The wreckage of the Pawan Hans helicopter Tirap Deputy Commissioner Kamalesh Joshi was found at a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh where it crash landed on Tuesday.
The rescue operation made with three choppers along with a Sukhoi Jet locate the wreckage at Thinsa in the wee hours tracing a phone calls from Joshi to his wife at 2-10 in the afternoon. Senior officials arrived in the crash site and recovered the decomposed bodies in the morning.
The chopper went missing on Tuesday on its way to Khunsa from Longding. The last contact was established at 11-30 with Mohanbari airport. Initially, the search operation was concentrated at an area near Dalom where a section of local residents claimed to have heard the sound of a huge explosion in the sky.
But rescuers failed to trace it even after deployment of a Sukhoi Jet along with three other helicopters during the last six days.
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Well known socio-Cultural organisation M.C. Club organised two days Seratun Nabbi programme in Nazira on Saturday and Sunday.It was organized on the occasion of the Fathea E Duwas Daham- the birth...
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In yet another landmark judgement, a local court in Morigaon on Wednesday ordered death sentence to three persons in connection with a murder case in Jagiroad. The Morigaon session judge Ikramul...
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A man's body was found hanging from the Nonai River Railway Bridge near Amtola chowk. Commuters noticed the body on the track around 5.30 am today, and informed police. The man's face bore injury...
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KMSS leaders and workers are on 36 hour hunger strike across the state in protest against the Centre’s recent move for Indian citizenship to all non Muslim Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals.Talking...
Guwahati: The State governments of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram have declared Statewide lockdowns till the midnight of March 31.
Till date Manipur has reported a single case of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning.
According to a Manipur Directorate of Health Services pres release issued on March 24, 2020, one young women returned from the United Kingdom found positive. "One 23 year old Manipuri person returning from UK (England) has tested positive today morning. She belongs to Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Leikai, Imphal West district. She is under care and treatment at JNIMS Isolation Ward."
The department appeals people to help tracking others who might be in contact...
Guwahati: Even after COVID 19 has not afflicted the state, a 5 days lock down is in place across Assam from Tuesday to keep the killer virus at bay.
State health minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma said the lock down is coming into force from 5 in the morning where the civilians would be allowed to be on the road only for groceries and pharmacies.
"Police would arrest if anybody is found on the road bereft of any reason. Groceries and pharmacies would remain opened and offices would have to run with minimum staff," said Sarma.
All medical colleges are procuring ventilation facilitaties for treatment of COVID19 and have been receiving required medicines. Sarma said that the OPD...
Animal Welfare Board of India appealed all the citizens of India not to stray their pets under the fear of COVID-19. If anybody is caught doing so, then he or she will be under strict penalty under Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act, 1960 and violation of the direction of the honorable supreme court of India.
A letter stating the above mentioned matter has been sent to the chief secretaries of all the states of India. The letter also stated that nowadays it is frequently seen that the pet parents abandon their pets due to the prevailing fear of COVID-19.
On the other hand, JBF (Just Be Friendly),a Guwahati, Assam based animal welfare organization has started to spread awareness...
Know the facts about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and help stop the spread of rumors.
Fact 1: Diseases can make anyone sick regardless of their race or ethnicity.
Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can cause people to avoid or reject others even though they are not at risk for spreading the virus.
Fact 2: For most people, the immediate risk of becoming seriously ill from the virus that causes COVID-19 is thought to
be low.
Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions may be at higher risk for more serious complications from COVID-19.
Fact 3: Someone who has completed quarantine or has been released from isolation does not...
Guwahati: PM Narendra Modi's nationwide clarion call of Janata Curfew to fight the killer COVID19 missed the target on Sunday in Assam if the schemes of things in many parts of the state are any indications.
In many places people who kept themselves confined to their homes whole the day spilled to the streets at 5 in the afternoon ringing bowels and dishes to thank the health workers for dedicated service to the nation.
Even in the capital city of Guwahati defying curfew people in large number took out processions contrary to what they were supposed to do.
"We love our PM. We stand by PM Modified who appealed to us to do so, " said a housewife at Manipuri basti in...
A community radio in the hills has come up with a novel way to instruct and entertain its listeners during the lock down and self isolation caused by Covid 19 through radio plays on social issues.
“We are holding a Radio Drama Series from Monday 23rd March 2020, during which we will feature a series of social dramas recorded in our studio,” said Radio Salesian Program Director Radio Journalist Samir Chhetri.
The Radio plays featured in the proposed one hour morning prime time show from 9 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 2 pm each day (weekdays) are the winning scripts of Radio Natak Competition organised by Radio Salesian 90.8 FM two years ago for 3 categories of participants namely...
Guwahati: Normal life renmained totally disrupted under the impact of the Prime Minister 's public curfew call across the nation on Sunday to counter the spread of COVID19 virus that took the lives of 5 in 3 states so far.
Streets worse a desert look as all shops and markets along with industrial unites have down shutters from 7 in the morning till 9 at night.
Vehicles are off from the roads under the impact of the call to fight the menace which has yet not reached the north eastern state.
People, mostly, are keeping themselves confined to their homes to disallow the dreaded virus to spread.
People in the rural areas are also equally keeping inside their houses while some...
DIBRUGARH: Amid statewide anxiety and fear the five year old girl from Jorhat tested negative at the regional laboratory in Lahowal on Saturday night. Earlier, JMCH on Saturday morning has referred her and parents for confirmation suspecting it an infection of COVID19 in view of her cough and fever. The family traveled to Bihar by train and backed to Jorhat a couple of days back.
Guwahati: A suspected COVID19 positive case triggers no less panic in the state on Saturday.
According to information, JMCH lab claimed to have found some positive notes of COVID19 virus in the body of a 5 year old girl who complained of fever and cough.
The patient along with her parents have wrapped up a visit to Bihar by train a couple of days back.
The sample along with the patient have been referred to RMCH in Lahowal in Dibrugarh on Saturday for final test.
The confirmation is expected by afternoon.
But a section of media in Guwahati along with social networking sites has already spread the story without any confirmation creating panic among the people.
March 20, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged all those who have been told to stay in home quarantine to follow the instructions.
In a series of tweets, the PM said that this is the time people should listen to the advice given by doctors and authorities as it will protect them as well as their friends and family. He added that it is not only important to be home but also to remain in the same town and city. "Unnecessary travel will not help anyone," he said, adding that every small effort will leave a big impact in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
Modi appreciates support
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the efforts of people from various walks of life who...
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