CHIRANG/KOKRAJHAR: With four rioters who defied curfew orders killed in police firing on Tuesday and nine more bodies recovered, the death toll in the five-day-old Bodo-Muslim violence in lower Assam districts rose to 32. Shoot-at-sight orders remained i
Read Full Article atGOALPARA/GUWAHATI: The Army on Wednesday staged flag march in areas hit by violence in Assam's Goalpara district where shoot-at-sight orders were issued even as chief minister Tarun Gogoi said he would recommend a CBI inquiry into the unrest in which the
BJP MP Kabindra Purkayastha was injured in a lathi-charge by security forces in Dholai town in Cachar district today. Official sources said Purkayastha, who is the MP from Silchar, was holding a protest meeting at Dholai after the recovery of the body of
Rangiya (Assam): All Bodoland Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) activists today blocked the Rangiya- Goreshwar road at lower Assam's Baksa district in protest against the killing of two local businessmen by unidentified miscreants. Shouting slogans agains
"There are political forces who are instigating them. But I do not want to name them," Gogoi told reporters in Guwahati on Wednesday. "How did hundreds of people suddenly come out with swords, sharp weapons and sticks. Who organised them? It was not volu
Tension continued to prevail in Rabha Hasong areas of western Assam after yesterday's Panchayat poll-related violence, which led to the death of 19 people and left several others injured. The state government admitted to security lapses and said it had n
Guwahati, Feb 13: At least 20 people have been killed during fresh violence in Assam ahead of the crucial panchayat elections in the state, stated official source. While 13 people were killed during police firing, 6 others died during overnight clashes b
We've had enough bloodshed. We want peace among different communities...