Abhishek Saha

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal urged people from the state who had participated in the event to “voluntarily come forward and identify themselves" before the authorities concerned.

The 52-year-old is undergoing treatment at the Silchar Medical College and is stable.

Meanwhile, in Assam, the government announced that 58 lakh families would be given free rice under the National Food Security Act from April 1.

In Bongaigaon district, when policemen went to shut down shops, they were pelted with stones on Saturday morning. In retaliation, police had to fire aerially.

In Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley and East Siang districts, there are reports that people are sacrificing dogs and hanging the carcasses at the village entrance, believing that they will ward off evil spirits.

The Assam health minister also tweeted that he has held discussions with owners of private hospitals in Guwahati about the ways in which they “can share burden along with govt hospitals”.

Assam has zero positive cases so far, however, the government is boosting up its healthcare infrastructure to deal with any emerging situation. A total of 210 samples have been tested from the state and none reported positive.

Assam has not reported any COVID-19 case so far. Among Northeastern states, Manipur and Mizoram have reported one case each.

Policemen can be seen chasing people on the roads away, often thrashing them with lathis and shouting that they should be in their homes during the 21-day lockdown period.

Authorities in Mizoram and Assam said that the patient, a 50-year-old pastor, had returned to Delhi from Amsterdam, flying via Doha on March 15.

Officials in Manipur said her younger brother, who flew in from the US and joined her in Kolkata, before the two flew to Manipur, has tested negative for coronavirus.

India’s unorganised workers make up 82.7 per cent or 39.14 crores of the total 47.41 crore estimated employed persons, according to last NSSO Employment and Unemployment Survey, 2011-12.

The official said that the minor came from Bihar with her mother and sister to Jorhat on March 19. The family has been now put in isolation ward of the JMCH

Meanwhile, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that all passengers arriving in Assam by air or train will be stamped, indicating that the person has volunteered to be home quarantined for a period of 14 days from the day of arrival.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest News Updates: The Health Ministry stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Janta curfew on Sunday will help break the chain of transmission in the country.

The BJP, meanwhile, announced Bhubaneshwar Kalita-the former Congress Rajya Sabha chief whip who resigned from the party last year over its stand on Article 370-as its candidate.

Sarma also announced 18 flagship schemes for welfare measures in various sectors including food, electricity, support to youth towards entrepreneurial activities, among others.

A clash on the border, a stabbing spree in Shillong and three deaths have thrown the spotlight on the ethnic complexities of Meghalaya. Which communities are in conflict, and where does CAA figure in it?

The order comes after the HC last month upheld Foreigners’ Tribunal orders declaring two women from extremely poor families as ‘foreigners’, ruling that multiple documentary evidence they had submitted were not enough to establish their Indian citizenship.