Kokrajhar: The indefinite curfew continues in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon districts of Assam following renewed violence. Six people have died in the latest violence between two suspected factions of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). 27-year-old Majeda Khatun is inconsolable. Her husband Ashrafudin Sheikh a school teacher is one of the victims of the fresh clashes that have erupted in Kokhrajar. Their 4-year-old son is yet to fully understand that his father isnt coming back.
Renewed violence between two communities has claimed several lives. A grim reminder of the July-August riots that left hundreds dead and 450,000 displaced. But the presence of the army to arrest the violence hardly seems like a permanent solution to the people in relief camps. Fear and suspicion is written on their faces. Some of the displaced villagers who tried to go back to their fields for the harvest season were shot at. Marjina Bibi's husband was shot dead last Saturday in a paddy field. Shahjahan who was also with him managed to escape.
I don't see any hope for peace, they move around with guns there is no security, Shahjahan said. Fingers have been pointed at a section of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland for spreading the violence. For the affected, more days they spend under these tarpaulin tents... the faster their hopes of going back to normal lives are fading.
Despite promises and incremental aid people living in the relief camps are still caught in the politics of
06:33 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi late on Thursday evening to discuss law and order situation in violence hit Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) where two person was killed taking the toll to five since November 10. Gogoi gave the Prime Minister, who is a Rajya Saba MP from the state, a detailed account of the situation and steps taken to control the violence....
06:04 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday evening to discuss law and order situation in violence hit Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) where one person was killed taking the toll to six since November 10. Gogoi gave the Prime Minister, who is a Rajya Saba MP from the state, a detailed account of the situation and steps taken to control the violence, official...
01:40 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Guwahati: Curfew has been imposed in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon districts of Assam following renewed violence. On Thursday morning one person was stabbed in a market in Kokrajhar while one body was recovered in Gossaigaon, taking the death toll to five in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) since Saturday. The civil administration and police force are taking measures to control the situation after the violence flared up once again. Earlier,...
12:59 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is in constant touch with his counterparts in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharasthra following reports of exodus of the state's students after being targeted in the wake of violence in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District (BTAD). "The Chief Minister is in constant touch with his counterparts who have assured him to provide security to the students from the state who are in the grip...
11:58 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Guwahati: The continuing violence in lower Assam has once again brought to the fore the illegal migration and its impact on the socioeconomic situation in the state, which had witnessed prolonged unrest on the explosive issue back in the 80s. Seventy-seven people have lost their lives in the sporadic clashes between Bodos and Muslims in BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts) and Dhubri district in the last fortnight as Assam Chief...
12:32 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Kokrajhar: The situation in the strife-torn lower Assam districts is limping back to normal with authorities relaxing curfew in the worst-hit Kokrajhar district on Sunday. People have started visiting market places, as few shops have opened in the area. Though life is slowly limping back to normalcy, the area is still tense. The indefinite curfew clamped in the Kokrajhar district has been relaxed for the day while night curfew between...
05:41 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Kokrajhar: After three days of communal violence which have left 19 people dead, shoot-at-sight orders are in place in Kokrajhar, Assam. Close to 36,000 people are homeless in the wake of the violence. Helpless, panic-stricken villagers in the Kokrajhar are fleeing their homes in search of security and shelter. The root cause of the communal violence still remains unexplained. There are some reports of land encroachment problems, some of outsiders...
06:21 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Guwahati: Fresh incidents of arson in interior areas of Kokrajhar district were reported on Monday leading to shoot-at-sight orders, indefinite curfew and flag march by Army even as the toll in the ethnic violence Assam rose to 21. Police said four more bodies were recovered during the day from Kokrajhar district. Of the total 21 deaths, Kokrajhar accounted for 17 while neighbouring four persons died in Chirang district, to where...
11:22 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Kokrajhar: Fresh clashes and arson were reported from the Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) where two more bodies were recovered on Monday taking the toll to 19 in the ethic violence. The bodies were recovered from the banks of Gouranga river on Monday morning, police said. People stopped the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express at Pratapkhat between Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon alleging that their houses were damaged by miscreants when they moved to...
06:59 PM, Jul 23, 2012
