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The Congress has released its manifesto for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, laying out a broad roadmap focused on governance, identity, and development. The document highlights 11 key priority areas and repeats the party’s earlier announced “five guarantees”. The manifesto was released at an election rally in Bokajan in Karbi Anglong district in the presence of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi and other senior leaders. According to party leaders, the manifesto covers a wide range of sectors including governance reforms, protection of identity, healthcare, infrastructure, industrial growth, agriculture, rural and urban development, and climate-related challenges. The party has…

The 2026 Assam Assembly election has once again highlighted a clear gender gap in electoral participation, with women making up only a small share of the total candidates in the fray.Out of 722 candidates contesting across 126 constituencies, only 59 are women, according to affidavit data analysed from Election Commission records. This means women account for just about 8 per cent of all candidates, a figure that remains unchanged from the 2021 Assembly elections.Despite a reduction in the total number of candidates this time following delimitation, the proportion of women has not improved. Male candidates continue to dominate the electoral…

Debi Daimiri, a 28-year-old wrestler from Dineshpur village in Assam, exemplifies resilience and determination in sports despite her challenging past. Orphaned at age seven, she was raised by her uncle and aunt, taking on odd jobs to support her wrestling training. Her hard work culminated in winning a silver medal in the women’s 62kg category at the Khelo India Tribal Games in Chhattisgarh. Debi began wrestling in 2022 at the Khelo India Centre after switching from powerlifting and arm wrestling, thanks to encouragement from coach Anustup Narah, who assisted her in finding a job to afford training costs. Balancing work…

Assam held a memorial meeting on Thursday to honor the late Premadhar Sarma, a pioneer in sports journalism and a significant figure in sports development in the region. The event, titled "A Tribute to Premadhar Sarma," took place at the Gauhati Town Club Auditorium and was co-organized by the Guwahati Sports Association (GSA), Gauhati Town Club (GTC), and the Assam Sports Journalists’ Association (ASJA). Sarma's career was multi-dimensional, involving playing, refereeing, commentary, organization, and journalism. He started as a player in the B Division League in Guwahati and played a pivotal role in the establishment of various sports associations throughout…

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal criticized the Congress party during campaign rallies in Sadiya and Naharkatia, claiming that the public's enthusiastic response signifies a strong repudiation of the Opposition's "politics of neglect, division and inaction." He asserted that while Congress thrived on chaos, the NDA has fostered peace and progress, and urged voters to provide a decisive mandate to protect Assam’s future from past mis-governance. Sonowal emphasized the need for development over the Congress's "legacy of underdevelopment," recalling how areas like Sadiya had been neglected. He claimed that Congress's imposition of laws weakened indigenous rights in favor of illegal immigrants, which…

The Guwahati Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against Sukanya Bora, a dismissed Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer, in a case concerning disproportionate assets. The chargesheet was submitted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) to the Court of the Special Judge, Assam, highlighting that Bora amassed assets significantly exceeding her known sources of income. An investigation revealed that, since joining the Assam Civil Service in 2015 with a starting salary of around Rs 38,000 per month, she acquired movable and immovable properties valued at Rs 7.94 crore from March 1, 2017,…