"jiribam-district"

Educational institutes remained closed since November 16 after dead bodies of three women and three children in Jiribam were recovered from the Jiri and Barak rivers

The meeting, which was held late on Monday and attended by 27 MLAs, resolved that the case be handed over to the NIA immediately

Centre reimposed Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in six police station areas, including violence-hit Jiribam

Elderly people, women and children were being moved to safer places by security forces as the violence broke out

The latest violence occurred in the villages of Serou, Moljol, Rashidpur, and Nungchappi in Jiribam district, near southern Assam, with intermittent firing continuing until 10 a.m. on Saturday.