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NE will play crucial role in economy in post-Covid era: Jitendra Singh

11 hours ago

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Union minister of state (Independent) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said the unexplored potential resources of the northeast will play a crucial role in the country’s economy in the post-Covid era...

Bihu celebrated in Assam amid coronavirus threat

11 hours ago

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Bohag Bihu was celebrated across the state amid the threat of covid-19 hanging in the air and the state health department’s strict SOP. Events were held at night, too, though in a muted form...

No plan to cancel Class X state board examination: Himanta Biswa Sarma

11 hours ago

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Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hinted that the Class 10 state board exam (Matric) will be held as per schedule in May. He, however, added as the model code of conduct is on, any decision in this regard would be taken by the new government...

Assam: Archeological Survey of India shuts 55 sites for visitors till May 15 over Covid threat

11 hours ago

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A total of 55 centrally protected monuments and sites, including the historic Rang Ghar and Gaurisagar tank in Sivasagar district, and one museum in Assam, have been shut for visitors till May 15 or until further orders by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) following the rise in Covid-19 positive cases across the state...

Assam: Go for vaccination, we’ve stock of over 5 lakh doses, says Himanta

11 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday appealed to all eligible people to get themselves vaccinated saying that the state has a vaccine stock of over five lakh doses and another one lakh is expected to arrive soon...

Assam government mulls revival of Covid-19 quarantine centres

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Assam ‘halts’ first vaccine dose to complete 2nd shots

3 days ago

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Assam has informally suspended the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine — except in emergency cases — to keep aside stock for those due to receive their second jabs..

As cases spike, masks fly off shelves of med shops in city

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Local pharmacies in the city have reported a steep surge in the demand for masks, as the number of Covid cases continue to rise in the city and beyond...

Assam health dept’s biggest concern air, train passengers

5 days ago

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Congress ally asks EC to videograph vote counting on May 2

5 days ago

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The Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM), a constituent of the opposition Congress-led grand alliance in Assam, on Sunday urged the Election Commission to videograph the May 2 counting of the assembly election...

APPL won’t shift operating office

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Amalgamated Plantation Private Limited (APPL) on Saturday said it would continue with its main operating office in Guwahati and asked the Assam government to protect the interests of its facilities and employees in the state...

Assam: Kamrup admin may penalise people caught without masks

6 days ago

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With the number of Covid cases in Guwahati rising sharply, authorities and doctors have urged the public to wear masks to slow down the spread of the virus, while the Kamrup Metropolitan district administration is planning to impose fines on those not wearing masks...

Spl recognition for Manas Tiger Team

7 days ago

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The “Manas Tiger Team”, a mobile patrol team formed by the state forest department, has been recognised with special commendations for its contributions to protected and conserved areas at the prestigious International Ranger Award (IRA)...

Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s mother passes away in Delhi hospital

7 days ago

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Shanti Gogoi, prominent social activist and mother of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, passed away on Friday at the age of 87. She was undergoing treatment at Escorts Hospital, Delhi for age-related ailments...

Congress alliance in Assam shifts its MLA candidates to Jaipur

8 days ago

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IMD forecasts heavy rain before Bihu

8 days ago

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The National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm with lightning and squall with speed reaching 50-60 kmph at isolated places over Assam in the days ahead of Rongali Bihu...

Count postal ballot votes before EVMs: Cong to EC

8 days ago

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Assam Congress has moved the Election Commission (EC), urging it to count the postal ballot votes before the votes polled in the EVMs...

No possibility of imposing lockdown or night curfew in Assam: Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

9 days ago

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Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday ruled out any possibility of imposition of lockdown or night curfew in the state in view of spiralling Covid-19 cases in other parts of the country...

Daily Covid cases more than double to 195 in Assam, testing rate increased

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The daily cases of Covid in Assam more than doubled on Wednesday with 195 testing positive. The figure on Tuesday was 92. The health department, though, says there is no cause for alarm as the total positivity rate is 0.92%...

Assam Congress demands access to CCTV surveillance in strong rooms

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has moved the Assam chief electoral officer, Nitin Khare, urging the poll panel to provide access or link to CCTV surveillance of strong rooms to contesting candidates...

Firing during Phase-2 polls: Deputy speaker questioned

10 days ago

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Deputy speaker Aminul Haque Laskar has been quizzed twice and five police personnel attached to him have been suspended after they opened fire on public during second phase of polling, officials said Tuesday...

Assam: Daily Covid spike linked to outstation travellers

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The rising Covid-19 cases have become a cause of worry for the Assam health department, as the daily spike in positive cases touched 92 on Tuesday, the highest in many months...

Assam: Don’t want my son to step into politics, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

10 days ago

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BJP’s strongman in Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma is a first-generation politician but unlike many in the fraternity, he is not keen on seeing his son, Nandil, a first time-voter this election, to follow in his footsteps...

Crackdown at BPF candidate’s home for ‘distributing cash’

11 days ago

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Police launched a crackdown at the residence of BPF candidate for Kokrajhar East constituency Pramila Rani Brahma on Sunday night to probe allegations of cash distribution after the end of campaigning for the third phase of elections...

‘Ahom-Mughal conflict talks need not be communalised’

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Ahead of the third and final phase of the assembly elections, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi was confident that the results will signal the return of the old trend of Assam giving mandate to a new party every five years...

Assam assembly polls: Possible to talk about Ahom-Mughal conflict without communalising it, says Gaurav Gogoi

11 days ago

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Covid contained in state: Sarma on mask row

12 days ago

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A day after he said wearing masks was not important in the context, state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday maintained that the pandemic had been contained in the state...

Jalukbari awaits handloom sector revival

12 days ago

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Jalukbari voters have one petition to all candidates who have come to them seeking votes: Addressing the issues of Sualkuchi’s handloom sector, where over 20,000 weavers have been affected due to the Covid-19 lockdown...

Assam: How the Sangh Parivar is bringing the northeast on the Ram page

12 days ago

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The months of January and February were hectic for Harish Saikia and Rubul Chetia of Margherita, a small town at the farthest corner of Assam, not far from the Myanmar border...

Mumbai, Bengaluru air passengers have to carry Covid negative reports to land in Assam

12 days ago

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In 5 years of BJP rule, ‘achhe din’ arrived for Assam MLAs

13 days ago

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Assam MLAs have become richer over the last five years. Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have found that the average worth of assets of 90 sitting MLAs, who are re-contesting this time, is Rs 4.44 crore — a 76% jump over the 2016 figure of Rs 2.52 crore...

Sr Cong leaders protest ‘electoral manipulation’

13 days ago

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Assam Congress on Saturday staged protests here against alleged electoral manipulation by BJP...

Police summon Assam mantri over ‘threat’ to scribes

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Morigaon Police have summoned Assam minister Pijush Hazarika for allegedly threatening two journalists with dire consequences over a phone call. Police said a case has been registered and statements of both the parties are being recorded...

Zubeen theme song kick-starts vaccine campaign by celebrities

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

To pace up the Covid vaccination drive in the state, the National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, and the state directorate of health (Family Welfare), in collaboration with healthcare innovation organization LEHS | WISH and the film fraternity launched a unique model awareness campaign to gear up mobilisation efforts and share the need and benefits of inoculation with the community...

Gauhati HC upholds bail to Akhil Gogoi granted by spl NIA court

3 days ago

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The Gauhati High Court has upheld the bail granted by a special NIA court to peasants’ leader Akhil Gogoi, who was charged with terrorist activities for his anti-CAA speeches in 2019, stating that under the UAPA of 1967 even “provocative speeches” could be unlawful but to be a punishable offence it must be a terrorist act challenging the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of India...

Several night events called off after Bihu SOP

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Nearly one-fifth of the 30 Bihu committees in Guwahati have decided to call off their celebrations after most of the sponsors withdrew their agreements following the recent standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the government for celebrating the festival...

Assam likely to receive four lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses before Bihu

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Amid shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in various parts of the country, Assam is expecting a consignment of at least four lakh doses before Rongali Bihu, even as vaccination campaigns began at workplaces in Assam on Sunday...

Guwahati: Festival SOP dampens Bihu mood

5 days ago

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The standard operating procedures (SOP) for the upcoming Bihu celebrations issued by the state health department has come as a dampener for both organisers and the people of the city...

Assam body to go for Muslim census

6 days ago

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The Janagosthiya Samannay Parishad, an umbrella body of 21 “indigenous” Muslim organizations in Assam, will begin a census to identify the state’s “khilonjiya” or “indigenous” Muslim population — to re-establish the separate identity of these communities, which has been “threatened” of late...

Hospital put on Covid-19 alert for Bihu, Sarma rules out lockdown

6 days ago

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Assam has put hospital authorities on alert for the maximum segregation of Covid-19 positive cases around the time of Rongali Bihu...

Three Kaziranga rhino calves set to be released in Manas

7 days ago

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Three rhinoceros calves rescued during the 2019 floods in Kaziranga are being translocated to Manas National Park. The three — two females and a male — will join 19 others rehabilitated in Manas so far since 2006 to take up the population to 44. The idea is to stabilise the rhino population in Manas hit hard by poaching...

Govt issues guidelines for Bihu celebrations

7 days ago

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The Assam health and family welfare department on Friday notified Covid-19 guidelines for the coming Bohag Bihu celebrations and other festivals in the state...

Guwahati: Sonapur institute declared Covid containment zone after 20 test positive

8 days ago

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Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) at Sonapur was declared a containment zone for two weeks on Thursday after 20 students tested positive for Covid-19...

NDA will form govt in state again with 80+ seats: Dass

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The ruling BJP on Thursday, while facing the media for the first time after the assembly elections, said the NDA will form the government with 80+ seats...

Results of 12 Bodoland seats could swing Assam election

8 days ago

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Bodoland may well be the key to the formation of the next government in Assam...

World Health Day observed in Assam with special focus on Covid

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Along with the rest of the world, World Health Day (WHD) was observed in the health institutions in Assam on Wednesday through various health activities, but with a focus on the much talked Covid vaccination. The theme of the occasion this year was "Building a fairer, healthier world"...

Brahmaputra Valley comes alive with Bihu beats after days of election din

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The Brahmaputra Valley, where the election din has fallen silent after weeks of campaigning and voting, is now resonating with the lilting tunes and beats of Bihu...

Fear of ‘doubtful’ voter tag primary reason for high turnout of Muslims

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Assam’s Muslim voters, who account for 35% of the total electorate, also form the biggest chunk of voters who actually turn up at polling stations to vote...

Curtain comes down on polls, every party sure of victory

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The curtain came down on the last phase of polling on Tuesday for the 126-member state assembly ending weeks of high-decibel war of words against political rivals, excitement and anxiety...

Assam elections 2021: Regionalism, sub-nationalism and stable govt key motivations for celeb voters

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

As Guwahati voted in the third and final phase of the Assam assembly elections 2021, advocates of Assamese sub-nationalism insisted that the indigenous communities must always prevail, irrespective of electoral outcomes...

Time up for vax jab to health workers

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

As per the Centre’s instruction to states, the Assam health and family welfare department on Monday wrote to districts to discontinue new registration of healthcare workers (HCW) and front line workers (FLW) for Covid-19 vaccination, after as they received ample chance to get inoculated since January...

Baruah song on power to choose right wows voters

11 days ago

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On the last day of campaign for the final phase of the election, Assamese singer Arupjyoti Baruah, an ardent follower of warrior artist Bishnu Prasad Rava, one of the doyens of Assamese culture and gana shilpi (people’s artist) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, on Sunday released a song, ‘Bicharor xekh rati (last night of judgment)’, with which he appealed to the people to judge, consider and elect honest and efficient representatives to the assembly to establish a healthier democracy for a good and secure future...

Last bout of battle of ballots in Assam today, 40 seats to vote

11 days ago

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Polls in Assam will come to an end at 6pm on Tuesday with voting in 40 constituencies, which includes four high-profile constituencies of Guwahati, in the last phase...

Covid: Assam health department stops fresh registration of healthcare and frontline workers for jab

12 days ago

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Based on Centre's instruction to states, Assam health and family welfare department on Monday wrote to districts to immediately discontinue new registration of healthcare workers (HCW) and front line workers (FLW) for Covid-19 vaccination, after giving ample chance to get them inoculated since January...

Covid -ve report must for fliers to Assam from Mumbai, Bengaluru

12 days ago

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Air passengers from Mumbai or Bengaluru, disembarking at any airport in Assam, have been ordered to mandatorily carry a negative RT-PCR report, conducted within 72 hours prior to the journey...

BJP’s polarising tactics will not work in Assam: Yechury

12 days ago

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CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury has said that ‘binary’ tactics of polarizing Hindus and Muslims won’t work in the Assam election...

Amid surge, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says needn’t wear mask

12 days ago

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Will improve water & road infra if re-elected: Minister

13 days ago

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Assam education minister and BJP legislator from Gauhati East, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, has promised to provide improved access to drinking water, better infrastructure and land rights if he is re-elected...

People of Assam won’t tolerate insult to state’s identity: PM Narendra Modi

13 days ago

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PM Narendra Modi, while attending his last campaign rally in Assam on Saturday, hit back at those “insulting Assam’s identity” by saying that people of the state will not tolerate them...

Sarma’s rival hopes to break minister’s unbeaten streak

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Romen Chandra Borthakur isn’t a new name in the political circles in Assam. He started as the Dibrugarh district general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union, and later served as a leader of Asom Gana Parishad until 2001...

Amazon Bestseller: Beating the Street - Peter Lynch

4 years ago

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Bihu spirits beat Covid-19 worry

3 days ago

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The celebration of the much-awaited spring festival, Rongali Bihu, is all set to start on Wednesday amid surging virus cases in the second wave and disappointment over the government’s standard operating procedure putting a brake on the festivities...

Facing shortage, Assam turns away second dose recipients

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The pace of Assam’s Covid vaccination drive slackened further on Tuesday amid a delay in arrival of fresh stocks and reports of even recipients scheduled for a second dose being turned away from state-run and private hospitals and clinics at various places...

Amazon Bestseller: Fundamental Analysis for Investors - Raghu Palat

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Congress-led Assam alliance claims BJP candidates in touch with it

4 days ago

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The Congress-led grand alliance in Assam on Monday declared it was not only prepared to fend off horse-trading attempts, but also open to taking the support of "five-six BJP candidates" who had allegedly sent feelers about their plan of action once the poll results are declared...

Amazon Bestseller: Technical Analysis from A to Z - B Steven Achelis

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This is the most up-to-date, clear and concise guide to technical analysis ever published. Eminently practical, the first part of the book explains the basic concepts and terminology of technical analysis in an easy-to-follow manner. The second part describes in detail practically every technical indicator in use today. The book covers over 100 indicators, ranging from classic indicators like moving averages, to more complex tools like parabolic and Fourier transforms. Each indicator is defined, analyzed and includes an example, in many cases a step-by-step explanation of the relevant calculations is given. Some of the many indicators covered include: Absolute Breadth Index Bollinger Bands Dow Theory Momentum Relative Strength Index Arms Index Chaikin Oscillator Gann Angles Open Interest Williams Authoritative and comprehensive, Technical Analysis from A to Z is a must for every trader and investor...

Train mows down elephant in Lakhimpur

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

A freight train, which was allegedly travelling at a high speed, mowed down an elephant calf, at Gogamukh in upper Assam’s Lakhimpur district on Saturday night. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started a departmental probe into the matter while the state department has launched a probe into the incident. The forest department has registered a case regarding the matter...

Amazon Bestseller: Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors - Allen C. Benello

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Discover the secrets of the world's top concentrated value investors. Concentrated investing: Strategies of the world's greatest concentrated value investors chronicles the virtually unknown but wildly successful value investors who have regularly and spectacularly blown away the results of even the world's top fund managers. Sharing the insights of these top value investors, expert authors Allen Benello, Michael van Biema and Tobias Carlisle unveil the strategies that make concentrated value investing incredibly profitable, while at the same time showing how to mitigate risk over time. Highlighting the history and approaches of four top value investors, the authors tell the fascinating story of the investors who dare to tread where few others have and the wildly-successful track records that have resulted...

Seba to go ahead with Class X board exam, 4.4L to take test

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (Seba) is going ahead with its Class 10 state board exams in May on the lines of CBSE and CISCE though the threat of Covid still hangs heavy...

We’re 1000% confident of retaining power: Sonowal

6 days ago

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A day after Congress flew out 18 AIUDF candidates to a Jaipur hotel, fearing horse-trading, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that the BJP and its allies are 1000 percent confident of retaining Assam...

Assam hospitals put on Covid alert ahead of Bihu festival

7 days ago

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Assam has put hospital authorities on alert for the maximum segregation of Covid-19 positive cases around the time of Rongali Bihu festival...

‘Guwahati floods will worsen, force people to abandon city’

7 days ago

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The problem of urban flooding will worsen so much in the future that people in certain areas of the city will be forced to leave. This doomsday warning has come from experts who have been for years studying the problem of rapid and haphazard urbanisation in the city...

Covid graph rising after polls, Assam steps up testing, tracing & treatment

7 days ago

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Assam has stepped up testing, tracing and treatment along with vaccination to contain the second wave of the Covid-19, which appears to have been triggered by more than five weeks of feverish election campaigning flouting safety norms in the state, at the initial stage...

Tagore’s ‘Raja’ gets Assamese touch

8 days ago

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For the first time in Assam, a theatrical piece of Rabindranath Tagore’s play ‘Raja’ was performed in the state’s language here at the 4th Bharat Mani Naat Samaroh organized by Sanskar Bharti Poorvottar...

Liquor worth 39cr seized during polls

8 days ago

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Assam’s excise department has seized over 16 lakh litres of illegal liquor worth over Rs 39 crore during the just-concluded assembly elections in the state...

Nagaland to treat Myanmar refugees with ‘human feelings’

8 days ago

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After Mizoram and Manipur, the Nagaland government has also directed the districts bordering Myanmar to treat refugees humanely...

IIT-G team devises way to boost battery performance

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has recently developed an advanced technique which can precisely estimate one of the most important battery internal states known as state of charge (SOC) and help boost overall performance of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles..

Fewer women turn up to vote in Guwahati this year

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Female voter turnout here was low compared to the 2016 figures for the assembly election. Guwahati comprises four legislative constituencies with over 50% female voters as per the latest electoral roll. The 2016 electoral roll shows there were 49% female voters. Despite this increase in the number of female voters, their turnout was poor this year...

Daily Covid cases more than double to 195 in Assam

10 days ago

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CRPF jawan killed in C’garh cremated

10 days ago

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The last rites of CRPF inspector Dilip Kumar Das from Assam, who was among those martyred in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, were performed on Tuesday with full state honours, as condolences continued to pour in. Das was one of the two CRPF personnel from the state killed in the ambush...

Assam elections 2021: Muslims vote to assert their Indianness

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Voters in Achalpara village here, one of the Muslim-majority pockets which went to the polls in the third and last phase of the election on Tuesday, exercised their franchise not for the welfare schemes that the government has rolled out, but to "escape the D voter (doubtful) label" and to exercise their democratic right...

Women may vote against price rise in Kamrup-M

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Women voters in the four constituencies of Kamrup (Metro) district feel the rise in the prices of essentials, especially LPG cylinders, could weigh heavy on their minds when they go to vote. The women voters expect the new government to urgently address the issue of price rise...

Flash floods irk residents before last phase of polls

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Flash floods in most parts of the city on Sunday night irked voters in the four constituencies here, which go to the polls on Tuesday in the third and final phase...

Assam: 181 votes cast in Dima Hasao booth with 90 voters, repolling ordered

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Repolling has been ordered at the main and auxiliary polling stations in Haflong in the Dima Hasao district after more than twice the number of enrolled voters cast their vote at the auxiliary station. Five election officials have been suspended for ‘dereliction of duty’...

2 Assam jawans killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Assam on Sunday mourned the death of two of its sons — inspector Dilip Kumar Das and constable Bablu Rabha — in the attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh...

Pro-Delhi stir farmers urge voters to end NDA rule in state

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

A group of 15 peasants’ activists, who joined the Delhi farmers’ protests against the three farm laws under the aegis of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), concluded a marathon campaign in four legislative constituencies in the agrarian belt on the south of Brahmaputra in Kamrup district on Sunday, and urged people to reject the BJP-led NDA in the state...

Congress wraps up campaign with land patta promise

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Congress ended its election campaign in Guwahati East constituency — the only fully urban constituency in the state — with promises to ensure access to household drinking water and land pattas to all, if voted to power...

BJP’s polarising tactics will not work in Assam: Sitaram Yechury

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

“The BJP calculation is simply wrong. In Assam, all Muslims and Hindus are not on two opposite poles. Out of the 20 lakh people, who were left out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the majority were Hindus. Why has there been no solution to it in the last two years? They (BJP) survive only in creating binaries between Hindus-Muslims,” Yechury said...

EC to take final call on repoll in Sonai seat: DC

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Deputy commissioner (Cachar) Keerthi Jalli said the Election Commission will decide on the possibility of re-poll in Sonai constituency...

Heat on Ajmal’s son for ‘dadhi, topi, lungi’ remarks

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Guwahati

Leading citizens and organizations of Assam on Saturday condemned Badruddin Ajmal’s son Abdur Rahim Ajmal for his dadhi, topi and lungiwalla statement, saying that the AIUDF would polarize voters and this would directly benefit the BJP...