Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 00:01
An empty wagon rake and two engines of a goods train got derailed in Assam`s Dima Hasao district Monday, a railway official said. There were no casualties.
Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 21:05
Assam is likely to witness several hundred hours of shutdown in the coming days as several organisations demanding separate states Monday called for 1,500 hours of `bandh`.
Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 15:05
Bodoland People`s Front MP Biswajit Daimary on Monday said he has raised with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the demand for carving a separate state of Bodoland out of Assam.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 21:40
Assam State Jamiat Ulama (ASJU) on Sunday appealed to all groups demanding separate states not to declare any bandh or block roads till the end of Eid festival later this week.
Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 00:14
Ethnic groups in Assam blocked major roads on Sunday hindering transport, to press their demand for separate state of Bodoland after the Government gave nod for the creation of new state of Telangana.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 21:02
Opposition Asom Gana Parishad accused Assam government of "failing" on all fronts as it has not been able to control violence in many districts in demand of independent statehood by different groups.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 20:40
The All Koch-Rajbongshi Students` Union (AKRSU) on Saturday submitted a memorandum to Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik demanding creation of a separate state.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 19:33
As violence continues to rock parts of Assam in support of demands for separate states, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ruled out further division of his state.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 18:29
Two Assam ministers have been sent by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to Karbi Anglong to hold discussions with political parties and restore peace.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 17:56
Life was hit in lower Assam and stray incidents of violence were reported on the first day of the 36-hour state-wide bandh called by non Bodo organisations opposing the separate Bodoland agitation.
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