PM moves to cool panic over Assam violence, thousands flee cities

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured migrants from the northeast that they were safe as thousands fled Mumbai, Bangalore and other cities on Friday, fearing a backlash from violence against Muslims in Assam. Railway authorities have laid on extra trains from Bangalore and other cities for the two-day journey back to Assam. Some media reports said that by Friday as many as 15,000 had left cities in the south and west. ...