The Assam assembly on Wednesday passed the contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC) legislation amid support from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies, and opposition from Congress and others not part of the government.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the BJP’s strong performance in the West Bengal assembly polls and NDA’s victories in Assam and Puducherry and said the “day is historic, unprecedented”. Addressing party workers at the party headquarters here after the results and trends showed BJP heading for a sweeping victory in West.
Guwahati: Assam has completed extensive security and administrative preparations ahead of the counting of votes for the Assembly elections scheduled for Monday, with authorities across districts placing strong rooms and counting centres under tight surveillance to ensure a peaceful and transparent process. Officials said on Sunday that elaborate three-tier security arrangements have been enforced at.
Guwahati: Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday exuded confidence in the party’s victory in the state assembly elections and rejected projections of exit polls. Party leaders DK Shivakumar, Bhupesh Baghel and Jitendra Singh, on Saturday, interacted with the alliance partners ahead of the results on May 4. “We have all shared stories of what.
New Delhi: Exit polls on Wednesday projected that the BJP-led NDA was poised to win Assam and the Congress-led UDF Keralam with the most surveys also stating that the BJP is on its way to form its first government in West Bengal. The surveys predicted that the DMK-led alliance would again return to power in.
New Delhi: As Assam voted on Thursday, and West Bengal will on April 23 and 29, one contentious issue that dominates all is that of infiltration – especially of Bengali-speaking Muslim migrants – from Bangladesh. Issues of identity, migration, and language in West Bengal and Assam are not recent, but have been there for a.
New Delhi: High voter turnout is being registered in Assam and West Bengal as also in Puducherry in the polling for assembly polls on Thursday with voters forming queues in several places to cast their ballot. As per the latest data from the Election Commission of India, Assam has seen a voter turnout of 75.91.
New Delhi: The stage is set for assembly polls in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry in high-stakes electoral battles with the Election Commission making arrangements for free, fair and smooth polling. Voting will be held for 126 seats in Assam, 140 in Keralam, and 30 in Puducherry in this phase of the election. Tamil Nadu will.
Telangana: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday approached the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case filed against him in Assam. The petition is yet to be listed. Khera had made allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma at a press conference in the.
