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Himanta Sarma Blames Congress For BJP Worker's Death In Assam Pre-Poll Violence
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that "goons of Congress" "violently attacked and killed" a BJP worker during pre-poll violence in Nagaon district.
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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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"History Will Judge Bengal...": Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar In Assam
It is a matter of "shame" for West Bengal that its citizens are taking shelter in other states, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Friday while visiting the areas of Assam bordering Bengal to meet people who fled fearing violence.
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Bengal Governor To Visit Assam Camps For Post Poll Violence Affected People
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Wednesday said that he will visit camps in Assam where some people from West Bengal have reportedly taken refuge due to post poll violence.
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Bengal Post-Poll Violence Delaying New Assam Chief Minister Announcement
The BJP has not yet announced the new Chief Minister for Assam, a state it won decisively in the recently-held Assembly election, because of the post-poll violence reported in West Bengal.
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Sporadic Violence In Bengal, BJP Predicts Victory In Assam: 10 Points
Bengal saw sporadic instances of disruption and other complaints as polling for the third phase was held today. The process in other states -- Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala -- and the Union Territory of Puducherry remained smooth.
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EVM In Assam BJP Candidate Car: 4 Officials Suspended, Repoll At Station
The Election Commission today ordered fresh voting in one polling station of Assam's Ratabari seat following a controversy over officials inexplicably transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car yesterday.
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Assam Records Over 77% Turnout In Phase 2 Of Polls, 5 Injured In Violence
A voter turnout of around 77.21 per cent was recorded in the second phase of the assembly election in Assam on Thursday.
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Assam Town That Saw Anti-Citizenship Law Violence Voting For Development, Jobs
Election campaign is on a high note in Chabua, a key constituency in upper Assam's Dibrugarh districts. It is among the 47 seats going to polls in the first phase on Saturday, March 27.
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Jailed Activist Akhil Gogoi Seeks United Opposition Candidate In Assam
Jailed Assam activist Akhil Gogoi, who has been in prison for over a year after his arrest in a case related to the violence during the anti-citizenship law protests in the state, has written a letter urging opposition leaders to project a united chief ministerial candidate to defeat the ruling BJP-led alliance in the upcoming Assam assembly electi...
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Assam, Northeast Will Soon Be Top Contributors To India's GDP: Amit Shah
Union Home minister Amit Shah today continued to play the "development" theme in Assam and for India's northeast, promising to make them a developmental hub. He is on one of his frequent visits to the state in the run up to the state Assembly polls. Speaking in Nagaon district of the state, he sought to, once again, draw a contrast between the earl...
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"Trust Your Sevak Modi": PM's Outreach To Northeast Amid Violence
Trust this "sevak", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today in a fervent appeal to the Northeast, especially Assam, where protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) have escalated since it was passed in parliament on Wednesday. The Prime Minister was campaigning in Jharkhand when he reached out to the violence-hit northeast.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 3 Highlights: Violence Headlines 3rd Phase Of Polls, 66% Overall Voting Percentage Today
ncidents of violence in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal headlined the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections today. In Madhya Pradesh capital, Bhopal, BJP workers were seen thrashing an Nationalist Congress Party worker at SDM office after he allegedly showed black flags to BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur during h...
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1 Dead In Nagaland Poll Violence, Turnout Low In Meghalaya: 10 Points
One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to...
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Most Peaceful Local Body Polls In 6 Decades In Assam District: Sarbananda Sonowal
Assam's Karbi Anglong district, which has seen violence in the past during elections, was peaceful in over six decades during polls to its autonomous council, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said in a statement today.
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Himanta Sarma Blames Congress For BJP Worker's Death In Assam Pre-Poll Violence
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that "goons of Congress" "violently attacked and killed" a BJP worker during pre-poll violence in Nagaon district.
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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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"History Will Judge Bengal...": Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar In Assam
It is a matter of "shame" for West Bengal that its citizens are taking shelter in other states, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Friday while visiting the areas of Assam bordering Bengal to meet people who fled fearing violence.
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Bengal Governor To Visit Assam Camps For Post Poll Violence Affected People
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Wednesday said that he will visit camps in Assam where some people from West Bengal have reportedly taken refuge due to post poll violence.
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Bengal Post-Poll Violence Delaying New Assam Chief Minister Announcement
The BJP has not yet announced the new Chief Minister for Assam, a state it won decisively in the recently-held Assembly election, because of the post-poll violence reported in West Bengal.
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Sporadic Violence In Bengal, BJP Predicts Victory In Assam: 10 Points
Bengal saw sporadic instances of disruption and other complaints as polling for the third phase was held today. The process in other states -- Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala -- and the Union Territory of Puducherry remained smooth.
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EVM In Assam BJP Candidate Car: 4 Officials Suspended, Repoll At Station
The Election Commission today ordered fresh voting in one polling station of Assam's Ratabari seat following a controversy over officials inexplicably transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car yesterday.
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Assam Records Over 77% Turnout In Phase 2 Of Polls, 5 Injured In Violence
A voter turnout of around 77.21 per cent was recorded in the second phase of the assembly election in Assam on Thursday.
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Assam Town That Saw Anti-Citizenship Law Violence Voting For Development, Jobs
Election campaign is on a high note in Chabua, a key constituency in upper Assam's Dibrugarh districts. It is among the 47 seats going to polls in the first phase on Saturday, March 27.
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Jailed Activist Akhil Gogoi Seeks United Opposition Candidate In Assam
Jailed Assam activist Akhil Gogoi, who has been in prison for over a year after his arrest in a case related to the violence during the anti-citizenship law protests in the state, has written a letter urging opposition leaders to project a united chief ministerial candidate to defeat the ruling BJP-led alliance in the upcoming Assam assembly electi...
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Assam, Northeast Will Soon Be Top Contributors To India's GDP: Amit Shah
Union Home minister Amit Shah today continued to play the "development" theme in Assam and for India's northeast, promising to make them a developmental hub. He is on one of his frequent visits to the state in the run up to the state Assembly polls. Speaking in Nagaon district of the state, he sought to, once again, draw a contrast between the earl...
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"Trust Your Sevak Modi": PM's Outreach To Northeast Amid Violence
Trust this "sevak", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today in a fervent appeal to the Northeast, especially Assam, where protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) have escalated since it was passed in parliament on Wednesday. The Prime Minister was campaigning in Jharkhand when he reached out to the violence-hit northeast.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 3 Highlights: Violence Headlines 3rd Phase Of Polls, 66% Overall Voting Percentage Today
ncidents of violence in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal headlined the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections today. In Madhya Pradesh capital, Bhopal, BJP workers were seen thrashing an Nationalist Congress Party worker at SDM office after he allegedly showed black flags to BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur during h...
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1 Dead In Nagaland Poll Violence, Turnout Low In Meghalaya: 10 Points
One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to...
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Most Peaceful Local Body Polls In 6 Decades In Assam District: Sarbananda Sonowal
Assam's Karbi Anglong district, which has seen violence in the past during elections, was peaceful in over six decades during polls to its autonomous council, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said in a statement today.
