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Congress-led Assam alliance claims BJP candidates in touch with it | Guwahati News

Congress flag (Representative image)
GUWAHATI: The Congress-led grand alliance in Assam on Monday declared it was not only prepared to fend off horse-trading attempts, but also open to taking the support of "five-six BJP candidates" who had allegedly sent feelers about their plan of action once the poll results are declared.
Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, among the 18 candidates from Badruddin Ajmal's AIUDF whom Congress had reportedly packed off to Jaipur a few days ago, announced his return to Assam by saying the alliance was "unbreakable".
"AIUDF candidates are not scared of horse-trading. We did go to Jaipur together and also visited Ajmer Sharif, but that was only to relax. Our candidates were suffering from fatigue after weeks of campaigning," Barbhuiya told TOI on Monday. "My colleagues are still there in Jaipur on their own. Whether they wish to prolong their stay or return is up to them."

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As cases spike, masks fly off shelves of med shops in city | Guwahati News

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GUWAHATI: Local pharmacies in the city have reported a steep surge in the demand for masks, as the number of Covid cases continue to rise in the city and beyond.
Medicine outlets in the city TOI spoke to said the demand for masks and sanitisers started since the last week and has peaked in the last two days. However, most of them said there is no real shortage of masks in the city yet.
“We used to sell 20-25 masks a day. Now there has been a recent increase in demand. We are selling over 100 pieces a day in the past two days,” Naresh Agarwal, sales manager of Bohagi pharmacy in Ulubari area, told TOI.

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Several night events called off after Bihu SOP | Guwahati News

Students of Nabarup Jatiya Vidyapith in Nagaon take part in a celebration ahead of Bihu
GUWAHATI: Nearly one-fifth of the 30 Bihu committees in Guwahati have decided to call off their celebrations after most of the sponsors withdrew their agreements following the recent standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the government for celebrating the festival.
“Organising a night function entails a huge cost. Lakhs of rupees have to be spent. The organisers are in a dilemma whether to go by the recent SOP and bear the expenses themselves.We have decided to call off the night function,” said an organiser.
The Shantipur Bihu committee in Bharalumukh in the city is one such committee, which is not organising a night function. “We cannot organize the function and follow the SOP at the same time. There are two options – either cancel the function or revoke/relax the SOP,” a committee member said.

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Guwahati: Festival SOP dampens Bihu mood | Guwahati News

Bihu dancers rehearse in Lakhimpur district on Sunday (UB photo)
GUWAHATI: The standard operating procedures (SOP) for the upcoming Bihu celebrations issued by the state health department has come as a dampener for both organisers and the people of the city.
The SOP with several strict guidelines triggered disappointment among Bihu organisers of the city. The umbrella committee of the 30 Bihu committees — Greater Guwahati Bihu Organisers’ Coordination Committee (GGBOCC) — has expressed their unwillingness to enforce the guidelines, saying it was the responsibility of the health department and the district administration.
“It is not feasible for organisers with limited manpower to carry on thermal scanning of thousands of visitors in an open ground. How will it be possible to make visitors use hand sanitizers at a ground where people come from all directions?” Kailash Sarma, advisor of the coordination committee, asked.

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Assam likely to receive four lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses before Bihu | Guwahati News

Vaccination campaigns began at workplaces in Assam on Sunday. Representative image
GUWAHATI: Amid shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in various parts of the country, Assam is expecting a consignment of at least four lakh doses before Rongali Bihu, even as vaccination campaigns began at workplaces in Assam on Sunday.
Health officials started visiting workplaces for the first time in Assam on Sunday.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), in association with the National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, organised a Covid vaccination camp at the Guwahati airport for the 45+ age group. The camp was open for all eligible family members and employees of AAI, airlines, agencies, frontline staff and stakeholders associated with the LGBI Airport here.

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Assam health dept's biggest concern air, train passengers | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: Considering the sudden surge in daily Covid-19 cases in Kamrup (Metro) district, the focus has shifted now on screening all passengers arriving in the state capital through air and rail routes. Fewer cases in the districts also point to the infection being brought in by in-bound passengers, opined health experts.
According to health sources, 17 people with travel history were detected Covid positive at the city airport on Sunday. Of them, 11 came from Delhi and two from Maharashtra. Nine others found positive in Guwahati had travelled in trains from states like Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

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Train mows down elephant in Lakhimpur | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: A freight train, which was allegedly travelling at a high speed, mowed down an elephant calf, at Gogamukh in upper Assam’s Lakhimpur district on Saturday night. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started a departmental probe into the matter while the state department has launched a probe into the incident. The forest department has registered a case regarding the matter.
Chief public relations officer of NFR Subhanan Chanda told TOI that the incident took place on Saturday night when a herd of wild elephants was crossing the railway tracks between Baghjan and Sarkarijan. “The herd was moving from Dullung Reserve Forest under Pathalipam Forest Beat towards the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. They were moving within the elephant range and got hit by the train which was coming from Silapathar to Rangia. We have initiated investigation and a case has been registered,” Dibakar Dey, DFO Lakhimpur, told TOI.

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Seba to go ahead with Class X board exam, 4.4L to take test | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (Seba) is going ahead with its Class 10 state board exams in May on the lines of CBSE and CISCE though the threat of Covid still hangs heavy.
A section of guardians has demanded the return to the online mode of studies on social media. But senior officials at Seba said there would be no exam postponement.
Sitting arrangements would be Covid appropriate in exam halls with the maintenance of distance between students.
Controller of examinations at Seba, Nayan Jyoti Sarmah, said the education board would incur an expenditure of more than Rs 1 crore for masks and sanitization of exam centres. Every student would get a mask.

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APPL won't shift operating office | Guwahati News

Amalgamated Plantation Private Limited (APPL) on Saturday said it would continue with its main operating office in Guwahati and asked the Assam govern

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We're 1000% confident of retaining power: Sonowal | Guwahati News

A day after Congress flew out 18 AIUDF candidates to a Jaipur hotel, fearing horse-trading, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that t

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