Kokrajhar top tally with 38 gold

Guwahati, May 23: Minority-dominated Dhubri district has recorded the highest population growth rate in Assam while Kokrajhar has recorded the lowest, according to the 2011 census, the final findings of which were released today. Assam ranks 14th in the ...

Kokrajhar, May 17: Bodo Sahitya Sabha, the apex Bodo literary body, is celebrating Boro Bejwng Saan at Salbari in Baksa district for two days from today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of implementation of Bodo language as a medium of instruction in schools.

Dhubri, April 3: Ranjan Sil, 22, son of a businessman of Chapor town in Dhubri district, was released in Kokrajhar town last night after being held hostage for seven days.

Kokrajhar, May 10: The three-day fifth Bodoland Indigenous Games kicked off today at Rowta in Udalguri district.

Kokrajhar, May 13: The Baksa District Upper and Lower Primary Teachers' Committee began an indefinite hunger strike today at the BTC secretariat ground here to demand regularisation of services.

Tezpur/Kokrajhar, May 7: The Non-Bodo Suraksha Samiti today blocked National Highway 52 in Sonitpur district for three hours, demanding exclusion of 19 villages dominated by non-Bodos from Udalguri district in the BTAD.

Kokrajhar, May 5: Assam archer Pratima Boro was today cremated at her village, Malaguri, in Kokrajhar district. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi announced that the circumstances leading to her death would be investigated.

Duramari area of Kokrajhar district of Assam is under prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC following tension between Muslims and Bodos over a plot of government land.

Small tea garden owners and forest officials are at loggerheads over a plot of land at Bedlangmari in Kokrajhar district. Their differences peaked when forest officials intensified reforestation efforts on Monday. The president of Kokrajhar District ...