Record 85.96 pc voter turnout in Assam assembly pollsAssam has achieved a historic voter turnout of 85.96 per cent in its recent assembly elections. This marks the highest participation in the...
Assam Assembly Elections: In Assam, result wait takes spiritual turnAssembly elections ended in Assam on April 11. Counting of votes is on May 19, more than a month later. For many of the big players, this u...
Tarun Gogoi has edge over first-time BJP MP in JorhatTitabor in Jorhat district has elected Tarun Gogoi consecutively since 2001 after his brother Dip Gogoi vacated the seat for him.
The trident of dissent, dynastic rule and Kokrajhar violence led to Congress's defeat in AssamGogoi has to restore people’s confidence that the state will protect and work for them. Otherwise, Assam will be lost to the Congress in 20...
BJP gains four seats, Congress loses five and gains one in AssamThe BJP finished as runners-up in five constituencies while the Congress was second in eight constituencies and an independent in one.
33 electronic voting machines (EVMs) out of order in Assam, 29 replacedAt least 33 electronic voting machines (EVMs) malfunctioned in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam where polling began this morning.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Faults in at least 33 EVMs in Assam, 29 replacedAuthorities replaced 29 faulty machines. While nine were replaced in Kaliabor, six were changed in Lakhimpur, five each in Tezpur and Dibru...
LS polls 2014: UK-born wife learning Assamese to campaign for Gaurav GogoiGaurav is trying his luck in politics for the first time from the seat which his father won thrice and so has his uncle Dip Gogoi, the sitt...
Assam CM's son working to advantage of BJP: Mrinal Kumar SaikiaMrinal Kumar Saikia, BJP candidate for the Kaliabor seat, said, the canvassing against Narendra Modi by Gourav Gogoi was giving publicity t...
Six-time Congress MP Bijoy Krishna Handique locked in keen tussle in JorhatJorhat will see 6-time sitting Cong MP Handique battle it out against BJP's Tasa, a tea tribe leader, and AGP's Prodip Hazarika.
Tarun Gogoi to resign if Congress wins less than 7 seat in AssamAssam CM Tarun Gogoi will resign from his post if Cong wins less than seven of 14 Lok Sahba seats in Assam.
- Violence against N-E students: MPs ask Centre to take action
Anguished over the violence against Northeastern students , several MPs have asked the Centre to advise the concerned states to take firm a...
- Assam polls: 25% voting in the first four hours
An estimated 25 per cent of the electorate cast its franchise in the first four hours of polling in 62 Assam Assembly constituencies today ...
- Gogoi casts vote, confident of Congress win
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi cast his vote in Jorhat town and expressed confidence that Congress would form the government for the third straight t...
- Assam CM hopeful of Congress victory
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said the Congress would definitely win more than the nine seats it had won in the state in 200...
- LS seat in Upper Assam to witness brothers' fight
While Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s brother Dip Gogoi is the Congress candidate, perfume baron and Assam United Democratic Front’s (AU...
- Chatterjee to lead Parliamentary delegation to Bulgaria
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will lead a six-member Parliamentary delegation to Bulgaria.