Afghanistan, partners may approve ‘Army-police forces’ surge plan
January 17th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Jan 17 (ANI): Afghanistan and its international partners are reportedly all set to approve a plan for increasing army and police forces in that nation to about 378,000 personnel.According to Western ... Read more...
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Another ULFA leader released on bail, way paved for talks
January 12th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Jan 12 (IANS) The last of the eight top leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Chitraban Hazarika, was released on bail Wednesday, brightening hopes ... Read more...
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Two top UFLA leaders released in Guwahati
January 11th, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan.11 (ANI): The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom's foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika were released from the Guwahati Central Jail on Tuesday.Choudhury and Hazarika were granted ... Read more...
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Five women Maoists surrender in Orissa
January 6th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IANS) Five women Maoists, including a local deputy commander, surrendered Thursday in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said. All the rebels were below 17 years of age.The guerrillas laid ... Read more...
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ULFA chairman holds first round of peace talks
January 6th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 6 (IANS) The first round of peace talks between Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the central government's interlocutor P.C. Haldar was held ... Read more...
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Dialogue with ULFA outfit may begin soon, says interlocutor
January 6th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 6 (ANI): Hopes of holding peace talks between the Central Government and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) have brightened with the government's interlocutor indicating that the dialogue process ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa receives warm welcome in Sivasagar
January 3rd, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Peter Alex ToddSivasagar (Assam), Jan.3 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa has received a warm welcome at his hometown in Assam's Sivasagar District during the weekend.Rajkhowa ... Read more...
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Assam CM Gogoi hopes for peace on ULFA front after Rajkhowa’s release
January 1st, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 1 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi expressing his delight over the release of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, on Saturday said that he hopes for ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa released from jail
January 1st, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan.1 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was released from jail on Saturday, a year after being nabbed by Bangladesh security agencies and handed over to ... Read more...
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Assam CM Gogoi invites ULFA chief to join politics
December 30th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Dec 30 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday invited United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to join politics, saying that let him serve people through politics."Let ... Read more...
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Bangladesh crackdown puts pressure on ULFA chief
December 27th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 27 (IANS) The crackdown on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Bangladesh will force its elusive leader Paresh Baruah to rethink his intransigent stand, a top official said ... Read more...
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Back in open, but Assam’s freed rebels have lot to do
December 25th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 25 (IANS) Years of life underground, then captured and put behind bars for another long stint, and finally back to the mainstream - life has turned full ... Read more...
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Assam allows ULFA chief’s bail plea, facilitates peace talks
December 16th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 16 (IANS) Jailed chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa is all set to step out of prison as the government prosecutor Thursday did not ... Read more...
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ULFA’s ‘Mama’ released on bail, fifth to be set free
December 5th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 5 (IANS) Septuagenarian separatist leader and political ideologue of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Bhimkanta Buragohain, stepped out of Guwahati Central Jail Sunday after ... Read more...
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Decks being cleared for Assam separatists’ release
November 28th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 28 (IANS) The decks are being cleared for the release of all top jailed leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) as the government ... Read more...
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Female Maoist complains of torture, surrenders in West Bengal
November 17th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Bankura (West Bengal), Nov.17 (ANI): A female Maoist Rumpa Mahato (30) has surrendered before the West Bengal Police in Bankura District.Mahato said that the Maoists physically and mentally tortured her prompting her ... Read more...
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Woman Maoist surrenders in West Bengal
November 16th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) A woman squad member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Tuesday surrendered in West Bengal's Bankura district, the second woman rebel to do so, police said.Rumpa Mahato ... Read more...
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Pak gets second batch of three F-16 jets from US
October 31st, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 31 (ANI): The United States delivered the second batch of three F-16 C/D Block 52 aircraft to Pakistan at its PAF Base, Shahbaz (Jacobabad) on Saturday, and will send ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists’ China trip row escalates
October 26th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 26 (IANS) The row between Nepal's caretaker government and the opposition Maoist party over the latter's guerrilla army fighters' clandestine visit to China escalated with the government ... Read more...
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Peace interlocutor meets ULFA leaders in Guwahati jail
October 21st, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 21 (IANS) The deadlocked peace process between the government and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) gathered momentum with New Delhi's peace interlocutor P.C. Haldar Thursday holding a ... Read more...
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‘Taliban cannot be defeated militarily’
October 17th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 17 (IANS) A top Australian combat soldier in Afghanistan has warned that the Taliban militants cannot be defeated by military means and called for a fundamental change in strategy, ... Read more...
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Maoists release three abducted officials
October 16th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 16 (IANS) Three government officials taken hostage by Maoists from a passenger bus were released after 24 hours in a forested pocket of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, a senior official ... Read more...
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‘Congenial environment for peace talks yet to be created’
October 13th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IANS) Jailed chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa said here Wednesday that a congenial environment for beginning formal peace talks with the government ... Read more...
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Decks being cleared for Assam-ULFA talks
October 5th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 5 (IANS) The Assam government and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) are treading cautiously but cleverly in paving the way for formal peace talks ... Read more...
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Taliban has infiltrated Afghan forces, waiting to hit US-NATO forces: Ex-UN official
October 5th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 5 (ANI): A former senior UN official, Antonio Maria Costa, has claimed that the Taliban has infiltrated the Afghan forces and that they are waiting for instructions to hit ... Read more...
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US slaps sanctions against eight Iranians for human rights violations
September 30th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 30(ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions against eight Iranian officials, including several government ministers, for human rights violations.Under a new executive order signed by US President Barack ... Read more...
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20 ULFA militants arrested in fresh Dhaka crackdown
September 24th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 24 (IANS) At least 20 militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and their family members were arrested by security forces in Bangladesh in renewed crackdown by ... Read more...
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ULFA cadre in Myanmar disillusioned: surrendered rebel
September 14th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 14 (IANS) A sense of disillusionment coupled with an acute funds crunch has been choking cadres of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in bases inside Myanmar, forcing ... Read more...
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Flood relief efforts force Pakistan Army to alter plans against terrorists
September 14th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Kalam, Sept 14 (ANI): Pakistani military officials have said that the flood relief effort undertaken by the country's armed forces have forced the army to alter plans to combat Taliban and ... Read more...
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ULFA threatens to pull out of peace process
September 3rd, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 3 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Friday threatened to pull out of the peace process in Assam accusing New Delhi of double standards by engaging security ... Read more...
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Taliban deputy commander captured in Afghanistan
August 15th, 2010 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 14 (IANS) A Taliban deputy commander was captured in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Saturday.
The militant was held in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand ... Read more...
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General Sir Peter Wall named as next head of the British Army
July 29th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- The British Ministry of Defence on Thursday named General Sir Peter Wall as the new Chief of the General Staff, taking over the responsibilities of General Sir David ... Read more...
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Terrorists will attack UK in revenge for invading Afghanistan: Imran
July 26th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Terrorists will attack Britain in revenge for invading Afghanistan, former cricket legend Imran Khan has warned.Khan claimed that Britain has made itself the top terror target in ... Read more...
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Ready for talks, says ULFA
July 21st, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 21 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Wednesday said it was ready for negotiations with New Delhi's chief interlocutor P.C. Haldar to give a push to the ... Read more...
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Peace process with ULFA on right track: Gogoi
July 11th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday dismissed speculation that there was a stalemate over the peace process with the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), saying it ... Read more...
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