The Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi and his Nagaland counterpart T R Zeliang are holding a meeting in Guwahati on the border issue. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and senior officials of Assam and Nagaland have also participated in the meeting.

This is the first meeting between the two Chief Ministers after Naga miscreants killed nine persons at Uriamghat on the Assam – Nagaland border.

Earlier talking to a section of the media,Mr. Rijiju said that the centre is monitoring the situation in Golaghat.He said that steps are being taken for rehabilitation of displaced people at Uriamghat in Golaghat district.

Several organisations have called for a dawn-to-dusk Assam bandh protesting the police action in Golaghat. State BJP’s Yuva Morcha, ,Asom Gana Parishad and other organisations are holding protest rallies against the police action in Golaghat.

Two persons were killed and several injured in clashes with security forces yesterday in Golaghat following which curfew was imposed and is continuing.

The army is staging a flag march in sensitive areas. Six additional companies of security forces will arrive in Golaghat today. Police said an agitated crowd blocked the road at Telgaram in Numaligarh but security personnel cleared the road. Normal life has been affected in many parts of the state including Guwahati .

A high level meeting of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, DoNER was held in Guwahati to discuss the development of the region. Union DoNER Minister V K Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijjiju, Chief Ministers of North East, MPs and senior officials have participated.