Dibrugarh, Jorhat among 9 Assam seats that will witness keen contestAssam Lok Sabha polls feature key battles in Dibrugarh and Jorhat. Incumbents face new challengers amidst shifting alliances and demographi...
Assam government requests EC to hold Lok Sabha polls in the state before Bohag Bihu festivalAssam government requests early Lok Sabha polls before Bohag Bihu festival. Assam has 14 Lok Sabha seats. This is the first election in Ass...
Lok Sabha Polls: Political parties navigate challenges in selecting candidates amid Assam's redrawn political landscapeCongress's Gaurav Gogoi is looking to shift his constituency to Nagaon. Gogoi' Lok sabha constituency Koliabor ceased to exist, and a new c...
BJP's first list of candidates for 2024 Lok Sabha Polls out; PM Modi to contest from Varanasi. Check full list hereThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its initial list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, featuring over 195 names. Not...
Assam Congress asks its leaders to refrain from discussing alliance and seat sharing for LS polls in publicState president of the TMC Ripun Bora recently said they would place demand for five seats to the grand alliance including Karimganj. Assam...
TMC, Congress leaders join BJP in Assam"Suresh Bora, Nagaon District Congress president, Paritosh Roy, working president, Assam Pradesh Youth Congress, and Dilip Sarma, general s...
264 'crorepati' candidates in fray in Assam assembly pollsThe richest candidate in the arena is the United Peoples Party, Liberal (UPPL)s Kokrajhar West (ST) contestant Manaranjan Brahma, with tota...
Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipientsJaitley, Swaraj, Fernandes and Parrikar have been given the award posthumously, the officials said.
How original soundtracks for web shows are going mainstream in IndiaOTTs are giving rise to original soundtracks. Here's how the trend is catching on in India.
Samajwadi Party's prestige at stake in capital Lucknow's 9 seatsThe SP candidates include Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav and three ministers, one of whom was recently sacked.
No proposal to link Aadhaar with Railway passes: GovtThere are 16,360 officers in Group A and B categories and 13,12,449 officers in Group C and D categories in the Railways. Passes are issued...
Why militants and insurgents turn to politics, and the benefits of allying with themWho decides who is an insurgent “eligible” to return to democratic politics and who is a terrorist who should be tried and possibly hanged?
In Assam, political parties saw great highs and lows of electoral marginsWhile some candidates like Atul Bora won by a margin of more than a lakh votes, there were candidates who won by a margin of mere 500 votes.
BJP, allies secure simple majority in AssamBJP and its allies today secured simple majority by bagging 64 seats in the 126-member Assam Assembly.
Government working on faster trains with facilities: Railways Minister Suresh PrabhuTalking about faster trains, Prabhu said a Spanish company is involved in a project to reduce by 5 hours the time taken on the Delhi-Mumbai...
President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awardsPresident Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic me...