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Seven back- to-back earthquakes jolted Assam and some other northeastern states on Wednesday morning, causing extensive damage to buildings and forcing people to scamper out of their homes. The first of the shocks of 6.4 magnitude with its epicentre at 43 km west of Tezpur, the district headquarters of Sonitpur district in Assam, was felt at 7.51 am, Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Deputy Director Sanjay Oneil Shaw said. The effect was felt in almost the entire Northeastern region and even...

Powerful quake hits Assam, tremors felt across northeast, Bengal; 10 hurt ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Thu, Apr 29 2021 0:03 IST | ​ 67 Views   Guwahati, April 28 : At least 10 persons were injured as a powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Assam, other northeastern states and adjoining North Bengal, while 10 aftershocks were recorded in the hours after the first quake which shook Sonitpur in northern Assam at 7.51 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the National C...

Express News Service GUWAHATI: Two persons died due to shock while at least 10 others were injured in Wednesday’s 6.4 Magnitude earthquake in Assam which also left roads and buildings damaged. Ten aftershocks of varying magnitudes from 2.9 to 4.7 on the Richter scale were felt between 7.51 am to 5.40 pm having its epicenter mostly in Sonitpur district on the north bank of the Brahmaputra. The earthquake was felt across Northeast, Bihar, West Bengal, and Bangladesh. “Two persons died due to...

A shortage of Covid testing kits has resulted in many suspected patients being turned away from testing centres, while several centres are taking more than two days to deliver the results. A number of Calcuttans with Covid symptoms have complained that their test results arrived 48 hours after their samples were collected. In Salt Lake and New Town, many residents are unable to get tested as some testing centres lack the required kits. Covid-19 testing centres run by the Bidhannagar Municipal C...

Only two centres are operational and they are also struggling because of the rush of people, who are queuing up from as early as 4am

Naxals in Chhattisgarh claim to shoot down police drones sent for airstrikes, force refute charge Naxals in Chhattisgarh claim to shoot down police drones sent for airstrikes, force refute charge Maoists in Chhattisgarhs Bijapur claimed they have shot down two drones allegedly sent for airstrikes. advertisement UPDATED: April 22, 2021 16:45 IST Naxals in Chhattisgarh claim to shoot down drones allegedly sent for airstrikes. (Image: Ashish Pandey/India Today) Maoists in Bijapur released a statem...

Maoists say bombed by drone in Chhattisgarh, police deny Updated: Updated: We were able to change location minutes before the attack took place, says banned group Share Article AAA The Maoists also shared a photograph of the affected area and the ‘bombs’. Special Arrangement.   | Photo Credit: We were able to change location minutes before the attack took place, says banned group The Maoists claimed in a statement on Wednesday that security forces had on April 19 dropped 12 bombs from a d...

Chhattisgarh: ITBP jawan injured in IED blast in Narayanpur A team of police and the ITBP had gone to the spot after learning that a cow died after coming in contact with an Improvised Explosive Device in a nullah in Basing area, an official said. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NARAYANPUR: A personnel of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was injured in a blast in the naxal-affected Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday morning, policesaid. A team of police and the IT...

Kolkata: Sporadic violence — highlighted by a scuffle between BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters at Shantinagar in Salt Lake that required intervention of both TMC and BJP Bidhannagar candidates Sujit Bose and Sabyasachi Dutta respectively — blemished the otherwise peaceful process at Rajarhat New Town, Bidhannagar and Rajarhat Gopalpur constituencies. After a series of complaints of faulty EVMs leading to delay in start of voting process in the morning at Salt Lake, Baguiati, Narayanp...

Credit: amazon.in In the year 2016, "Oinyo Ek Dristikun" was published. It received huge appreciation from the readers and was a bestseller in book fairs held across the state. "Eta Sopunor Pom Khedi" is the fourth book by Sarma. It is a compilation of speeches on Assam. The book was unveiled at Hotel Taj Vivanta. The book release was graced by the presence of Conrad Sangma( Chief Minister of Meghalaya), Hitendranath Goswami( Assam Assembly Speaker), and Ranjeet Kumar Das (Assam BJP President)....