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PM Modi, BJP committed to fulfil promises made when Bodo Accord was inked: Amit ShahThe Congress, during its rule, could not quell violence and bring peace, "but it would not refrain from giving us advice", the top BJP lead...
Bodoland Territorial Council elections: United People’s Party Liberal, BJP combine likely to leadUPPL president Promod Boro will be the chief executive member (CEM) of the BTC. While his party won 12 seats, the BJP won nine –– 21 seats ...
Bodo Accord: Two mediators move High Court over failure in implementing the pactThe Government of India on January 27 last inked a pact with four factions of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB).
Govt signs peace pact with Bodos, Amit Shah says Assam’s territorial integrity assuredA monetary package of Rs 1,500 crore has been sanctioned by the government for implementation of the accord in the next three years, accord...
Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Council draws flak for land transfer policyOrganisations say the council is biased against non-tribals as it has taken a stand against them with regard to the sale of land in the reg...
Budget 2016: 100 crore package for tribal areas of poll bound AssamEyeing inroads in the tribal areas of Assam, government announced Rs 100 crore package for the sixth scheduled councils of Bodos, Karbis an...
Tribal groups field new party for Assam polls next yearThe new front has been christened as the United People’s Front (UPF).
Nine Assam tribal bodies to float political partyNine tribal and indigenous organisations have decided to form a political party and contest as many as 30 seats in the 2016 assembly polls.
3 NSLA terrorists, over ground worker arrested in AssamThree NSLA terrorists and an over ground worker were today arrested in a joint operation by the Army and Kokrajhar police at Kashiabari vil...
Why peace in Bodoland always ephemeral and lasts only till next carnagePeace in Bodoland is always ephemeral. The immediate provocation this time is political as non-Bodos have begun to emerge as an alternative...
Centre sets up expert committee to examine demand for BodolandThe government has set up an expert committee to study and examine the demand of a separate Bodoland state to be carved out of Assam.
Assam violence: Tarun Gogoi must ensure that the north-east remains India’s greatest celebration of diversityThe north-east is India’s greatest celebration of diversity. Tarun Gogoi must ensure it remains that way.
Northeast burning: ‘Illegal’ immigrants with valid papersIf they are illegal immigrants, who gave them valid papers, where did they get them from and who are the signatories of what is clearly ori...
Assam: Control over land key reason for clash between Bodos, MuslimsA primer on the continuing ethnic conflict between the indigenous Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers in western Assam.
- Assam violence brings illegal migration back in focus
Several Bodo organisations as well as some political parties maintain that the violence was the result of unabated influx of immigrants fro...
Assam is like a volcano: Tarun GogoiAn irate mob blocked NH 31, at Beltoli, on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border, following the death of three people on Monday night.
- Communal strife in Assam, 33 dead
Situation in Assam has turned critical and over 33 people have been killed.