In a significant development, police here on Sunday arrested noted RTI activist Akhil Gogoi on charges of violating the model code of conduct for elections.
Mr Gogoi, who was addressing a press conference at the Guwahati Press Club against corruption, was asked by the Kamrup Metro district administration to stop his press conference.

Disappointed over the massive misuse of government machinery, the opposition Asom Gana Parishad here on Sunday accused that the Election Commission of India has been reduced into a paper tiger as far as ensuing elections in Assam is concerned.

Polling for the second and final phase of elections in 64 of the 126 assembly seats in Assam began Monday at 7 a.m. and proceeded peacefully with 14 percent turnout in the first two hours, officials s

Brisk polling was recorded on Monday in the second and final phase of elections for 64 assembly constituencies in Assam, with an estimated 22 per cent of voters exercising their franchise in the first

Voting ended peacefully in the second and final phase of elections in 64 of the 126 assembly constituencies in Assam on Monday with an estimated 65-70 per cent polling recorded, officials said.

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The second and final phase of polling ended in Assam on Monday with more than 70 per cent electorate coming out to exercise their franchise.

Disclosing that about 70.35 per cent electorates exercised

Wary of losing votes in the Assamese heartland, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday denied having any link with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF).

Electioneering for the 64 Assembly constituencies going to the polls in the second and final phase on April 11 in Assam, came to an end on Saturday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi said here on Friday that the BJP, which is raking up the issue Bangladeshi infiltration, did nothing to check the influx from while in power at the Centre.

More than a month of the pre-poll slanging match between the ruling Congress and the opposition in Assam will end on Monday when the second and final phase of Assembly elections will be held in 64 of its 126 constituencies.