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PM skipped upper Assam as he afraid of facing tea garden workers: Pawan Khera
Sivasagar: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally in Nalbari on Wednesday, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera claimed that the PM skipped upper Assam where polls are due in the first…
- Elections
LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Assam, Tripura today
New Delhi: With the Lok Sabha elections inching closer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to campaign for NDA candidates in Assam and Tripura on Wednesday. In Assam, the Prime Minister will…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi holds roadshow in Assam in support of Gaurav Gogoi
Titabor: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vandra on Tuesday led a roadshow in Jorhat district of Assam in support of party candidate Gaurav Gogoi. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary landed…
- Offbeat
LS polls: This big, fat Assam family has nearly 350 voters!
Sonitpur: With nearly 350 voters, the family of the late Ron Bahadur Thapa of Phuloguri Nepali Paam in Assam’s Sonitpur district is one of the largest that to exercise their franchise in…
- India
Rahul postpones Assam visit, to campaign in state after 1st phase of polls
Guwahati: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has postponed his campaigning schedule in Assam, a senior party leader said on Thursday, adding the Wayanad MP will visit the northeastern state on April 20 after…
- India
Incidents of polling officials ‘favouring BJP’ reported in Assam, Manipur
As India gears up for the seven-phased 17th Lok Sabha elections starting on April 19, two incidents of election officials allegedly favouring the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have come forward from…
- India
‘Miya issues’ non-relevant in Lok Sabha Polls: Assam CM
Titabor: Terming polygamy, child marriage and other subjects related to ‘Miya’ community as non-issues in Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that he was raising these problems as…
- India
Congress has prepared manifesto to fight polls in Pakistan not in India: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday attacked Congress over its manifesto, saying that the party has prepared the manifesto in such a manner as if they are contesting the…
- India
Assam Cong chief files Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah has filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a local court here, claiming that various statements made by…
- India
‘Miya’ girls, women, youths will vote for BJP: Himanta
Morigaon: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday exuded confidence that girls, women and youths from the ‘Miya’ community will vote for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. ‘Miya’ is…
- India
AFSPA extended in four districts of Assam
Guwahati: The Assam government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in four districts for six months from April 1. The state government’s political department issued a notification, stating that…
- India
Cong leaders in Assam are fixed deposits for BJP, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: In yet another attack on Rahul Gandhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the future of the Congress leader and his party is bleak. He told the Press here…
- India
Assam: Six-time MLA, former Union Minister Bharat Narah resigns from Congress
Guwahati: In a setback to Congress in Assam, the party’s MLA Bharat Chandra Narah resigned on Monday. The Naoboicha MLA has sent his resignation letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. Narah wrote:…