The high-voltage campaign for 62 Assembly constituencies in Assam going to the polls in the first phase on April 4 ended here on Saturday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing two rallies.

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The growth of population in the frontier state of Assam has declined but higher growth rate of population in bordering districts remains an area of concern.
Disclosing that population of Assam has grown to 3.11 crores, R.K. Das, the director of Census operation Assam, told reporters that state has registered an average growth rate of 16.93 per cent which not only less than 2001 Census but also below the national growth rate of population 17.64 per cent.

The election commission of India has mobilised 350 companies of paramilitary forces to conduct free and fair polling in Assam.
Disclosing that army and commandos engaged in counter-insurgency operations would continue to dominate the fringe and vulnerable area, the additional chief

The BJP president Nitin Gadkari here on Thursday committed to prevent infiltration from Bangladesh by implementing state-of-the-art technology on the lines of Israel along the state's international border.

With three more days to go for the first phase of polling to begin on April 4, political parties have intensified their campaigning in Upper Assam’s tea belt where tea tribe communities hold the trump card.

Ulfa has called a 12-hour Assam bandh on April 2 to protest Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed visit to the state to campaign for party candidates for the first phase of Assembly elections, due on April 4.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday accussed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pursuing lopsided policies while BJP star L.K. Advani charged her with dictating Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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BJP president Nitin Gadkari accused the Congress of betraying the people of Assam by claiming to have established the petroleum institute in Sivasagar when it was being set up at Rae Bareli, the constituency of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Former chief minister and AGP’s star campaigner Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Wednesday dared the Election Commission of India to prove its tall claims by stopping the alleged massive use of black money by candidates of ruling Congress party in Assam.

As many as 35,000 personnel from various security forces have come to Assam to assist 9,600 jawans in the state to ensure law and order during the two-phase Assembly polls on April 4 and 11.