The Congress has released a list of 26 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam, and appointed senior leaders Mohan Prakash and Jaydev Jena as special observers.
Two lawmakers of the ruling BJP in poll-bound Assam quit the party on Wednesday after they were denied tickets to contest in the coming state poll
The rise comes despite not having bought any new immovable assets
A large number of arms and ammunition were found on Wednesday at a forest in Chirang district
Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Bihar minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain will also campaign for the party
More than 173 candidates have filed their nominations for 47 Assam assembly seats going to polls in the first phase on March 27, the state's chief electoral officer said on Tuesday. The last date of submission of nominations for the first phase was Tuesday. The number of candidates filing papers would increase as some districts are yet to submit their list, an official said. Among prominent candidates who filed nominations on the last day were Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from Majuli, sitting BJP MLAs Angoorlata Deka from Batadroba, Ashok Singhal from Dhekiajuli, Mrinal Saikia from Khumtai, and Padma Hazarika from Sootea, sitting Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi from Mariani and former Congress minister Bismita Gogoi from Khumtai. Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi filed his nominations from both Duliajan and Naharkatiya constituencies. Jailed Raijor Dal leader Akhil Gogoi will also contest in the first phase from Mariani and Sibsagar seats as an
Union minister Jitendra Singh Tuesday said the BJP will return to power in Assam with a decisive mandate
Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday filed his nomination from Majuli as the BJP candidate for the second consecutive term for the assembly polls
The authorities have decided to set up 125 all-women polling booths in the Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam, officials said on Tuesday
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