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Assam: 3 more Japanese Encephalitis deaths, 12 fresh cases logged

GUWAHATI: Three more persons succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis (JE), while 12 fresh cases were reported in Assam on Saturday, according to a release issued by the National Health Mission. The death toll due to JE has increased to 63 in the state since July one.

The Times of India · Aug 7, 2022

Assam zoo awaits court nod to showcase exotic species

GUWAHATI: Over two dozen rescued exotic wildlife species, smuggled from Australia, South America and Malaysia through wet markets of Southeast Asia, may become a big attraction for visitors at Assam state zoo here after legal clearance.

The Times of India · Aug 7, 2022

Gauhati HC denies bail to youth held for supporting Ulfa

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court recently denied bail to a 24-year-old UAPA accused, who allegedly propagated ULFA (I) ideology on Facebook.

The Times of India · Aug 7, 2022

Take steps to curb road accidents, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tells deputy commissioners

Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners of the districts, which have recorded over 100 fatalities in road accidents in the last one year, to take urgent steps to cut down such road mishaps.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022

Assam: 4 fake real estate firm staff held for duping people of Rs 1.4 crore

GUWAHATI: The Bureau of Investigation Economic Offences (BIEO) on Tuesday arrested four employees of a fake real estate company for allegedly duping several people of Rs 1.4 crore by falsely promising them of offering good profits through attractive schemes. Two other accused are on the run.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022

Students clash with police at Gauhati University over ‘unjust’ evaluation

GUWAHATI: The police scuffled with protesting students on the Gauhati University (GU) campus on Tuesday as hundreds of students thronged the varsity premises here, accusing the GU authority of unjust evaluation of undergraduate (UG) final-year students in their semester-end examination.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022

Medical textbooks for undergrads in Assamese language soon

GUWAHATI: The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS), to which medical colleges of Assam are affiliated, said it has completed the compilation of the English to Assamese medical dictionary-cum-lexicon and will soon print the textbooks for medical education at the undergraduate level in Assamese language.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022

North East exported goods worth Rs 1,800 crore in last fiscal, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar

GUWAHATI: From tea, cereals, dairy products, rice, ayush and herbal products, sesame seeds, spices to marine products, northeast has exported agricultural and allied products worth over Rs 1,800 crore in the last fiscal to countries far and wide — from the US, China, Germany, Australia, Russia to Burkina Faso.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022

Pull of Sattriya draws Bangladesh woman to Assam for learning dance form

GUWAHATI: Drawn by the pull of Sattriya, a girl from Bangladesh came all the way to Assam to learn the dance form introduced by great Vaishnava saint Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva in the 15th century.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022

New Assam policy to allow each tribal family to own up to 50 bighas of land

GUWAHATI: Assam will roll out a tribal land policy to allow each tribal family of the state to hold up to 50 bighas of land while the upper ceiling of 8 bighas under Assam Land Policy, 2019, will continue for the rest of the population.

The Times of India · Aug 2, 2022