Everything you need to know about Kokrajhar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kokrajhar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Archery Association of India (AAI) Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the untimely death of young archer Pratima Boro. Pratima allegedly committed suicide in the National Archery Coaching Camp at Pune.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Feb.3 (ANI): A bomb exploded on a railway track minutes after the Howrah-Guwahati down Garib Rath Express passed Goabari in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district early on Sunday morning.
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) Security forces in Assam's Kokrajhar district have nabbed two militants of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), an official said Monday.
Guwahati, Jan 8 (IANS) A special CBI team Tuesday arrested the main culprit behind last year's communal riots in Assam's Bodo areas, which left over 100 people dead and led to displacement of close to five lakh people, police said.
Guwahati, Dec 28 (IANS) A Bodoland People's Front (BPF) legislator Friday blamed his own party chief Hagrama Mohilary for the communal violence in Assam that left more than 100 people dead three months ago.
Guwahati, Dec 26 (IANS) The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Wednesday appealed to the Assam government to take steps for maintaining peace after protests over alleged "killing" of a youth in Baksa district last week.
Guwahati, Dec 7 (IANS) Assam Governor J.B. Patnaik has suggested that the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) authorities rehabilitate the violence-affected people of the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) on the basis of the voters' list and not on the basis of land ownership.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Dec. 2 (ANI): Life in Assam's Kokrajhar District is returning to normal, amid heavy security.
Guwahati, Nov 30 (IANS) With the troubled Kokrajhar district limping back to normalcy, the All Bodo Students' Union (Absu) has requested the state government to take immediate steps for ensuring protection of land and other civil rights to the people in Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD).
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Indefinite curfew, clamped in the restive Kokrajhar district in Assam's Bodoland region, was relaxed for the second consecutive day Monday as no incident of fresh violence was reported in the last 24 hours, an official said. Ten people have been killed since Nov 10.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Nov.19 (ANI): Curfew was relaxed for six hours in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Monday to allow people of the area to purchase essentials.
Kokrajhar, Nov 18 (ANI): Curfew imposed in Assam's Kokrajhar district following recent violence was today relaxed for four hours.
Guwahati, Nov 17 (IANS) The opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Saturday condemned the ruling Congress in Assam over the ongoing violence in Kokrajhar district in the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), where earlier in the year over 100 people were killed in Bodo?Muslim clashes.
Guwahati, Nov 17 (IANS) The law and order situation in troubled Kokrajhar district of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) seems to be deteriorating further.
Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) After a brief lull of about 24 hours, suspected militants hit back again and seriously injured a woman at Bamungaon village in Kokrajhar district of Assam Friday.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Nov.16 (ANI): The Army on Friday conducted a flag march through certain parts of Assam's curfew-bound Kokrajhar District.
Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) Curfew continued Friday in Kokrajhar area of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD), where violence has claimed the lives of six people since Nov 10.
Guwahati, Nov 16 (IANS) Curfew continued Friday in Kokrajhar area of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD), where violence has claimed the lives of six people since last week.
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the law and order situation in the state after clashes in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon, where six people have died since Saturday.
New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi last night to discuss law and order after toll in the recent violence in the state reached six.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Nov.15 (ANI): Curfew has been imposed in Assam's Kokrajhar District following reports of renewed violence.
Guwahati, Nov 15 (IANS) Indefinite curfew was imposed in Assam's troubled Kokrajhar district Thursday after suspected militants shot dead a man and stabbed another.
Guwahati, Nov 14 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday directed state authorities to deal with the latest spurt in violence in Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) region with tough action, where earlier in the year over 100 people were killed in Bodo-Muslim clashes.
Guwahati, Nov 12 (IANS) Following the killing of a man by unknown assailants, a mob protesting the alleged murder laid siege to a police station in Assam's Kokrajhar district Monday, police said. Security has been beefed up after the incident.
Guwahati, Oct 30 (IANS) Assam Tuesday observed the fourth anniversary of the devastating serial blasts that killed 90 civilians and injured over 300 across four districts in the state.
New Delhi, Sep.20 (ANI): Children from remote villages of the Ladakh region and Badgam district of Jammu and Kashmir and Kokrajhar and Chirang districts of Assam called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Children from remote villages of the Ladakh region, the Badgam district of the Kashmir Valley and the Kokrajhar and Chirang districts of Assam met President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday, official sources said Wednesday.
Guwahati, Sep 19 (IANS) The army and Assam police, during a joint operation, recovered four AK-47 rifles and ammunition from the Paneri area of Lower Assam's Udalguri district Wednesday, army sources said.
New Delhi, Sep 12 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has defended the decision taken by its pilot not to ferry Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi to Dubri, Chirang and Kokrajhar because of the bad weather and taking into note the flight safety and the safety of the VIPs on board.
Guwahati, Sep 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday assured that riot-hit people in the three affected districts of Assam would be rehabilitated early.
Guwahati, Sep 11 (IANS) The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to order an inquiry into why the army was not deployed in the riot-affected areas of Assam.
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday went to violence hit areas of Assam including Kokrajhar and there he met to the victims of ethnic violence in relief camps, sources said.................
Guwahati/New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) while releasing its report, 'Assam Riots: Preventable but not prevented', today demanded that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh order an inquiry "into the refusal by the army to be deployed in the riot affected areas, fix the responsibility and take necessary measures including disciplinary action for criminal dereliction of duty by the army.
Kokrajhar, Sep 11 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met victims of ethnic violence in relief camps and held discussions with Bodoland Territorial Council (BTAD) leaders on the prevailing situation in Assam.
Guwahati, Sep 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri, the three violence-hit districts of Assam, Tuesday.
Guwahati, Sep 2 (IANS) With no fresh incidents reported from anywhere in Assam over the past few days, the state government has started the process for rehabilitation of the displaced people in the three violence-hit districts, officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) The army, deployed in Assam's troubled Kokrajhar district, has started an operation to seize all illegal arms and ammunition there, informed sources said Saturday.
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IANS) Tension gripped many parts of Assam, including the troubled Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), following fresh incidents of violence Tuesday in which at least one person was killed and six people were injured.
The Central Government is keen on giving utmost priority to restore peace in violence-hit areas in Assam, said Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday who had attended a meeting with a delegation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in national capital on Monday.........
New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that the Central Government is keen on giving utmost priority to restore peace in violence-hit Assam, where recent ethnic clashes have claimed at least 90 lives.
Guwahati, Aug 26 (IANS) Fresh incidents of violence were reported Sunday from Assam's troubled Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts.
Guwahati, Aug 26 (ANI): Security has been intensified in violence-hit Assam's Chirang and Kokrajhar Districts after fresh incidents of violence were reported in the last 24 hours.
Guwahati, Aug 26 (ANI): Security has been intensified in violence-hit Assam's Chirang and Kokrajhar Districts after fresh incidents of violence were reported in the last 24 hours.
Chirang (Assam), Aug 25 (ANI): Five people were killed in fresh round of violence here on Saturday.
Guwahati, Aug 25 (IANS) Five people were found killed in communal violence-hit Chirang district in Assam's Bodo areas, police said. The victims were yet to be identified.
Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) The situation continues to be tense in Kokhrajhar in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) after indefinite curfew was imposed Thursday morning.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): The seven member Central team, who visited ethnic- violence-hit Assam, has assured state government of providing additional fund for relief and rehabilitation of displaced people.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Aug 23 (ANI): Police on Thursday arrested Bodoland People's Front MLA from Kokrajhar, Pradeep Brahma, for allegedly inciting violence in the district after ethnic clashes between Bodos and a minority community rocked parts of the state last month.
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IANS) An Assam legislator was arrested Thursday for his role in the ethnic violence in the state, police said. Pradip Brahma belongs to the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF).
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IANS) An Assam legislator was arrested Thursday for his role in the ethnic violence in the state, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) Tuesday slammed a report of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Assam violence, saying it contains "biased and inflammatory" comments with potential to "radicalise Muslims".
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IANS) A central team Tuesday visited the violence affected Dhubri district of Assam to take stock of the security and relief and rehabilitation measures taken up by the district administration for the people living in relief camps.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights has alleged that the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is communalizing the riots in Assam.
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): A team of seven senior Central officials will visit ethnic- violence-hit Assam today to assess relief and rehabilitation requirements of violence-affected people.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A central team of officials will pay a three-day visit to Assam from Tuesday to assist the state administration in the rehabilitation of over 2 lakh people living in relief camps after recent ethnic violence, it was announced here Monday.
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IANS) Peace remained the central focus of Eid in Assam Monday with thousands of people offering Namaz-e-Eid at mosques across the state, including in the troubled Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where 77 people have been killed in ethnic clashes and more than four lakh displaced.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The ethnic violence in Assam which led to an exodus of thousands of northeastern people from other parts of India was not a Hindu-Muslim clash, a central minister from the region has said.
Agartala, Aug 20 (IANS) The students, professionals and other people from Tripura staying in Karnataka, Maharashtra and other states were safe and there were no reports of any attack on them, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday.
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IANS) Peace remained the central focus of Eid in Assam Monday with thousands of people offering Namaz-e-Eid at mosques across the state, including in the troubled Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where 77 people have been killed in ethnic clashes and more than four lakh displaced.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Saturday announced cash reward of up to Rs. one lakh to anyone who provides credible information which could lead to identification or arrest of perpetrators of the Assam violence.
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IANS) Two Bodo groups including the National Democratic Front of Bodoland's (NDFB) pro-talk faction Saturday demanded that the Assam government verify the citizenship status of the Bengali-speaking Muslims, displaced during last month's clashes, before rehabilitating them.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday announced a reward of up to Rs.1 lakh to anyone providing information on the culprits behind the communal violence in Assam.
Guwahati, Aug 17 (IANS) A businessman was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Assam's troubled Kokrajhar district Friday, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities has said that ethnic violence in Assam was a result of clashes between Bodos and resident Muslims and not Bangladeshi immigrants.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Friday said that the northeastern people residing here were safe, adding that all possible assistance would be provided to the community.
New Delhi/ Bengaluru, Aug 17 (ANI): The Congress party on Friday urged the political parties to refrain from politicising the mass exodus of northeastern people from country's southern states following rumors of threat to their community.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) All parties would together ensure that citizens from the northeast are safe in all parts of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday.
Guwahati, Aug.16 (ANI): Fresh violence was reported in Assam's western Baksa district on Thursday.
New Delhi, Aug.16 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh on Thursday said that all airbases and other defence installations in India are well protected.
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The government should ensure the safety of people from the northeast, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said here Thursday. She added that the party would take up the issue in both houses of parliament Friday.
Mumbai, Aug.15 (ANI): Authorities have restored the vandalised Amar Jawan Jyoti, a memorial dedicated to martyred soldiers, which was recently damaged by rioters in here recently.
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) BJP leader L.K. Advani Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure the rehabilitation of the many thousands displaced by Assam's ethnic violence.
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): Expressing sympathy with the families of victims affected by the recent violence in Assam, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Wednesday that his government would make every effort to understand the reasons behind the violence.
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday referred to the violence in Mumbai during a rally on Assam clashes as the "most perverted form of pseudo-secular politics".
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IANS) UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday visited Assam where sectarian clashes have left 77 people dead.
Kokrajhar, Aug 13 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who visited the relief camps in riot-hit Assam's Kokrajhar District today, said refugees will have to wait for some time for the situation to become calmer before returning home.
Kokrajhar, Aug 13 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday arrived in riot-hit Assam, almost three weeks after it was affected by ethnic violence that left 77 people dead.
Guwahati, Aug 11 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday said a judicial inquiry would be instituted into the recent violence in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts that killed 77 people and displaced over four lakh people.
Guwahati, Aug 10 (ANI): Spiritual leader and founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has said that violence that affected the lower part of Assam must not be politicised and must be viewed in a more humane light.
New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team would visit the ethnic violence-hit areas of lower Assam today.
New Delhi, Aug.9 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday said that the Central Government is providing all possible assistance to the Government of Assam to control the violence and rehabilitation of affected families.
Guwahati, Aug 9 (IANS) "Assam is sitting on a time bomb," spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar warned Thursday.
BJP national President Nitin Gadkari demanded immediate dismissal of Tarun Gagoi Government responsible for riots and atrocities by Bangladeshis
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday termed the violence in Assam "unprecedented" and said the central government was to blame for it over the influx of Bangladeshi nationals across the porous border.
Betoli (Assam), Aug 7 (ANI): The locals blocked National Highway 31 on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border here on Tuesday, in protest of the fresh round of ethnic violence that has claimed for lives, taking the overall toll to 65.
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Hinting that some "external forces" were behind the communal clashes in three districts, the Assam government Tuesday said it has decided for a CBI probe in the violence, which left 73 people dead and over four lakh people displaced.
After maintaining three days silence, a fresh violence reoccurred in Assam's super-sensitive Kokrajhar district killing three and injured two..................
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Three people were killed and two injured as fresh violence broke out in Assam's communally volatile Kokrajhar district, police said Tuesday.
Agra, Aug 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has accused the Congress party of using Bangladeshi intruders for vote bank politics in Assam following the recent ethnic clashes.
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will meet here on Tuesday to chalk out its strategy during the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow.
Amid fresh reports of violence in lower Assam, Union Home Secretary R K Singh on Monday assured that the communal violence in the northeastern state will be investigated thoroughly and the perpetrators brought to book..................
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The opposition BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will raise the ethnic violence in Assam in which over 50 people have died, the massive electricity failure and the flood and drought situation in the country among other issues during the monsoon session of parliament that begins Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Amid fresh reports of violence in lower Assam, Union Home Secretary R.K Singh on Monday assured that the communal violence in the northeastern state will be investigated thoroughly and the perpetrators brought to book.
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) Tension again gripped the violence-affected Kokrajhar and Chirang districts in Assam on Sunday after the recovery of four bodies - two in each district where clashes between Bodos and Muslim settlers last month left 56 dead and displaced over four lakh people.
Kokrajhar/ Chirang/ Dhubri (Assam), Aug 5 (ANI): The Assam Government sounded high alert to avoid any outbreak of epidemic in the relief camps here on Sunday.
Kokrajhar/ Chirang (Assam), Aug 5 (ANI): Five people were killed in fresh round of violence that rocked parts of lower Assam here on Sunday, ending the ten-day calm in the region and pushing the overall toll to 61.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said the situation in strife-torn Kokrajhar district and other areas is coming back to normal, and added that the displaced persons are returning to their respective villages.
Goalpara (Assam), Aug 1 (ANI): Police on Wednesday arrested four ULFA cadres, including a woman, in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, that on Tuesday, had killed a soldier and injured six others here.
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) The situation has improved in the communal violence-hit areas of Assam with the government planning to send all the displaced people to their homes by Aug 15, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Wednesday.
Guwahati, July 31 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K Advani on Tuesday sharply attacked the Central Government for criminally delaying action in halting the escalating ethnic violence in Assam.
