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    Assam

    Himanta Biswa Sarma set for second term as Assam chief minister

    The Federal
    10 May 2026 4:24 PM IST

    After being elected leader of the BJP-led NDA in the Assam Assembly, Sarma meets Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya to stake claim to form the government

    Himanta Biswa Sarma meets Assam governor
    Assam
    Assam verdict rekindles debate on polarised and political shifts
    Elections 2026

    Assam verdict rekindles debate on polarised and political shifts

    5 May 2026 9:16 AM IST
    Panelists discuss Bengal Assam poll outcomes
    Elections 2026

    Deciphering BJP’s landmark victories in Bengal, Assam | AI With Sanket

    4 May 2026 9:21 PM IST
    Gaurav Gogoi (speaking)
    Elections 2026

    Assam polls: Why Gaurav Gogoi suffered shock defeat in Jorhat

    4 May 2026 8:26 PM IST
    Assam assembly elections

    Why BJP is set for a stronger return in Assam

    4 May 2026 8:23 PM IST
    2026 Assam elections delimitation confusion

    How Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma became the strategist who rewired the state’s politics

    4 May 2026 2:34 PM IST
    Pawan Khera-Himanta Biswa Sarma legal tussle

    Why Supreme court refused to send Pawan Khera to custody

    2 May 2026 2:31 PM IST
    Himanta Biswa Sarma Assam BJP Health Minister

    Cracks visible in Assam NDA despite projected landslide win: 'Fighting gaddars'

    30 April 2026 7:35 PM IST
    Exit polls 2026

    Today’s Chanakya exit poll: BJP wins in Assam, Bengal; TVK surprise in TN; Kerala close fight

    30 April 2026 7:26 PM IST
    Use of artificial intelligence in Assam election campaign

    Exit polls predict comfortable win for NDA in Assam

    29 April 2026 9:05 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee says she will dethrone BJP from Delhi

    Exit polls reflect Bengal uncertainty; most give BJP the edge

    29 April 2026 8:23 PM IST
    former APSC chairman Rakesh Paul

    APSC cash-for-job scam: Assam’s biggest recruitment scandal at a legal crossroads

    27 April 2026 10:37 AM IST
    Pawan Khera

    Khera bail rejection sparks row: Lawyers seek recall of HC order over ‘conflict of interest’

    25 April 2026 9:17 AM IST
    Violence erupts in Assams Bodoland region after eviction drive

    Violence erupts in Assam's Bodoland belt after forest eviction drive, more than 20 injured

    18 April 2026 1:27 PM IST
    Pramod Boro Assam Rajya Sabha seats Congress fails to get one seat

    From powerhouse to zero: Congress loses all Rajya Sabha seats in Assam

    Sandeep Sharma
    17 April 2026 3:51 PM IST

    From sending Manmohan Singh for nearly three decades to drawing a blank in 2026, Congress’s fall in Assam underscores caste-class shifts and NDA’s...

    Raped, beaten, trapped: 47 Assam workers rescued from Bihar brick kiln

    Raped, beaten, trapped: 47 Assam workers rescued from Bihar brick kiln

    14 April 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Assam elephant death by ingesting plastic

    Lens on Assam forest garbage dumping as elephant dies after eating plastic

    12 April 2026 11:36 AM IST
    Assembly elections 2026 Kerala Puducherry Assam

    Global delegates witness polling in Kerala, Assam, Puducherry: 'Festival of democracy'

    11 April 2026 6:49 PM IST
    Assam Assembly elections

    Assam polls: Record turnout, Pawan Khera row make 25 seats too close to call

    10 April 2026 4:22 PM IST
    Telangana HC grants anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera over FIR by Assam CM’s wife

    Telangana HC grants anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera over FIR by Assam CM’s wife

    10 April 2026 12:14 PM IST
    Assembly elections

    What high voter turnouts in Kerala, Assam, Puducherry mean | Capital Beat

    9 April 2026 7:27 PM IST
    Assam elections 2026

    'Outsider' influx row rocks Assam polls: Opposition warns of 'Bihar-style vote chori'

    8 April 2026 7:50 PM IST
    Use of artificial intelligence in Assam election campaign

    Assam election saw industrial-scale AI disinformation campaign: Report

    8 April 2026 7:10 PM IST
    Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

    CM Himanta clarifies beef remarks amid row, says consumption allowed in private spaces

    8 April 2026 5:12 PM IST
    Assam police at Delhi house

    Pawan Khera row: 'Assam Police search is fraud being played on public' | Capital Beat

    7 April 2026 7:55 PM IST
    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

    Kharge, Himanta clash over corruption allegations amid Khera probe row

    7 April 2026 6:52 PM IST
    Bihar SIR

    Assam Police search Pawan Khera’s Delhi home; Congress leader untraceable

    7 April 2026 1:01 PM IST
    Assam Jatiya Parishad candidate Kunki Chowdhury campaigns in Guwahati

    Identity politics, beef row turn Assam's debut seat in Guwahati into volatile contest

    6 April 2026 8:37 PM IST
    Himanta Biswa Sarma govt

    Passport row rocks Assam polls: Serious allegation or election theatre?

    6 April 2026 7:11 PM IST
    Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmas wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma

    Congress accuses Assam CM's wife of holding multiple foreign passports: What rules say

    6 April 2026 5:16 PM IST
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