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Guwahati: A team of oil experts from Singapore will arrive in Assam on Wednesday to plug a leak in Oil India Ltd's well at Baghjan in Tinsukia district. Gas had been spewing out of the leak for the last 6 days after a major blowout took…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday extended the quarantine period for returnees from 14 days to 28. This includes 21 days in the quarantine centre and home quarantine for 7 days. Kerala was the first state to announce a 28-day…

With the Union government allowing some relaxations in Lockdown 3.0, which starts on May 4, standalone liquor shops will open in some states at places which are not classified as containment zones. Among states which have permitted liquor…

The Lucknow administration on Monday banned slaughter, sale and transport of all kinds of meat, poultry and fish in the city by clamping Section 144 of the CrPC. Similarly, in Vijayawada, two chicken shops and two mutton shops were sealed…

New Delhi: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday that all faulty kits will be returned to the originating country, including those that have come from China. “We haven’t yet paid a penny,” the minister said. India is learnt to…

Bhubaneswar:  As many as 65 cadets of the 2nd NCC Battalion in Berhampur are stranded in Guwahati in Assam due to the massive protests in that state against the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). The NCC team had left Berhampur on December 9 and…

Bhubaneswar: In view of unrest in Assam over the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019, the Railways on Saturday cancelled seven express trains from Howrah in West Bengal and three trains from Puri in Odisha. Two trains have been partially…

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the people of Assam that their rights will not be taken away after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), the northeastern state has erupted in its biggest protests in…

Guwahati: The much-awaited updated Final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was released on Saturday, excluding the names of over 19 lakh applicants. A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC, news…

Kolkata: Floodwaters of the Brahmaputra river has entered 30 districts of Assam, including the Kaziranga National Park. Two one-horned Rhinos have drowned and 19 people have lost their lives so far. Around 43 lakh people have been affected…