Manipur, July 26 -- The fresh border tension between Assam and Mizoram prompted both chief ministers of the two states - Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mizoram's Zoramthanga - to seek the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Fresh violence erupted at the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday, leaving at least six Assam Police personnel dead and several others injured in the clash along the border in Assam's Cachar district.

Extending his condolences over the loss of lives in the border clash, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, "I am deeply pained to inform that six brave jawans of @assampolice have sacrificed their lives while defending constitutional boundary of our state at the Assam-Mizoram border. My heartfelt con...