Assam broke all previous records in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods in the run-up to the Assembly polls
It appears that the Centre has informally conveyed to the three major OMCs to not revise fuel prices for the time being, two people in the government said
A decision in this regard will be taken by its Parliamentary Board at the time of forming the next government, the party said
A total of Rs 2.72 crore in cash and liquor worth Rs 1.1 crore have been seized in Assam so far since the announcement of the assembly polls, an election official said on Monday
Congress released a list of three more candidates for the first phase of the upcoming Assam Assembly election
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), a major constituent of the opposition Congress-led Grand Alliance, on Sunday night released the first list of 16 candidates
The AICC on Sunday issued the second list of three candidates for the prestigious Titabor, Dhakuakhana and Naoboicha assembly constituencies of Assam
The Congress will allot no seats to its six partners of the Grand Alliance in any of the 47 seats that are going to polls in the first phase in Assam, a party source said on Sunday.
Around half of the 40 candidates announced in the Congress' first list for the Assam Assembly polls are fresh faces
Traders selling election campaign merchandise said that Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions by the Election Commission have kept the demand for campaign material for WB Assembly polls this year low
Tea garden workers are set to play a decisive role in many constituencies in the Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam
Assam's Sivasagar district will have 18 all women polling stations in the upcoming state Assembly election, an official said
The Congress on Saturday announced a list of 40 candidates for the Assam Assembly polls, with its state unit chief Ripun Bora contesting from Gohpur and senior leader Debabrata Saikia from Nazira.
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sibsagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal.
The first meeting of the Central Election Committee of Congress is likely to be held today to finalise the names of candidates for the first two phases of the West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls
The BJP on Friday released its first list of 70 candidates for the Assam polls and announced that allies AGP and United People's Party Liberal will contest on 26 and eight seats respectively
In 2016, BJP had won 60 of 84 seats it had contested
The BJP and its two alliance partners in Assam -- the AGP and UPPL -- have finalised their seat-sharing arrangements in 86 Assembly segments
Dressed in a saree and balancing a basket on her back, the 49-year-old was seen plucking tea leaves
A day after snapping ties with the ruling BJP, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) on Sunday joined the Congress-led grand alliance to fight the Assembly polls against the saffron party