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Litterateur Dr Jyotsna Bhattacharjee, 89, passes away after COVID-19 complications

ION correspondentMay 18, 2021

Dr Jyotsna Bhattacharjee former Head of the Department, Philosophy Cotton College, wife of Late Dr Golok Bhattacharjee succumbed to COVID-19. She was born in 1932 in Jorhat and was...

Assam Diary States

Assam suspends inter-district transport services and movement of people

Deepak BoraMay 18, 2021February 1, 2022

The Assam government has decided to ban inter-district movement in the state to check surge in COVID-19 cases from May 21. Confirming this, Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma...

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Uttar Pradesh lockdown extended by 10 days till May 24

ION correspondentMay 16, 2021

The corona curfew in Uttar Pradesh has extended by 10 more days till 7 AM of May 24 in view of surge in coronavirus cases in the state. The...

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Himachal extends curfew till May 26 as COVID-19 cases in state surge

ION correspondentMay 16, 2021

The Himachal Pradesh Government today decided to extend the statewide Covid-19 curfew till May 26. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram...

Assam Diary States

Assam Govt issues new COVID-19 SOP – curfew from 12 noon, shops to shut by 11 AM from today

Deepak BoraMay 16, 2021February 1, 2022

Starting today, curfew will be in place from 12 noon instead of the current 2 PM and all shops and business establishments would shut by 11 AM instead of...

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Nagaland goes into total lockdown from Saturday, wears deserted look on first day

ION correspondentMay 16, 2021

Nagaland wore a deserted look on Saturday as the state went into a week-long total lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown, which began on Friday evening,...

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West Bengal announces complete lockdown from today till May 30

ION correspondentMay 16, 2021

The West Bengal government on Saturday announced a complete lockdown from today till May 30 in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the State. “We are taking...

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Himachal to provide free COVID treatment to beneficiaries of Himcare and PM-JAY schemes

ION correspondentMay 13, 2021

The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to provide free COVID treatment to the beneficiaries of Himcare and Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in registered private hospitals of...

Assam Diary States

Sahitya Akademi awardee Homen Borgohain no more

Deepak BoraMay 12, 2021February 1, 2022

Prominent litterateur, journalist of Assam Homen Borgohain is no more. Borgohain who was a former president of Asom Sahitya Sabha, the apex literary body of the state breathed his...

Assam Diary States

New guidelines for controlling COVID-19 situation in Assam announced

Deepak BoraMay 12, 2021February 1, 2022

The government of Assam in a press conference held on Wednesday in Guwahati announced new restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus in the State. These are the additional...