BJP won 11 seats while its ally party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) won one seat. While on the other side, the major opposition in the state, Congress, bagged two seats and 8 seats have been won by Independents.

The Elections to the Deori Autonomous Council of Assam will be held today. Guwahati:  The Elections to the Deori Autonomous Council of Assam will be held today. More than 43,000 voters of 22 council constituencies spread across six districts and four Sub-Division will decide the fate of 75 candidates. According... The post appeared first on .

The Elections to the Deori Autonomous Council of Assam will be held today. Guwahati:  The Elections to the Deori Autonomous Council of Assam will be held today. More than 43,000 voters of 22 council constituencies spread across six districts and four Sub-Division will decide the fate of 75 candidates. According... The post appeared first on .

The Elections to the Deori Autonomous Council of Assam will be held on November 8. A total of 43,595 voters will exercise their franchise in 93 polling booths across 22 council constituencies.

During a programme held at Assam State BJP head office at Basistha in Guwahati, the Assam Chief Minister released the party's 'Sankalp Patra' with several promises for the all-around development of Deori tribes.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 24 (ANI): Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has claimed that at least six Congress MLAs of Assam will join AIUDF. This comes after the Assam BJP Chief Bhabesh Kalita had claimed that some of the Opposition candidates may join BJP.

He further appealed to the people, to respect the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021, passed last year that bans the sale or offer of beef or beef products in any area “predominantly inhabited” by “non-beef-eating communities”. Guwahati: Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin... The post appeared first on .

He further appealed to the people, to respect the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021, passed last year that bans the sale or offer of beef or beef products in any area “predominantly inhabited” by “non-beef-eating communities”. Guwahati: Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin... The post appeared first on .

Guwahati Mar 23 PTI Elections to the 60 wards of Guwahati Municipal Corporation GMC will be held on April 19 Assam State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said here on Wednesday The last date for filing of nominations is March 30 while scrutiny of the documents will be conducted on April 1 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is April 4 The counting of votes will take place on April 21 he told reporters A total of 796829 people including 396891 men 399911 women and 27 of the third gender are eligible to exercise their franchise in 789 polling stations spread across the 60 wards Electronic Voting Machines EVMs will be used in all the polling stations All steps will be taken to ensure smooth conduct of the polls he said Two wards each are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Castes Women one ward for Scheduled Tribes and two for Scheduled Tribes Women while 26 wards are reserved for general women and the remaining are open for all A candidate can spend a maximum of Rs 25 lakh on campaigning he said The number of star campaigners has been fixed at 30 for recognised national parties 25 for recognised state political parties and 15 for registered unrecognised parties Contesting candidates and their political parties must publish the details of criminal cases against the nominees in one vernacular newspaper once by the candidate and again by the party between the last date of withdrawal of nominations and up to two days before the poll the commissioner said COVID appropriate behaviour must be followed during the conduct of poll including wearing of masks using sanitiser and maintaining social distancing The Model Code of Conduct comes into force with immediate effect in the areas under the GMC and there shall be no campaigning between 9 PM and 6 AM Kumar added PTI DG ACD ACD

Guwahati Dec 24 PTI A four-year-old female giraffe has died in Assam State Zoo here possibly due to accidental suffocation a senior official of the facility said on Friday The giraffe died late on Thursday night and a post-mortem examination will be conducted to know the exact cause of death Divisional Forest Officer in-charge of Assam State Zoo Ashwini Kumar told PTI Prima facie the death appears to be accidental due to suffocation but the exact cause will be known only after the autopsy he said The giraffe named Rongili was brought to Assam in December 2019 from Patna Zoo and a male giraffe was brought from Mysore Zoo with permission from the Central Zoo Authority CZA The male giraffe is doing fine Kumar added PTI DG ACD ACD