GUWAHATI, April 16: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today announced a 54-member list of candidates for the ensuing Assembly election, in which the sitting MLA of Sonai constituency Anowar Hussain Laskar has been denied the party ticket. Announcing the list here the party president and the Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that his party would contest a total of 79 seats while it would leave 44 for its ally BJP. Mahanta further said that there would be friendly contest with the BJP in 10 seats while the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) would support AGP candidates in 24 constituencies...

NEW DELHI, April 16: Irked by the selection of candidates in her constituency, Congress MP Ranee Narah today threatened to resign from the party, even as the Central Election Committee (CEC) began its meeting to finalise the party's list of candidates. Internal differences within the Assam Congress today came out in the open following Ranee's outburst against the party leadership. The former State Youth Congress president created quite a scene at the Parliament House here this afternoon, when she confronted senior AICC leaders, charging them with turning a blind eye about the state-of-affairs...

IMPHAL, April 16: Thousands of state government employees under the banner of Joint Action Committee of All Manipur Trade Union Council and All Manipur Government Employees Organisation launched an indefinite ceasework strike from today in protest against the anti-employee policy' of the present ministry. The office work of various state government departments were paralysed following the indefinite ceasework strike which come into force from today. state government offices like planning, family welfare, untrained teachers,' fishery, tribal development, agriculture, horticulture veterinary...

KOKRAJHAR, April 11: All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) and Bodo Peoples' Action Committee (BPAC) have decalred the names of the candidates for seat for the ensuing Assembly elections. The candidates are as follows : Gossaigaon - Bibhuti Bhusan Brahma; Kokrajhar (East) - Pramila Rani Brahma; Kokrajhar (West) - Hemendra Nath Brahma; Sidli - Motin Basumatary; Bijni- Romio Basumatary; Chapaguri - Prabin Boro; Tamulpur - D D Daimary; Kalaigaon - Nathuram Boro; Paneri - Kamli Basumatary; Udalguri - Nareswar Daimary and Mazbat - Pratul Sargoyari. The candidates of the remaining seats have not been...

IMPHAL, April 16: The Election Department has prepared all the formalities of conducting the by-election of the Kshetrigao assembly constituency on May 11 next. The seat for the constituency has been lying vacant following the sudden demise of MLA Wangkhem Basantakumar on January 26 this year in a New Delhi hospital. The Chief Electoral Officer of the state in a press release issued today notified that the last date of filing nomination is April 24 while the scrutiny of nominations will be held the next day. Besides the withdrawal of nomination papers will be April 27, it added. While the date...