The Congress list of 118 candidates, which was announced on Sunday in New Delhi, did not have any surprise as majority of the controversial Congress leaders managed to get nominations.

In a significant development the Gauhati high court has directed the Election Commission of India to find out the number of cases of doubtful voters (D-Voters) pending in various Foreigners’ Tribunals in Assam and also to ensure that such suspected foreigners name in the electoral rolls are categorized as D-voters debarring them from voting rights.

The All-India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has finalised the list of candidates for 84 Assembly segments, but delayed its declaration saying that it was waiting for the ruling Congress Party to announce its nominee for the Legislative Assembly Constituencies (LACs) of Barak Valley, North Bank and the Upper Assam districts, which are

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s remark on granting refugee status to Hindu-Bengali migrants has created a major controversy in the state with the Opposition BJP, AGP and AIUDF criticising the Congress of playing politics on “sensitive and emotional” issues.

Fearing a setback from decision of All-India United Democratic Front’s decision to contest 86 seats, the Congress leadership has started damage control exercise by fine-tuning its straining relationship with Bodoland Peoples’ Front besides appeasing the Hindu Bengalis in Assam.

In what is being seen as an attempt to woo Hindu Bengali voters ahead of the Assembly elections, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday adopted the line of BJP and announced that the ruling Congress party would seek refugee status for the displaced Hindu Bengalis, who fled East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, fearing prosecution.

In what may embarrass the ruling Congress party the most, Assam BJP here on Sunday announced to field at least two native Muslim candidates in the ensuing Assembly elections while accusing the ruling

The battle lines are drawn for the Assembly polls scheduled for April 7 and 11 in Assam with major political parties fine tuning its alliances and “tactical understanding”, a word very popular among the political parties during the ensuing elections in Assam.

The infighting within the rank and file of the ruling Congress has come to open with PCC chief Bhuwneswar Kalita revoking the suspension of former education minister Ripun Bora, a week after Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi announced that former education minister Bora, who was caught red-handed in his attempt to bribe a CBI officer in New Delhi, would not be given party ticket.

The inter-ministerial committee of secretaries has expressed deep concern over the construction of canal and two large dams over Tsangpo river in Tibet and decided to mount pressure on Beijing by using the UN convention on Law of Non-Navigation Uses of International Watercourses, which disallows countries from barring natural