Scrutiny of nomination papers for the upcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections were conducted at the Rabindra Bhawan in Guwahati in Assam on Friday. The scrutiny was conducted under the guidance of Pallav Gopal Jha, the District Commissioner of Kamrup (Metro). A total of 217 candidates have filed their nominations
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The Congress has lost a Rajya Sabha seat to the BJP in Assam, where elections for two seats in the upper house of parliament took place on Thursday. The BJP won the other seat unopposed. The vote count for the Congress-led opposition’s candidate went down with the Congress suspending an
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday urged militant organizations including the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) to give up arms and join the mainstream. This comes a day after the Centre withdrew the effect of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from most parts of the
As per the call of the state committee of AASU, the Biswanath district committee AASU in association with other regional and branch committees of the students’ body staged Satyagrah in protest against the price rise of various commodities including price rise of LPG, electricity bills, petroleum items, etc. The demonstrators
Two South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air Friday, killing four pilots, Seoul’s military said. The KT-1 trainer jets crashed near the city of Sacheon, about 300 kilometres south of the capital Seoul, according to military authorities. “Two KT-1 trainer jets at the Sacheon Air Base collided in mid-air