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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is an educator and commentator.

Duchess of Cambridge Catherine is greeted by a resident at a village tea garden in Kaziranga. (Photo: AP)

Royal safari at Kaziranga

The maiden visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Princess Catherine has added fervour to Rongali...

14 April 2016 3:26 AM IST

Voters wait in queue to cast votes during the state assembly elections in Chaygaon, Assam. (Photo: PTI)

Assam: About 85 per cent exercise franchise in Phase 2

Around 85 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the second and final phase of polling in 61 Assembly...

12 April 2016 2:22 AM IST

Election Commission: Will act if ads not certified

Election Commission: Will act if ads not certified

The chief electoral officer Assam has issued a fresh intimation to newspapers to only publish approved or pre-certified...

11 April 2016 9:14 AM IST

Amit Shah with Assam Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP Sarbananda Sonowal during a press meet. (Photo: PTI)

BJP’s priority is to seal India-Bangladesh border: Amit Shah

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah here on Saturday announced that if the BJP-led alliance formed government in...

10 April 2016 3:25 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidate at Raha, Nagaon district in Assam. (Photo: PTI)

Gogoi stopped smiling after first phase: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi while stating here on Friday that Mr Gogoi had...

9 April 2016 2:04 AM IST

Modi spreading hatred, creating divide: Sonia Gandhi

Modi spreading hatred, creating divide: Sonia Gandhi

Congress president Sonia Gandhi said here on Thursday that the discriminatory attitude of the Modi government was the...

8 April 2016 2:01 AM IST

BJP-RSS concerned about Bharat, not N-E: Tarun Gogoi

BJP-RSS concerned about Bharat, not N-E: Tarun Gogoi

Soon after BJP leaders intensified their anti-foreigner rhetoric for the second phase of polling, Assam chief minister...

8 April 2016 12:14 AM IST

Congress giving illegal migrants shelter: BJP

Congress giving illegal migrants shelter: BJP

Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari here on Wednesday said the ruling Congress party has been...

7 April 2016 12:00 AM IST

Assam: Ethnic voters may be a game changer

Assam: Ethnic voters may be a game changer

The record 78 per cent polling in the first phase of the Assam Assembly polls — being interpreted as a vote for a...

6 April 2016 8:48 AM IST

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi and his wife Dolly after voting in Assam’s Jorhat district. (Photo: PTI)

Assam sees more than 78 per cent polling

In what was hyped as the “last battle of Saraighat against the Mughals” in Assam, more than 78 per cent of...

5 April 2016 7:04 AM IST

Assam: Intellectuals urge all not to vote for BJP

Assam: Intellectuals urge all not to vote for BJP

A day before the first phase of polling, at least 40 academicians and noted personalities of Assam have called upon...

4 April 2016 2:14 AM IST

Security personnels patrol through village Margherita in Tinsukia, Assam. (Photo: PTI)

Assam: Campaigning for first phase for 65 seats ends

In what may be a decisive factor in the formation of the next government in Assam, the electorates of 65 out of 126...

3 April 2016 7:07 AM IST