Guwahati, Oct.29 (ANI): The first ever-Ethnic Mega Festival that offered a platform to showcase the unique cultural heritage of the different indigenous communities in Assam was celebrated in the state recently.Organized by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Assam, the festival was held at the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati."We have in Assam many ethnic tribal groups but they are not...
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first ever-Ethnic Mega Festival that offered a platform to showcase the unique cultural heritage of the different indigenous communities in Assam was celebrated in the state recently.Organized by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Assam, the festival was held at the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati."We have in Assam many ethnic tribal groups but they are not getting adequate exposure....
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least nine top United Liberation Front of Assam militants have sneaked into Assam for conducting subversive activities targeting oil refineries and other vital installations on November 27, which the ultras observe as 'Black Day'.A posting in the Assam police website said the nine Ultras recently sneaked into the state from Myanmar, Bhutan and Nagaland to carry out blasts in protest against the first...
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suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants were apprehended by security personnel in a joint operation in Assam's Morigaon district today.The joint operation was conducted by Assam and Meghalaya police, CRPF and army personnel near Jagiroad along the Assam-Meghalaya border and the duo identified, police said.A 9 mm pistol with six rounds of ammunitions and a motorcycle have been recovered...
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Kokrajhar, Oct 23 /--/ The ethnic feud between Bodo tribe and Adivasis has flared up again when Bodo militants fired at a group of tribal students injuring six at Ranikhata in lower Assam's Chirang district. Police said the incident occurred when a group of All Assam Adivasi Students Association members were returning last evening from a relief camp at Deosri where the victims of clashes between Bodos...
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National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), an outlawed group fighting for an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe in Assam, has announced its support to the Maoists."I would like to greet and congratulate the Maoists who are fighting for their legitimate rights and also extend all help to them in their fight against the ruling cliques," NDFB chairman D.R. Nabla said in a statement e-mailed to...
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the first time in 30 years of its existence, the banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) has raised its voice against Bangladeshi migrants settled in Assam. The outfit has made a sudden u-turn on Bangladeshi migrants’ problem of the state after two of its leaders were recently arrested by security force of Bangladesh in Dhaka and handed them over to India.Ulfa leader Pradip Gogoi...
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Meghalaya and Assam governments today decided to amicably resolve the border disputes with both sides agreeing to maintain status quo.''Both sides agreed that status quo should be maintained and the issue should be ironed out amicably,'' Meghalaya Revenue Minister Prestone Tynsong told UNI here.Mr Tynsong, also Chairman of the Special Committee on Meghalaya-Assam boundary dispute, held a meeting with...
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size="2"> Guwahati, Nov. 7: The BSF has handed over the two top Ulfa leaders, who were picked up from the Indo-Bangla border in Tripura, to the Assam police which started their interrogation.
Self-styled Ulfa "foreign secretary" Sashadhar Choudhury and "finance secretary" Chitraban Hazarika, who were pushed into Indian territory by the Bangladeshi...
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court of chief judicial magistrate in Kamrup, Guwahati, remanded top United Liberation Front of Assamleaders Sashadhar Chowdhury and Chitraban Hazarika to 10 days' police custody after they were produced before the court by the Assam police in the afternoon amid tight security.Meanwhile, the proscribed chairman of the banned ULFA, Arabinda Rajkhowa, in a statement issued to the media called for 12-hour...
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