In a very critical operation, a team of doctors at the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) here on Wednesday removed an ovarian tumour weighing 30 kg from a 16-year-old girl, a senior medical practitioner of the establishment said. AMCH Principal Sanjiv Kakati said that the girl, who hails from
Year: 2021
A suspected supari (betel nut) smuggler was injured in a police encounter in Bongaigaon district when he tried to escape from custody, officials said on Wednesday. With the latest number, at least 15 suspected militants and criminals were shot dead in police encounters in the state since May as they
The Congress in Assam on Wednesday took on the ruling BJP ridiculing its boast of “zero tolerance” towards corruption after the revelation in Parliament of ineligible farmers getting the benefit of the PM-KISAN scheme in the state In his written reply to Lok Sabha on Tuesday, agriculture minister Narendra Singh
A 71-year old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Digboi in Tinsukia district of Assam, an official said. The person, identified as Chitranjan Chakraborty, was attacked by the wild elephant at Durgabari of Digboi range under Digboi Forest Division in the early hours of Wednesday, the
Tokyo 2020: Assam On Tenterhooks As State’s First Woman Olympian, Lovlina Borgohain Fights For Glory
For Horen Gogoi the clock suddenly seems to be ticking slow and Saturday morning appears to be eons away. “I can’t just wait for the moment,” he says. It is on Saturday morning when his neighbour and resident of nondescript Baro Mukhia village in Golaghat district of Assam, Lovlina Borgohain