Assam recorded a voter turnout of 57.89 percent till 3:10 pm across 39 constituencies during the second phase of the state assembly polls, as per figure provided by the Election Commission of India. The Nalbari constituency has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 71 per cent till 3.10 pm, while the […]

The Centre has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh besides four police station areas in three other districts bordering Assam by another six months, and declared them “disturbed” in view of continuing activities of banned insurgent groups. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, […]

Assam recorded a voter turnout of 38.08 per cent till 1.10 pm across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission of India. The Nowgowg constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 54.10 per cent till […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed Congress and said that the ongoing Assam Assembly election is a “battle” between the Congress-AIUDF grand alliance’s ‘maha jhooth’ (great lies) and National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) maha vikas (great development). Addressing a public rally in Kokrajhar, PM Modi said, “Football is very popular among youth here. If I […]

Megastar Rajinikanth will be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019, India’s highest film honour. The award will be given to the star for his stupendous contribution to the world of Indian cinema. The news was announced by Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Thursday. “Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke […]

Congress leader Sushmita Dev cast her vote at a polling station in Silchar during the second phase of Assembly elections in Assam on Thursday. Speaking to the mediapersons after casting her vote, Dev said, “Mahajot (grand alliance) is an inclusive alliance. BJP is a communal alliance.” Assam recorded a voter turnout of 22.85 per cent […]

India reported 72,330 new COVID-19 cases and 459 related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Thursday. With these additional cases, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country reached 1,22,21,665. With 459 new deaths, the death toll in India has soared up to 1,62,927. There are 5,84,055 active […]

Assam recorded a voter turnout of 21.71 percent till 11 am across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly elections, as per data provided by the Election Commission of India. The Rangia constituency has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 35.58 per cent, while Lumding […]

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) President Badruddin Ajmal cast his vote at polling station No 21 in Hojai during the second phase of Assembly elections in Assam on Thursday. “PM Modi and Amit Shah have said they’ll send Bangladeshi infiltrators back. I want to ask them how many Bangladeshis have been sent back till […]

Voting for the second and penultimate phase of Assam assembly elections on Thursday was temporarily stopped at polling stations at Silchar and Nagaon due to EVM malfunctions. In Silchar, the polling station number 146 at Nirtamoyee Balika Vidyalaya reported the malfunction, while the breakdown in Nagaon was reported at polling station number 26 at Nowgong […]