assam elections

Guwahati, March 8 – Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi strongly reacted on Sunday to remarks made by some Congress workers who allegedly described him as an "imported leader" and an "outsider", asserting that such comments are not only baseless but also disrespectful to the...

Guwahati, March 7 – Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president, Lurinjyoti Gogoi, in response to recent remarks targeting the BJP's ongoing outreach programs in the...

Guwahati, March 7 – As political preparations intensify ahead of the upcoming elections in Assam, senior leader of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Member of Parliament, Phanibhusan Choudhury, expressed confidence on Saturday that the party would secure a significant number of seats.Speaking...

Guwahati, March 4 The opposition Raijor Dal announced its first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections on Wednesday, a day after the Congress announced its nominees for 42 seats.Although Raijor Dal was initially part of a Congress-led alliance, the seat-sharing...

March 04, New Delhi - The Indian National Congress has released its first list of candidates in Assam, announcing names for 42 constituencies.Gaurav Gogoi will contest from the Jorhat constituency, while Abduch Chovon Ali Sarkar has been fielded from Gauripur and Markline Marak from Goalpara...

New Delhi, March 4, Indian intelligence agencies have warned that cases related to false bomb threats are expected to increase in the coming months, especially with several elections approaching.In the past year, many schools and airlines have received such calls. The airline industry, in...

Chennai, February 25 – With assembly elections scheduled in April and May across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is set to undertake a crucial two-day visit to Puducherry and Tamil Nadu to review poll...

Patna, February 24 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha has vowed to crack down on shops selling meat, fish, and poultry near religious and educational institutions, claiming that these offended the sentiments of the people and promoted violent tendencies among children.The senior BJP...

New Delhi, February 24 In an effort to improve transparency, the Election Commission has ordered that from now on, the random assignment of state police personnel to polling stations on election day will be carried out in the presence of central police observers deployed in the constituencies...

Patna, February 24 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha has vowed to crack down on shops selling meat, fish, and poultry near religious and educational institutions, claiming that these offended "people's sentiments" and promoted "violent tendencies" among children.The senior BJP...

New Delhi, February 21 Ahead of candidate selection in Assam, where elections are due, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met grassroots workers from the state on Saturday and took their feedback on potential candidates.Several workers from the block and district units gave their feedback...

On Feb 19, BJP president Nitin Nabin stated that only the people of Assam have the right to the state's resources, not Bangladeshi infiltrators.Nabin, while addressing booth workers in Manohari tea estate in Dibrugarh district, also said that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken the...

Guwahati, February 19 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Thursday that it is common for some leaders to switch parties during elections, apparently referring to the resignation of the outfit's former state unit president, Bhupen Borah, who is set to join the BJP.However, Vadra did...

Guwahati, February 19 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Guwahati on Thursday for a two-day visit, during which she will hold a series of meetings to finalize the party's list of candidates for the Assam elections.Vadra is the chairperson of the party's screening committee for...

Guwahati, February 11 Most of the districts in Assam with a Muslim majority registered an increase in the number of voters in the final list published after the Special Revision (SR) compared to the draft roll, while other districts, including those with a higher tribal population, largely...

Guwahati, February 11 A day after the Election Commission published the final voter list for the upcoming elections in Assam, with over 2.43 lakh names deleted from the draft rolls, the state's chief electoral officer, Anurag Goel, said on Wednesday that the authorities had ensured a "clean...

Revised final voter list released in AssamIn Assam, the Election Commission released the revised final voter list for all 126 Assembly constituencies in Assam on Wednesday. According to the list, the total number of voters in the state is 24,958,139. According to the Chief Electoral Officer...

New Delhi, February 10 Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar attended a meeting on the Assam elections at the party's headquarters, Indira Bhawan, here on Tuesday.Amid speculation about a leadership change in Karnataka, Shivakumar also stated that he enjoys the...

Guwahati, February 10 More than 4,300 names have been deleted from the voter list of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's Jalukbari constituency in the final voter list published on Tuesday after the special revision.In Jalukbari, 2,06,314 electors found their names on the list, a...

Guwahati, February 10 After a Special Revision (SR), the Election Commission published the final voter list for the upcoming elections in Assam on Tuesday, with over 2.43 lakh names deleted from the draft list.At the end of claims and objections, the final list has been published with a total...