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Guwahati, April 6 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday alleged that the Congress has fabricated the charge that his wife possesses multiple passports and owns properties in Dubai, using false information obtained from a Pakistani social media group.He also alleged that Pakistan...

Guwahati, April 6 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three election rallies in Assam on Monday, campaigning for BJP candidates in the April 9 state elections.The first rally will be at Bhabanipur-Sorbhog in the Barpeta district of Lower Assam, where Modi will campaign for Minister...

Biswanath Chariali/Golaghat, April 5 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday that the philosophy of his party is similar to that of the celebrated musician Zubeen Garg, who dedicated his life to uniting Assam.Addressing election rallies in the Biswanath and Golaghat districts, he alleged...

Guwahati, April 3 – Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on a campaign trail in Assam, a state heading for elections, accused the previous Congress regime on Friday of "facilitating" infiltration and credited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government with driving out such elements...

Guwahati, April 3 – Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday over his remarks concerning popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, asserting that "politics should not be played" around the artiste.Addressing the media during a...

Asaduddin Owaisi campaigned in Goalpara and Dhubri, backing AIUDF candidates.AIMIM leader and Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi campaigned in Assam's Goalpara on Friday in support of AIUDF candidate Hafiz Bashir Ahmed Qasimi for the Goalpara East constituency.Addressing a campaign rally...

Guwahati, April 2 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and its leadership of promoting individuals whose family backgrounds and ideological positions were "deeply offensive to the cultural and religious sentiments of Assam" on Thursday, sparking a...

Guwahati, April 1 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive public rally in Gogamukh, Assam, on Wednesday, outlining a comprehensive vision for the state's development while expressing confidence that the BJP will return to power for a third consecutive term.Beginning his address by...

New Delhi, March 31 Two days after six former bureaucrats and wildlife conservationists opposed the deployment of 1,600 forest personnel for election duty in Assam, another group of 40 retired civil servants demanded that the state government retract the order.Issued on March 19, the order by...

Dhemaji, March 31 Asserting that the Assam elections were about "expelling every infiltrator" from the country, BJP leader Smriti Irani accused the Congress on Tuesday of shielding illegal migrants and pushing the state into the "dark days" of militancy.Addressing back-to-back election rallies...

Mankachar (Assam), March 30 Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi on Monday alleged that AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma are like "uncle and nephew" and "two sides of the same coin".Addressing an election rally here for party candidate Mahibur Rahman, Gogoi...

Guwahati, March 29:In Assam, district administrations are conducting Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) initiatives across the state to promote informed participation in the April 9 General Assembly Elections.These initiatives, which are focused on the needs of...

New Delhi, March 29 A group of former bureaucrats and wildlife conservationists has called for the withdrawal of an order from the Assam government's environment department, which requires the deployment of approximately 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) personnel for the upcoming...

Congress President announces five guarantees for AssamLakhimpur, March 29: A massive election rally was held by the Congress in Naoboicha, Lakhimpur district, where senior party leaders addressed voters from five constituencies.The rally was attended by All India Congress Committee President...

In Naoboicha, Assam, Mallikarjun Kharge announced the Congress party's "five guarantees" for the upcoming elections, focusing on women's welfare, universal healthcare, land rights, and justice in the Zubeen Garg case.He also criticized the BJP-led government, accusing it of rampant corruption...

Naoboicha (Assam), March 29 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced his party's "five guarantees" for the upcoming elections in Assam, with a focus on women's welfare, healthcare for all, land rights, and justice in the Zubeen Garg death case.He also criticized the BJP-led government...

Sipajhar (Assam), March 28 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday criticised the Congress and alleged that rampant corruption was taking place in providing government jobs during the rule of the grand old party in the state.Addressing an election rally in support of BJP MLA and...

New Delhi, March 28 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence on Saturday that the NDA will once again receive the mandate of the people in Puducherry, stating that the "double-engine" government has fulfilled the aspirations of the Union Territory over the past five years. PM Modi...

Guwahati, March 26 Congress leader and Jharkhand minister Bandhu Tirkey accused the BJP government in Assam on Thursday of deceiving Adivasi tea garden workers by marginally increasing their wages while several estates have been sold off.Addressing a press conference here, Tirkey said that the...

Guwahati, March 25 The nomination papers of Barpeta's Congress candidate, Mahananda Sarkar, were rejected on Wednesday, while the documents submitted by the remaining three nominees in the constituency were found to be valid, election officials said.The scrutiny of nomination papers for both...