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Dedicated security force for NTPC's unit in AssamChief Minister Tarun Gogoi has ordered for a dedicated security force to be deployed at NTPC power project at Salakati so that the personne...
Assam to have a special force for Bodoland: Tarun GogoiGogoi said there are a number of vulnerable pockets, which the militants use as hideouts and launch pads for their attacks.
Bodos, Muslims flee violence-hit areas in AssamOfficials said the eight villagers, whose bodies were found, were shot dead by Bodo militants on Friday in Baksa district.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Riot-ravaged Kokrajhar still under a shadow of fearPolice pickets set up in the area after the riot broke out were withdrawn four months ago and this created panic in the area.
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.
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.
Violence in Bodoland: Two killed by suspected NDFB anti-faction insurgents, death toll reaches 5Two persons were killed in fresh violence by suspected NDFB anti-talk faction insurgents in Assam's Kokrajhar district.
Fresh violence erupts in Assam, 5 killed; curfew imposedFive people were killed in fresh violence in Chirang district of Assam on Saturday. Curfew has been imposed in the district to curb further...
- Assam violence: NDFB kills migrant labourers from Bengal
Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited different relief camps in trouble torn areas of Kokrajhar and Dhubri.
- Assam riots: Return of refugees will take some time, says Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi today said refugees hit by the recent violence in lower Assam will have to wait for some time for the situation to become calm...
- 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.
- Muslim Students Union of Assam demands dissolution of Bodoland Council
"We are compelled to demand scrapping BTC because of frequent outbreak of violence on non-Bodos, especially Muslims", MSUA's Ashik Rabbani ...
Assam violence: Tarun Gogoi recommends CBI probe, toll 73Fresh incidences of violence were reported in lower Assam districts even as the government today recommended a CBI probe into the ethnic cl...
Assam riots: P Chidambaram promises victims rehabilitation and securityP Chidambaram has assured victims of the Kokrajhar violence of all possible help, including rehabilitation and security.
- BJP to send fact-finding team to violence-hit Assam
BJP today decided to send a fact-finding team to the state to ascertain the reasons that led to the clashes.
Fresh incidents of violence in Assam, toll rises to 21Incidents of violence were reported in Kokrajhar & Chirang districts even as clashes between Bodo tribals & minority immigrants spread to B...
- Ethnic clash in Assam: 21 dead, shoot-at-sight order issued in Kokrajhar
Thousands of people have fled the area and taken shelter in relief camps or moved out to nearby West Bengal.