Pro-talk ULFA cadres want to participate in Lok Sabha polls

October 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - In a startling revelation, Prabal Neogi, leader of the powerful separatist group in Assam, has said that the ultras may plan to set up camps in China consequent to their losing bases in Bangladesh and Myanamar. He said this while interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a symposium on Conflict Management and Transformation of Ethics Nationalist and Societal Conflicts held at Guwahati on Wednesday.

September 16th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Separatist leaders from various groups Wednesday warned that cadres in ceasefire mode in Assam were getting restive and threatening to go underground again as New Delhi was taking no steps to further the peace process after entering into a truce. At least eight influential rebel groups in Assam are operating ceasefires with the central government.

August 27th, 2009 NALBARI - Two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Nalbari district on Thursday. According to official sources, a joint operation was launched by the army and the police at Jarpaluk village since last night where militants took shelter.

July 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is planning to stage violent strikes in the run up to Independence Day, with a four-member hit squad sneaking into the state from bases in Myanmar, rebel leaders said Tuesday. We have information of at least four ULFA militants, including a senior leader, already entering Assam from Myanmar and planning to carry out attacks ahead of Aug 15, Prabal Neog, leader of the pro-talk ULFA faction, told IANS.

June 25th, 2009 GUWAHATI J - Security has been beefed up in Assam, in wake of the 12 hour "Asom bandh" called by the United liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) today. The banned ULFA has called for dawn-to-dusk bandh to protest against the alleged "fake encounter" by the security forces in which two of its cadres were killed on Sunday.

June 11th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Three militants, including two ULFA cadres, were killed and another injured in two separate encounters in Assam on Thursday. According to police, the five National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants exchanged fire at around 4:00 a.m.

April 23rd, 2009 GUWAHATI - Leaders and cadres of the pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) boycotted Thursday's parliamentary elections in sharp contrast to some of the family members of the top rebel leadership casting their ballot. 'We decided against voting in the elections as our main demands were not fulfilled despite the prime minister during an election speech in Guwahati last week appreciating our stand on joining the mainstream,' pro-talk ULFA leader Jiten Dutta told IANS.

February 27th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday offered to quit politics if charges of the Congress party winning elections with the help of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was proved. 'I am ready to quit politics if anybody can prove that we had links or (were) helped by the ULFA to win elections,' the chief minister told journalists here.

February 21st, 2009 GUWAHATI - A splinter group of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Friday said it has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, formally giving up its demand for independence for Assam and instead seeking maximum autonomy for the state. 'We have put forward an 18-point charter of demands, a copy of which was sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for active consideration,' Mrinal Hazarika, president of the pro-talks ULFA faction, told journalists.

February 17th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) could resort to violence ahead of the upcoming general elections in Assam although the outfit would not be able to influence the polls like it did in the past, says leaders of the pro-talk faction of the rebel group. 'The ULFA has the capacity to resort to acts of sabotage and violence during the polls and would probably demonstrate their strength during the elections,' Mrinal Hazarika, president of the pro-talk ULFA faction, told IANS.

February 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The leader of a pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday accused politicians of hobnobbing with the outfit and alleged that political parties in Assam have been using the insurgency issue to its advantage in all elections since 1991. 'Since the 1991 elections, political parties have used the ULFA issue either negatively or positively for political gains.

February 1st, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said there are about 300 cadres of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in 15 camps located in Bangladesh. 'The ULFA and the NDFB based in Bangladesh are getting support from local groups and organisations like HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) and we want Dhaka to launch a flush out drive to uproot their bases,' the chief minister told journalists here.

January 22nd, 2009 GUWAHATI - A maximum security alert has been sounded in Assam following reports that militants were planning explosions in crowded marketplaces ahead of Republic Day and police have asked people to help them fight terror. 'We have information about some ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom) militants entering Guwahati city and planning to stage bomb blasts in crowded markets using timer devices,' additional police chief of Guwahati city Debojit Deuri said.

January 16th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Police Saturday made a huge arms haul, seizing 27 AK-56 assault rifles and ammunition from a house in an Assam village, officials said. A police spokesman said the weapons were seized from a house at village Podumphula near Sadiya town, about 550 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

January 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two rebels were gunned down in separate shootouts with security forces and six apprehended in raids by police Saturday in Assam, a day after a powerful explosion in the state's principal city killed three people and wounded 10, officials said. A police spokesman said two militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed in separate shootouts.