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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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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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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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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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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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Assam poll violence: Toll rises to 20 after overnight clashes, fresh police firing; curfew imposed
Three more people have died in police firing in Assam's Goalpara district, taking the death toll in the last one day to 20. Thirteen people have died in police firing and six in clashes, which continued overnight between the Rabha Hajong tribe, which is opposing the ongoing panchayat or local elections, and members of other communities.
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75 per cent voting reported in violence-hit Assam local polls
An estimated 75 per cent electorate exercised their franchise in the third and final phase of panchayat elections in Assam today which was marred by violence leaving 10 dead and several others, including security personnel, injured.
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11 killed in police firing during local polls in Assam; Army deployed
Eleven people have been shot dead in clashes between police and tribal groups opposed to local elections in Assam. The Army has now been deployed to help the local police maintain law and order in Goalpara district, where the clashes were reported.
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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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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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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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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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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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Assam poll violence: Toll rises to 20 after overnight clashes, fresh police firing; curfew imposed
Three more people have died in police firing in Assam's Goalpara district, taking the death toll in the last one day to 20. Thirteen people have died in police firing and six in clashes, which continued overnight between the Rabha Hajong tribe, which is opposing the ongoing panchayat or local elections, and members of other communities.
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75 per cent voting reported in violence-hit Assam local polls
An estimated 75 per cent electorate exercised their franchise in the third and final phase of panchayat elections in Assam today which was marred by violence leaving 10 dead and several others, including security personnel, injured.
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11 killed in police firing during local polls in Assam; Army deployed
Eleven people have been shot dead in clashes between police and tribal groups opposed to local elections in Assam. The Army has now been deployed to help the local police maintain law and order in Goalpara district, where the clashes were reported.
