Assam Election  

Perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal, who is contesting from Dhubri for a third consecutive time has declared his total assets worth Rs 78,80,67,034 and has emerged the richest candidate this poll season in Assam.

Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

Sukhendu Das of BJP, the village panchayat president of Haticherra village panchayat under the Udharbond Assembly constituency was returning on a motorcycle after attending an event when miscreants shot at him and his nephew

According to reports, there are around 15,000 transgender people living in Assam and the names of 503 were included in the draft electoral rolls in the state. The revised policy is intended for the welfare of the transgender community in the state