Assam: 3 tribal militants killed in encounter in hills

Three militants belonging to the Dimasa tribe militant group, United People’s Liberation Front were killed in an encounter with a joint team of Assam Police and Assam Rifles at a......

Cong MPs, MLAs defy Gogoi to demand separate state

In a sharp defiance of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Congress MPs and legislators from the two hill districts of Assam -- Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao -- have taken an initiative to launch a......

Renewed statehood stirs pose fresh challenge for Assam

The age-old ethnic fabric in Assam faces a grave risk of being torn apart as many of the major tribes have either raised or renewed their demand for separate state carved out of Assam. The new......

Protests in Assam over 'pact' with ultras

After a lull trouble is once again brewing in Dima Hasao (erstwhile North Cachar Hills) district of Assam with the Indigenous People's Forum (IPF), a banner organisation of non-Dimasa ethnic......