Dhubri Elections

As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.

Video footage from Birsing Aminerchar village shows the woman being escorted to a polling station by a relative before she enters the booth and casts her vote.

As voters in Dhubri, Assam, prepare for the May 7 elections, the construction of the longest river bridge in India has taken centre stage in political campaigns. The bridge, which will span the Brahmaputra River, is set to connect Dhubri in Assam

AIUDF chief Maulana Badaruddin Ajmal claimed that he could not be a part of the INDIA bloc because he was told that Rahul Gandhi did not want a skull-cap-wearing bearded man in the alliance fearing an adverse impact on the Hindus votes.

Weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken a dig at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal and said that if the Dhubri MP wants to marry again, he should do so before the polls or face arrest.

Polling for the Lok Sabha across 14 seats in Assam will be held in three phases, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Saturday.

The AIUDF, led by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, a prominent figure in Assam's political arena and the son of the founder of Ajmal Perfumes.

The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) - the second-most powerful opposition party in Assam - has decided to contest only from three of the state's 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections. The reason for this move, the party said, was to prevent a division in the secular vote from helping the BJP.

When this Assamese journalist posed a politically loaded question to All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal at a media event in the South Salmara-Mankachar district today, he probably expected a response that would help him deliver a quick byte for his television channel. But then, he had not counted on the 68-year-old politician's...

This election in Assam, there will be no first time vote for 20-year-old Mohammed Muztafizur, a resident of Mankachar in the state's Dhubri district. 10 days before voting , he is on a 34-hour train journey on the Guwahati-Delhi North East Express, in the general compartment. It is Holi season, the train is less crowded, so he has managed a seat.

With Assam heading for elections, the political focus in the state has shifted to the India-Bangladesh border. The Centre plans to quickly seal the gaps in this border as a part of its election promise to check illegal migration from Bangladesh.

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.

As many as 360 polling stations have been marked "very sensitive" of the total 1366 in lower Assam's Dhubri district which goes to assembly poll in the second phase of Assam election on April 11.While 360 polling stations have been identified as "very sensitive", 495 are marked "sensitive", state election commission sources said. There are seven as...

As many as 360 polling stations have been marked "very sensitive" of the total 1366 in lowerAssam's Dhubri district which goes to polls in the second phase of assembly elections in the state on April 11.While 360 polling stations have been identified as "very sensitive", 495 are marked "sensitive", state election commission sources said on March 19...

As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.

Video footage from Birsing Aminerchar village shows the woman being escorted to a polling station by a relative before she enters the booth and casts her vote.

As voters in Dhubri, Assam, prepare for the May 7 elections, the construction of the longest river bridge in India has taken centre stage in political campaigns. The bridge, which will span the Brahmaputra River, is set to connect Dhubri in Assam

AIUDF chief Maulana Badaruddin Ajmal claimed that he could not be a part of the INDIA bloc because he was told that Rahul Gandhi did not want a skull-cap-wearing bearded man in the alliance fearing an adverse impact on the Hindus votes.

Weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken a dig at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal and said that if the Dhubri MP wants to marry again, he should do so before the polls or face arrest.

Polling for the Lok Sabha across 14 seats in Assam will be held in three phases, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Saturday.

The AIUDF, led by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, a prominent figure in Assam's political arena and the son of the founder of Ajmal Perfumes.

The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) - the second-most powerful opposition party in Assam - has decided to contest only from three of the state's 14 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections. The reason for this move, the party said, was to prevent a division in the secular vote from helping the BJP.

When this Assamese journalist posed a politically loaded question to All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal at a media event in the South Salmara-Mankachar district today, he probably expected a response that would help him deliver a quick byte for his television channel. But then, he had not counted on the 68-year-old politician's...

This election in Assam, there will be no first time vote for 20-year-old Mohammed Muztafizur, a resident of Mankachar in the state's Dhubri district. 10 days before voting , he is on a 34-hour train journey on the Guwahati-Delhi North East Express, in the general compartment. It is Holi season, the train is less crowded, so he has managed a seat.

With Assam heading for elections, the political focus in the state has shifted to the India-Bangladesh border. The Centre plans to quickly seal the gaps in this border as a part of its election promise to check illegal migration from Bangladesh.

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.

As many as 360 polling stations have been marked "very sensitive" of the total 1366 in lower Assam's Dhubri district which goes to assembly poll in the second phase of Assam election on April 11.While 360 polling stations have been identified as "very sensitive", 495 are marked "sensitive", state election commission sources said. There are seven as...

As many as 360 polling stations have been marked "very sensitive" of the total 1366 in lowerAssam's Dhubri district which goes to polls in the second phase of assembly elections in the state on April 11.While 360 polling stations have been identified as "very sensitive", 495 are marked "sensitive", state election commission sources said on March 19...