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Sonowal cabinet gets cracking, decides to abolish inter-state check gates

Other decisions taken at the cabinet meeting include doing away with interviews for the employment of 3rd and 4th grade state government employees.

Sarbananda Sonowal to take oath as Assam CM at spectacular event: No 'Saarc'-asm here!

With the electoral success in Assam, it was no surprise that the BJP is intending to make its leader Sarbananda Sonowal's swearing-in as a grand event.

Border to be sealed in two years, Wagah-like ceremony along Indo-Bangla border: Sonowal

Sealing of the borders with Bangladesh will be completed in two year's time to put an end to infiltration, Sarbananda Sonowal said on Saturday.

As it happened: BJP's historic victory in Assam ends Tarun Gogoi's 15-year rule

The counting of votes for the Assam polls will begin soon. Three exit polls have stated that BJP will win in Assam and end Tarun Gogoi’s chief ministership.

Assam election results: Key factors which helped BJP uproot the 15-year-old Gogoi govt

Ending a 15-year rule in a state is no small achievement. Here are the factors which led to victory for the BJP in Assam.

With local revolts giving fresh impetus to Congress, the field is wide open for all parties in Assam

The grass root revolt in both the local BJP and the AGP in Assam has given a whole new dimension to state politics.

Congress on near-solo run in Assam, keeps ties with AIUDF veiled

Neither the Congress nor the AIUDF are in a position to openly acknowledge an understanding exists between the two because that would lead to a revolt among workers and aspirants in both parties much like what one has seen in the BJP-AGP rank and file following the alliance.

Assam polls: Traitor for Congress, superman to fans, Himanta Biswa Sarma is kingmaker who wants to be king

For two decades, Himanta Biswa Sarma, a minister in the Assam government, was considered a trusted lieutenant of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. In Assam's politics, it was said, Gogoi had two extra hands: senior ministers Rockybul Hussain on the left and Sarma on the right.

Assam 2016: For many non-Bodos, this Assembly election is a fight against 'Bodo hegemony'

Saddled precariously on a cauldron of widening linguistic and cultural differences, both Bodos and non-Bodos would have to come forward to find a political solution soon lest these differences spill over from an electoral battlefield to an actual battlefield.

Assam Assembly polls 2016: 20 percent votes cast in initial hours of voting

At least 20 percent voters in Assam exercised their franchise during the initial hours of polling to decide the fate of 539 contestants in 65 constituencies.