Assam rebels warn of trouble if peace talks not expeditedSeptember 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.
Assamese welcome Dhaka offer on northeast separatistsSeptember 12th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Bangladesh's pledge to sign a treaty enabling transfer of sentenced militants and criminals and crack down on Indian separatists in its territory has evoked a positive response in Assam. If such a treaty is signed, then it is surely a positive development.
Two ULFA militants killed in AssamAugust 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.
ULFA hiring students to trigger blasts in AssamJuly 21st, 2009 GUWAHATI - The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) separatist group was luring students with money to carry out explosions ahead of Independence Day, say police and army officers in Assam. The ULFA is trapping students from economically weak families and some of them studying in towns and cities away from their homes to indulge in terror strikes...
ULFA hit-squad from Myanmar enters AssamJuly 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.
Some militants boycott, families of others vote in AssamApril 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.
Pro-talk ULFA cadres want to participate in Lok Sabha pollsApril 10th, 2009 GUWAHATI - While the United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) is today infamous for its militant activities, the pro-talk ULFA cadres are eager to take part in the upcoming 15th Lok Sabha elections. The pro-talk groups of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) that declared a unilateral ceasefire last year are looking forward to join the electoral process and cast votes.
Assam journalists call for peace in the regionMarch 27th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Following various problems being faced by journalists fraternity in Assam, especially during conflicts, recently a meet was organised here to highlight such issues, and discuss scribes' role in bringing peace in the State. The second state-level convention of the Journalists Federation of Assam was held in Guwahati recently.
Gogoi offers to quit politics if links with ULFA provedFebruary 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.
Pro-talks ULFA group writes to PM, gives up seccession demandFebruary 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.
Assam politicians use ULFA issue during polls: rebel leaderFebruary 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.
300 ULFA and NDFB militants based in Bangladesh, says GogoiFebruary 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.
Two policemen, ULFA militant killed in AssamJanuary 28th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two policemen and a separatist guerilla were killed and a six-year-old child injured in a gun battle between security forces and militants in Assam Thursday, officials said. A police spokesman said the gun battle took place between a group of militants belonging to the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and a joint team of the police and the army near village Sapekheti in Sibsagar district, about 390 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
ULFA training Tripura rebels in Bangladesh, say former militantsJanuary 4th, 2009 AGARTALA - Four top tribal separatist leaders, who surrendered before authorities in Tripura, revealed they were trained by the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Bangladesh, officials said Monday. A police spokesman said the four militants, two of them women, of the outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), surrendered before the police late Sunday.
Assam rebel groups slam PM's precondition for talksJanuary 4th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that peace talks could be held with rebel groups only if they laid down arms first has evoked angry reactions, with pro-talk militant factions in Assam terming the precondition as unacceptable. 'The prime minister's precondition of first laying down weapons and then beginning peace talks is unrealistic and hence not acceptable to us,' Jiten Dutta, senior leader of the pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), told IANS.
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