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  Three injured in grenade blasts in Kokrajhar

  India | December 23, 2014 8:02 IST

  Guwahati:  At least three persons, including two women, were seriously injured in serial grenade blasts in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district where unidentified persons hurled six grenades in three places and opened fire in two other

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  KLO militant killed in encounter

  India | October 25, 2014 18:30 IST

  Guwahati: A wanted Kamatapur Liberation Army (KLO) militant was today killed in an encounter with police in Kokrajhar district of Assam, a senior police officer said.The slain militant was identified as KLO Kokrajhar ‘district commander'

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  Curfew relaxed in 3 BTAD districts, no fresh incidents

  India | May 05, 2014 12:02 IST

  Guwahati: Curfew was today relaxed in violence-hit Baksa and Kokrajhar and neighbouring Chirang districts of Assam where 34 persons were killed in the mayhem unleashed by NDFB-Songbijit militants since Thursday last.With no fresh incident reported

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  Curfew relaxed for four hours in Kokrajhar

  India | November 18, 2012 16:13 IST

  Guwahati, Nov 18: With no fresh case of violence, authorities Sunday relaxed for four hours the four-daly long indefinite curfew in violence-hit Kokrajhar district in Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) of Assam.The curfew was relaxed

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  Fresh violence in Kokrajhar, death toll goes up to 10

  India | November 17, 2012 19:04 IST

  Guwahati, Nov 17 :  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.The four were

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  Curfew continues in Kokrajhar, no fresh incidents

  India | November 16, 2012 21:22 IST

  Guwahati, Nov 16 : Curfew continued on Friday in Kokrajhar area of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD), where violence has claimed the lives of six people since last week.The army, which has been called

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  Army flag march in Kokrajhar

  India | November 16, 2012 17:09 IST

  Guwahati, Nov 16: Army on Friday conducted a flag march in curfew-bound Kokrajhar and their five columns were kept ready in troubled areas to combat any emergency even as a prominent leader of the Bodoland

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  PM assures Gogoi help in curbing violence

  Politics | November 16, 2012 12:38 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 16: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 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

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  Curfew in Kokrajhar, PM talks to Assam CM Gogoi

  India | November 15, 2012 21:19 IST

  Guwahati Nov 15 :  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi this evening to discuss law and order in violence hit Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD) where one person was killed

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  1,540 people join relief camps in Kokrajhar and Chirang

  India | September 02, 2012 18:24 IST

  Guwahati, Sep 2: Over 2.42 lakh inmates are staying in 218 camps in Assam's Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Barpeta districts and 1,540 new inmates have taken shelter in relief camps at trouble-torn Kokrajhar and

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  Curfew lifted, bandh suspended in Kokrajhar for five hours

  India | August 24, 2012 20:57 IST

  Kokrajhar, Aug 24: The Bodoland Peoples' Front today suspended its indefinite bandh, called to protest arrest of its MLA Pradip Brahma, for five hours following the lifting of curfew for the same period.The indefinite curfew,

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  Fresh killing in Kokrajhar, toll mounts to 78

  India | August 17, 2012 23:03 IST

  Kokrajhar (Assam), Aug 17: Violence returned to Kokrajhar town tonight with the killing of one person, taking the toll to 78 in the clashes that started in Assam's communally-sensitive districts since late last month.Police said

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  Nine injured in fresh violence in Kokrajhar

  India | August 16, 2012 17:55 IST

  Kokrajhar, Aug 16: Fresh violence gripped this trouble-torn Assam district leaving at least nine seriously injured while unrest spread to Kamrup (rural) which reported arson and police firing today.“Around 12.30 pm miscreants threw acid on

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  Assam violence: No fresh clash, curfew relaxed in Kokrajhar

  India | July 29, 2012 19:42 IST

  Kokrajhar, Jul 29: The situation in the strife-torn lower Assam districts is limping back to normal with authorities relaxing curfew in the worst-hit Kokrajhar district on Sunday.The indefinite curfew clamped in the Kokrajhar district has