHATI: The Meghalaya government is examining the reasons behind the recurring flooding at Jorabat along the Meghalaya-Assam interstate border, with ongoing road construction emerging as one of the possible contributing factors, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said on Wednesday, August 5. ALSO READ: Bombay High Court Convicts Tehelka Founder Tarun Tejpal in 2013 Rape Case…
GUWAHATI: More than 500 native saplings were planted at Amtola village in Assam's Bongaigaon district on Wednesday, August 5, as part of an initiative to improve habitat connectivity and forest cover in the Bamungaon Hills, an important landscape for the endangered Golden Langur. ALSO READ: Bombay High Court Convicts Tehelka Founder Tarun Tejpal in 2013…
GUWAHATI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 rape case involving a former colleague, overturning a 2021 Goa trial court verdict that had acquitted him. ALSO READ: Meta Apologises to Centre After PM Modi's Facebook Video Was Briefly Removed A division bench of Justices Neela Gokhale and…
GUWAHATI: Meta has apologised to the Central government after a video post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly removed from Facebook due to what the company described as an operational error. ALSO READ: Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Says She Will Return in December Despite Death Penalty According to reports, Joel Kaplan, Meta's Chief Global…
