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Congress MP And MLA Allege Mob Attack In Assam
Ahead of the panchayat election in Assam in May first week, Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi was attacked by some people in black clothes in Nagaon district's Dhing.
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'Lungi' vs 'Godse's Revolver': BJP, Congress' New Jabs Before Assam Polls
The BJP and Congress' Assam units traded juvenile barbs - each declaring the other change its electoral symbol - before next month's panchayat election.
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BJP, Allies Have Edge In Assam Panchayat Polls, Congress Alleges Misuse Of Power, Funds
Ahead of the 2026 Assam election, all eyes are on the panchayat polls scheduled on May 2 and May 7. The ruling BJP-led alliance has already taken a big lead, winning 37 zila parishad and 288 anchalik panchayat seats unopposed.
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Assam Cabinet Approves Amendment For Electronic Voting Machines In Panchayat Polls
The Assam cabinet has approved the amendment of certain provisions of Assam Panchayat Act to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in panchayat elections.
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133 Fleeing Bengal Poll Violence Staying At Assam Relief Camps: Chief Minister
The refugees were accommodated in a relief camp, the Chief Minister said, adding that food and medical assistance were provided to them.
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Assam To Set Up War Rooms In Panchayats To Control Rural Covid Surge
Following a spike in Covid cases in the rural areas of Assam, the state government has decided to set up a "war room" in each panchayat area that will work towards making villages free of Covid infections.
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Mob Sets Ablaze Offices In Arunachal Village Over Poll-Related Issues
A mob led by members of a students' body on Friday set ablaze several government offices and ransacked a police station in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh to protest against filing of nomination papers by former Assam Rifles personnel living there for decades in panchayat election, an official said.
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Assam To Reduce Minimum Age For Panchayat Head To 25 Years
The Assam government on Monday decided to reduce the minimum age for becoming a panchayat head to 25 years from the existing 35 years.
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BJP Panchayat President Shot Dead In Assam's Cachar
A BJP panchayat president in Assam was shot dead and another party worker critically injured by unidentified gunmen in Assam's Cachar district ahead of the three-phase Lok Sabha polls in the state next month, police said on Wednesday.
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BJP Wins Assam Panchayat Elections With 42% Seats
The BJP in Assam emerged as the single largest party in the three-tier panchayat elections by bagging 42 per cent of the total seats, while the Congress came second securing 34 per cent.
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Assam Records 75% Voter Turnout In Second Phase Of Panchayat Elections
An estimated 75 per cent of voters exercised their franchise today in the second phase of panchayat polls in 10 districts of Assam which was largely peaceful, the state election commission said.
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Congress Alleges Model Code Violation By Prime Minister's Office
Opposition Congress Wednesday filed a complaint against the Prime Minister's Office for allegedly violating the model code of conduct for panchayat polls in Assam by announcing the date of inauguration of the Bogibeel bridge in the state.
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Assam Votes In Crucial Panchayat Election Amid Citizenship Bill Row
Voting has begun amid heavy security for phase one of the two-phased panchayat elections in Assam today. The panchayat polls, being held at a time when there are widespread protests in the state over the citizenship bill, are being seen as a test for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP which came to power in a coalition in the state in 2016, w...
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Insurgency Claimed 2400 Lives in Assam Since 2001: State Forest and Panchayat Minister
State Forest and Panchayat Minister Rockybul Hussain said that 2,094 civilians and 306 security personnel lost their lives due to militancy-related violence between March 2001 and March 2014.
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Assam poll violence: Two more killed in police firing in Dhubri
Two people were killed today and 11 others seriously injured in firing by security men amid clashes at a panchayat vote counting centre in Assam's Hatsingimari subdivision where indefinite curfew has been imposed.
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Congress MP And MLA Allege Mob Attack In Assam
Ahead of the panchayat election in Assam in May first week, Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi was attacked by some people in black clothes in Nagaon district's Dhing.
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'Lungi' vs 'Godse's Revolver': BJP, Congress' New Jabs Before Assam Polls
The BJP and Congress' Assam units traded juvenile barbs - each declaring the other change its electoral symbol - before next month's panchayat election.
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BJP, Allies Have Edge In Assam Panchayat Polls, Congress Alleges Misuse Of Power, Funds
Ahead of the 2026 Assam election, all eyes are on the panchayat polls scheduled on May 2 and May 7. The ruling BJP-led alliance has already taken a big lead, winning 37 zila parishad and 288 anchalik panchayat seats unopposed.
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Assam Cabinet Approves Amendment For Electronic Voting Machines In Panchayat Polls
The Assam cabinet has approved the amendment of certain provisions of Assam Panchayat Act to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in panchayat elections.
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133 Fleeing Bengal Poll Violence Staying At Assam Relief Camps: Chief Minister
The refugees were accommodated in a relief camp, the Chief Minister said, adding that food and medical assistance were provided to them.
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Assam To Set Up War Rooms In Panchayats To Control Rural Covid Surge
Following a spike in Covid cases in the rural areas of Assam, the state government has decided to set up a "war room" in each panchayat area that will work towards making villages free of Covid infections.
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Mob Sets Ablaze Offices In Arunachal Village Over Poll-Related Issues
A mob led by members of a students' body on Friday set ablaze several government offices and ransacked a police station in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh to protest against filing of nomination papers by former Assam Rifles personnel living there for decades in panchayat election, an official said.
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Assam To Reduce Minimum Age For Panchayat Head To 25 Years
The Assam government on Monday decided to reduce the minimum age for becoming a panchayat head to 25 years from the existing 35 years.
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BJP Panchayat President Shot Dead In Assam's Cachar
A BJP panchayat president in Assam was shot dead and another party worker critically injured by unidentified gunmen in Assam's Cachar district ahead of the three-phase Lok Sabha polls in the state next month, police said on Wednesday.
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BJP Wins Assam Panchayat Elections With 42% Seats
The BJP in Assam emerged as the single largest party in the three-tier panchayat elections by bagging 42 per cent of the total seats, while the Congress came second securing 34 per cent.
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Assam Records 75% Voter Turnout In Second Phase Of Panchayat Elections
An estimated 75 per cent of voters exercised their franchise today in the second phase of panchayat polls in 10 districts of Assam which was largely peaceful, the state election commission said.
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Congress Alleges Model Code Violation By Prime Minister's Office
Opposition Congress Wednesday filed a complaint against the Prime Minister's Office for allegedly violating the model code of conduct for panchayat polls in Assam by announcing the date of inauguration of the Bogibeel bridge in the state.
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Assam Votes In Crucial Panchayat Election Amid Citizenship Bill Row
Voting has begun amid heavy security for phase one of the two-phased panchayat elections in Assam today. The panchayat polls, being held at a time when there are widespread protests in the state over the citizenship bill, are being seen as a test for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP which came to power in a coalition in the state in 2016, w...
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Insurgency Claimed 2400 Lives in Assam Since 2001: State Forest and Panchayat Minister
State Forest and Panchayat Minister Rockybul Hussain said that 2,094 civilians and 306 security personnel lost their lives due to militancy-related violence between March 2001 and March 2014.
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Assam poll violence: Two more killed in police firing in Dhubri
Two people were killed today and 11 others seriously injured in firing by security men amid clashes at a panchayat vote counting centre in Assam's Hatsingimari subdivision where indefinite curfew has been imposed.
