I am not going to divide Assam: Tarun Gogoi

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 18:36

Rejecting demands to divide Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said all ethnic groups need to stay united.

Assam hogs limelight for wrong reasons in 2012

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 10:09

The worst-ever violence between ethnic Bodos and migrant minorities, devastating floods and a boat tragedy that claimed over 100 lives marked 2012 for Assam.

`Flawed policies widening divide among people in Assam`

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 13:27

Gradual fall in level of mutual trust among people was some of the reasons attributed by experts to the recent clashes in Assam between Bodos and non-Bodos.

Illegal immigration from Bangladesh still on but less: Gogoi

Last Updated: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 16:48

Illegal immigration to Assam from across the border continues to take place even though the number is less, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Saturday.

Violence defamed Assam internationally: Shinde

Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2012, 22:35

Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday said the clashes between Bodos and immigrant Muslims have defamed Assam internationally.

Violence due to feud between Bodos and Muslims: NCM

Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 16:18

The violence in Assam was a result of clashes between Bodos and "resident Muslims" and not Bangladeshi immigrants.

Assam: Appeal to refugees to return home

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 17:30

More than three lakh people were still housed in 350 camps in the districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon and Dhubri, set up following the clashes.

Assam riots: `Only genuinely displaced people to be rehabilitated`

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 14:33

Assam government said only genuinely displaced people in the recent clashes between Bodos and migrants would be rehabilitated in the affected BTAD and Dhubri districts.

Delay in Army deployment in Assam violence-hit areas

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 18:38

Delay in deployment of Army troops in violence-hit areas of Assam led to spread of the clashes between Bodos and minority immigrants there, officials said on Friday.

Bodos and non-Bodos clash in Lower Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 14:52

The All Bodo Students` Union (ABSU) and Non-Bodo Protection Forum activists today clashed during agitations by both organisations in Lower Assam districts, police said.

Bodos and minority key factor in second phase of Assam polls

Last Updated: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 23:38

Bodos and the minority community have emerged as a key factor in the 64 Assembly constituencies going to polls in the second phase in Assam on April 11.

NDFB again threatens security forces, non-Bodos

Last Updated: Friday, November 12, 2010, 00:42

The banned NDFB today again threatened retaliation if security forces and people of other communities residing in Bodo-dominated areas in Assam committed any "crime" against the locals.