Gadkari, Hema on campaign trail, other stars lined up
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari and film actress and MP Hema Malini on Thursday hit the campaign trail in Barak Valley in eastern Assam to woo voters.
Assam: I-T verifying candidates’ declarations
The involvement of the Income Tax department in the election process has started yielding positive results with I-T sleuths recovering more than `1 crore in cash and `2 crore in gold and silver during
Assam: Block officers working as Congress agents, says AGP
Even after repeated reminders by the Chief Election Commission of India to transfer officers serving for more than three years at one place, the AGP has cliamed that the state government authorities h
Candidate list leaves Gogoi unhappy
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has opened the Pandora’s box of controversy by confessing that in selection of candidate everything was not done, the way he and his party proposed.
Assam: BJP for post-poll alliance with non-Cong parties
In an indication of the optimism of the BJP to be part of a ruling combination at any cost, BJP national general secretary Arti Mehra on Saturday said the party is willing to go for a post-poll allian
Assam: Veteran Muslim leaders quit Cong to join AIUDF
In what may prove to be a major setback for the ruling Congress party in Assam, former chief minister and veteran Congress leader Anwara Taimur and former minister Abdul Muktadir Choudhury on Friday r
Parties to rope in heavyweights
Bogged down by charges of corruption and disproportionate assets of ministers, the ruling Congress party has chalked out an extensive plan to put Congress heavyweights—Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, AICC president Sonia Gandhi and youth icon, Rahul Gandhi to lead the battle from the front.
In Assam, Diggy struggles to douse fire
AICC general secretary and in-charge of party affairs in Assam Digvijay Singh on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of reviewing the list of Congress nominees for the ensuing Assembly elections in Assam.
Cong leaders injured in Ulfa blast at party HQ in Assam
Suspected Ulfa rebels on Monday triggered a powerful bomb blast at Rajiv Bhavan, the Assam Congress headquarters in Guwahati, leaving five Congressmen seriously injured. These included the state party spokesperson and a PCC general secretary. The attack took place exactly three weeks before the two-phase Assembly elections begin in the state on April 4.
Union urged not to vote for Cong
In what may have serious setback for the ruling Congress party in Western Assam districts, the All Koch Rajbonshi Students Union on Monday called upon voters of Assam not to vote for the ruling Congress in the ensuing Assembly election.