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PM Modi's mission of bringing peace, development in North East successful: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission in the northeast to bring peace and development has b...
Assam CM Sarma stressed on the need for proper rehabilitation of all those who were affected by violence in the restive period of the Bodoland movementLater in the day, the Chief Minister also attended as Chief Guest the third triennial conference of the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets PM Modi, requests transfer of ONGC acreages to OILSarma who met Modi on Monday said, “ONGC ‘s yield is not up to the mark and we are losing on royalty. We have proposed to transfer entire a...
Bodo accord stakeholders seek inclusion in BTC to ensure lasting peace in BodolandThe stakeholders of the accord, which include leaders of the three armed factions of the NDFB, said a provision to absorb them into Bodo po...
Bodoland celebrates AccordBodoland celebrated the signing of Bodo accord between the Centre and four factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB). No...
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...
A first in 15 years: Regional parties on the marginsMajor regional parties have aligned with the three major national forces — Congress, BJP and the Left — for the upcoming Assembly elections.
All Bodo Students Union blockade on NH 31C affects vehicular movementThe outfits demanded fulfillment of their '48-year long demand' for 'Bodoland' state from Sankosh to Sadiya on the north bank of river Brah...
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Fear is the byword in Assam's KokrajharKokrajhar the corridor to Northeast India had a history of riots each leaving its imprints on the mind of people residing in area.
Ex-militants to contest Lok Sabha polls in Northeast IndiaIn Northeast India, militants have often used elections to make their presence felt –– be it for violent activities or as an occasion to jo...
- Bandh by non-Bodo organisations in several lower Assam districts
Life was hit in several lower Assam districts and stray incidents of violence were reported on the first day of the 36-hour state-wide band...
Four statehood demands rock Assam amidst violenceThe UPA government's decision to create Telangana has brought long-standing demands by four ethnic groups for separate states carved out of...
Bodo leaders meet Home Minister; Demand separate stateThe delegation told the Home Minister that their demand for a separate Bodoland state was one of the oldest in the country.
After Telangana, some other states of separationAfter granting statehood to Telangana, the Centre may find it difficult to ignore similar demands:
Gorkhaland, Bodoland agitation to be intensified: Leaders"The central government will now have to give us Gorkhaland. They cannot deny our old and justified demand. We will intensify our agitation...
Army flag march in KokrajharArmy today conducted a flag march in curfew-bound Kokrajhar and their five columns were kept ready in troubled areas to combat any emergenc...
- A distraught tribal: The genesis of Assam ethnic violence
Ethnic conflict in Assam , like in some other parts of the north-east is decades old, but has increased in frequency since the late 1970s.