Bodo leaders meet Home Minister; demand separate state

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 18:03

Intensifying their demand for Bodoland, a delegation of Bodo leaders on Wednesday met Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and urged him to take urgent steps for creation of the new state bifurcating Assam as in the case of Telangana.

Two NDFB-S ultras killed, 2 policemen injured in encounter

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 17:48

Two Bodo militants have been killed and two policemen injured in an encounter at Tarabari in Assam`s Sonitpur district.

Bodo tribals demand judicial probe into Kokrajhar

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 19:40

An organisation of Bodo tribals of Assam today demanded a judicial probe into the recent violence in Kokrajhar.

CBI makes first arrests in Assam violence cases

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 18:58

The CBI on Wednesday made the first arrests in Assam violence cases by taking into custody five youths.

Assam: Bodo areas calm, rehabilitation starts

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 20:44

Clashes between the Bodos and Bengali speaking Muslim settlers that broke out in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts since July 19 have so far killed 95 people.

AK-47s used in ‘volcano’ Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 10:04

Violence in Assam took a more dangerous and disturbing turn after it came to light that deadly AK-47 rifles were used in the latest attack that left three people dead.

Centre being discriminatory in Assam: Tarun Vijay

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 21:16

BJP national spokesman Tarun Vijay alleged that the Centre was being discriminatory towards the Bodo community in Assam where riots have claimed 50 lives so far.

Assam violence: Toll reaches 40, Army stages flag march

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 09:18

Clashes between minority immigrants and Bodo tribals continued unabated as the toll in the ethnic violence shot up to 40.

Assam violence toll at 25; shoot-at-sight orders issued

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 09:03

Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in Kokrajhar district of Assam following fresh incidents of arson and violence.

Assam: Violence spreads to Chirang, death toll 14

Last Updated: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 22:58

Violence in lower Assam`s Kokrajhar spread to neighbouring Chirang district with two persons shot dead on Sunday.

Bodo militants, Ulfa linkman nabbed in Assam

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 18:41

Five cadres of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland`s (NDFB) anti-talk faction and a linkman of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were arrested in two separate incidents in Assam Tuesday, police said.