As the day progressed, the ruling Trinamool Congress seemed to have an advantage in the race as the Trinamool Congress is leading in 202 seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 77 seats as per the initial trends. The trends pointing towards TMC crossing the halfway mark in the state having 294 assembly […]

United People’s Party Liberal’s Lawrence Islary has won from the Kokrajhar East seat by a vote margin of 18,306. UPPL candidate Lawrence Islary defeated senior BPF leader and six-time MLA Pramila Rani Brahma in the Kokrajhar East constituency. After the 15th round of polling, Lawrence Islary amassed 63,737 votes while Pramila Rani Brahma got 45,431 […]

According to early trends in the counting of votes in Assam Assembly elections, the ruling BJP-led NDA surged ahead of the grand alliance spearheaded by Congress and is leading in 81 seats. The Congress’ grand alliance is ahead in 39 seats, according to available trends. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora is trailing […]

Top BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma is leading in Jalukbari with 24,947 votes after the four rounds of counting. Sarma, who has been representing the Jalukbari seat since 2001 is trailing his Congress rival Romen Borthakur by 15,927 votes. Earlier in the day, Borthakur claimed he would defeat Dr. Sarma by getting around 90,000 votes. […]

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora is leading from Bokakhat constituency. In the first round of counting, Bora gathered 4508 votes. Grand alliance candidate Pranab Doley got 1,040 votes against Bora. On the other hand, Raijor Dal candidate Jiban Chandra Bora and former MLA, independent candidate Jiten Gogoi got 335 and 205 votes in […]

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal is leading in the Majuli. The vote counting for the Majuli seat began on Sunday morning at 8 am amid Covid protocols. In the first round of counting, Sonowal is leading by 5,338 votes over Rajib Lochan Pegu of the Congress after the end of second round. While the initial […]

The counting of votes for the Assam Assembly elections, 2021 began at 8 am amid tight security and strict Covid-safety protocols on Sunday morning. Vote counting is underway at 331 halls across the State. The votes will be counted for 126 constituencies in 50 election districts adhering to safety protocols issued by the Election Commission. […]

The UNICEF said on Saturday that it sent critical lifesaving supplies, including 3,000 oxygen concentrators, to help India amid the ravaging second coronavirus wave. The United Nations child rights agency has supplied more than 500 high-flow nasal cannulas and 85 RT-PCR machines. It is supporting the procurement and installation of 25 oxygen plants for hospitals […]

Assam is set for the Assembly elections results to be out tomorrow. The polls for 126-member Assam assembly seats were held in three phases from March 27 to April 6. Altogether 946 candidates were in the fray for the election to the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly. The elections were held in three phases on March […]

Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday promised to provide “extra care” to Olympic-bound athletes ahead of the showpiece event. The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23-August 8 this year after getting postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 crisis has gripped India and the country has been […]