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Uneasy calm in Assam's Kokrajhar district as killing of Muslim leader revives memories of 2012 riots

The incident happened an hour after Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for New Delhi from Guwahati after reviewing the damage caused by the recent wave of floods.

Has militancy turned Assam's Kokrajhar into a killing field that will never have a happy headline?

Despite the idyllic settings that district is blessed with, Kokrajhar has however been known to the world mostly for the wrong reasons.

Mobile diaries: How politics over immigration from Bangladesh has affected Assam

One of the most important issues of the Assam Assembly polls is that of immigration from Bangladesh.

Assam 2016: How a smooth highway in Tamulpur hides BPF's development deficit

Emmanuel Mosahary is the incumbent Tamulpur MLA from the BPF and is contesting again from the seat.

Assam 2016: For many non-Bodos, this Assembly election is a fight against 'Bodo hegemony'

Saddled precariously on a cauldron of widening linguistic and cultural differences, both Bodos and non-Bodos would have to come forward to find a political solution soon lest these differences spill over from an electoral battlefield to an actual battlefield.

Modi hits out at Manmohan-led UPA govts of the past, as Assam catches election fever

Both the national parties have started attacking each other on issues ranging from political to the economic, but it is abundantly clear that voters no longer buy bogus promises or noisy tom-toming of pseudo achievements.

Modi in Assam: PM promises Bodos development but avoids statehood issue

Avoiding the statehood issue and the Rs 1,000 crore package demand for the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said no stone would be left unturned to develop Assam's Bodo-inhabited lands.

BJP hypocrisy in Assam: Why were tears shed for missing Adivasis during massacre of Muslims?

The hypocrisy of BJP is evident from the fact that it didn’t shed tears when NDFB shot dead 50 Bengali-speaking Muslims in May last year in Assam.

After exit from Gogoi govt, Bodoland People's Front may look for BJP tie-up

Rumours are rife that the Bodoland People's Front might have snapped ties with the Congress as it is trying to cosy up to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

No regrets about my past as Ulfa leader, says Kokrajhar MP Naba Sarania

The 45-year-old Sarania has quite a few first against his name. He is not only the first non-Bodo MP to represent Kokrajhar but also the first member in Parliament who was part of the Ulfa.