Assam Bodoland Development

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to all-round development of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Assam with both the Centre and the state government fulfilling 90 per cent of the accord.

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi has said that higher education institutions should develop innovative ways to combat COVID-19.

Bundling protests ("andolan") and terrorism ("atankwad") together once again, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the victory of the BJP in the March-April election in Assam indicated the people of the state had "chosen development".

In a major development that can bring peace in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Region, all insurgents of the newly formed insurgent group National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) will surrender on Thursday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

In a major development seen as the end of the Bodo insurgency in Assam, the banned Saoraigwra faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) is on its way to surrender and may later join the ongoing Bodo peace process, sources have said.

The Assam government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for infrastructure development of the Bodoland University in Kokrajhar, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here yesterday.

In his second rally in Assam ahead of the assembly elections, BJP chief Amit Shah unleashed what is perhaps the most potent card, claiming the BJP will stop illegal infiltration in Assam if voted to power once.

Attacking the 15-year Congress rule in Assam and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who represents the state in Rajya Sabha, over "lack of development", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched BJP's election campaign Kokrajhar by announcing a slew of initiatives, including tribal status to two communities.

Attacking the Congress at a rally in Assam, where elections will be held in a few months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said "those who could not do anything in the last 15 years expect me to do everything in 15 months." He promised to fast track development in the state, but did not announce any financial package. Later today, he will address...

The army will intensify its operations in Assam against Bodo militants accused of killing 83 people on Tuesday in one of the worst massacres in the northeastern state. Thousands of people have left their homes in fear after the killings. (Watch the Video)

In northern Assam, militants demanding a separate homeland for indigenous Bodo tribesmen went on a killing spree last night. Protesters demonstrating against the killing were fired upon by the police this morning. 70 people have been killed since Tuesday evening. Here are the 10 latest developments:

At least 55 people, including 20 children, were killed in a series of coordinated attacks by suspected Bodo militants in Assam on Tuesday.

In the last week, six people have been killed in the district of Kokrajhar, which in July was the epicenter of sustained ethnic violence, the worst in over a decade in the state of Assam. The area is simmering again because of a new surge of hostilities between the indigenous Bodo tribals and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers. There were reports of ...

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to all-round development of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Assam with both the Centre and the state government fulfilling 90 per cent of the accord.

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi has said that higher education institutions should develop innovative ways to combat COVID-19.

Bundling protests ("andolan") and terrorism ("atankwad") together once again, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the victory of the BJP in the March-April election in Assam indicated the people of the state had "chosen development".

In a major development that can bring peace in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Region, all insurgents of the newly formed insurgent group National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) will surrender on Thursday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

In a major development seen as the end of the Bodo insurgency in Assam, the banned Saoraigwra faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) is on its way to surrender and may later join the ongoing Bodo peace process, sources have said.

The Assam government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for infrastructure development of the Bodoland University in Kokrajhar, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here yesterday.

In his second rally in Assam ahead of the assembly elections, BJP chief Amit Shah unleashed what is perhaps the most potent card, claiming the BJP will stop illegal infiltration in Assam if voted to power once.

Attacking the 15-year Congress rule in Assam and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who represents the state in Rajya Sabha, over "lack of development", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched BJP's election campaign Kokrajhar by announcing a slew of initiatives, including tribal status to two communities.

Attacking the Congress at a rally in Assam, where elections will be held in a few months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said "those who could not do anything in the last 15 years expect me to do everything in 15 months." He promised to fast track development in the state, but did not announce any financial package. Later today, he will address...

The army will intensify its operations in Assam against Bodo militants accused of killing 83 people on Tuesday in one of the worst massacres in the northeastern state. Thousands of people have left their homes in fear after the killings. (Watch the Video)

In northern Assam, militants demanding a separate homeland for indigenous Bodo tribesmen went on a killing spree last night. Protesters demonstrating against the killing were fired upon by the police this morning. 70 people have been killed since Tuesday evening. Here are the 10 latest developments:

At least 55 people, including 20 children, were killed in a series of coordinated attacks by suspected Bodo militants in Assam on Tuesday.

In the last week, six people have been killed in the district of Kokrajhar, which in July was the epicenter of sustained ethnic violence, the worst in over a decade in the state of Assam. The area is simmering again because of a new surge of hostilities between the indigenous Bodo tribals and Bengali-speaking Muslim settlers. There were reports of ...