Assam Bandh

Assam violence: One killed in firing in Kokrajhar; bandh called by students' union today

Written by Mala Das | Tuesday August 28, 2012

One person has died and five others have been injured in fresh violence in the Kokrajhar district of Assam. The area has been the epicentre of an ethnic flare-up that has ravaged the state in the last one month, claiming over 90 lives and leaving lak...

Assam violence: Bandh called by Bajrang Dal; six ministers sent to ensure peace

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday August 27, 2012

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has ordered his administration to crackdown on trouble makers after five people were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam in the weekend. He has also sent out a team of ministers to ensure peace in the troubled dis...

Assam MLA arrest: Bodoland People's Front calls for indefinite bandh; curfew in Kokrajhar

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Friday August 24, 2012

The Bodoland People's Front has called for an idefinite bandh to protest against the arrest of their MLA for his alleged role in the recent ethnic clashes in Assam that have left over 70 people dead in the last one month. In anticipation of violence...

Sonia Gandhi in Guwahati today; People defy ULFA bandh to attend rally

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 26, 2012

More than 10,000 people braved a 12-hour ULFA bandh to attend the celebration of the Congress-led Tarun Gogoi government's completion of first year of its third term in office which was attended by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Chief Minister Tarun G...

One killed in blast ahead of Sonia's Assam visit

Press Trust of India | Friday May 25, 2012

A day ahead of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi's visit to Assam, one person was killed in a bomb blast by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district tonight, police said. The bomb was planted in a roadside at Selabari area. The deceased has b...

Assam should become a growth engine: PM

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 20, 2012

Braving security threats by the anti-talk faction of the ULFA and a shutdown call by the militants, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday inaugurated the platinum jubilee celebration of the Assam legislative assembly and said that he wanted to make...

High security in Assam for Prime Minister's visit

Press Trust of India | Friday April 20, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a day-long visit to Assam. Security has been beefed up in the state after the United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) anti-talk faction called a 12-hour Assam bandh in protest. Police and para-military personnel ...

ULFA calls Assam bandh on April 2 to protest PM visit

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 31, 2011

ULFA has called a 12-hour Assam bandh on April 2 to protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to the state to campaign for party candidates for the first phase of Assembly elections, due on April 4.??? ?In a statement e-mailed to PTI, Arunodoy Dohotiya, publi...

Court declares Assam bandh illegal

Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 6, 2010

The Guwahati High Court has declared as illegal all bandhs in Assam and Meghalaya and said it is violation of the fundamental rights of the citizens.

Student organisations call bandh in Assam

NDTV Correspondent | Monday November 23, 2009

Student organisations have called a bandh in Nalbari district of Assam today in protest against Sunday's attack that left at least six dead and 50 wounded.Suspected ULFA militants had triggered two blasts close to a police station in Nalbari on Sunday.A high alert has been sounded across the state i...

Assam: ULFA calls for 12-hour bandh

NDTV Correspondent | Monday November 9, 2009

The ULFA has called for a 12-hour bandh on Monday demanding the release of their two top leaders.