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Kokrajhar violence: One killed, internet services suspended as Bodo-Adivasi clashes escalate in AssamTensions flared in Kokrajhar, Assam, as a tragic vehicle accident claimed a life, igniting conflict between the Bodo and Adivasi communitie...
Violence in Kokrajhar during third phase of Lok Sabha electionsClashes in Kokrajhar during the third phase of polling resulted in injuries. Assam Chief Minister lauded the overall peaceful conduct of el...
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.
Cops, protesters injured in clashes over Bodoland demandBesides disruption of train services, four policemen and 10 protesters were injured in a clash in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district.
- Violence in Assam: Government review panel approves blocking of 306 Twitter accounts
A high-level government review committee has given its stamp of approval on a decision to block 306 accounts being used on Twitter.
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...
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.
- Northeast migrants flee Pune, Bangalore, Chennai
Fearing reprisals over the violence against Muslims in Assam, people from the northeast continued to flee from cities such as Bangalore, Ch...
- 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...
5 killed in fresh violence in lower Assam, toll rises to 61After a calm of ten days fresh violence broke out in parts of lower Assam claiming five lives and pushing the overall toll to 61 today.
- 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 death toll rises to 40, violence continues
Two fresh incidents of arson have been reported from Chirang and Kokrajhar districts, but no casualty have been reported.
- 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.
- Manmohan Singh asks Assam CM to bring law and order under control
PM today took stock of the situation in Assam where ethnic clashes have taken place and directed Tarun Gogoi to do everything possible to c...
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.
- No fresh incident in violence-affected areas of Kokrajhar: S N Singh
The army and police are keeping a strict vigil in Assam's Kokrajhar and Chirang districts where 17 persons have been killed in group clashe...
- Curfew in Assam Kokrajhar: Additional forces sought
Sources said, "Four cadres of former insurgent outfit Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) cadres were shot dead by unidentified persons. "
- 36-hour Assam bandh begins, boy killed
Tribal activists allegedly killed a teenager and set ablaze a vehicle early Monday as the 36-hour Assam bandh called by the All Assam Advis...