BJP National President Amit Shah to address poll rallies in Assam tomorrow

BJP national president, Amit Shah will be on a day-long tour of Assam on Thursday, March 28. Shah is scheduled to address two election campaigns at Kakojan in Jorhat and Misa in Nagaon. With the filing of nominations for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections ending yesterday, electioneering has gained momentum. Star campaigners of […]

Assam: Congress releases second list of candidates for LS polls

The Congress in Assam has released its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. While in Nagaon the party has fielded former State Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi as its candidate, Anil Borgohain will contest on a Congress ticket from Lakhimpur. In Mangaldoi, the Congress has fielded Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneshwar Kalita and its […]

Assam BJP shortlists candidates for 10 LS seats

The ruling BJP has shortlisted probable candidates for the 10 Lok Sabha seats from Assam. As per sources, names of MP Bijoya Chakravarty, Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Queen Ojha and Chikimiki Talukdar have been shortlisted for the Guwahati seat, Tajdeep Roy and Parimal Suklabaidya have been shortlisted for Silchar constituency, while for Karimganj, names of Kripanath […]

Lok Sabha polls: AGP, BJP put aside differences to come together again

The BJP and the AGP have come together once again putting aside their differences for the interest of Assam. Stating this during a joint press briefing at the BJP headquarters in Guwahati, top party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma said the AGP, BJP and BPF are united in their bid to ensure Narendra Modi becomes Prime […]

Assam Cong to announce Lok Sabha candidate list tomorrow

Assam Congress will be declaring the candidates for Phase 1 and Phase 2 polls of Lok Sabha elections on Friday (March 15). This was announced by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President and Congress leader Ripun Bora. Bora said that the names of the candidates will be declared in New Delhi. The Phase 1 and Phase […]

AGP back into BJP fold ahead of LS polls; 3 AGP ministers rejoin Sonowal cabinet

Just over two months after severing ties with the ruling BJP in Assam, three AGP ministers Atul Bora, Phanibhushan Chowdhury and Keshab Mahanta have withdrawn their resignation today (March 13). Ending all speculations, the AGP is back in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led Assam cabinet ahead of the Lok Sabha elections after a discussion held on Tuesday […]

SC seeks EC’s clarity on names in electoral list but not included in Assam NRC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday has asked the Election Commission to clarify about the action to be taken regarding the names in the electoral roll. The apex court specifically asked the EC about the action for those names which are in the electoral roll but not in the Assam NRC to be published on July […]

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Assam to vote in three phases

Assam Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Chandra Sahu said that the final date of filing nominations for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections is March 25. A total of 75,16,284 voters will exercise their franchise in the first phase in 9,574 polling stations. For the second phase of polls the final date of filing […]

Death toll mounts to 104 in Assam, in one of country’s worst hooch tragedies

The death toll in one of India’s worst spurious liquor tragedies has risen to 104 in Assam’s Golaghat and Jorhat distircts, around 200 others are battling for their lives in various hospitals. The police have so far arrested 9 people and the hunt for others who are engaged in the illegal trade of preparing and […]