Fresh incidences of violence were reported in lower Assam districts even as the government on Tuesday recommended a CBI probe into the ethnic clashes, which have left 73 dead.

At least three more persons were killed while two others injured as fresh violence erupted in strife-torn Kokrajhar district, taking the death toll in the to 64.

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Four more persons fell victim to the fresh wave of violence in lower Assam districts, triggering protest by locals who blocked National Highway 31 at Beltoli on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border on Tuesday.

After a calm of 10 days fresh violence broke out in parts of lower Assam claiming five lives and pushing the overall toll to 61 on Sunday.

At least 60 villages with a population of over 70,000 have been affected by fresh wave of floods in this Assam district.

The water level of Singra river has been rising alarmingly in 30 villages unde

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday faced slogan-shouting refugees at one of the three camps he visited this morning in Dhubri district, which had witnessed ethnic violence.

Blaming largescale immigration from Bangladesh for the clashes in lower Assam, BJP leader L.K. Advani on Tuesday said government's 'inaction' in dealing with the problem of infiltrators has resulted in indigenous communities feeling threatened.

An Army jawan was killed and six others were injured in an IED blast in Goalpara district of lower Assam on Tuesday.

A Union home ministry team which visited the violence- hit areas of Western Assam has identified “land” as the root cause of the unrest, but also blamed the Tarun Gogoi-led state administration to re

Union home minister P. Chidambaram will be on a two-day visit to Assam from Monday to review the law and order situation in the wake of largescale rioting in the state.

During his visit, the home min