North East Ethnic Clashes

• Assam violence: Over 20,000 passengers stranded as 21 trains halted

  With ethnic violence escalating in lower Assam's Kokrajhar area, train services to and from the north east have been severely hit. The railways estimate over 20,000 passengers are stranded at different places across Assam and neighbouring West Bengal; as many as 21 trains have been halted.

• North East conflict resolution in 10 days

  Considering 'conflict resolution' is amongst the most profitable and fashionable round table topic, the recent Garo-Rabha conflict in India's North East can challenge the fashionable resolution theories. Zoom in on the right arm of a map of India's North East and the districts of Goalpara in Assam and East Garo Hills in Meghalaya are prominent...

• North East ethnic clashes: Meghalaya announces compensation for displaced families

  The Meghalaya government has announced a compensation of Rs 10,000 each to the families displaced in the ongoing ethnic violence in the state.Informing this, Meghalaya Home Minister H D R Lyngdoh said three bundles of CGI sheets would also be given to the families as immediate relief.On the other hand, the state Congress also announced Rs 5 lakh ca...

• Fresh violence in North East; Central forces reach Assam, Meghalaya

  There has been fresh violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border. The Army was rushed in early this morning after Garos set a village on fire. Last night also there were reports of violence in the border areas. Several villages were torched and trucks carrying supplies set on fire. After 10 days of violent ethnic clashes, an officer from the home minist...