The Lyngdoh guidelines specify that any student contesting the elections cannot spend more than ₹5,000 in their campaigning, but candidates for major parties can spend as much as ₹40 lakhs

This is for the first time in 11 years that no party has fielded a woman candidate for the top post. The number of candidates in fray is also lower than previous years when at…

The Lyngdoh Committee Guidelines were recommended by a committee, headed by former chief election commissioner JM Lyngdoh, in 2005, the guidelines were accepted by the Supreme…

The Lyngdoh guidelines specify that any student contesting the elections cannot spend more than ₹5,000 in their campaigning, but candidates for major parties can spend as much as…

The three departments have a combined voter count of 5,684, against a campus-wide total of 16,468. More students may be added to the list before the polling day on August 31

Unlike previous years, when rallies often continued until midnight, most of Saturday’s programmes began around 6 pm and concluded by 8.30 pm

Such events cost up to ₹3 lakh, exceeding the ₹5,000 expenditure limit recommended by the Lyngdoh Committee