Five journalists to be honoured with first-ever Kalyan Barooah awardsThe Kalyan Barooah Award was instituted to immortalise the veteran journalist's contribution towards bringing issues of Northeast India int...
04 Dec, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
Assam: SITA signs MoU with Gauhati Medical College for survey on post-Covid impactOn behalf of SITA, Chief Executive Officer M.S.Manivannan, signed the MoA and by Prof. (Dr.) Achyut Ch. Baishya, Principal-cum-Chief Superi...
23 Jun, 2022, 09.38 PM IST
Dragonflies spy with their eyes humansThe fact that the two researchers who found the Brahmaputra Picktail have given it the scientific name Platygomphus benritarum after Monish...
08 Jun, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
Assam: Covid-infected state government employees to get leave for seven daysAssam's positivity rate, which stood at 10.75% on Monday, rose to 12.62% Tuesday. Guwahati reported around 2,000 of the total cases.
20 Jan, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
Assam reports seven more Omicron cases, tally rises to nine"Genome sequencing test results of seven COVID-positive patients came yesterday and all have been infected with Omicron variant. Of them, o...
07 Jan, 2022, 12.58 PM IST
Over 50 COVID-19 cases found in IIT-Guwahati, restrictions imposedExcept for the faculty member and his family, all the patients are lodged at the quarantine centre at the institute's guest house on the ca...
05 Jan, 2022, 01.48 PM IST
Assam eases COVID restrictions as situation improvesThe ASDMA order relaxed the night curfew, which will be from 11 pm to 5 am, instead of starting at 10 pm earlier.The new guidelines, howeve...
26 Oct, 2021, 02.30 PM IST
Online sale of liquor in Guwahati Municipal Corporation areas comes into forceThe online sale of liquor in the first phase is limited to Guwahati Municipal Corporation area only, which may be further extended to other...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.42 AM IST
Doctors join IMA's nationwide protest over violence against healthcare professionalsThe IMA and its branches also submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to ensure safety of the medical frater...
18 Jun, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Assam Chief Minister hails scientist Dr.Jubilee Purkayastha for developing anti-COVID drugsIn a congratulatory letter to Dr. Purkayastha on Wednesday, Chief Minister Sarma, said, "Assam is really proud of you for your role in seve...
26 May, 2021, 09.10 PM IST
Covid-19: Northeastern states on alert, Assam government rules out lockdown or curfew for nowStating that there is no need for a lockdown and night curfew, Sarma said, “Last time we did lockdown to bring back people from different p...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.37 AM IST
HC issues notices to Centre, MP govt on COVID-19 petitionShortage of medical oxygen and medicines, black marketing of anti-viral drug Remdesivir, insufficient infrastructure in hospitals, dead bod...
19 Apr, 2021, 06.38 PM IST
Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi tests positive for Covid, hospitalised“I have been tested Covid-19 positive yesterday. People who came in contact with me during Last few days should go for Covid test immediate...
26 Aug, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Times Network announces 'India For Assam'A special initiative to resurrect flood desolated Assam With 28 districts submerged and more than 45 Lakh residents affected, Assam flood s...
18 Jul, 2020, 10.20 AM IST
12-hour night curfew in Assam; 2-week lockdown imposed in GuwahatiThe government will enforce a complete lockdown in other towns and municipal areas on weekends from June 27 every week till the COVID-19 ou...
27 Jun, 2020, 09.24 AM IST
Assam to reach 2 lakh Covid sample testing landmark by June 15: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam is also coming up with standard operating procedure (SOP) for flood and COVID. Assam has 1272 COVID-19 positive cases out of which 11...
01 Jun, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
Maharashtra, Karnataka let liquor shops restart biz, but Kerala waitsTipplers in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Assam, waiting with bated breath for liquor shops to open amid the Covid-19 lockdown, finally got th...
03 May, 2020, 10.37 AM IST