Assam bandh turns violent, one killed
August 28th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IANS) Tension gripped many parts of Assam, including the troubled Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), following fresh incidents of violence Tuesday in which at least one person ... Read more...
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Fresh violence rocks Chirang, five killed
August 25th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IANS) Five people were found killed in communal violence-hit Chirang district in Assam's Bodo areas, police said. The victims were yet to be identified.Police said that the ... Read more...
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Assam toll now 18, shoot at sight orders in Kokrajhar (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) Communal violence in Assam's Bodoland area continued unabated in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts and also spread to new areas. With the toll now 18, the administration ... Read more...
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Northeast parties press for repealing army’s special powers
April 11th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) The demand to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to security forces deployed in disturbed areas, was reiterated by ... Read more...
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Gogoi sworn in as Assam chief minister (Lead)
May 18th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 18 (IANS) Congress veteran Tarun Gogoi, 76, was Wednesday sworn-in as Assam's chief minister for the third straight term, even as party workers and supporters refrained from ... Read more...
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Gogoi to be sworn in Assam chief minister third time
May 17th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 17 (IANS) Tarun Gogoi was set to be sworn in as Assam's chief minister for the third straight term after being unanimously chosen leader by the 77 ... Read more...
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Rattled AGP seeks re-poll using ballots
May 15th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 15 (IANS) The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Sunday made the bizarre demand for a re-poll using traditional ballots, saying that the Congress had rigged the electronic voting ... Read more...
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No leader of opposition for Assam?
May 14th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) For the first time in Assam, there will be no leader of opposition in the 126-member assembly with no party having the minimum required ... Read more...
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Congress wins absolute majority in Assam (Second Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) The ruling Congress party has secured an absolute majority in Assam, winning 72 seats in the 126 member legislature and leading in eight more seats. ... Read more...
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AGP blames machine manipulation for defeat
May 13th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) Assam's beleaguered main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Friday blamed "manipulation of electronic voting machines (EVM) by the ruling Congress party" for its rout in ... Read more...
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Congress achieves a hat-trick in Assam (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) The Congress is all set to form the government in Assam for the third straight term with the main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and ... Read more...
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Assam vote count starts
May 13th, 2011 - 9:45 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) Counting of votes began Friday for assembly elections held in Assam, with the Congress confident of retaining power and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) determined ... Read more...
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Congress, opposition confident of winning in Assam
May 12th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 12 (IANS) The stage is all set for counting of votes Friday for assembly elections held in 126 constituencies of Assam even as both the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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We will form Assam government, say both Congress, opposition
May 10th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) The ruling Congress party and the opposition both exuded confidence of forming the next government in Assam ahead of the vote counting on May 13.Assembly ... Read more...
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Assam elections end, over 70 percent voting (Roundup)
April 11th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Voting ended Monday in Assam's second and final phase of elections in 64 of 126 assembly seats, with 70.35 percent polling recorded, officials said.At the ... Read more...
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Assam polls: Congress, AGP vie for AUDF support
December 26th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 26 (IANS) The Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF), a party espousing the causes of minorities in Assam, has become the cynosure of all eyes with both the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Assam polls: Congress, ally in ‘friendly contest’
November 29th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 29 (IANS) The ruling Congress party and its coalition partner Bodoland People's Front (BPF) would put up candidates against each other in next year's elections to the Assam ... Read more...
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Assam’s ruling Congress sounds poll bugle
July 18th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 18 (IANS) The ruling Congress party in Assam and its ally, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), Sunday literally sounded the poll bugle ahead of next year's assembly elections by taking ... Read more...
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Bangladesh disabled kids are sexually abused, claims study
July 7th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 7 (ANI): A new study has revealed that half of all the disabled children in Bangladesh are sexually abused, mostly by close relatives.The study, which was the joint effort by ... Read more...
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Bodoland People’s Front to contest BTC elections alone
March 19th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Mar 19 (ANI): The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) has made it clear that it would not share seats with the Congress party in the upcoming Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, which ... Read more...
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Political parties protest against recent Assam violence
November 23rd, 2009 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Nov 23(ANI): Members of several political parties protested in Guwahati on Monday against the deteriorating law and order situation in areas dominated by ethnic Bodo people.The protest was led ... Read more...
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AGP the biggest loser in Assam polls
May 17th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, May 17 (IANS) The regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has emerged as the biggest loser, while the minority-based Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) has turned out to ... Read more...
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Congress strengthens base in northeast (Third Lead)
May 16th, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) The Congress has strengthened its base in the northeast, winning 13 of the 24 seats in the seven states, an improvement of two seats compared to the ... Read more...
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Congress remains in the lead in northeast (Second Lead)
May 16th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) The Congress was likely to improve on its tally in the northeast with its candidates ahead of its rivals in 12 of the 24 parliamentary seats, although ... Read more...
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Congress continues to lead in northeast (Lead)
May 16th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) The Congress is maintaining a lead in the northeast with its candidates ahead of its rivals in 12 of the region's 24 seats, although the party is ... Read more...
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Assam’s Third Front fizzles out even before taking off
February 24th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 24 (IANS) The much hyped third front in Assam has collapsed even before it could take off, with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) severing all links with one of ... Read more...
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Gogoi chants development mantra as government completes two years
May 26th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) As the Congress-led coalition government in Assam completed two years in power, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi pledged that in the next three years the administration will bring about ... Read more...
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Assam’s Bodo heartland rocked by fresh rebel turf war
May 7th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by admin
Guwahati, May 7 (IANS) The Bodo tribal heartland, in northeastern India's Assam state, is being rocked by a fresh rebel turf war, a week after a frontline separatist group drawn from the ... Read more...
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