Two tea estates in Assam declared containment zones after 185 people test positive for Covid-19
Two tea estates in Assam declared containment zones after 185 people test positive for Covid-19
After detection of 185 Covid-19 cases, the administration in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Biswanath districts have declared two tea estates as containment zones.
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UPDATED: May 7, 2021 02:55 IST
After detection of 185 Covid-19 cases, the administration in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Biswanath districts have declared two tea estates as containment zones. (Photo: Hemanta Kumar Nath)
After a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in the tea garden areas, the district administration in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Biswanath have been forced to declare two tea gardens as containment zones.
Upset over seat-sharing with AIUDF in Assam, Congress workers protest, vandalise party office
Upset over seat-sharing with AIUDF in Assam, Congress workers protest, vandalise party office
Gheraoing Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati, the party s state HQ, Congress workers in Assam said they were unhappy with the seat-sharing arrangement finalised with Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF.
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UPDATED: March 9, 2021 23:24 IST
Congress workers demonstrating outside party state HQ Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati on Monday (Photo Credits: Hemanta Kumar Nath/India Today)
HIGHLIGHTS We want to save Congress in our constituency, said one Congress worker
The AIUDF has given tickets to 7 of its 13 sitting MLAs
Congress workers in Assam made sure to communicate their displeasure over the seat-sharing deal Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF. With less than a month to go for the 2021 Assam Assembly elections, this show of discontent could impact morale among the Congress cadre in the state.
BJP came to power in Assam in 2016 because of BPF, will lose 25-30 seats: Bodoland People s Front
BJP came to power in Assam in 2016 because of BPF, will lose 25-30 seats: Bodoland People s Front
A spokesperson of BJP s former ally BPF in Assam, Khampa Borgoyari accused the saffron party of working against the sentiment of the people .
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UPDATED: March 1, 2021 04:16 IST
BPF President Hagrama Mahilary and Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora addressing a joint press conference in Guwahati on Sunday (Photo Credits: PTI)
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BPF had emerged as single-largest party in BTC elections, Khampa Borgoyari said
The BJP has brought the change of division in the name of religion: BPF s Khampa Borgoyari