Assam Nagaland Border Violence

• Curfew Relaxed in Golaghat but Anti-Government Sentiments Still Run High

  After two weeks of militant violence on the Assam - Nagaland border that left at least 15 people dead and thousands displaced, life in Golaghat, one of Assam's prominent industrial towns on the border, is returning to normalcy.

• Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Seeks CBI Probe Into Border Violence

  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has announced that the state government will seek a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the recent incidents of violence along the Assam - Nagaland border in the wake of the kidnapping of two young men allegedly by Naga militants on June 26.

• Assam-Nagaland Border Clashes: Curfew Re-imposed in Golaghat

  Curfew has been re-imposed in Golaghat, the epicentre of the violence that has hit the border villages of Assam and Nagaland over the last few days. 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

• Assam-Nagaland Constitute High-Level Inquiries into Border Dispute

  In the backdrop of several days of violence on the Assam-Nagaland border, the Centre has outlined a road map to find solutions in which both states -- Assam and Nagaland -- have constituted high level inquiries into the matter. Their reports are expected to come out in a fortnight. The two states have also agreed to re-energize border cooperation a...

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  Assam, Nagaland Chief Ministers Talk Crisis Resolution

  After talks with the Centre, the chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland have agreed to initiate measures to de-escalate the tension at the border of the two states, where 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

• Assam-Nagaland Border Clashes: Centre Preps Roadmap To Control Violence

  The Centre wants the governments of Assam and Nagaland to begin talks as part of an immediate road map to control the violence that has hit villages on the border of the two states. 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

• Assam-Nagaland Border Violence: The Anatomy of a Dispute

  The violence in Golaghat district of Assam bordering Nagaland began as a land dispute between two men, says a central government note, also alleging that the dispute was fanned by local politicians, social activists and insurgent group, the NSCN (Khole Kitovi).

• Home Minister Rajnath Singh Calls up Chief Ministers of Assam, Nagaland Over Border Violence

  Concerned over the unabated violence along Assam-Nagaland border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today telephoned chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland and asked them to defuse tension along the borders of the two states.

• 21 Injured Near Assam-Nagaland Border as Protesters, Police Clash

  A two-km stretch of Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat turned into a battlefield today, with Assamese protesters blockading the highway and targeting the police. When batons and tear gas failed to work, the police opened fire. At the end of it, one person was dead -- run over by a truck during the lathicharge -- and 21 people had to be hospitalised.

• Death Toll Mounts to 11 in Assam-Nagaland State Border Violence

  The death toll in firing and arson along the Assam-Nagaland border by alleged miscreants from Nagaland has increased to 11 with the recovery of nine more bodies from the disturbed Uriamghat area of Assam on Friday even as night curfew continued.