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Assam polls: Campaigning for first phase ends

Guwahati: Campaigning for the first phase of Assam Assembly elections came to an end today at 6 pm.According to ECI rules, election campaigning has to end in a constituency 48 hours before polling.There are 264 candidates contesting in 47...

Assam: AASU launches anti-CAA protests

Guwahati: The influential All Assam Students Union (AASU) have re-launched their anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest after the BJP’s decision to implement the contentious act in Assam.AASU and the Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) have launched anti-CAA protests...

NIA offered instant bail if I agreed to join BJP or RSS: Jailed Akhil Gogoi

Guwahati: Jailed Anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi, who is contesting assembly elections in the Assam assembly elections have alleged that he was offered instant bail by NIA officials if he would be agreed to join BJP or RSS.In a letter...

Assam: BJP to enact laws on ‘Love Jihad’ & ‘Land Jihad’ if voted back to power

Guwahati: Assam could become the first state in India to pass multiple laws against `Love Jihad’ and `Land Jihad’ if BJP is voted back to power in the state.In the manifesto released today by BJP President J P Nadda,...

Himanta Biswa Sarma owns assets worth Rs 1.7 cr; family income up by Rs 10 cr in five years

Guwahati: NEDA convenor and Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has only Rs 25,000 in cash, bank term deposits of over Rs 50 lakh, and no bonds, shares or insurance policies.The minister, in his affidavit submitted as a BJP...

Congress supports those who want to defame Assam tea: Modi

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Congress supports those who want to defame the famous Assam tea.Addressing an election rally at Chabua in Upper Assam, Modi said that he was pained to see that the grand old...

Congress releases manifesto for Assam with five guarantees

Guwahati: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday released the party's manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in Assam with five guarantees to the voters.In the manifesto, Congress has promised to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which triggered massive protests...

Rahul’s two-day visit to poll-bound Assam starts today

Guwahati: After the election dates were announced for Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will start his first two-day long trip to the poll-bound state from today.Congress star campaigner, during his two-day visit, will interact with the youths, address three...

Congress will unite people of Assam: Surjewala

Guwahati: In poll-bound Assam, Congress today said that contrary to BJPs politics of division the party will focus on uniting the people of Assam and it posed ten questions to the Modi government about unfulfilled promises made to the...

Assam: Vaishnavite Saint Sankardeva highlighted issue of infiltration to country, says Yogi

Guwahati: Connecting the vexed issue of illegal migration with the revered 15th century Vaishnavite saint from Assam, BJPs star campaigner and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Thursday said that Srimanta Sankardeva was a visionary, who promoted `cultural...

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AVYAY cataract screening camp held in Kakching

Kakching: A special Cataract Detection and Surgery Camp of Senior Citizens under the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY) was...