Guwahati

Campaign for first phase poll in Assam ends

8:37 pm March 25, 2021

Guwahati: The high-pitched campaign for the first phase of poll in Assam in 47 assembly constituencies slated for March 27 came to an end on Thursday evening. The poll on Saturday will decide the fate of 247 candidates. Implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 was the central issue in the state, which was rocked […]

138 litres of liquor seized from train, accused missing

Drugs, liquor, jewellery worth Rs 75 cr seized in poll-bound Assam so far

11:55 pm March 19, 2021

Guwahati : Drugs, liquor and jewellery worth Rs 75 crore have been seized after the Model Code of Conduct came into force in Assam, where the three-phase assembly elections will be held from March 27, a senior poll official said on Friday. Drugs with a market value of Rs 30.30 crore, liquor worth Rs 19.12 crore and Rs […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Cong ridicules Adityanath’s comment on Sankardeva

11:59 pm March 17, 2021

Guwahati: The Congress Wednesday expressed amazement and ridiculed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his comment on 15th century Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva to draw attention to the problem of infiltration in Assam, for which he blamed the party. Adityanath needs lessons in history as does Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had said that […]

Congress alleges rampant fraud in voters' list in Kerala

Cong makes ex-BJP minister its candidate from Diphu seat

10:37 pm March 11, 2021

Guwahati: Four days after BJP minister Sum Ronghang joined the Congress after denied ticket, the opposition party on Thursday nominated him to contest the forthcoming Assam Assembly polls from his Diphu constituency. All India Congress Committee General Secretary Mukul Wasnik issued the fourth list for Assam containing two names, including Ronghang for the Diphu seat […]

Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam polls from Sibsagar

9:06 pm March 6, 2021

Guwahati: Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sibsagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal. Announcing the list of 18 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Gogoi, who is in judicial custody after arrest during […]