Peace Accord with Black Widow rebel faction soon: Chidambaram
January 24th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday hinted that the government is planning to sign a peace accord with the Dima Halam Daogah faction of rebels ... Read more...
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Ceasefire agreements with Assam rebel groups extended
January 18th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday extended by another six months separate ceasefire agreements with two rebel groups in Assam that would facilitate the ongoing peace process ... Read more...
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Assam scam accused files poll papers from jail
March 17th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 17 (IANS) Mohit Hojai, one of the key accused in a Rs.1,000-crore financial scam, Thursday filed his nomination papers from jail for the Assam assembly elections as a ... Read more...
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Passenger train derails in Assam, militant hand suspected (Lead)
October 27th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Oct 27 (IANS) Four coaches of passenger train Barak Valley Express were derailed Wednesday after suspected militants triggered a blast on a railway track in southern Assam, officials said. No ... Read more...
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Government funds siphoned off to Assam terror outfit: NIA chargesheet
October 22nd, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which investigates terror related crimes, has come up with startling revelations indicating that government funds worth millions of rupees ... Read more...
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NIA files charge sheet against 16 persons in funds defalcation case
October 19th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.19 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed charge sheet against sixteen accused persons in the case of defalcation of funds, in a Special Court in Guwahati.The ... Read more...
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Surrendered Dima Halom Daogah militants observe daylong hunger strike in Assam
August 21st, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Aug 21 (ANI): Surrendered militants of the Dima Halom Daogah outfit observed daylong hunger strike in Assam's Cachar hills district on Friday in support of their leaders and seeking their early ... Read more...
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Premature to say more politicians involved in Assam scam: CBI
July 14th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/Shillong, July 14 (IANS) The CBI Wednesday said it was too premature to claim involvement of more politicians in the multimillion rupee financial scam involving swindling of government funds in Assam's North ... Read more...
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Terrorists’ arms cache recovered in Assam
July 10th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Haflong (Assam), July 10 (IANS) A large cache of arms and ammunition, including 28 AK-47 rifles belonging to separatist outfit Dima Halam Daogah's Jewel Gorolsa faction (DHD-J), has been recovered by security ... Read more...
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Assam scam will be raised in parliament: BJP
July 10th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the multi-million financial scam involving swindling of government funds by a clique of politicians-bureaucrats-militants-contractors in Assam will be raised in ... Read more...
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CBI seizes Rs 130.5 mn cash from house of scam accused’s relative
June 16th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 15 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Tuesday seized a whopping Rs. 130.5 million in cash stacked in sacks and boxes from the house of a relative of a ... Read more...
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Reduced militancy providing relief to North East people
April 11th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati / Kohima, Apr 11 (ANI): People in the North East can have a sigh of relief as militancy appears to be on the way out.According to the Centre, the region ... Read more...
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No talks with breakaway insurgent groups, says government
April 7th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The government Wednesday said that it is always willing to talk to any group which is ready to leave the path of violence but will not entertain ... Read more...
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Assam agrees to CBI probe into rebels swindling funds
February 25th, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) The Assam government Thursday agreed to hand over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into a multi-million rupees swindle of central funds by a ... Read more...
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Centre to Assam: Let CBI probe scam in North Cachar Hills
February 22nd, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) New Delhi has asked the Assam government to let the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe the multimillion rupee scam involving the swindling of central ... Read more...
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Assam scam chargesheet doesn’t name ministers
February 20th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has revealed a politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam relating to a multi-million rupees scam involving government funds but has ... Read more...
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Three killed in ambush on security convoy in Assam
January 4th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 4 (IANS) Three people, including a police commando, were killed and two wounded in Assam Monday in an ambush by separatists, officials said.
A police spokesperson said heavily armed ... Read more...
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Improvement in condition in Jammu-Kashmir, north east States: Govt.
December 24th, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the improving internal security situation in the Jammu and Kashmir and in the northeastern States.
Ministry of Home Affairs ... Read more...
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Telangana stokes statehood demand in northeast
December 12th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 12 (IANS) Bodoland, Karbiland, Dimaraji, Kamatapur, Garoland... India's northeast is witnessing renewed statehood demands from ethnic groups, courtesy the central government's 'yes' to Telangana.This has ... Read more...
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Telengana storm hits Assam, separate statehood demands get strident
December 11th, 2009 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) Spurred by New Delhi's attempt at granting a separate Telengana state, several ethnic groups in Assam have raised the banner of revolt with demands ... Read more...
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NIA exposes militant-politician-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam
November 21st, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 21 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has come up with some startling revelations about the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam with government funds to the ... Read more...
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Former IB chief in Assam for talks with militant groups
November 19th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau chief P.C. Haldar, appointed by the central government as interlocutor for advancing talks with separatist groups, arrived here Thursday amid hopes of providing the deadlocked ... Read more...
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Night train services resume in terror-hit section of northeast
October 21st, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Oct 21 (IANS) Night train services on the militancy-hit Lumding-Badarpur rail section that connects southern Assam as well as Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur to the rest of the country have ... Read more...
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Over 400 Black Widow militants surrender in Assam
October 3rd, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Oct 3 (ANI): Over four hundred guerrillas of the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) formally laid down their arms before Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a function at Halflong in ... Read more...
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Black Widow rebels surrender en masse in Assam, hopes of peace brighten
October 2nd, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Haflong (Assam), Oct 2 (IANS) About 360 tribal separatists Friday surrendered in India's restive northeastern state of Assam raising hopes of an end to long years of violent insurgency in the ... Read more...
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Assam rebel group surrenders in Manipur (With Images)
September 30th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Sep 30 (IANS) Sixteen militants of the separatist outfit Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel faction) have surrendered to the security forces, the paramilitary Assam Rifles said Wednesday.
"At the initiative of the Assam ... Read more...
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Indian Govt. keen on compassionate handling of law and order in northeast
September 21st, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.21 (ANI): Militancy in parts of northeast region of the country is receiving serious attention of the Central Government and efforts are afoot to curb militancy and restore peace ... Read more...
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Black Widow surrenders weapons in Assam
September 16th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Sep 16 (ANI): Over 170 guerillas of the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) (DHDJ) or Black Widow have commenced surrendering their weapons from Wednesday.Earlier on Sunday, nearly 193 rebels of the ... Read more...
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Assam rebel group to surrender en masse
September 14th, 2009 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 14 (IANS) Hopes for an end to long years of violent bush war brightened in Assam with an influential tribal separatist group deciding to surrender en masse and hold ... Read more...
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Gogoi sets Sept.15 surrender deadline for Black Widow terror group
September 1st, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Sep.1 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday set a September 15 deadline for the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) a.k.a. the "Black Widow" terror group to surrender.Talking to reporters here, ... Read more...
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Assam Government to hold talks with Dimasa rebels: Gogoi
August 11th, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Aug. 11 (ANI): Modalities are being worked out for suspension of ongoing security operations, even as the Assam Government has agreed to start peace talks with the rebel Dima Halem Daogah ... Read more...
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Talks can happen only after shedding violence, Chidambaram tells militant groups
July 10th, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July10 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram today asked the insurgent groups in the North Cachar Hill District of Assam to lay down the arms and come forward for talks.Responding to ... Read more...
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Separatists’ strike call paralyzes life in Assam
June 25th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 25 (IANS) A dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by two separatist groups Thursday paralyzed normal life in India's northeastern state of Assam.
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) called the ... Read more...
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Army guns down five militants in Assam
June 11th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 11 (IANS) At least five militants of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) have been killed in two separate gun battles with the army since Wednesday night ... Read more...
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14 houses set ablaze in Assam’s North Cachar Hills
June 10th, 2009 - 11:07 pm ICT by ANI
North Cachar Hill (Assam),June 10 (ANI): At least 14 houses in a Dimasa tribal village were set ablaze on Wednesday in Assam's strife-torn North Cachar Hill district.According to police, suspected Zemi-Naga ... Read more...
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