Maurya Times

  Peaceful polling concludes for byelections  in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram                                                               file photo Guwahati: The polling exercise for byelections in nine assembly constituencies Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram came to an end peacefully at 5 pm on Saturday. Five assembly constituencies in Assam witnessed nearly 70% polling, where Gossaigaon seat reported highest polling (76.71%) and Mariani recorded the lowest turnout (61.62 %) in the stipulated time. Thowra seat recorded 75.07 %, where Bhabanipur reported 74 % and  Tamulpur 62 % polling. Altogether 31 candidates representing different national and regional political parties as well as independents were in the fray, among whom 7,96,456 general electors got the opportunity to elect five legislators to the 126-member State legislative assembly.  State chief electoral officer Nitin Khade, while expressing happiness over the peaceful polling, informed a total of 5,410 polling personnel were

RSS strongly condemns Islamist attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Baithak, held in Dharwad (Karnataka), expresses its deep anguish over the recent outburst of violence on Hindu families in Bangladesh and strongly condemns the continuing brutality on the Hindu minority community in the neighboring country. It reassures that RSS along with the entire Hindu society stands firmly by persecuted Hindu and Buddhist minorities there in this challenging time. In a resolution, adopted in the three-day meeting (28 to 30 October 2021), the RSS (literary meaning National Volunteer Organisation and functions as a Hindu nationalist umbrella organisation) terms the attacks on temple and Sanatan families as a ‘part of larger conspiracy by Jihadi groups to further Islamisation’ of the south Asian nation. “The recent slew of communal violence that erupted (in Bangladesh) during the sacred festival of Durga Puja lef