Kokorajhar (Assam) [India], October 22 (ANI): A local holiday has been declared in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTR) region of Assam on October 25 on the occasion of Diwali and Kali Puja.

Guwahati Dec 28 PTI Drones will be deployed to map unsurveyed inhabited areas in Bodoland Territorial Region BTR as the exercise will enable authorities to modernise its land record system and provide documents to inhabitants for utilising the resource as a financial asset An official release said a tripartite MoU to extend SVAMITVA Survey of Villages And Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas Scheme to BTR was signed among Bodoland Territorial Council BTC the Assam government and the Survey of India on Tuesday The agreement was signed by Gyanendra Dev Tripathi Director of Land Records and Surveys Assam Shantanu Gotmare Principal Secretary BTC and Ch Venkateswara Rao Director Assam Nagaland GDC in the presence of several top officials The survey by drones will be followed by generation of GIS map to enable detailed spatial database of property with a view to providing property cards to owners for leveraging land as a financial asset the release said Sunil Kumar Secretary Ministry of Panchayati Raj emphasised the need for technology-driven mainstreaming of land administration in Sixth Schedule areas and hoped that it would pave the way for bringing all other autonomous councils within the ambit of the scheme He also underscored that local customary land laws shall be respected while implementing the project Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said it would be a path-breaking step for clear ownership of land and urged all stakeholders to work in close collaboration The principal secretary of BTC Shantanu Gotmare said the unsurveyed areas would now be mapped and it would be an impetus to modernise the land record management system in BTR PTI SSG MM MM

Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], November 18 (ANI): Bodoland Territorial Council leader Pramod Boro said the conditions in region have improved after the Centre signed the Peace Accord with the Assam government and Bodo representatives in 2020.

Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], September 23 (ANI): 57 poachers of the Raimona National Park surrendered to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) of Assam on Wednesday.

Guwahati Sept 21 PTI Assam government on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the killing of two alleged United Liberation of Bodoland ULB militants by policemen a day after a 12-hour bandh to protest the death brought life in the four districts of the Bodoland Territorial Region BTR to a standstill An order issued by Assam government said Divisional Commissioner of Lower Assam Jayant Narlikar has been directed to inquire into the circumstances leading to the death of two suspected ULB militants in an encounter with the police at Ultapani in Kokrajhar district on September 18 Narlikar was tasked to submit the report within 15 days The killing of the two suspected militants evoked wide-spread protests in the BTR with a 12-hour bandh called by All Bodo Peoples ABP shutting down normal life in the region on Monday Several political and non-political organizations and leaders have strongly condemned the killings claiming the encounter was staged and the youths killed were innocent Bodoland Peoples Front BPF Chief Hagrama Mohilary on Tuesday appealed to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to initiate a high level probe by the CBI into the encounter in the interest of peace and tranquility in the BTR He also appealed to the ULB leadership to refrain from violent activities to prevent loss of life and property I appeal to the UBL leadership to restrain from retaliatory activities or planting of bombs which might further escalate the situation in Bodoland region the former Bodoland Territorial Council BTC Chief said The police had claimed on Saturday that two suspected militants of a newly formed outfit United Liberation of Bodoland ULB had been killed and their camp busted while two pistols and grenades were recovered from the encounter site Assam has witnessed a series of encounters since the present BJP government led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assumed office on May 10 with many alleged militants and criminals being shot dead or injured while allegedly trying to flee from custody The opposition has alleged the state police has become trigger-happy The Chief Minister however has supported police action and said Assam police had full operational liberty to fight criminals within the ambit of law In all 26 accused have been killed so far and 42 others injured when police fired on them claiming that they had tried to escape from custody in the last four-and-half-months PTI DG JRC JRC

Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], September 18 (ANI): Kokrajhar Police busted a camp of the newly formed terror group United Liberation of Bodoland (ULB) in the Ultapani area of Assam on Saturday, as per GP Singh, the Special Director General of Police, Assam Police.