Congress' candidate for Titabor, which goes to the polls in the first phase on 27 March, is Bhaskarjyoti Barua. The party also issued candidates for Dhakuakhana and Naoboicha.
As part of the seat-sharing deal with the BJP, the AGP has given away Mahanta’s Barhampur constituency. He is now reviving his old outfit, AGP (Progressive).
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora will contest for Gohpur seat and former minister Bismita Gogoi will fight from Khumtai seat.
The BJP in the first list has replaced 11 sitting MLAs with new faces. The three-phase Assam assembly polls will be held on 27 March, 1 April and 6 April.
Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass says Himanta Biswa Sarma's name has been included in a list of potential candidates that was sent to the national leadership.
The parting of ways between BJP and BPF follows months of tensions that first caught public attention in January 2020, when the BPF rejected the third Bodo Accord.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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