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Congress moves to keep Assam candidates together

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Party leaders hold closed-door meeting with candidates at Guwahati.

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Assam Congress president Ripun Bora.

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Protesters wearing protective suits and masks display placards laying on the street near the Election Commission office in Kolkata on April 7, 2021 during a demonstration demanding the halt of the ongoing State legislative election amidst the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

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Voters stand in a queue to cast their vote during Madhupur Assembly bypoll, in Deoghar district, Jharkhand on April 17, 2021.

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Assam Congress president Ripun Bora.

Congress moves to keep Assam candidates together

Protesters wearing protective suits and masks display placards laying on the street near the Election Commission office in Kolkata on April 7, 2021 during a demonstration demanding the halt of the ongoing State legislative election amidst the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

Coronavirus | Shiv Sena blames Centre, EC for second wave of COVID-19 in India

Voters stand in a queue to cast their vote during Madhupur Assembly bypoll, in Deoghar district, Jharkhand on April 17, 2021.

Assembly, Lok Sabha bypolls April 2021 updates | 69.5% voter turnout till 3 p.m. in Mizoram

Red Fort violence | Court grants bail to actor-activist Deep Sidhu

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Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate for the Kokrajhar East constituency Pramila Rani Brahma shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote at a polling station, during the third and final phase of Assam Assembly Elections 2021, at Kokrajhar, on April 6, 2021.

Now, Assam’s BPF sends its candidates abroad

Special Correspondent Regional party outdoes Mahajot ally Congress and the All India United Democratic Front, who packed their candidates off to Rajasthan

Voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station, during the 3rd phase of the Assam Assembly election, at Uttarpara in Baksa district on April 6, 2021.

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A health worker sanitise voters at a polling station during the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata on April 17, 2021.

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COVID-19 surge: Manipur clamps night curfew till April 30

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Coronavirus | Shortage of oxygen supply in Gujarat hospitals

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Woman police officer arrested for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in Jammu and Kashmir

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Coronavirus | A 15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital

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Shiv Sena, NCP slam Fadnavis for ‘campaigning against Marathi candidate’ in Belgaum

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that political leaders from Maharashtra should not campaign against a Marathi-speaking candidate in Belgaum.

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Cooch Behar killing | West Bengal CID takes over probe in CISF firing that killed four

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COVID-19 negative medical certificate needed to enter Manipur from Sunday

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Head of akhara suffering from COVID-19 dies in Uttarakhand

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