Bulk Texts Banned in Indian Anti-Violence Move

Authorities fear messages are used to coordinate ethnic and religious attacks

The Indian government has been forced to ban the sending of bulk SMS text messages over concerns migrant workers from the nation's north-east will be targeted by Muslims.

Violent clashes in the state of Assam between the indigenous Bodo community and Muslim settlers from Bangladesh have left scores dead and displaced hundreds of thousands in the north-east corner of India over the past month.