Normal life hit by 12-hour BTAD bandh in Assam

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 15:37

Normal life was hit by a 12-hour BTAD bandh called by the militant NDFB (Songbijit) faction on Tuesday demanding release of an arrested person. No untoward incident has been reported so far.

Violence during 12-hour BTAD bandh in Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 12:31

A Congress party office and three trucks were on Thursday set ablaze in Udalguri district and vehicles damaged in Baksa district in lower Assam.

BTAD violence perpetrated by anti-national element: Gogoi

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 21:12

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said certain forces "politicised the issue for narrow selfish gains" and asked the people to remain alert.

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.

PM calls up Gogoi as toll in Assam violence reaches 6

Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2012, 09:21

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi late on Thursday to discuss law and order after toll in the recent violence in the state reached six.

Violence continues in Assam, death toll rises to six

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 12:15

The Prime Minister told Tarun Gogoi that certain forces were acting in a planned manner to destabilise peace and security in the region.

Commission on violence in BTAD

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 20:16

The Assam government on monday formed a one man Commission of Inquiry to look into the recent ethnic violence which rocked the BTAD.

Defeat divisive forces: Prakash Karat

Last Updated: Friday, October 5, 2012, 20:29

The CPI(M)on friday called upon people in Assam to defeat "divisive forces" who are attempting to divide the society in the name of religion and ethnicity.

Large contingent of security forces in BTAD

Last Updated: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 15:28

A large contingent of security personnel have been deployed in trouble-torn Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts and neighbouring minority-dominated Dhubri to control the flare-up between Bodos and minority immigrants.

AIUDF demands deployment of more security forces

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 21:08

The AIUDF on Tuesday demanded deployment of more security forces in trouble-torn Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) and Dhubri district in Assam.

Bandh hits normal life in BTAD area of Assam

Last Updated: Friday, July 2, 2010, 15:52

Normal life was affected in lower Assam`s Bodoland Territorial Administrative Districts (BTAD) area Friday following a 12-hour bandh called by a local Bodo political party

12-hr BTAD bandh paralyses normal life in Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 20:02

The 12-hour Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) bandh called by the Bodoland People Progressive Front (BPPF) paralysed normal life in the six districts of Lower Assam on Wednesday, police said.