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Assam Assembly polls: Covid-19 safety protocols followed at polling booths

Polling is underway in Assam for the second phase of assembly elections and Covid-19 safety protocols are being followed at various polling booths

Voting temporarily halted due to EVM malfunction in Assam's Silchar, Nagaon

Voting for the second and penultimate phase of Assam assembly elections on Thursday was temporarily stopped at polling stations at Silchar and Nagaon due to EVM malfunctions.

Polling begins for 39 seats in second phase of Assam Assembly elections

Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 39 seats in the second phase of assembly elections in Assam amid tight security, officials said

BJP will not allow Assam to become infiltrators hub again: Amit Shah

Shah on Wednesday told AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal sternly that BJP will not allow Assam to become a hub for infiltrators again

Assam polls 2021: Rahul accuses BJP of doing nothing in name of development

'The public has understood that there is no relation between jumlas (rhetoric) and development,' Gandhi said

Assam elections: Several ministers, Deputy Speaker in fray in second phase

The fate of Assam Ministers including Piyush Hazarika, Bhabesh Kalita and Deputy Speaker of State Assembly Aminul Haque Laskar will be decided in the second phase of Assembly polls on Thursday

Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit, weapons recovered in Assam's Kokrajhar

Assam Police recovered arms and ammunition including three AK 56, three AK 56 magazines and 157 rounds of bullets in the Gossaigaon area of Kokrajhar on Monday

Assam: BJP expels 7 more leaders for contesting against party candidates

The ruling BJP in Assam on Sunday expelled seven more leaders from the party for six years for contesting as Independent candidates against the party's official candidates

Borderline issues

Indo-Bangla bonhomie masks critical gaps

Assam witnessing fewer terror incidents in the last 5 years, shows data

According to the 2019-20 annual report published by the MHA, Assam witnessed 153 insurgency-related incidents between 2016 and 2019

Register FIRs against Nadda, Sonowal for ads on Assam outcome: Cong to EC

With the BJP advertising claims of winning all seats in upper Assam, the Congress on Sunday said it is in violation of model code of conduct

Assam Election 2021 LIVE: 72.1% polling recorded till 6 pm, says ECI

Assam Election 2021 LIVE updates: Around 8,109,815 voters will decide the fate of 264 candidates which includes big shots like Chief Minister Sarbananada Sonowal

Assam elections: Polling for 47 seats tomorrow, 8.1 million people eligible

Polling will begin at 7 am in 47 constituencies across 12 districts in the first phase of Assam elections where the ruling BJP and Congress-AIUDF alliance are locked in a direct electoral contest

High-pitched campign for first phase election in Assam comes to end

The poll on Saturday will decide the fate of 247 candidates

Assam's economic development picks up pace. Can state finances keep up?

The share of agriculture in Assam's GSDP has declined between FY15 and FY19, but due to its weak finances, the state govt has not been able to fully provide for the needs of the emerging sectors

BJP wants to scale newer heights of progress in Assam: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there has been significant progress in Assam over the last five years and asserted that the BJP now wants to scale newer heights of progress

11% candidates declared criminal cases in phase 2 Assam polls: ADR

There are 345 candidates contesting after this phase

Will work on corrected NRC for Assam's protection, says BJP's JP Nadda

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released its manifesto for Assam Assembly polls and promised to work on a corrected National Register of Citizens (NRC) for state's protection

Unable to afford LPG refills, Assam's tea workers demand wage hike

Tea workers in Assam, while demanding a wage hike, said they are unable to refill their LPG cylinders as the cost has gone out of their reach

Assam assembly polls: 323 candidates in fray for 40 seats in third phase

Altogether 323 candidates are in the fray for 40 constituencies going to the polls in the third and final phase in Assam on April 6, for which the last date of withdrawal of nomination was Monday