Protesters attack police as two Indian states fight over territory


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Aug 2014

GUWAHATI India (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters in the far-flung Indian state of Assam defied a curfew and attacked police in a fifth day of unrest over a territorial dispute with a neighbouring state.

Assam and the tiny state of Nagaland in northeastern India have been claiming tracts of land along the state limits since the creation of Nagaland more than four decades ago.

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