Fierce contest between local parties in KokrajharUPPL and BPF compete for stability in Bodoland, supported by AIUDF and BJP respectively. Candidates Joyanta Basumatary and Kampa Borgoyary ...
Gauhati HC declares Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania ineligible to contest electionsSarania was to seek re-election from Kokrajhar. The court dismissed a petition by Sarania challenging a January 12 order of the state-level...
HC declares Kokrajhar MP Naba Kumar Sarania ineligible for contestSarania was to seek re-election from Kokrajhar. The Gauhati high Court dismissed a petition Sarania challenging a January 12 order of the s...
A new mountain beginning: Will the fragile peace in Bodo-dominated areas of Western Assam survive?Guided by an ex-poacher, ET travelled through the vast woodlands in the foothills near Bhutan to find some credible answers to a vexing que...
Assam government approves rehabilitation package for 4036 National Democratic Front of Boroland cadresA meeting held under the direction of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to review the status of implementation of Bodoland territorial reg...
- Congress enters into poll pact with UPP
What is expected to give Congress foot hold in Bodoland, Congress has entered into pre poll pact with Bodoland based United People's Party ...
Assam proposals on ST tag for tribes top government agendaAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of Scheduled Tribe status for Assam communities, the election-bound state has jumped the ...
Eye on Assam polls: Government expediting proposal to change scheduled tribes classification rulesWith the BJP aiming to gain ground in Assam, the ST status for these communities would help its cause as the number of reserved constituenc...
Ethnicity-based politics: Why Assam’s adivasis are soft targetsAdivasis, say observers, suffer because they are caught in the vortex of Assam's ethnicity-based politics. The BTAD has tried to use the ad...
Schedule Tribe status demanded for Adivasis by tribal organisationsMurmu said a delegation of ASA, would soon meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hand over a memorandum in support of their demands.
Bodoland Peoples Front ends 13-year alliance with Congress in Assam"The present Congress government has not cooperated at all with us in all round development of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTA...
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...
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.
- 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.
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Kokrajhar
Prime minister arrived at Guwahati Airport at 10.30.am from there a he went to Kokrajhar by Helicopter.
- Fresh demands for creation of Bodoland and Dimaraji
As if demands for Gorkhaland, Kamtapur or Greater Coochbehar weren’t trouble enough, now the Telangana issue has triggered fresh demands fo...
- Bodo MP claims massive violence in Assam by Bangla migrants
Independent MP from Kokrajhar sought to turn the heat on the Congress by seeking a statement on the issue from PM Manmohan Singh.