Around 50 per cent votes were cast in the five Lok Sabha constituencies of Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Kaziranga, Dibrugarh and Sonitpur in Assam till 3 pm on Monday. Sonitpur recorded a turnout of 71.39 per cent, followed by 70.65 per cent in Jorhat, 69.42 per cent in Lakhimpur, 68.75 per...

Women, who outnumber male voters in all the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam going to polls in the first phase, came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise today. Women were seen queuing up before polling stations from 5 am and most of them said they wanted to...