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Guwahati, March 18 The NTPC Bongaigaon unit in Assam achieved over 93 per cent of its declared capacity during the 2025-26 fiscal, indicating a high level of operational performance, a top company official said on Wednesday.The plant load factor stood at around 65 per cent, he said."NTPC...

March 18, New Delhi - The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed over 25 lakh officials to ensure smooth and orderly elections in five states and a Union Territory. Over 17.4 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes, which translates to nearly one official for every 70 electors...

Guwahati, March 18 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) is no longer a part of the BJP-led alliance in the state, while the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) will remain in the coalition.The UPPL and the BPF are rival parties in...

New Delhi/Guwahati, March 18 A day after he quit the Congress, Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi, on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other leaders of the saffron party in New Delhi.He was formally inducted into the BJP by its state president Dilip...

New Delhi, March 18 – After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP, Jharkhand MP Nishikant Dubey said on Wednesday that it would not be surprising if more Congress leaders resigned from the party in the coming days. He hinted that even Gaurav Gogoi could step down in the future.Speaking to...

The Flying Squad is intensifying checks in Mankachar ahead of the polls.Following the issuance of the election notification in the state, the Flying Squad team has intensified search operations in Mankachar, Assam.The team is conducting checks at various locations across the constituency and...

New Delhi, March 18 Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other BJP leaders here.The senior Congress leader resigned from the party on Tuesday.BJP national president Nitin Nabin approved Bordoloi’s joining on...

New Delhi, March 18 – Hours after quitting the Congress party, Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP in the national capital on Wednesday.Bordoloi, who served as a minister in Assam during the Congress regime, joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and state...

The Election Commission has deployed 1,100 Central Observers for the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, as well as the by-elections in 6 states. The Commission stated that among these, 557 are General Observers, 188 are Police Observers, and 366 are...

Guwahati, March 17 At least one person died and another was injured as a storm lashed large parts of Assam since Monday night, affecting around 8,000 people, according to an official report.The casualties were reported from the Baksa district.In a report on Tuesday, the Assam State Disaster...

Guwahati, March 17 – In an effort to strengthen preparedness ahead of the monsoon season, the Indian Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted a joint flood relief training exercise, "Jal Raksha," in Assam's Rupai area, officials said on Tuesday.The two-day exercise, held...

New Delhi, March 17 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed a total of 1,111 Central Observers across five states and a Union Territory, along with bye-elections in six states, to ensure the conduct of free, fair, and inducement-free elections, officials said on Tuesday.According...

New Delhi, March 17 The Election Commission (EC) has deployed 1,111 observers for the state assembly elections and assembly bypolls to be held next month.While elections for the assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry are scheduled, assembly by-elections in several...

The 11-member Zubeen Kshetra Construction Committee conducted an inspection of the site.In Assam, the work on developing the resting place for Zubeen Garg in Sonapur, on the outskirts of Guwahati, has finally begun.Members of the 11-member Zubeen Kshetra Construction Committee, formed by the...

ECI reshuffles five DEOs in AssamThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the transfer and posting of several IAS officers as District Election Officers (DEOs) in Assam in preparation for the 2026 Assembly elections.According to the directive, P Uday Praveen has been posted as DEO...

Washington, March 17, Extremist networks linked to ISIS have called for attacks against Hindus in India and across South and Southeast Asia, even as they praised recent violence in the United States and expanded online recruitment, according to a new report by the Counter Extremism Project...

Guwahati, March 16 Assam Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated authors Devabrat Das and Sahaisuli Brahma on receiving the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2025.Das was awarded for his Assamese novel ‘Kori Khelar Shadhu’, and Brahma for the Bodo novel...

Guwahati, March 16 The Election Commission of India on Monday transferred five District Election Officers (DEOs) of Assam, a day after the announcement of the assembly poll schedule.The DEOs of Kokrajhar, Majuli, Baksa, Chirang, and Udalguri have been transferred with immediate effect.In a...

Guwahati, March 16 The Election Commission on Monday transferred five District Election Officers (DEOs) of Assam, a day after the announcement of the assembly poll schedule.The DEOs of Kokrajhar, Majuli, Baksa, Chirang, and Udalguri have been transferred with immediate effect.In a letter...

Guwahati, March 16 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that the state government has provided land rights to lakhs of indigenous families through its flagship land settlement initiatives, asserting that the move fulfills the state government's commitment to protect "Jati...