Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to take his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine triggered a political slugfest on Monday. Opposition parties linked Modi's attire during inoculation and the association of the nurses, to poll-bound states.
Chavan is a part of the 'Group of 23' Congress leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi demanding an organisational overhaul and internal elections for every post.
The elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly will be held in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6. The results will be declared on May 2.
Just a month ahead of the Assam Assembly polls, in a significant political development on Saturday, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) estranged ally Bodoland People's Front (BPF) has announced to snap ties with the party and has joined Congress led grand alliance to fight the assembly polls.
Assam has 1.08 lakh D or doubtful voters who will not exercise their franchise in the forthcoming assembly polls to be held in three phases on March 27, April one and April six, Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade said on Saturday.
An official statement said on Saturday that the Commission has decided to keep the transfer of these police officers in abeyance till further orders.
Yadav, during his first visit to Guwahati, said he has already spoken to Congress and will hold talks with the AIUDF later in the day to formalise the alliance.
Meanwhile, the state reported 30 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 2,17,484. The death toll remained at 1,091 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported in the period.
The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule of Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. Results will be announced in May 2.
The Election Commission on Friday announced the poll schedule for assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory Puducherry.
The decision to appoint Hima as DSP was taken in an Assam cabinet meeting chaired by the CM Sarbananda Sonowal in Dispur earlier last week.
The Election Commission of India will hold a crucial meeting today to finalise the schedule for Assembly polls in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
Addressing a gathering in Hooghly, PM Modi said West Bengal has made up its mind for 'poriborton' (change).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday dedicated to the nation Rs 3,222 crore five mega gas and oil-based projects and education in Assam.
Accusing the governments that ruled India for decades since Independence of neglecting Assam and the northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday reaffirmed his commitment to the development of the region.
Kamrup Metropolitan Deputy Commissioner Biswajit Pegu has declared the entire school premises as a "containment zone" till February 27 to prevent further spread of coronavirus among the teaching staff and students.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, the BJP-led state government on Saturday increased the daily wages of scores of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217 per day, officials said.
Assam and West Bengal are neighbouring states, but their politics is entirely different. What is more interesting is that the politics of the lower and upper Assam also are poles apart from each other.
The 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra' program is aimed at providing seamless connectivity to the Eastern parts of India and includes various development activities for the people living around River Brahmaputra and River Barak.
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