Tag: Assam
As Assembly polls in four states and one union territory is to begin from March 27, the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament is likely to be cut short and concluded on Thursday, sources said. ....
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that Assam would be made free from illegal immigration and floods, adding that the government has already been successful in eliminating terrorism and agitation from the state. ....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the people of Assam showed the "red card" to the Congress-led grand alliance during the first phase of the Assembly polls on March 27 and gave their approval stamp to the state's incumbent "double-engine government". ....
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday asked the Election Commission (EC) to act 'decisively" after an EVM was found in the BJP MLAs vehicle in Assam. ....
The Election Commission on Friday ordered repoll at a polling station in the Ratabari Assembly seat of Assam after the EVM was found in a BJP candidate's vehicle on Thursday evening. ....
By securing 101 seats in the 126-member Assam Assembly, the Congress led 'Mahajot' would form the government on May 5 and in the first session of the Vidhan Sabha, it would initiate the process of implementing its 'five guarantees' for the state, AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed here on Friday. ....
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will be formed in West Bengal and the party would retain power for the second time in Asam.....
Himanta Biswa Sarma was on Monday sworn-in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam, a day after he was named as the leader of the newly-elected BJP legislators in the state. ....
Assam and Mizoram held a crucial ministerial level meeting on Thursday where they decided to maintain peace along the inter-state border, welcomed deployment on neutral central forces, and agreed that they would not send their respective forces and officials to the troubled border areas. ....
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested Ashok Saikia, the eldest son of former Assam Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia, in a bank loan default case. ....