Toward the end of this second tenure, Tarun Gogoi would often do a Muhammad Ali to claim he was Assam's best chief minister. Many found his assertion arrogant. Rahul Karmakar reports.
Once the face of Congress resilience in the Northeast, former Nagaland chief minister SC Jamir, 79, losing his pet Aonglenden assembly seat to the ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) candidate Toshikopba Longkumer by 1,325 votes.
Peace and its byproduct, development, pay dividends. The Congress third straight electoral win proved just that.
Assam Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today expressed gratitude to the people of the state for reposing their confidence in the Congress.
The Congress juggernaut decimated the opposition to smithereens by securing a majority by winning 78 of the 126 assembly seats in Assam with the wily 76-year-old Tarun Gogoi set to become the chief minister for the third straight term.
‘Misdeeds’ of the past have apparently spoiled the Asom Gana Parishad’s chances of staging a comeback this election.
Rahul Karmakar reports.
The pro-talk Ulfa faction, led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, is deliberating on the charter of demands to be taken up during its peace talks with the Centre.
The stage is set for counting of votes for Assam assembly on Friday more than a month after the polls to decide the fate of 1,081 candidates in 126 seats.
Counting of votes polled in elections to the Assam Assembly began this morning at 48 centres across the state.
Counting of postal votes polled in elections to the Assam Assembly were taken up first as counting began this morning in 48 centres across the state amidst tight security.
The Congress won 69 of the 101 seats declared by 4:30pm today to gain majority in the 126-member Assam assembly and register a hat-trick of electoral wins.
Rahul Karmakar reports.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said he was not surprised that the Congress' was heading toward a landslide victory. The chief minister said his government worked a lot in areas such as improving state's finances, law and order, health, employment and education.
Rahul Karmakar reports.
Assam's beleaguered main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Friday blamed "manipulation of electronic voting machines (EVM) by the ruling Congress party" for its rout in the assembly elections even as the Congress got a decisive mandate for a third successive term.
A fake currency racket has been busted in Mizoram. The operation was carried out on Saturday. HT reports.
A fake currency racket has been busted in Mizoram. Rahul Karmakar reports.