Ferry services resume on Brahmaputra River in Guwahati
News | October 06, 2020 12:48 ISTInland Water Transport Department resumed passenger ferry services on Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on October 05.
Inland Water Transport Department resumed passenger ferry services on Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on October 05.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the convocation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati through video-conferencing on September 22.
Local idol making business in Guwahati is witnessing crisis amid COVID-19 pandemic. Idol makers are receiving fewer orders in comparison to previous years.
One more leopard was captured by the forest department officials in Guwahati. The officials of forest department captured the leopard with the help of locals.
India's longest river ropeway of 1.82km connecting Guwahati and North Guwahati over the Brahmaputra river in Assam was inaugurated on Monday.
Adani Enterprises had won the rights to run six airports - Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati - through the PPP model after a competitive bidding process in February 2019.
Assam Police recovered huge cache of arms, ammunitions and explosives ahead of Independence Day.
Water level is gradually receding in Brahmaputra river amid flood conditions in parts of Assam. Water level had crossed danger-mark by 8 cm in the river.
The Kaziranga National Park in Assam recorded less wildlife causality this year so far, said Forest Minister of the state, Parimal Suklabaidya.
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam government to provide the best treatment to prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19 after suo motu cognisance of the rising number of cases inside the jails. Total 535 inmates have been infected by coronavirus in 10 jails across the state, and of the highest 435 were from Guwahati, Assam Inspector General of Prisons Dasarath Das said.
Villages near Guwahati have been flooded creating havoc in the daily lives of the locals. As water level of Brahmaputra river has risen following heavy rainfall in the region, water entered the villages.
Guwahati: An adult golden tigress that was recently spotted in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, made news headlines because of its colour.Experts and scientists have now come up with an explanation of the rare golden colour of the tigress. Golden colour is "primarily a singular case of colour aberration caused by a unique gene", experts said on Tuesday. The only such big cat in the Kaziranga National Park, first spotted in 2014 during an all India tiger monitoring exercise, has "lighter
Assam on Saturday extended the lockdown in Guwahati by another week. The lockdown will now remain in force till 7 pm on July 19.
An alarming increase was witnessed in COVID-19 cases in Guwahati. City reported more than 3,000 COVID-19 infections in the last 7-8 days.
After hearing a matrimonial appeal filed by the husband, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Soumitra Saikia set aside an order of the family court which rejected his prayer for divorce on the ground that no cruelty was found on the part of the wife against him.
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Guwahati and across Assam, the Kamrup Metropolitan has ordered a 14-day complete lockdown beginning today. The streets in Guwahati wore a deserted look this morning as a result of the lockdown measures. Guwahati city reported 195 coronavirus positive cases in last 24 hours.
With COVID-19 cases almost touching the 7,000 mark in Assam, state government announced to extend the lockdown further.
People of Guwahati, rushed to markets to buy essentials as government announced complete lockdown.
A woman student was killed in a landslide near the Raj Bhawan here, prompting the administration to ask people living in vulnerable areas to move to safer places," officials said.
Complete lockdown will be imposed in Guwahati for 14 days from 7 pm on June 28.
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