The Karbi people are one of the ethnic tribes of Assam (India) who are still facing scarcity of basic devlopement in most of the spheres of public life. Torn by periods of violence & extremism people are now desperate for a real change.
DMTX. 422 Karbi Longri Noth Caser Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) cadres, including the outfit’s senior leaders have surrendered and entered into a ceasefire agreement with the government of India. Aft
DMTX. Karbi youth performing traditional dance on the third day of the five day long 36th Karbi Youth Festival organized at Taralangso in Karbi Anglong, Assam, India. 18/02/2010.
Indian Karbi tribal women wait for customers as they sell fresh vegetables produced at home to earn their livelihood at a roadside market in Deopani, Karbi Anglong district, Assam, India. 21/09/2010
DMTX. Arms and ammunition of the Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) militants are laid on display during a surrender ceremony, in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Thursday. Diphu, Assam,
A tree wrapped with red ribbons at historic Deopani Temple in Karbi Anglong district of Assam. People believe that those who tie a red ribbon around the tree, the wish will come true. Karbi Anglong, India 20/09/2010
The Karbis, mentioned as the Mikir in the Constitution Order of the Government of India, are one of the major ethnic groups in North-east India and especially in the hill areas of Assam. Assam, India. 02/09/2010
A girl rings a bell after wrapping red ribbons on a tree at the historic Deopani Temple in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India. People here have faith that one who ties a ribbon with a wish, will see it come true. Deopani, India. 23/09/2010
People wrap red ribons around a tree at the historic Deopani Temple in Karbi, Anglong district of Assam, India. People have faith that the one who ties a ribbon with a wish, it comes true in some form. India. 23/09/2010
Around 300 ethnic Naga of the Regma where displaced after the ethnic Karbi Militants, Karbi People’s Liberation Tiger (KPLT) served an ultimatum to ‘Accept Karbi identity or leave Rengma Hills’.
A rhino lies hornless due to poachers. The species is inherently at risk as over 70% of its population occurs at a single site, Kaziranga National Park. In 1910, all rhino hunting in India became prohibited.
A devastating inferno engulfed an entire neighborhood across the Nagaland border at Khan Bosti, Balijan ‘C’ on Tuesday. It rendered 260 families homeless who were living as tenants in rows of thatched dwellings. Karbi-Anglong, India. 07/07/2010
Assam’s fragile peace was shattered on Monday evening when NDFB militants gunned down at least 24 people and injured seven, most of them Hindi-speakers. Eight people were killed in Seijosa in Arunachal Pradesh, India. 08/11/2010
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition political party of India is campaiging with L K Advani, their Prime Ministerial candidate to campaign for his party's Lok Sabha Constituency candidat
DMTX. Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organ
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan and senior wildlife officials with Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi take stock of the situation in the Kaziranga National Park, in Assam following a recent spate of Rhino killings in the park.
National leaders and political heavyweights of various parties opted for the helicopter to zip through poll-bound Assam as campaigning reached a frenetic pitch in the 62 constituencies taking part in polls in the first phase on April 4th.
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