Guwahati: There has been some serious fallout of the violence in Kokrajhar district in Assam where 21 people have died so far. Nearly 50,000 people have fled their homes in and around 400 villages across Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang districts. The government has set up 42 relief camps. Meanwhile, train services have been severely hit due to the rail blockades. At least six north-east bound trains have been cancelled and...
06:06 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Guwahati: Train services to and from the north east have been severely hit and more than 20,000 passengers have been stranded at different places following violence in lower Assam which has claimed 25 lives. North East Frontier Railway spokesman N Bhattacharjee on Tuesday said that 11 down trains from Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Kamakhya railway stations have been cancelled. Altogether 21 trains, including the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express, have been halted at...
06:00 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The violence in the Kokrajhar region of Assam escalated on Monday with the protesters stopping the Guwahati-New Delhi Rajdhani Express. The train left for its destination after security forces cleared the track. Meanwhile, the death toll in the violence reached 17 on Monday morning. Police have intensified patrols after reports that the clashes between locals and immigrants was now spreading to Chirang district. A 14-year-old boy, Zakir Ali,...
01:47 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Guwahati: Nine persons were killed and 15 others injured in attacks and counter attacks by two communities in Kokrajhar town as curfew was clamped on Saturday and the army deployed. Three Bodos including a woman were shot dead and seven others injured at Paroura under Fakiragram police station, official sources said. A 60-year-old man Shahadat Hussain was killed and four others injured in firing in Duramari area under Kokrajhar police...
08:42 PM, Jul 21, 2012
(Answers must be written in Bodo) Paper I: History of Bodo Language and Literature Section A History of Bodo Language Homeland, language family, its present status and its mutual contact with Assamese. Phonemes: Vowel and Consonant Phonemes; Tones. Morphology: Gender, Case & Case endings, Plural suffix, Definitive, Verbal suffix. Vocabulary and its sources. Syntax: Types of sentences, Word Order History of scripts used in writing Bodo Language since inception. Section...
02:43 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: The debate on splitting larger states has once again come to the forefront with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister announcing plans for carving out four new states: Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Awadh and Paschim Pradesh/Harit Pradesh. There have been long standing demands across India for the formation of new states and the list includes:1. Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir)2. Maru Pradesh (Rajasthan)3. Harit Pradesh/Paschim Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh)4. Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)5. Purvanchal/Bhojpur (Uttar...
09:28 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: Security measures have been stepped up for the final phase of polling in Assam. This vital phase of the state elections will decide whether the Congress will manage a third straight victory or be dethroned by the Opposition alliance. 496 candidates are in the fray for 64 out of the total 126 Assembly Constituencies. For the 64 seats, BJP is contesting in 58, Trinamool Congress has 58 while...
07:27 AM, Apr 11, 2011
Shillong/Guwahati: At least eight BSF personnel were killed and the same number injured on Monday in an ambush by the anti-talk faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland in Assam's Kokrajhar district. According to official reports, the militants of the Ranjan Daimary-led faction used automatic weapons to ambush the convoy of the BSF in remote Ultapani forest area near the Indo-Bhutan border. A BSF spokesman, at the force's frontier headquarters...
08:17 AM, Mar 15, 2011
ULFA starts peace talks with Centre after more than 30 years of insurgency in Assam. ...
09:42 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: After 30 years of violent insurgency in Assam, eight top leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) have started historic peace talks with the Indian government last week. The leaders came to New Delhi to start the peace process. ULFA's de facto spokesperson and foreign secretary Sashadhar Chowdhury, in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, makes his demands clear - Assam to get special status like Kashmir...
09:12 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Guwahati: Three more persons were gunned down by NDFB militants today, while another man succumbed to his injuries, pushing the toll in the overnight violence to 22, as the rebels warned of more killings in Assam. However, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said "We are not going to be cowed down by terror" and the security forces have launched an offencive against National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants. The authorities have...
11:50 AM, Nov 09, 2010
Rangapara: There has been a rise in activity by Bodo militants in Assam, with more abductions being reported in the Sonitpur district of Assam. Heartbreakingly for the families of two railway drivers, even two months after their abduction, there's no rescue or help coming in from any quarters. The families have been left to prayers and no concrete help from anywhere. Sabita Singh Phukan, the mother of two, has been...
08:49 AM, Oct 12, 2010
![Kidnapped Maharashtra official freed after 78 days in Arunachal]( "Kidnapped Maharashtra official freed after 78 days in Arunachal")
He was kidnapped May 13 from Arunachal Pradesh where he had gone on a vacation. ...
01:16 PM, Aug 02, 2010
![Kidnapped Maharashtra official freed after 78 days in Arunachal]( "Kidnapped Maharashtra official freed after 78 days in Arunachal")
He was kidnapped May 13 from Arunachal Pradesh where he had gone on a vacation. ...
01:16 PM, Aug 02, 2010
Explosive goes off in market 'teeming with people'. ...
04:21 PM, Dec 10, 2009
Rao, who was kidnapped on October 16, appeared exhausted and frail. ...
11:25 AM, Nov 17, 2009
Massive operation is on to secure the release of engineer Krishna Rao. ...
01:26 AM, Oct 20, 2009
Rao was working as a project manager on a national highway project in Assam. ...
01:27 PM, Oct 19, 2009
12 villagers were killed in firing at Assam's Balichang Bhemajuli village. ...
04:18 PM, Oct 07, 2009
Women and children among victims of Bodo militants' attack. ...
11:59 PM, Oct 04, 2009
