NEDA Convener and Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday informed that all his rallies and public meetings stand cancelled following the Election Commission’s decision to bar him from campaigning for the next 48 hours. Taking to Twitter, Sarma said, “I am asked by ECI to stop campaigning for next 48 hours. […]

The United Liberation Front of Asom—ULFA (Independent) has released two abducted employees of New Delhi-headquartered Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited. The banned outfit released Pranab Kumar Gogoi and Ram Kumar, the abducted staffers of the private oil firm. Pranab Kumar Gogoi, drilling superintendent and Ram Kumar, a radio operator with the oil company were […]

The final poll percentage for the second phase of assembly polls in Assam is 80.96 per cent, 1.03 per cent more than the first phase total of 79.93 per cent, election officials said on Friday. The voting percentage was mentioned as 77.21 per cent at the end of polling Thursday but as per the updated […]

India crossed a significant milestone in its fight against COVID-19 as the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 7.3 crore mark, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. A total of 7,30,54,295 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. “Cumulatively, 7,30,54,295 vaccine […]

Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s off-roading skills on a Mahindra Thar has taken the social media by surprise, including Anand Mahindra. Last week, the chief minister had visited Vijaynagar, a remote outpost in East Arunachal yet to be connected with a motorable road. The 157 km journey lasted 2 days and the road he used […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday sought an inquiry by the Election Commission after a huge political row erupted over a polling team in Assam being found carrying an EVM in the vehicle belonging to the wife of a BJP candidate. Taking cognizance of the controversy, the poll panel suspended the presiding officer of the […]

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Railways has logged in the highest-ever figures in the electrification of routes over the past year with a jump of over 37 per cent. The Railways logged in the electrification of sections covering 6,015 Route Kilometer (RKM) in a single year during 2020-21. “The latest Broad Gauge network […]

The Congress party has become ‘mentally bankrupt’, said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda on Friday while hitting out at Opposition parties in Assam for ‘indulging in politics of opportunism’ ahead of the third phase of the state assembly elections. “When I look at our rivals, I say they indulge in politics of opportunism […]

A war of words has erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing an EVM being found in a BJP candidate’s car in Patharkandi constituency following the second round of polling in Assam. While Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded Election Commission to take […]

With the construction of a 2.5 km four-lane concrete road and a one-lane 25-km bitumen Solapur-Bijapur road within 24 hrs, India has made three world records, said Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday. “We made three world records this month. India now holds the world record for the fastest road […]