Assam Assembly

Assam CM tables cow protection bill in Assembly; offences under legislation to be non-bailable

The law, when enacted, will prohibit a person from slaughtering cattle unless he has obtained the necessary certificate issued by the registered veterinary officer of a particular area

Assembly Elections 2021 Updates: EC officials to submit report on Mamata's Nandigram plaint before 6 pm tomorrow

Assembly Elections 2021 LIVE Updates: Rangja Khungur Basumatary told a local TV channel that he had decided to resign from BPF as the party did not lend any helping hand to him during the campaign.

Assam election 2021 Updates: 73.03% turnout recorded till 6 pm; Nowgong seat ranks highest with 83.10% polling

Assam election 2021 LIVE Updates: Among Assembly constituencies, the Nowgong seat recorded the highest turnout at 83.10 percent

Assam election 2021: 76.96% turnout recorded in 'peaceful' phase 2 polling; EC issues notice to Himanta Biswa Sarma

Long queues were seen outside most of the 10,592 polling stations across the 13 districts in the Barak Valley, the Hill region and parts of Central and Lower Assam since early morning

Assembly Election 2021 Phase 2 voting percentage Updates: West Bengal witnesses 80.43% polling, Assam sees 76.96% turnout

Assembly Election 2021 Phase 2 voting percentage LIVE Updates: As per latest figures from the EC's voter turnout app, in Assam, Nalbari district, with 86.69 percent, witnessed the highest turnout while Cachar registered the lowest turnout at 72.28 percent

Assam Election 2021 2nd phase: Five ministers, deputy speaker in fray as 39 seats go to polls today

A total of 73,44,631 voters will be deciding the fate of 345 candidates. Of them, 37,34,537 are males and 36,09,959 females, while 135 are third gender voters

Assam Assembly election 2021, Jorhat profile: BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami defeated Congress' Rana Goswami in 2016

The voter turnout in the Jorhat constituency in the 2016 election was 79.86 percent, while in the 2011 election, the polling percentage was 68.17 percent

Assam Assembly election 2021, Atul Bora profile: Former AASU chief is credited with breathing new life into AGP

As a student, Bora participated in the Assam movement. Before becoming the AASU chief, he served as the organisation's organising and general secretary

Assam Assembly election 2021, Naharkatia profile: Assam Jatiya Parishad chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi to contest from seat

The sitting MLA, AGP's Naren Sonowal, won the seat in the 2016 polls by garnering 46,051 votes or 46.75 percent of the vote share

Assam Assembly election 2021, Duliajan profile: Chief of newly-formed Assam Jatiya Parishad party to fight BJP

The Assam Jatiya Parishad has forged an alliance with the Raijor Dal party of jailed anti-citizenship law activist Akhil Gogoi