1,540 people join relief camps in Kokrajhar and Chirang

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 19:00

Over 2.42 lakh inmates are staying in 218 camps in Assam`s Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Barpeta districts and 1,540 new inmates have taken shelter in relief camps at trouble-torn Kokrajhar and Chirang.

Editors on goodwill mission to Assam`s trouble-torn areas

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 16:00

A delegation of editors of local dailies on Thursday left on a two-day goodwill mission to trouble-torn Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts.

Bandh paralyses normal life in Assam, no fresh incident

Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2012, 12:24

Night curfew was continuing in the districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri with the Army on patrol.

Assam on the boil again; 5 killed

Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 19:29

Five persons were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam`s Chirang district taking the toll to 85 since ethnic trouble erupted last month.

NESO agitation against exodus

Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2012, 17:03

The North East Students Organisation (NESO) announced an agitational programme, including a bandh in N E states, to protest against the recent exodus of students and professionals from other states.

Assam: Curfew relaxed in Rangiya

Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 11:04

Curfew in Rangiya sub-division of Kamrup Rural district was relaxed on Friday even as no incident of fresh violence was reported from any part of Assam.

Assam: No fresh incident in Chirang and Kokrajhar

Last Updated: Monday, August 6, 2012, 13:52

No fresh incident of violence was reported on Monday in Assam`s Chirang and Kokrajhar districts where 5 bodies were found yesterday .

Four houses burnt in Chirang

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 21:18

After a few days of calm in the strife-torn areas of lower Assam, 4 houses were burnt down by miscreants in affected Chirang district on Wednesday.

Situation in lower Assam calm, 3 deaths in Dhubri camps

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 21:00

Curfew was on Tuesday relaxed in Kokrajhar for two more hours, while night curfew continued in Chirang and Dhubri district.

IED recovered from railway tracks in Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 14:38

A powerful IED was recovered Thursday from railway tracks in Assam`s Chirang district on the eve of 12-hour Assam Bandh called by ULFA`s anti-talk faction tomorrow to protest PM Dr Manmohan Singh`s day-long visit.