Northeast on high alert to foil terror attacks on Aug 15
August 11th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 11 (IANS) The central government has alerted the northeastern states about possible militant strikes in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations Wednesday."Central intelligence wings and the union home ... Read more...
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Bodo militant faction warns against staged shootouts
May 31st, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) A Bodo militant faction in Assam Thursday warned the authorities against staged shootouts in the name of anti-insurgency operations.Reacting to the killing of one Simul Boro ... Read more...
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Three militants arrested in Meghalaya
May 24th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 24 (IANS) Three female cadres of Manipur-based militant outfits were arrested and two minors detained in Meghalaya when they were trying to cross into India from Bangladesh, an ... Read more...
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ULFA faction opposes Sonia’s Assam visit, calls for shutdown
May 22nd, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) The anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday called for a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk Assam shutdown May 26 to oppose the scheduled ... Read more...
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ULFA firm on April 20 Assam shutdown
April 17th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 17 (IANS) The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday reiterated its call for a state-wide shutdown April 20 to protest against the ... Read more...
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Don’t use Facebook to contact us: ULFA
March 19th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 19 (IANS) The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Font of Asom (ULFA) led by Paresh Baruah alias Paresh Asom Monday cautioned against using Facebook as medium ... Read more...
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ULFA dismiss Pillai’s claim on Paresh Baruah
February 17th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Friday described as baseless former union home secretary G.K. Pillai's claim that the outfit's commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah ... Read more...
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Manipuri militant nabbed
February 16th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IANS) Police have arrested a member of the outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) from a rented house at Lachit Nagar area of Guwahati Thursday.The cadre, identified as ... Read more...
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ULFA splits into talk and anti-talk factions
November 20th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 20 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has suffered a vertical split with the hardline faction led by its elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah Sunday ... Read more...
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Banned Manipuri militant outfit’s leader, aide held
July 5th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A commander of a banned Manipuri militant outfit, engaged in the drug trade, and his associate have been arrested from Bangalore and Manipur respectively, Delhi ... Read more...
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RTI activist detained in Assam
April 10th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 10 (IANS) Ahead of the second and last phase of assembly elections in Assam Monday, Akhil Gogoi, a farmers' leader and a Right to Information (RTI) award winner, ... Read more...
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ULFA calls shutdown in Assam on Apr. 2 to protest PM’s visit
April 1st, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Apr 1 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has called for a 12-hour shutdown in Assam on Saturday to protest the proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan ... Read more...
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Darjeeling gearing up for assembly polls
March 26th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, March 26 (IANS) Darjeeling, which has witnessed violent agitations for the past two years for separate Gorkhaland state, is gearing up for the first phase of West Bengal assembly ... Read more...
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Meghalaya rebel leaders send feelers for talks
February 18th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 18 (IANS) Two top leaders of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) rebel group have sent feelers for talks with the Meghalaya government, an official said Friday."The outfit's general ... Read more...
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Chidambaram says peace talks with ULFA are at a preliminary stage
February 10th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday after a meeting with the senior leaders of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) said the peace talks are ... Read more...
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Peace talks with Centre were constructive: ULFA
February 10th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which finally began their peace talks with the Central Government here today in a bid to usher in peace ... Read more...
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ULFA to begin peace talks with Centre
February 10th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) will finally begin talks with the Central Government here today in a bid to usher in peace in the insurgency-hit ... Read more...
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First round of ULFA peace talks begins Thursday
February 9th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) The first round of formal peace talks between the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the central government begins in New Delhi Thursday, the outfit suffering ... Read more...
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Shutdown disrupts life in Darjeeling hills
February 9th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), Feb 9 (IANS) Life was disrupted Wednesday in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills in response to a call by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) for an indefinite shutdown to protest ... Read more...
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ULFA leaders meet Assam CM Gogoi, seek cooperation for peace talks
February 9th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Feb 9 (ANI): Ahead of Union Home Secretary G K Pillai's first round of talks with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), top leaders of the separatist group met Assam ... Read more...
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ULFA split, Paresh Baruah rejects Feb 10 peace talks
February 7th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 7 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has vertically split with the elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah Monday rejecting the proposed Feb 10 peace talks between ... Read more...
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New videos released by Baruah creates confusion over ULFA peace process
January 28th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati (Assam) Jan 28 (ANI): At a time when the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)'s Central Committee is making an effort to return to the mainstream, new videos released by commander-in-chief ... 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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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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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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‘Paid news’ phenomenon spreading: Goa official
November 16th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 16 (IANS) The phenomenon of "paid news" is reaching serious proportions in the media and no newspaper is willing to offend its corporate advertisers, a senior Goa bureaucrat said Tuesday. ... Read more...
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No senior GJM leader in Madan Tamang murder case charge-sheet
August 30th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Aug 30 (IANS) The West Bengal Police Monday filed a charge-sheet against 30 accused in the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) leader Madan Tamang murder case. However, the names of several ... Read more...
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Shutdowns, rains paralyse Darjeeling
August 24th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Aug 24 (IANS) Life in rain-drenched Darjeeling Hills was Tuesday paralysed following separate shutdowns called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL).
The protests were planned ... Read more...
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‘Jaswant’s return to BJP will strengthen Gorkhaland movement’
June 24th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, June 24 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) Thursday welcomed Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh's return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying it would strengthen the Gorkhaland movement.
"It is an ... Read more...
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Gorkha group withdraws shutdown call in Darjeeling
June 24th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) The pro-Gorkhaland Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) Thursday withdrew its indefinite shutdown call in the three hill subdivisions of Darjeeling district in northern West Bengal.
The GJM had called the ... Read more...
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Govt. awaiting a response from ULFA for talks: Pillai
June 4th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Shillong (Meghalaya), June 4 (ANI): Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on Friday said the Central Government is awaiting a response from the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) outfit after ... Read more...
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ULFA asks Centre to release its leaders for peace talks
May 29th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, May 29, (ANI): The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has appealed to the Union Government to free its jailed leaders so as to take a final decision on the ... Read more...
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GJM plunges into crisis as prominent leaders desert party (Lead)
May 24th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, May 24 (IANS) Gorkhaland movement spearhead, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), plunged into a serious crisis Monday with eight central committee members and several intellectuals associated with the party quitting in ... Read more...
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