Sushmita Dev asks critics to stop speculating about her role in TMC

Former Mahila Congress Chief Sushmita Dev who recently joined the Trinamool Congress on Thursday said the change in the current political scenario prompted her to make the move. Dev arrived at her home constituency in Silchar on Thursday.  She was accorded a warm welcome, following her arrival at the airport.  Speaking to Northeast Live upon […]

Assam: 300 passengers flee Silchar airport to escape Covid test

In a shocking development, as many as 300 passengers who upon arrival at the Silchar airport on Wednesday skipped mandatory Covid testing procedure and fled from the testing centre. As per the state government’s revised rules on account of the second wave of the pandemic, all incoming air passengers have to mandatorily undergo Covid testing on […]

Assam: 1,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine spoiled at Silchar hospital

A total of 1,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine were spoiled at the Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in Assam’s Cachar district as they were stored at sub-zero temperatures. The incident came to light on Monday night after the health department was reported on January 16. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the […]

Health condition of COVID-19 positive patient from Assam’s Hailakandi critical

The health condition of the 28th COVID-19 positive case from Assam has further deteriorated and is stated to be very critical. The patient’s oxygen saturation is decreasing at an alarming level and has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the ICU for better monitoring. The patient is is admitted at the Silchar Medical […]

BREAKING | First COVID-19 case in Assam; 52-year-old man from Karimganj tests positive

A 52-year old man from Assam’s Karimganj district has become the first from the state to test positive for COVID-19. The man’s sample had tested positive in Silchar Medical College and Hospital and was sent for a second test to National Institute of Virology, Pune where it was confirmed as COVID-19 positive. As per reports, […]

Assam: 50-year-old man tagged a D-voter released on bail

A 50-year-old from Assam’s Badarpur town has been released on bail today after spending over a year at a detention camp in Silchar for being tagged as a D-voter. 50-year-old Joydeep Ghosh was sent to a detention camp by government officials for being a D-voter even when the rest of his family members are no […]

3-year-old boy dies in apartment fire in Assam’s Silchar

In a tragic incident, a 3-year-old child lost his life in a devastating fire that broke out at a residential apartment in Assam Silchar town. A lady was also injured in the incident. Fire fighters soon arrived at the spot and managed to bring the situation under control. However, the child could not be rescued. […]

Assam University row worsens; 5 students on hunger strike hospitalised

As many as 5 students of the Assam University, Silchar have been admitted to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital after their condition deteriorated on Saturday. Students of Assam University have been on a hunger strike since Monday, demanding resignation of vice-chancellor Dilip Kumar Nath and withdrawal of the rustication order and FIR against research […]

Cong leader Sushmita Dev stirs controversy; says Bengalis will be deprived of their rights if Clause 6 is implemented

Former Silchar MP and Congress leader Sushmita Dev has stirred a controversy by saying that the Bengalis will be deprived of their rights, identity, employment besides others if Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is implemented. Dev in an alleged inflammatory speech stated that Hindu Bengalis seeking Citizenship under the new Citizenship Amendment Act, will […]