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Morigaon district police trace 158 of those who gave the slip Fourteen of at least 300 passengers who rushed out of a railway station in central Assam two days ago have tested COVID-19 positive, according to officials. The passengers, many of them returnees from Kerala, got off Vivek Express at Morigaon district’s Jagiroad railway station […]
Campaign powerhouse Himanta Biswa Sarma is seen as a contender The BJP on Monday indicated that central observers may be sent to Assam in a day or two even as internal consultation on how to determine who would be the next Chief Minister has already begun. The BJP returned to power in Assam with Sarbananda […]
Roadmap in place for enforcement of COVID protocols and conducting safe and peaceful counting, police says. Both the Mitrajot and Mahajot alliances are exuding confidence about forming the next government in Assam ahead of the counting of results of the Assam Assembly elections on Sunday. Mitrajot is the four-party alliance headed by the BJP that […]
20 aftershocks of varying magnitudes recorded The quake of 6.4 magnitude on Wednesday morning damaged 576 structures, including high-rise apartments, two bridges and a river embankment across 18 districts of Assam, officials said on Thursday. The State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) also recorded 20 aftershocks of magnitudes varying from 2.3 to 4.7 since the major […]
AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal does not realise that the the lock and key (AIUDF symbol) is in the hands of the people of Assam}, Amit Shah said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 31 told AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal sternly that BJP will not allow Assam to become a hub for infiltrators again after […]
Political parties make claims and counter claims in the run-up to the next two rounds on April 1 and 6. The heavy polling in the first phase in Assam has triggered a psychological warfare among political parties for the next two phases that vote on April 1 and April 6. Hours after all prominent newspapers […]
“There is no unanimity among the BJP leaders on the number of seats they are expected to win as they want to mislead people and hide their failure,” says Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora on March 29 questioned the need for the saffron […]
Stakes high for BJP and AGP, which together won 35 of the 47 seats in this phase in 2016 Campaigning for the first phase of the Assam Assembly elections covering 47 of the 126 constituencies came to an end on Thursday. The stakes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) […]
Sanjukta Dutta shines the spotlight on Assam’s beautiful textiles. Designer Sanjukta Dutta has always reminded us about the beauty and tradition of Indian textiles. Her latest collection, Shukoolaa, meaning bright and white, featured a line of traditional and Indo-Western styles. And she had the gorgeous Lara Dutta Bhupathi as her showstopper. It was such a […]
Days after calling Lachit Borphukan a freedom fighter, Modi waxed eloquent on the military strategist. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called 17th century Ahom general Lachit Borphukan a symbol of India’s “atmanirbhar” military might. He waxed eloquent on the legendary military strategist days after referring to him as a freedom fighter who “contributed to […]