Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Thursday renewed his appeal to all the ethnic groups agitating for separate state to resolve the differences through talks and remain like a single family.

The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland is trying to re-establish its base in Bhutan with the help of Bhupali Maoists, an insurgent group of Nepali migrants in Bhutan.

The outlawed NDFB is trying to re-establish its base in Bhutan with the help of Bhupali Maoist, an insurgent group of Nepali migrants in Bhutan.

In what may give more legitimacy to the demand of separate Kamatapur state comprising 20 districts of the two states — 15 in Assam and five in North Bengal — Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on W

The Assam government on Tuesday started exercise to defuse the growing tension over the demand of separate states by various ethnic groups by calling All-Bodo Students’ Union and Karbi leaders for talks.

The ongoing agitation for division of Assam grew louder on Monday with wide response of 60-hours long Assam bandh called by All Bodo Students Union which paralysed the normal life in Bodoland Territorial Council and Bodo-dominated areas of Assam.

The warning by Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi of tough action against those resorting to violence failed to deter protesters, who on Sunday set the office and showroom of Khadi Gram Board on fire at

In the absence of any effective intervention by the government, the ongoing agitation for statehood by various ethnic groups in Assam has started taking the colour of ethnic clashes with non-tribal gr

Train services in Assam were completely paralysed and all rail links between the Northeast and the rest of the country were completely cut off as the All-Bodo Students’ Union launched its agitation for a separate Bodoland.

A group of Congress MLAs, which met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, has lodged formal complaints against Union minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar and state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of hatching conspiracy allegedly to destabilise its own government headed by chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Assam.