Month: May 2020

Janmoni recieves bike as gift from Dibrugarh Police

Janmoni recieves bike as gift from Dibrugarh Police

GUWAHATI: Dibrugarh police gifted a bike to Assam girl Janmoni Gogoi, who became a center of attraction after her pictures and videos of selling vegetables in a bicycle went viral in social media and drew praises from the netizens. Janmoni who is a resident of Saphakati of Bogibeel area completed

Assam not to cull pigs despite ASF killing over 13,000

Guwahati, May 11 (IANS) Despite the central government”s advice and death of over 13,000 pigs following the African Swine Fever”s (ASF) outbreak in 10 of the 33 Assam districts, the state government has decided against culling pigs, according to a top official here on Monday. Assam”s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary

How Coronavirus Has Reduced Assam’s Silk Town To A Cemetery

How Coronavirus Has Reduced Assam’s Silk Town To A Cemetery

GUWAHATI TIMES: The looms have long gone silent. The traditional hand-operated, bamboo-and-wood contraptions on which skilled artisans weave dreams in threads of silk. And the modern machines that usually whirred day and night to churn out traditional dresses. But Sualkuchi, the silk town of Assam, is silent as a cemetery