India, May 15 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no cash in hand, says the affidavit filed by him in Guwahati to seek re-election to Rajya Sabha from Assam.In his affidavit submitted to assembly secretary Gouranga Das on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said his total annual income was Rs. 4,051,964. But he has no cash in …

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's term as Member of Parliament (MP) expires on June 14 with the Election Commission today announcing the election for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam will be held on May 30.

India, May 3 -- Elections for two Rajya Sabha seats - one of which is held by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - from Assam will be held on May 30, the Election Commission announced on Thursday.The term of two Rajya Sabha members from Assam - Singh and Kumar Deepak Das - is ending on June 14.In wake of the vacancies, the commission …

The code of conduct for the election came into effect yesterday. The last date for filing nominations is April 26 and that for withdrawal of candidature is May 2, he added.

In an oblique reference to Narah, the sources said dissidence was the creation of people who had lost the last Assembly elections and were trying to make themselves relevant by entering the government through the back door. Narah, a very senior party hand, had lost the last election.

Silchar/Guwahati, Feb. 28: The ruling Congress today regained the Algapur Assembly seat in Hailakandi district but the outcome yet again reflected the growing influence of the AIUDF in Assam politics.Mandira Roy, Congress candidate and wife of senior cabinet minister Gautam Roy, defeated her nearest rival, AIUDF's Mehbubul …

Kohima/Shillong, Feb 22 (IANS) Election officials and security forces were in place Friday to oversee assembly elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya Saturday.

A Congress office-bearer today said the party would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to wrest power after hibernating for 10 years. "Look how desperate the NPF has become... the party wants to win the election at any cost," he said, citing the arrest of the home minister under the Arms Act.

Congress has asked the authorities to seize the chopper, disqualify the candidate for violation of the model code of conduct and take necessary action against NPF. The Congress has claimed that NPF has started delivering money through choppers to escape checking by the police and election observers on the road.

The general secretary of Sadou Asom Tribal Sangha, Aditya Khaklary, claimed that the bandh was a success as its impact was felt across the state, barring Guwahati, and it was peaceful. He said they would hold a meeting in Guwahati on February 21 to protest against the violence in the Rabha council area and the government's …

Sources in the state election commission told The Telegraph that going by the results declared so far, the AIUDF would be the second largest party after Congress in this year's panchayat polls.

Guwahati, Feb. 17 -- The police in eastern Nagaland's Longleng district seized more than Rs.1crore from a Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate on Saturday after the chopper he was travelling in landed on an Assam Rifles helipad without prior information.Specific to the Northeast, Assam Rifles is one of the world's oldest …

State election commissioner Biren Dutta told The Telegraph that the commission would be able to announce the official result by Sunday or Monday after analysing data received from all the districts.

Shillong, Feb 7 (IANS) In a major development ahead of the Feb 23 assembly elections in Meghalaya, the Election Commission Thursday removed state police chief Kulbir Krishan.

State election commissioner Biren Dutta today said the average voter turnout in the first phase was 73.29 per cent and that there will be repolling in seven booths tomorrow ' two each in Lakhimpur and Golaghat and one each in Tinsukia, Dhemaji and Majuli ' for error in ballot papers and ballot-snatching in one station.

Opposition parties, however, were quick to grab the opportunity. "Our fear of the ruling Congress using the government machinery to swing votes in its favour is not unfounded. This is one reason we had moved the state election commissioner not to deploy only Assam police personnel for poll duty ' because they can be influenced," …

Sources said nominations for 95 per cent of the panchayat seats had been filed, which reflected that most people in the council area, covering south Kamrup and Goalpara districts, wanted the election to go ahead as scheduled. "We have two options: hear the voice of 95 per cent or go with the five per cent against the poll," …

The outfit subsequently called for a village council election boycott, following which polls in 15 Sinlung Hills Development Council villages have not been held till date.

The election campaign meeting, held under the aegis of Ritubaran Sarma, was attended by senior BJP leader Ram Prashad Sarma, Uday Medhi, Ganesh Rajbangshi, Deben Swargyari, Jeherul Islam among others.

However, non-tribals and the Garos residing in Kamrup district have vehemently opposed the election in 375 villages of the district, where non-Rabhas are in a majority.

Guwahati, Jan. 2: Protests and assaults marked the Congress's preparation for the three-phase panchayat election today but the nominations for the first phase on January 30 ended without any untoward incident.Insiders attributed the strife to "disregard" for the one-person-one-post principle and "parachuting" of candidates …

Sources said trouble was brewing in at least 10 other constituencies over the question of nomination as Roy Barman was working in tandem with leader of the Opposition Ratanlal Nath and trying to put up nominees of their personal choice. "If this goes unchecked, it will lead to a disaster because people in almost all constituencies …

Ahmedabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi declared Thursday that his hat-trick of an election win held a national message and that he was serving "Mother India" besides his own state.

At the same time, he said Election Commission officials are likely to visit the poll-bound state in the first week of January to review Meghalaya's preparedness for the elections.

The polls were not being held in these areas as Rabha groups had opposed the election in the council area and the government had accepted their demand.

Guwahati, Dec. 17 -- Democracy could be proving fatal for the one-horned rhinos of Assam, says an analysis on poaching.The intelligence wing of an armed force engaged in counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast had consulted experts to analyse poaching for more insight into the poacher-militant nexus. The analysis …

Replying to a question regarding the considerable erosion of Congress base in the district, Roy said the party's base had not been eroded, as evident from the increase in the number of votes received by the party in the 2011 Assembly election. He said the Congress would do even better in the panchayat election in January …

Gogoi had won the election as an Independent candidate.

"Leadership of both factions of DHD might contest the election but we do not feel that the militant leadership's joining politics could have any impact on the Congress. The recent Karbi Anglong autonomous council elections established that," a Dima Hasao Congress source said.

New Delhi, Oct.24 (ANI): A delegation of the Communist Party of India-Marxist met Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath to request him extends the date of the enrolment of voters in West Bengal.