COVID-19: 16-year-old girl tests positive in Assam’s Bongaigaon, tally at 36

A 16-year-old girl from lower Assam’s Bongaigaon district has tested COVID-19 positive taking the state’s tally to 36. The girl is a secondary contact of Nizamuddin Markaz attendee, informed Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Twitter. “Alert ~ A 16-year-old girl from Salmara Bongaingaon, secondary contact of a Markaz attendee, has tested #COVID positive. […]

Supreme Court staffer tests positive for COVID-19

A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, triggering alarm bells in the highest court of the country. The employee, working with the judicial section of the apex court, was on duty on April 16 and had come in contact with two apex court registrars, who have been advised self-quarantine as […]

COVID-19 cases in India surge to 28,380

With 1,463 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours and 60 deaths, India’s total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 28,380, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. The total cases are inclusive of 6,361 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 886 deaths. At present, there […]

Five out of eight states in region coronavirus-free now, says Jitendra Singh

The DoNER Ministry said that five out of the eight states in the Northeast are corona-free now. He said that the five states are – Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura. The three states in the region – Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram – are not corona-free but there have been no new positive cases […]

India needs to give importance to economy, continue fighting COVID-19: PM Modi during meet with CMs

Hinting that a phase wise exit from lockdown was on the cards, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the country needs to give importance to the economy as well as continue the fight against COVID -19. The Prime Minister’s remarks came during his interaction with Chief Ministers of all states via video conferencing to […]

391 students finally reach Assam from Kota by special bus, quarantined

A total of 391 students from Assam, who were stranded in Kota in Rajasthan, have finally reached Guwahati. The students, who reached Assam in 18 special buses, reached Guwahati at around 3 am today. The students were taken straight to the quarantine facility at the Sarusajai Sports Complex where they were received by state health […]

COVID-19: Himanta Biswa Sarma visits Dhubri district, reviews capacity building measures

Assam Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a man on a mission. Sarma today arrived in Dhubri district of Assam to review capacity building measures in the district to fight the pandemic. Briefing newspersons, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Assam Government is highly concerned over the impact of West Bengal’s COVID-19 crisis in the […]

Nagaland steps up measures to combat COVID-19; core committee constituted to ensure availability of essentials

Government authorities as well as various local organisations have joined hands in Nagaland to combat COVID-19 and assist the people in this hour of distress. The Mokokchung district administration, district police and Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries along with other organisations have constituted an Essential Commodity Core Committee. The primary objective of the committee […]

All 389 students returning from Kota to be quarantined at Sarusajai in Guwahati

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that all 389 students coming from Kota will be quarantined at Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati irrespective of  whether they are showing any symptom of COVID-19 or not. The group of students will arrive on Sunday. Addressing the media Sarma said, “We will quarantine each one of […]