Brisk polling is what undergoing in Barpeta constituency along with five others in the last and third phase of General elections on Thursday.
Heavy turn out of voters is expected in this crucial constituency where 14,24,638 voters are expected to exercise their franchise in 1906 booths which will continue till 5 in the evening.
Sitting MP and Congress candidate Ismile Hussain is facing a keen contest with AIUDF candidate Sirajuddin Ajmal while BJP candidate Chandra Mohan Patowary and his AGP rival and former party colleague Phani Bhushan Chaudhury have been enjoying no less popularity and support.
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The Assam government is taking a slew of measures to battle with the killer swine flu which has already taken a toll of 17. Addressing press conference, Assam health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma...
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A BJP workshop on membership drive gets encouraging response in Pathsala area in Barpeta district. Local residents in large number thronged the workshop at the Bojali BJP office on Monday where where...
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Despite preventive measures, there has been steep rise in the number of death due to Japanese Encephalitis in the state.Disclosing this in the assembly on Thursday, health minister Dr Nazrul Islam...
Amidst the Coronavirus scare, a group of armed people has, reportedly, abducted three ONGC officials from its oil rig in Lakuwa, Sivasagar last night. As per reports, the abducted have been identified as Ritul Saikia, Titabor, Mohini Mohan Gogoi, Sivasagar and Alakesh Saikia of Jorhat. After receiving the information, the police have launched investigation.
Mentionable is that the ULFA(I) abducted two officials of an oil company a few months earlier and released them just a few days ago.
Former Chief Minister of Assam and senior Congress leader Dr. Bhumidhar Barman is no more. He was 91. The octogenarian political leader passed away today evening after a brief illness. He was also former health minister during the chief ministership of late Hiteswar Saikia from 1991 to 1996. After the demise of Saikia, Dr. Barman was elavated as the chief minister of the state for a brief while.
The Centre is likely to restore the employees' Dearness Allowances(DA) effective from July, this year. The government had decided to not dole out the Allowances after the onslaught of the new coronavirus and the subsequent prolonged lock-down imposed to contain the meance in the country However, as its earlier decision the government, reportedly, mulled to restore the DA, which would benefit lakhs of its empolyees.
On March this year, the government informed in the Parliament that the Central government employess' would receive the upcoming July DA.
If it happens, the DA of the Central Government employees would leap to 28 percent from the current 17 percent.
After a massive protest, the Central government has, reportedly, decided to restore the Rongali Bihu holiday for its employees posted in Assam.
The government, of late, announced no holiday in the upcoming bihu for its employees posted in the state, which has created a massive uproar.
Realising the gravity of the situation, the concerned authority announced restoration of the Rongali bihu holiday. In a meeting of the Central Govt. Employees Welfare Co-ordination Committee organised at the Accountant General office located in the Beltola area of the Guwahati, on Monday, it was resolved to restore the bihu holiday .
In a communique, the Committe's General Secretary said, “ As...
The Indian branch of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as well as International Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) has organized an online essay competition on Bihu. The North East Zone committee of ICOMOS India is managing this competition. The competition is open for the students of graduate level and post graduate level anywhere in India. The NRI Assamese students can also participate in a separate category. The topics are as follows. For degree level students in India : History and Evolution of Bihu as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, for post graduate level students in India : Why should Bihu be included in Representative List of Intangible Cultural...
Guwahati : The United Liberation Front of Something has released Ram Kumar four months after they kidnapped the private oil exploration firm in Arunachal Pradesh.
Kumar was released at an undisclosed location along the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland on Monday wee hours.
Kumar was kidnapped along with Pranab Kumar Gogoi on December 21,2021 whom they freed on Saturday.
ULFA-I took the duo to their captivity claiming Rs 20 crore and in February the insurgents threatened to kill Kumar and Gogoi for failing to meet the demand. But they suspended the extreme step under the mounting pressure from all sides.
Guwahati : The heat and dust of the electioneering for the final phase of Assam Assembly polls have ended on Sunday.
Union home minister Amit Shah held a rally in Sorbhog in the morning and left two others unattended in Bhawanipur and Jalukbari following the insurgent attack on central police forces in Jharkhand early morning.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal attended a huge rally in Jalukbari on behalf of Himanta Biswa Sarma in the afternoon.
Congress party also held a series of rallies along with BPF and AIUDF in lower Assam and BTR in support of the oppidition grand alliance.
Polls are slated for 40 seats on Tuesday which would be crucial for both the coalition.
The audio clip wherein Minister and BJP candidate from Jagiroad constituency Pijush Hazarika is, reportedly, heard intimidating a television journalist over phone for airing a news report is highly condemnable and cannot be condoned at any cost, said a statement issued by the Gauhati Press Club.
The Press Club, while condemning the act of intimidation in the strongest words is further of the opinion that it is very unbecoming of a public representative to threaten a journalist of dire consequences, no matter what. At a time when the protection of journalists has become a cause of concern, such an uncalled-for attitude by a public representative comes as a shocker.
“If he had any...
Guwahati: Amid an unprecedented security arrangement, brisk polling is going on in 47 assembly constituencies where both BJP and Congress have high hopes on Saturday.
Polling began on a brisk note at 7 in the morning where the voters lined up to exercise their franchise.
Chief minister Sarbanabd Sonowal, opposition leader Debabrata Saikia, assembly Speaker Hitendranath Goswami. State Congress president Ripun Bora are prominent among those are in the fray on Saturday.
The polling which began at 7 in the morning will end at 6 in the afternoon.
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