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CBI nabs 2 more railway engineers in bribery case, total 5 arrested (Ld)

A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an Indian Railways Engineering Service officer and two others in an alleged graft case of Rs 1 crore, the agency on Monday continued its action as it arrested two more railway engineers, takin... read..

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EC team arrives in Assam to review poll preparations, to visit Bengal on Wed

Ahead of the declaration of Assembly polls in five states, an Election Commission (EC) team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora arrived in Guwahati on Monday to review the preparations for the Assam Assembly elections.... read..

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Robots to deliver meds to Covid patients at Assam hospital

Now robots would deliver medicines and essential services to Covid-19 patients at a hospital in Assam, officials said here on Sunday.... read..

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NE states join nationwide Covid vaccination drive

The eight northeastern states joined the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday with thousands of frontline health workers across hundreds of centres getting inoculated for the infection.... read..

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Northeast gears up for vaccination drive

The eight northeastern states are geared up to start the first phase of Covid vaccination drive on Saturday along with the rest of the country, ministers and officials said on Friday.... read..

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EC officials review preparedness for Assam Assembly polls

A six-member team of the Election Commission held a series of meetings with senior Assam government officials to review the preparedness of the Assembly polls, due in April-May, officials said here on Thursday.... read..

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IIT students develop digital health system for remote areas

Two research scholars of IIT Guwahati have submitted an idea of a benchtop digital setup integrated with an algorithm to record initial screening parameters like body temperature, pulse rate, eye and tongue analysis of a patient remotely.... read..

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Wild buffalo kills man in Assam, angry mob sets forest office on fire

An irate mob on Thursday set a forest department office on fire after a wild buffalo killed a young man in Biswanath district in northern Assam bordering Arunachal Pradesh, officials said.... read..

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Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim receive Covid-19 vaccines too

After Assam and Meghalaya, three more northeastern states - Tripura, Manipur and Sikkim - on Wednesday saw Covid-19 vaccines reach them for the first round of immunisation, officials said.... read..

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Gauhati HC stays derecognition of Cong leader as Leader of Oppn (Lead)

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday put an interim stay on the notification of Assam Assembly Secretary withdrawing recognition to Congress leader Debabrata Saikia as the Leader of the Opposition, court officials said.... read..

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Covid-19 vaccines reach Assam, Meghalaya

The much-awaited Covid-19 vaccine reached two northeastern states -- Assam and Meghalaya -- as the special flights from Pune delivered the doses to 11 other locations across the country on Tuesday.... read..

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IIT researchers find new clues to how stars die

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have revealed important clues to understand the death of massive stars and have also revealed the problems with the existing models.... read..

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Nadda, wife visit Kamakhya temple

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Jagat Prakash Nadda along with his wife offered prayers at Kamakhya temple atop the Nilachal Hills in Guwahati on Tuesday on the last day of his two-day visit to Assam.... read..

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