The Assam Chief Minister attended the Bhumi Pujan of the proposed medical college and hospital, which are to be constructed at a cost of Rs 686 crore, at Kosubari.

The Assam Chief Minister asserted that his party will perform well in the Gujarat assembly elections results which will be declared tomorrow.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 11 (ANI): Two government employees were caught red-handed while taking bribes by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam on Thursday.

Tamulpur (Assam) [India], May 9 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said more than 9,000 people from armed groups in Assam alone have surrendered and chosen to join the mainstream.

Tamulpur (Assam) [India], May 1 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the 61st session of Bodo Sahitya Sabha which will be held in Assam's Tamulpur district on Monday.

Tamulpur (Assam) [India], April 20 (ANI): One police personnel was killed and three others were injured after an escort vehicle of Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR)'s convoy met with an accident in Assam's Tamulpur district on late night of Tuesday.

Dispur (Assam) [India], January 26 (ANI): In an effort to increase the administrative expediency, the Assam government has sanctioned the formation of a new administrative district which will be known as 'Tamulpur', says an official order.

Guwahati Oct 31 PTI Altogether 7377 per cent of nearly eight lakh eligible electors cast their votes in bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Assam that concluded peacefully on Saturday the Election Commission of India said Women voters exercised their franchise more than men while none of the four transgenders in the five constituencies voted the ECI data shared by a state government spokesperson said on Sunday Though the number of male voters in the five constituencies was more than women by a little over 10000 the voter turnout of women was 7338 per cent against 7317 per cent of male electors Thowra constituency recorded the highest voter turnout of 7756 per cent followed by Gossaigaon with 7720 per cent and Bhabanipur with 7684 per cent The lowest turnout was registered in Tamulpur with 6784 per cent of electors coming out to vote The voting percentage in the fifth constituency Mariani was 7170 the ECI figures said The electoral fate of 31 candidates has been sealed in the EVMs with eight each in the fray in Gossaigaon and Bhabanipur six in Tamulpur five in Thowra and four in Mariani Counting of votes will be taken up on November 2 A senior police official said on Saturday that no untoward incident had been reported from any of the constituencies where tight security was in place The bye-elections to Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated due to the death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhapanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats to join the ruling BJP PTI SSG MM MM

Guwahati Oct 27 PTI The Election Commission has made arrangements for webcasting during the October 30 by-elections to five assembly seats in Assam to ensure free fair and safe polling an official said on Wednesday Webcasting will be conducted in all the 1135 polling stations he said By-elections to the Gossaigaon Bhabanipur Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra constituencies will be held on October 30 The counting of votes will be taken up on November 2 and the entire polling process will be over by November 5 Through webcasting the Election Commission officials will be able to monitor the polling process live he added Voting will take place from 7 am to 5 pm Personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces will also be deployed at each polling station as part of security measures the official was quoted as saying in a release By-polls to Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated due to the death of sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhabanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats to join the ruling BJP A total of 796456 voters are eligible to decide the fate of 31 candidates in the by-elections to the five assembly seats PTI ESB RBT BDC BDC