70.66% voter turnout in Assam for second phase LS polls
Darang-Udalgauri seat recorded the highest polling of 72.99 per cent while Silchar recorded the lowest turnout at 65.57 per cent.
Darang-Udalgauri seat recorded the highest polling of 72.99 per cent while Silchar recorded the lowest turnout at 65.57 per cent.
Polling is underway for seven parliamentary seats of North East -- five from Assam and one each from Manipur and Tripura -- in the second phase on Friday.
The roadshow was organised to generate support for Parimal Suklabaidya, Lok Sabha candidate of BJP from Silchar seat.
Lauding the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma highlighted the 11 agreements signed with various militant groups in the past decade to ensure lasting peace in the state.
The Dibrugarh constituency, from where Union Minister Sarbanada Sonowl is contesting, recorded a voter turnout of 60 per cent, according to the Election Commission India (ECI) data.
Among the injured, five individuals are reported to be in critical condition and are currently receiving intensive medical care.
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has provisionally suspended star sprinter Hima Das for three whereabouts failures in the past 12…
This financial support to Assam Petrochemicals (APL) aims to facilitate the establishment of a 500-tonne-per-day methanol plant in Namrup in Upper Assam and a 200-tonne-per-day formalin plant in Boitamari, in lower Assam.
There is a race to replicate successful models from other states to win over the crucial voters.
Of the 149 suggestions received by the Assam government on the Bill, 146 were in favour of the legislation while three organisations expressed their opposition to it.