The Congress party on Saturday released the first list of candidates for the Assam assembly elections. State Congress president Ripun Bora will contest from Gohpur constituency in the first phase of elections. The party has not yet announced its candidate for the Titabor constituency which was earlier held by former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi. […]

In a glimmer of hope for the two families of abducted Quippo employees, the ULFA (Independent) on Saturday released a fresh statement saying that they will release the two oil company employees soon. A letter signed by the publicity secretary of the outfit claimed that there is no issues related to the release of the […]

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sivasagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal. Announcing the list of 18 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Gogoi, who is in judicial custody after arrest during the […]

Founding AGP president and former two-time Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is all set to once again sever ties with the party he had founded and could in likelihood join hands with the Congress. Mahanta was denied the ticket from Barhampur – the seat he has been representing for seven straight terms since 1985 […]

Former Congress MLA from 21 Mankachar legislative assembly, Aminul Islam has joined the Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party (NP{P) on Saturday. Another former MLA from Asom Gana Parishad, Bhuban Baruah has also joined the NPP. Baruah, who represented Chabua was a minister in Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s cabinet. He had won the Chabua assembly constituency in […]

Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, Former Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday. Rajbongshi joined the BJP at its state headquarters in presence of state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneswar Kalita, Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das and other top leaders. The former Assam […]

Congress leader and former Member of Parliament Sushmita Dev has been left annoyed with the seat-sharing method employed in the party’s alliance with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam ahead of the assembly polls. According to sources, Sushmita, who is the president of the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), is upset with the […]

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was on Saturday felicitated by the BCCI on the 50th anniversary of his Test debut with Board President Sourav Ganguly saying that the batting legend and his then teammates played a key role in making “the game as strong as it is today”. The 71-year-old former skipper received a commemorative […]

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet before the Special NIA Court here against three bodo terrorists in connection with the killing of former Additional Superintendent of Police, Gulzar Hussain in 2014. In a statement, the NIA said that the chargesheet against three accused – namely Bishnu Narzary alias Berama, Nitul Daimary […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday flagged off a cycle rally organised as part of the week-long celebration of Jan Aushadi Divas, 2021. “Flagged off a cycle rally organised as part of the week-long celebration of #JanAushadiDiwas2021. Generic quality medicines are being provided to people at affordable prices under #PradhanMantriBhartiyaJanAushadiPariyojana,” CM Biren Singh […]