Agartala: A 32-year old man was awarded 12-year prison term and fined Rs 60,000 by a local court here for cheating and raping a woman on the pretext of marriage. Additional District and Session Judge Dhiman Debbarma ordered authorities concerned to fix deposit the penalty — to be paid as
Month: February 2021
Guwahati: Over 700 households in Assam”s Golaghat district received electricity with the help of solar power, as per an official statement issued on Friday. Besides, three villages in Jorhat, Majuli and Karbi Anglong districts also received electricity, it said. The state-run Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) along with The Energy and
New Delhi: The government is aware that 1,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine were found frozen at Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam on January 15, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. No other specific incidence of damage to vaccine doses in cold storages
Guwahati: The Assam government has received financial assistance of over Rs 262 crore from the Centre for management of COVID-19 pandemic and rolling out the vaccination drive, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Presenting the ”Vote on Account Budget for 2021-22”, Sarma said the government allocated an
A colourful duck from eastern Asia spotted in Assam after 118 years has raised hopes for a wetland that was affected by a blowout and inferno at a natural gas well in May-June, 2020. Spotting the lone Mandarin duck on the Maguri-Motapung Beel in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district a few