- Non Bodo groups have sought consultation prior to the inking of the Accord
A senior officer in Assam government said, “Centre is holding parleys with leaders of different Bodo outfits and we are expecting inking of...
No promise for Union Territory in Bodo areas in Assam: InterlocutorThe comments come amid strong protests by some non-Bodo organisations in Assam against any such move.
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.
Battleground Assam: What makes it a melting potThe Assam Agitation that capped six years of anti-foreigner movement from 1979 to 1985, also impacted the way the state votes.
Congress targets 20 seats in BTC polls, BJP confident of better performanceCongress has promised to review the Bodo accord and increase the number of seats for non-Bodos in the BTC if voted to power in council’s el...
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...
End the violence in Bodo territories, guard against reprisals elsewhereIf India is to function as a democracy, people have to be free to vote as they wish, and not be driven to polls at the barrel of a Kalashni...
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: 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.
Kokrajhar: Ex-ULFA militant, former governor in poll fraySeventy-seven people lost their lives in the violence in 2012 between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims which also left more than four lak...
- 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...
- CBI makes first arrests in Assam violence cases
CBI made the first arrests in Assam violence cases by taking into custody 5 youths in connection with alleged lynching of 4 Bodo youths in ...
- Mumbai violence: Police probing outsider mob theory
Investigators probing the Azad Maidan violence in Mumbai are looking at links between its perpetrators and possible masterminds in Assam.
- 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.
Why Assam is sitting on a volcanoConsidering the magnitude of the explosion and compelling evidence of administrative lethargy, even the by-now mandatory demand for the CM'...
- Assam violence brings illegal migration back in focus
Several Bodo organisations as well as some political parties maintain that the violence was the result of unabated influx of immigrants fro...
- 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 ...