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View: How the tyranny of distance amplifies some protests, ignores othersIn the value system of politics, regionalism is decried and the ideal of Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat is promoted. Quite rightly too for the i...
Bodoland People Front chief Hagrama Mohilary may play key role in government formationMohilary is the key player in 2016 Assembly elections and can play a decisive role in next government formation.
NDFB(S) serial attacks: Nearly 25,000 refugees return homeASDMA CEO Tiwari said that district officials of Kokrajhar today went to Alipurduar in West Bengal and brought back the refugees from two c...
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Riot-ravaged Kokrajhar still under a shadow of fearPolice pickets set up in the area after the riot broke out were withdrawn four months ago and this created panic in the area.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.
CBI arrests four for 2012 Assam riotsCBI sources said four persons have been arrested in connection with the riots in Karigaon area of Kokrajhar district but refused to give th...
- Mamata Banerjee alleges 'bad handling' of Assam situation
CM Mamata Banerjee today flayed the "bad handling" of the violence at Kokrajhar district in the neighbouring state of Assam.
Fresh violence in lower Assam, one person killed, 2 injuredFresh incidents of violence today rocked strife-torn Lower Assam districts leaving one person dead in Dhubri and two injured in Kokrajhar.
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: CBI likely to probe 7 more cases
7 cases registered against arrested Assam MLA Pradeep Brahma are likely to be handed over to CBI, which is probing cases related to clashes...
- Bodo MLA arrested, Bodoland Peoples Front declares bandh
Curfew was reimposed in Kokrajhar, following the arrest of Bodoland Peoples Front MLA on charges of inciting communal violence.
Assam violence: CBI announces Rs 1 lakh reward for info on culpritsPeople can give information on special helpline telephone numbers 08811099997 and 08811099996 anonymously, CBI sources said.
- Assam violence: NDFB kills migrant labourers from Bengal
Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited different relief camps in trouble torn areas of Kokrajhar and Dhubri.
- LK Advani's remarks on Assam violence added fuel to fire, says Digvijaya Singh
Advani had said that he hoped that Kashmir, where a "whole population was rendered homeless", was not repeated in Kokrajhar.
- 'Bureaucratic' defence ministry delayed Army response in violence-hit Assam
The standard operating procedures expect local Army commanders not to entertain requests of district magistrates unless it is routed throug...
- Assam riots: P Chidambaram visits victims in Kokrajhar
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today met victims of ethnic violence in a camp for refugees in Assam's strife-torn Kokrajhar district.
Assam riots: Tarun Gogoi slams Centre for lack of intelligence, delay in dispatch of troopsA blame game broke out between the Assam government and the Centre on Friday over the response to the ethnic violence in Kokrajhar.
West Bengal will take care of Assam riot refugees: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said her government would take the "best care" of refugees who had crossed over to the state fro...
- Assam strife: Manmohan Singh to visit violence-hit state
Manmohan Singh will undertake a visit to the state on Saturday to take stock of the situation and the steps being taken to control it.
- Scattered violence continues, Gogoi visits Kokrajhar
Scattered violence continued for the sixth day today in riot-torn lower Assam districts where one person was killed in police firing while ...