Guwahati, May 13 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas jointly performed Bhumi Pujan for a multi-speciality hospital to be built at Rojabari at a function held at Rojabari in Sivasagar district on Saturday.
Assam cabinet decides to form separate Rhino Protection Force
Guwahati, May 8 (IBNS): To protect world framed one horned rhinoceros in the state, the Assam government on Monday decided to constitute a separate Rhino Protection Force.
Guwahati, May 5 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the state forest department to take strong steps for protection of state’s forest resources and expansion of forest cover.
Assam: Another rhino poached in Kaziranga
Guwahati, Apr 22 (IBNS): Poachers continued its killing spree in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), while forest guards on Saturday had found a dehorned carcass of a male rhino inside the park.
Assam forest department targets to plant 2 crore saplings this year
Guwahati, Apr 12 (IBNS) : Assam forest department has planned to plant over 2 crore saplings in the state in this year.
Assam fresh flood: Four people feared dead
Guwahati, Apr 3 (IBNS) : At least four people are feared dead while hundreds of houses and properties damaged as thunderstorm and heavy rains lashed the state over the past few days.
Guwahati, Jan 4 (IBNS) : Assam governor Banwarilal Purohit laid the foundation stone of a ‘Powergrid Capacity Development Centre in Oncology’ at Dr. B.Barooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati on Wednesday.
State level meeting on HIV-AIDS and harm reduction with law enforcement agencies held in Guwahati
Guwahati, Dec 19 (IBNS) : A state consultation meeting on HIV AIDS and Harm Reduction with Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) was held at Assam Police Headquarters in Guwahati on Monday.
Assam: Suspected food poisoning incident kills 3
Guwahati, Dec 9 (IBNS) : Food poisoning incident in Assam's Hojai district has left 3 women dead and two others ill, reports said.
Assam loses seven panchyderm in past 72 hours
Guwahati, Dec 7 (IBNS): Three wild elephants died and another injured in three separate incidents in Assam on Wednesday as the state lost seven panchyderm in past 72 hours.
3rd round of Special Immunisation Drive in Hailakandi to begin soon
Guwahati, Dec 6 (IBNS) : The third round of Special Immunisation Drive to cover the left out and dropped out children and pregnant women will begin in Hailakandi district beginning Dec 12.
Three elephants run over by a passenger train in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IBNS) : Three wild elephants, including two pregnant elephants and a calf, were killed after a speedy passenger train run over them in Assam’s Hojai district on Sunday night.
Assam: 3.9 earthquake hits Nagaon, no casualty
Guwahati, Oct 22 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter Scale hit Nagaon area in Assam on Saturday, officials said.
World Heart Day observed at Dispur Hospitals
Guwahati, Sept 29 (IBNS): The city based Dispur Hospitals on Thursday organized a free health camp on the occasion of World Heart Day at Ganeshguri premises in Guwahati, where over 80 patients from Golaghat, Tezpur,Nagaon and Kamrup districts participated.
1913 of 2018 horn examined in Assam
Guwahati, Sept 14 (IBNS): A total of 1913 horns of the total 2018 rhino horns stored in various treasuries of Assam have been examined so far, as the Rhino Verification Committee completed checking Barpeta treasury on Wednesday.