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A total of eight quakes jolted the state since Wednesday night and all originated in and around Tezpur, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in its bulletin.

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit Assam on Wednesday morning, causing widespread damage in the Northeast state.

Most parts of the region felt the impact of the massive earthquake as people ran out of their homes and other places in panic.

The state government has also ordered all market places and shops to down shutters by 6 pm, and face mask has been made mandatory for everyone.

Three employees of the ONGC were on April 21 kidnapped by suspected ULFA-I militants from its Lakwa oilfield in Assam's Sivasagar district along the Assam-Nagaland border.

"Around 300 people created chaos at both places, mainly over payment of Rs 500 for the tests," Cachar district Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumit Sattawan said.

Funds collected in Asom Arogya Nidhi account last year shall be utilised for procuring the vaccines, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Whereabouts of the kidnapped employees were not known and kidnappers have not made any contact with the family or the company so far, a source in ONGC said.

The third phase of election in the tea-garden state was held in 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state

Altogether 79,19,641 voters -- 40,11,539 men, 39,07,963 women and 139 of the third gender -- are entitled to exercise their franchise in 11,401 polling stations.

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting on Tuesday in single-phase assembly elections.

As the incident came to light, the District Election Officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll.

On five guarantees promised by Mahajot (Grand Alliance) to tea garden workers in Assam, Nadda said, Their five guarantees also included Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA).

The EC said in a statement that the presiding officer and three other officials have been placed under suspension and a repoll has been ordered at the Indira M.V. School polling station under Ratabari Assembly constituency in the state.

"Congress has given five guarantees to voters of Assam. We are not BJP, we fulfill our promises. Tea garden workers must remember our guarantee of Rs 365 per day as minimum wage," Gandhi said.

Voting was held in 30 assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam in this phase with a total of 21,825 polling stations

The Biswanath constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage till now, while the Dibrugarh constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage.

A total of 264 candidates are in the fray for 47 seats 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.

A total of 264 candidates are in the fray from 47 seats-- 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.

"These include identifying and blocking ads from referenced candidates, parties, and other election-related content," the company said in a statement.