
April 12, 2016 01:30 IST
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi holds press conference on polling day after being asked not to, calls EC partisan.
Tue, Apr 12, 2016
April 11, 2016 21:40 IST
10 were killed in a bizarre incident of electrocution and one in police firing on Monday at Pengeri .
Tue, Apr 12, 2016
April 11, 2016 01:32 IST
As in the first phase, several former militants are also contesting in the second phase. Prominent among them are former ULFA militant Suresh Bora (Congress candidate against Mahanta for the second time in Barhampur).
Mon, Apr 11, 2016
April 11, 2016 00:58 IST
Tug-of-war between Gogoi’s Congress and Ajmal’s AIUDF, optimistic BJP hopes for a split of Muslim vote
Mon, Apr 11, 2016
April 10, 2016 00:29 IST
Once elected to power in Assam, the BJP would not only completely seal the Indo-Bangla border but would also “completely free” Assam of the Bangladeshi problem.
Sun, Apr 10, 2016
April 09, 2016 20:34 IST
People in altogether 61 constituencies are casting their votes on Monday.
Sat, Apr 09, 2016
April 09, 2016 00:42 IST
PM slams Gogoi, Manmohan in 4 rallies in Assam; Rahul addresses 3 meetings, raises Panama Papers issue
Sat, Apr 09, 2016
April 08, 2016 03:07 IST
Over four lakh people, 80 per cent of them Muslims and the rest Bodos, had taken shelter in relief camps during that violence.
Fri, Apr 08, 2016
April 07, 2016 02:31 IST
Over 200 families in this cluster of villages have been engaged in making decorative jaapis of various sizes for decades.
Thu, Apr 07, 2016
April 05, 2016 00:29 IST
"We are 100 per cent confident that people will vote for us."
Tue, Apr 05, 2016
April 04, 2016 21:24 IST
The BJP had two years ago swept Assam by not just winning seven of the 14 seats, but also restricting the Congress to an all-time low of just three seats.
Mon, Apr 04, 2016
April 04, 2016 00:51 IST
For both the Congress and the BJP, taking a lead in the first phase is very crucial, with the Congress needing to hold on to as many of its seats as it can, and the BJP needing to build on the ground it gained in the Lok Sabha polls.
Mon, Apr 04, 2016
April 03, 2016 21:15 IST
“The BJP has been trying to negate real patriotism with insane patriotism. The nation will gradually be in the grip of darkness if this party continues to remain in power,” it said.
Sun, Apr 03, 2016
April 03, 2016 19:14 IST
“Unemployment and poor returns from agriculture have together triggered off poverty, prompting many boys to go out to far-away states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra in search of jobs,” pointed out mouzadar Nath.
Mon, Apr 04, 2016
April 01, 2016 04:45 IST
BJP optimistic after Lok Sabha poll gains but tea communities say no side can take them for granted
Fri, Apr 01, 2016
March 31, 2016 02:32 IST
Its land and houses washed away bit by bit, Majuli revels in chance to elect CM
Thu, Mar 31, 2016
March 30, 2016 02:16 IST
Yet villagers root for Tarun Gogoi, say road and electricity wouldn’t have been possible but for him.
Wed, Mar 30, 2016
March 29, 2016 01:50 IST
Kaziranga and several other national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in Assam have lost more than 200 rhinos to poachers since 2001, the year the Congress came to power.
Tue, Mar 29, 2016
March 28, 2016 01:48 IST
The problem is not taking charge but the way the demography of Kobaikota village, about 125 km from Guwahati, has changed in the past three decades.
Mon, Mar 28, 2016
March 27, 2016 03:35 IST
Attacking Tarun Gogoi, who is seeking a fourth term as chief minister, he said, "It is no longer Tarun Gogoi, but Tarun 'Go, go'!".
Sun, Mar 27, 2016
March 27, 2016 01:25 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was showered with gifts during his whirlwind tour of Assam.
Sun, Apr 03, 2016
March 27, 2016 00:47 IST
Who is an Assamese? Who isn’t? With a rising BJP sharpening divides that have long roiled the state, Here is what ‘identity’ means to different parties ahead of the elections.
Mon, Mar 28, 2016
March 26, 2016 02:00 IST
Gogoi has claimed that he was a “real” Hindu and that those in the BJP were “fake” and were only contractors out to protect Hinduism.
Sat, Mar 26, 2016
March 24, 2016 00:37 IST
The BJP and the Congress are even on this count, each of them having fielded two former militants, while the AGP has fielded one.
Thu, Mar 24, 2016
March 23, 2016 02:22 IST
The BJP list of 86 has as many as 14 such candidates, the most prominent being its campaign committee chief Himanta Biswa Sarma who, till September 2015, was in the Congress.
Wed, Mar 23, 2016




