Assam militant attack kills four, additional forces move in

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 20:54

At least four people, including three women, were killed when suspected Karbi Peoples` Liberation Tigers (KPLT) militants fired indiscriminately at a village in Assam`s Karbi Anglong district early Friday, police said.

Six killed in attack by militants in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 18:31

Six persons, including two militants, were killed in an attack and counter-attack in Assam`s Karbi Anglong district.

Bandh affects normal life in central Assam

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:28

Stray incidents of violence during a bandh hit normal life in central Assam districts on Monday. The bandh has been called jointly by All Tiwa Students Union and Karbi Students Union for a separate autonomous council for Tiwas under the provisions of the sixth schedule of Constitution and scheduled tribe status to Karbis living in the plain districts of Assam.

Karbi Anglong district committee demands separate state

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 19:03

Congress district committee in violence-hit Karbi Anglong district has demanded a separate state carved out of Assam on the lines of Telangana.

Suspected ultras fire at police in Assam`s Karbi Anglong

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 13:36

Suspected militants attacked Uttar Borbeel police outpost in Assam`s Karbi Anglong district, police sources said.

Curfew relaxed in Karbi Anglong, bandhs end in lower Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 13:43

With no fresh incident reported, curfew was relaxed in strife-hit Karbi Anglong district, while the three bandhs in lower Assam ended on Wednesday after affecting normal life for two days.

Lower Assam paralysed by bandhs for second day

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 16:02

Life was hit in lower Assam for the second day on Tuesday in three bandhs called to press for Bodoland and Kamtapur.

1,500 hours of Assam shutdown for new states

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 21:05

Assam is likely to witness several hundred hours of shutdown in the coming days as several organisations demanding separate states Monday called for 1,500 hours of `bandh`.

Life hit in Assam, violence in Karbi Anglong

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 15:01

Normal life was paralysed in lower Assam and Karbi Anglong today with violence and disruption of train services marking the beginning of bandhs by different organisations demanding a separate Bodoland.

Protests over Bodoland, ethnic groups block roads in Assam

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 09:36

Ethnic groups in Assam blocked major roads on Sunday hindering transport, to press their demand for separate state of Bodoland after the Government gave nod for the creation of new state of Telangana.

Gogoi rules out division of Assam, warns against violence

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 19:33

As violence continues to rock parts of Assam in support of demands for separate states, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ruled out further division of his state.