Assam panchayat polls phase 1 sees 70.19% turnout amid isolated incidents
The first phase of the Assam Panchayat Elections 2025 concluded on May 2 with a voter turnout of 70.19 per cent, officials said.
The first phase of the Assam Panchayat Elections 2025 concluded on May 2 with a voter turnout of 70.19 per cent, officials said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the systematic extrajudicial killings in Balochistan—commonly known as the “kill and dump policy”—remain one of the darkest chapters in Pakistan’s human rights record.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hailed the Centre’s decision to approve the inclusion of caste-based enumeration in the upcoming Census 2025.
Voting for the first phase of the Assam panchayat elections will take place on Friday, May 2, marking the beginning of a high-stakes electoral battle, ahead of the crucial 2026 assembly elections in the state.
The project will be executed “at a total cost of Rs 22,864 crores,” Mr Vaishnav said in a presentation while addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) officially announced Tuesday that byelections to five Assembly constituencies in Assam -- Behali, Bongaigaon, Dholai, Samaguri and Sidli -- will take place on November 13.
In a bid to enhance flood resilience and increase fish production, the Assam government has launched a major initiative to…
The Assam BJP was set to achieve its target of enrolling 60 lakh people but it will continue the membership drive, a party leader said.
A differently-abled woman was allegedly gang-raped by a group of three men in Assam’s Kokrajhar district’s Gossaigaon locality, police said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has commenced the probe into the multi-crore online trading scam in Assam, an official said on Monday.