Social activist Anna Hazare and his co-activists Swami Agnivesh here on Friday demanded that electronic voting machines used in the recently-concluded elections in Assam should be examined by an independent panel of expert.

The credit for a land-sliding victory of the Congress Party in Assam certainly goes to chief minister Tarun Gogoi but contribution of his health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who with his managerial skill and aggressive management of elections succeeded in outsmarting the opponents, cannot be ignored.

Till corruption is removed from the country, people would not get their true freedom, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare said here today.

Addressing a rally against corruption here, the 72-ye

Veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi here on Wednesday scripted a new history by taking over the office of Assam chief minister for the third successive term. Assam governor J.B. Patnaik administered the oath of office and secrecy to 76-year-old Gogoi in Assamese at Durbara Hall of Raj Bhavan.

In what was a mere formality, veteran Congress leader Tarun Gogoi was unanimously elected as leader of the Assam Pradesh Congress Legislature Party for the third consecutive term on Tuesday.

With Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi all set to take the oath on Wednesday, hectic lobbying has started among legislators to find a place in the new council of ministers.

Tarun Gogoi was set to be sworn in as Assam’s chief minister for the third straight term after being unanimously chosen leader by the 77 newly elected legislators on Tuesday.

Regional Asom Gana Parishad president Chandra Mohan Patowary here on Sunday resigned from his post while accepting moral responsibility for the party’s dismal performance in the Assembly elections.

As he had promised, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi led his party to a hat-trick victory, with the Congress winning an absolute majority of 78 in the 126-member Assembly.

If the development plank the Congress rode on in the two previous elections endeared itself to voters in Assam, the near-absence of militancy for a considerable time made the party's position stronger in the 2011 Assembly election.