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Akhil Gogoi first in Assam to win election from jail

6:18 pm May 3, 2021

Sibsagar (Assam): Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal — arrested in December 2019 over sedition […]

Mamata to meet guv at 7 pm to stake claim to form govt

6:09 pm May 3, 2021

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will meet West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 7 pm on Monday and stake claim to form the government, after her party’s stupendous win in the assembly elections, Raj Bhavan sources said. The ruling TMC has won 212 of the 292 seats where polling was held in eight phases in […]

BJP has won 33.21 pe cent votes in Assam

5:57 pm May 3, 2021

Guwahati: BJP, which has emerged victorious in the Assam assembly elections for the second successive time, has garnered 33.21 per cent share of the votes, according to the Election Commission. Its alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad got 7.91 per cent, while UPA major Congress registered 29.67 per cent and AIUDF 9.29 per cent. The saffron […]

KCR sacks Minister Rajender on land-grabbing allegations

12:48 am May 3, 2021

Hyderabad: Telangana Minister Etala Rajender, stripped of his portfolio over land-grabbing allegations, was on Saturday dropped from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Raos Cabinet. The Minister was sacked hours after the Medak district administration submitted its report confirming the charges. “On the advice of the Chief Minister of Telangana, the Governor has dropped Etala Rajender from […]

Few opted for NOTA option in five assembly polls

12:40 am May 3, 2021

New Delhi: The ‘none of the above’ or ‘NOTA’ option had very few takers in the five assembly polls, counting of which was held on Sunday. According to data available on the Election Commission website, a total of 1,54,399 or (1.22 er cent) of the total voters exercised the option in Assam. In Kerala, 91,715 […]