 | Assam Assembly passes bills to create 3 separate autonomous councilsAll the autonomous councils in Assam are named after the respective communities like Rabha-Hasong, Tiwa, Mising, Moran, Matak. |
 | Assam polls: For BJP, performance and popularity of MLAs will prove the deciding factorBJP stalwart and the state’s Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made it clear that all sitting MLAs of the party will not get tickets. |
 | No bother for new party, says Assam’s ruling BJPThe state’s Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma exuded confidence the BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) would win 100 of the state’s 126 seats. |
 | Assam Congress MLA slits palm to write anti-government slogans with blood over firm privatisationMariani MLA, Rupjyoti Kurmi, told journalists that he was aggrieved that the government was planning to sell the two public sector undertakings, Nagaon Paper Mill and Cachar Paper Mill. |
