Polling underway in 7 seats in NE, 14 % in initial hrs in Assam, Outer Manipur
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.
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.
In a significant electoral overhaul, Assam braces for its first polls under the revamped parliamentary constituencies, slated for April 19.
A drug trafficker was shot in the leg while trying to flee from police custody in Karbi Anglong district, officials said on Thursday.
The Assam government on Wednesday said that it has decided to provide scooters to meritorious students who passed the Higher Secondary (Class 12) examination and will distribute 3.78 lakh bicycles amongst the students of Class 9 of the state.
Six people, including a BJP leader, have been arrested on the charges of human trafficking in Murajhar in Assam's Hojai district, officials said on Wednesday.
A teenager allegedly committed suicide after her boyfriend made their private pictures and videos public, a police official said on Tuesday.
Police arrested a man for the alleged rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in the Sonapur area of Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district.