Gauhati HC declares Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania ineligible to contest electionsSarania was to seek re-election from Kokrajhar. The court dismissed a petition by Sarania challenging a January 12 order of the state-level...
19 Apr, 2024, 09.04 AM IST
HC declares Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania ineligible for contestSarania was to seek re-election from Kokrajhar. The Gauhati high Court dismissed a petition Sarania challenging a January 12 order of the s...
18 Apr, 2024, 11.55 PM IST
Assam Election: Nomination papers of 28 candidates of second phase rejected during scrutinyAltogether 408 candidates had filed their nominations for the 39 constituencies going to polls on April one and 28 of these were rejected d...
16 Mar, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
BJP, UPPL and GSP join hands for formation of Bodoland Territorial CouncilThe BJP on Sunday decided to join hands with the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) and the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP) to jointly form the...
13 Dec, 2020, 05.23 PM IST
All party meeting to discuss holding election in Bodoland Territorial Region chaired todayHealth Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, in view of possibility of rapid increase in the spread of coronavirus in the forthcoming fes...
06 Oct, 2020, 09.19 PM IST
Targeting the council polls, BJP to strengthen base in BodolandThe sixth scheduled area of Indian constitution, Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) is going to polls to early next year. BPF is r...
22 Aug, 2019, 07.24 PM IST
BJP improves tally in Assam, bags nine of 14 seatsThe Congress has been able to bag three parliamentary constituencies and the AIUDF and an Independent one each, the results made available ...
24 May, 2019, 11.48 AM IST
BJP eyes best performance in Northeast; leads in AssamBJP contested a total of 18 seats in the region that has a total 25 seats up for grabs. The rest were contested by allies.
24 May, 2019, 06.38 AM IST
Phase 3 in Assam to test BJP allies' luckAGP is contesting from the minority-dominated Barpeta and Dhubri seats while BPF is contesting from Kokrajhar.
19 Apr, 2019, 09.02 AM IST
Kokrajhar tense after student leader shot dead“It is too early to pinpoint at anyone as of now. There could be involvement of militants or there could be some other angle," DGP said.
02 Aug, 2017, 11.52 PM IST
If you take up arms, you don’t necessarily become a terrorist: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania"I am an Indian and I have responsibilities towards all fellow Indians. But why did I join ULFA? Because I love Assam and its people," said...
14 Aug, 2016, 05.41 AM IST
Battleground Assam: What makes it a melting potThe Assam Agitation that capped six years of anti-foreigner movement from 1979 to 1985, also impacted the way the state votes.
24 Mar, 2016, 10.44 AM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: 70.6% voting recorded in AssamAn estimated 70.6% of voters exercised their franchise in third & final phase of LS polls in Assam which witnessed poll violence in Kokrajh...
24 Apr, 2014, 08.23 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: 37 per cent voting recorded in Assam till noonEVM malfunctioning was reported in several polling centres but voting continued after the EVMs were replaced, the sources said.
24 Apr, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: 17 pc voting in first two hours in AssamAround 17 per cent votes were cast in the first two hours of polling in six Lok Sabha seats in Assam today amidst tight security.
24 Apr, 2014, 11.09 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Cases pending against seven candidates in AssamAltogether 7 candidates in the fray in the 3rd and final phase of Lok Sabha polls of April 24, including two sitting MPs, have cases pendin...
20 Apr, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Kokrajhar: Ex-ULFA militant, former governor in poll fraySeventy-seven people lost their lives in the violence in 2012 between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims which also left more than four lak...
19 Apr, 2014, 01.45 PM IST