Assam  

According to the EC, the polling percentage till 6 pm was 62.10 in Nagina, 68.77 in Amroha, 62.14 in Bulandshahr, 61.25 in Hathras, 59.60 in Agra, 62.80 in Aligarh, 60.56 in Mathura, and 61.16 in Fatehpur Sikri.

Voters wait in queue to cast their vote at a polling booth under Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency in Assam's Hojai district. Many elders waited patiently for their turn to exercise their right to vote. 

A total of 61 candidates in six Lok Sabha seats are in the fray and a total of 77,65,122 voters will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of the contesting candidates.

The rights body had lodged a complaint with MHA and the IT ministry to investigate the role of four Assam media outlets and their owners, their financial transactions, source of income and possible flow of funds from foreign intelligence agencies and banned terrorist groups. 

 

 

97 constituencies spread over 13 States and one Union Territory will go to polls in this phase on Thursday, April 18.

 

 

According to the reports, the incident took place at 108 no Futajar High Madrasa polling station under Rupahihat assembly constituency and Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency in the central Assam district

In the 2014 general election, a 79.88% voter turnout was recorded in Assam, while 78.61% was recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, 79.62% in Manipur, 68.79% in Meghalaya, 61.69% in Mizoram, 87.82% in Nagaland and 84.72% in Tripura.

Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

An IED has been detected at an oil pipeline passing through a tea garden at Duliajan under Dibrugarh district, and security forces have rushed to the spot, a police officer said.

The first phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections is set to take place on April 11. A total of 16633 polling stations have been set up. Campaigning for the first phase ended on April 9.

Five people have been detained and one person arrested last night for their alleged involvement in the incident,

Despite being declared foreigners by the Supreme Court, the names of 47 year old Joynal Abedin and his family have been added in the electoral rolls published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in January.

Three more Rohingyas were deported on Thursday to Myanmar via Manipur’s Moreh along the India-Myanmar border. They were lodged in a foreigner detention camp inside the Tezpur Jail in Assam's Sonitpur district after they had been found guilty of illegally entering the country

A Royal Bengal Tiger that has strayed out of the Orang National Park in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts Assam created panic in the nearby villages.
 

To understand, why the Modi government deserves distinction, one should first take note that the region is at least 30 years behind the Indian growth story. It means the benefits of liberalisation more or less bypassed them.