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Former JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar takes on Modi in Assam poll campaign | details

CPI leader and former JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar slammed BJP by calling prime minister Narendra Modi "the biggest liar" and compared BJP's leader from Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma with King Kansa who is the tyrant ruler of Mathura in the Mahabharata.

Mar 29, 2021

Assam police mega drug-bust; Rs 12 crore worth meth seized in Mizoram [details]

According to the security agencies, the seized drugs, suspected to be smuggled in from Myanmar, were sent to the state excise department.

Mar 27, 2021

Over 79% polling in West Bengal, 72% in Assam in 10 hours [details]

More than half of the 73-lakh electorate in Bengal's 30 Assembly constituencies have cast their ballot and sealed the fate of 191 candidates

Mar 27, 2021

Twitter gets serious about elections in India; revamps policy to fight misinformation [details]

Twitter, the popular micro-blogging platform is cracking down on misinformation ahead of India's crucial assembly elections in various states.

Mar 25, 2021

Adil Hussain opens up on why The Illegal is close to heart; has important father connection [Exclusive]

During an exclusive conversation with IBTimes, Adil Hussain shared the importance of balancing personal and impersonal connections that an actor forms with a character in a film.

Mar 24, 2021

Priyasha Bhardwaj: My parents are proud of me for representing Assam [Exclusive]

In an exclusive chat with International Business Times, Priyasha Bhardwaj talks about her web shows, parents and importance of social media

Mar 22, 2021

Sidelined in BJP, Ram Madhav returns to RSS as executive council member; what went wrong

Ram Madhav, once an important leader in BJP but sidelined over last few years, was sent back to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and appointed a member of its national executive council.

Mar 21, 2021

RSS will support any law that stops 'love jihad': Hosabale

The newly elected Sarkaryavah (general secretary) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Dattatreya Hosabale, said on Saturday that the RSS will support any law to stop fraudulent marriages to lure girls with the sole intention of conversion or to trade them off to other countries.

Mar 21, 2021

BJP announces 17 candidates for TN polls; see full list here

Tamil Nadu elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting will take place on May 2. BJP has now released the names of contesting candidates.

Mar 14, 2021

BJP condemns Waseem Rizvi's anti-Quran remarks; fatwa issued against ex-Shia Waqf leader [details]

Rizvi has approached the Supreme Court for the elimination of 26 verses of the Quran, but the move has sparked outrage among the Muslim communities and even the BJP has condemned his remarks.

Mar 14, 2021

BJP announces names of 57 candidates for West Bengal polls; see full list here

Nandigram is a stronghold of Adhikari, who was elected on a Trinamool ticket from the high profile seat in 2016 before he became a minister in the Mamata Banerjee-led state Cabinet.

Mar 6, 2021

Two ex-Cong ministers, 11 new faces, 3 Muslims in BJP's 1st list for Assam [details]

Former Congress ministers Ajanta Neog and Gautam Roy got BJP tickets to contest from their old seats of Golaghat and Katighora, respectively. See full list here.

Mar 6, 2021

Rajya Sabha TV, Lok Sabha TV merged into Sansad TV; Ravi Capoor is new CEO [details]

Following the merger of RSTV and LSTV, the Rajya Sabha TV CEO Manoj Kumar Pandey has been terminated, making Ravi Capoor, IAS, the CEO of Sansad TV.

Mar 2, 2021

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Assam: NDA's vote share to rise, may win 72 seats | Details inside

The National Democratic Alliances (NDA) vote share is likely to increase by 1.9 per cent in the upcoming Assam elections, while it may bag 72 seats out of the overall 126, the IANS-CVoter survey revealed on Saturday.

Feb 28, 2021

At 21, she is already Arjuna awardee; now a Dy SP [Hima Das full story]

From being called the Dhing Express to DSP Ma'am, journey of the ace sprinter Hima Das who is now appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Assam Police.

Feb 27, 2021

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