The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Friday demanded the Central government to strengthen the Foreigners Act with an aim to stop illegal immigrants.

Addressing mediapersons here, RSS deputy gener

Five persons were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam's Chirang district on Saturday taking the toll to 85 since ethnic trouble erupted last month.

The five were stabbed to death at around 5:30

A former journalist, who allegedly forwarded threat SMSes pertaining to the recent incidents in Assam and Myanmar, was detained on Thursday for questioning, police said.

Identified as Shanawaz Hussa

An MLA of Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), which is an ally of the ruling Congress in Assam, was arrested in the wee hours on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the recent violence in the state.

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Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who was facing flak over the August 11 Azad Maidan violence in the city, has been transferred, Home Minister R.R. Patil said here on Thursday.

Patnaik has be

The mass exodus of the Northeast people from Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad was reportedly a “sample” of psywar (psychological war) by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence in India t

The investigation into hate messages that triggered panic among the north-easterners reached the cyber police station on Tuesday.

The Koramangala police has handed over all the material seized from

Investigations have thrown up the names of two political parties and another outfit based in Pakistan involved in the 'hate campaign' and further investigations are on to check their authenticity.

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Maharashtra government will make available chartered aircraft to take students of Northeast back to educational institutions in Pune or Mumbai from Guwahati.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Ch

As many as 8,186 people have left for their homes from relief camps in riot-hit districts in Assam.

Altogether 7,498 people have left the camps in Kokrajhar district and 688 in Chirang district since