Leave violence, join mainstream: Assam governor to militants

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:23

Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Sunday appealed to the underground militant groups to abjure violence and come to the discussion table to solve the issues for an overall development of the state.

Violence erupts in Goalpara district of Assam

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:21

Violence has erupted in Goalpara district following announcement of election to the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council with a school and two vehicles set ablaze in different places on Sunday, while an indefinite bandh has affected normal life.

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.

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.

Bodoland: Police firing in Karbi Anglong, violence continues in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 19:55

With the Army on flag march in Assam, the rubber estate and a house of Cong MP were set ablaze as the demand for separate states on the lines of Telangana by several groups was stepped

Violence in Assam over demands for Karbi Anglong state

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 15:59

Violence erupted in Assam in support of a separate Karbi Anglong state in which houses of a Congress MP and MLA were attacked, prompting the police to fire in the air to quell them.

Vehicles set ablaze during bandh in RHAC

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 14:19

A mini-van and a motorcycle were set ablaze at Dudhnoi in lower Assam`s Goalpara district during the 24-hour bandh on Saturday by local militant outfit Rabha National Liberation Front.

Political conspiracy behind Goalpara violence: Tarun Gogoi

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 16:45

Dubbing the violence in Assam`s RHAC areas as a `political conspiracy`, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi accused opposition parties of encouraging the perpetrators.

Assam violence toll rises to 20, Army stages flag march

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 15:19

The Army on Wednesday staged flag march in areas hit by violence in Assam`s Goalpara district where shoot-at-sight orders were issued.

Sporadic incidents in Assam`s Goalpara district

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 16:08

A panchayat office, school, bridge and a CRPF resting shed have been set ablaze in Assam`s Goalpara district, two days before the final phase of panchayat polls in the state.

Curfew relaxed for eight hours in Kokrajhar

Last Updated: Monday, November 19, 2012, 18:36

Amidst army flag march, curfew was relaxed for eight hours on Monday in most part of the toruble-torn Kokrajhar district with no fresh incident of violence reported during the past 48 hours, official sources said.

Assam violence: Death toll reaches 10

Last Updated: Saturday, November 17, 2012, 10:13

Four persons were killed in Kokrajhar amidst indefinite curfew taking the toll in the current wave of violence between Bodos and Muslims in the lower Assam district to 10.