Assam Signs Rs 600-Crore Proton Therapy Centre Deal
Assam signs an agreement with IBA to set up a Rs 600-crore proton beam therapy centre at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati.
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Five Killed in Guwahati Hotel Firing, Accused Arrested
Five people have been killed and one injured in a firing at a Guwahati hotel, police said, with the accused arrested and a pistol seized.
GMCH Performs Northeast’s First Government Liver Transplant
Gauhati Medical College and Hospital has performed the Northeast’s first government-hospital liver transplant, in a 16-hour surgery on a 48-year-old man.
51 Eye Surgeons Complete Cataract Training in Guwahati
HelpMeSee, HMS Vision and Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya completed a 4.5-month simulation-based cataract surgery training programme in Guwahati, training 51 ophthalmologists.
VFS Global Opens Guwahati Visa Centre for Northeast India
VFS Global has opened a visa application centre in Guwahati, giving travellers across the eight northeastern states access to 14 countries without long trips to distant metros.
IndiGo Starts Daily Guwahati-Itanagar Flights From October 25
IndiGo has launched direct flights between Guwahati and Itanagar’s Donyi Polo Airport, operating six days a week and going daily from October 25.
Assam Govt Firm Signs Pact to Set Up Shipyard Near Guwahati
The Assam Inland Waterways Company has signed an agreement with a private company to establish a shipyard at Dharapur near Guwahati.
A Year of Grief and Unanswered Questions: Assam Remembers Zubeen Garg at Sonapur
One year has passed. The questions haven’t. On Saturday, September 19, hundreds of fans, family members, and fellow artistes converged on Zubeen Khetra in Sonapur — a temporary memorial site on the outskirts of Guwahati — to mark exactly one year since the passing of Assamese music legend Zubeen Garg. The air was heavy with … Read more
At Just 11, She’s Already Shooting for the Nation — Arunachal’s Marpi Karlo Is One to Watch
She’s barely old enough to be in middle school, yet Marpi Karlo is already punching her ticket to a national stage. The 11-year-old from Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh has qualified for the National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC) — and she did it the hard way, outperforming competitors at one of the region’s most … Read more
Neighbours Talking Business: Chowna Mein Sits Down With Himanta in Guwahati to Push Assam-Arunachal Ties
When two powerful neighbours get in the same room, things tend to move. And that’s exactly what happened in Guwahati on Saturday. Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein made a significant trip to Guwahati on August 1, sitting down face-to-face with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at Lok Sewa Bhawan. The two leaders … Read more
