The anti-talks faction of outlawed Ulfa led by Paresh Baruah has called for a 12-hour Assam bandh on Monday to protest the proposed visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to campaign for his party in first phase of polling on April 4.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday released the election manifesto of the party in which it committed refugee status to all those non-Muslims who fled erstwhile East Pakistan fearing prosecution.

In what was almost visible since last few weeks, Gaurav Gogoi, son of Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, on Friday took a formal plunge into politics by making his presence felt at Nagaon while predict

Former chief minister and leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, who on Thursday filed his nomination from two Assembly segments, has taken exception to the Chief Elec

In what may be one of the biggest challenges for the Election Commission of India, the demand for disarming the pro-talk faction of Ulfa and NDFB rebels for a free and fair polling has started gaining

BJP national president Nitin Gadkari and film actress and MP Hema Malini on Thursday hit the campaign trail in Barak Valley in eastern Assam to woo voters.

The involvement of the Income Tax department in the election process has started yielding positive results with I-T sleuths recovering more than `1 crore in cash and `2 crore in gold and silver during

From promising BPL families rice at `2 a kg to fighting corruption, the BJP manifesto, which was released here, touched on all issues and matched the manifesto of the its ally, Asom Gana Parishad.

Even after repeated reminders by the Chief Election Commission of India to transfer officers serving for more than three years at one place, the AGP has cliamed that the state government authorities h

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has opened the Pandora’s box of controversy by confessing that in selection of candidate everything was not done, the way he and his party proposed.