ULFA hiring students to trigger blasts in Assam

April 13th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Residents across Assam have expressed deep resentment about the mayhem caused by militants in the recent past. The recent serials blasts in Assam have once again strengthened the people's belief that militants are only concerned about materialistic goals, and not the society's welfare.

April 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.

April 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has cancelled plans to address an election rally in Dibrugarh, Assam, due to inclement weather in the area.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The State of Assam was on Monday rocked by four blasts in which eight people killed and over 61 injured. At least three people have been injured with no reports of any casualties in the fourth bomb blast, which has occurred just 14 minutes after third blast was reported in Dhubri district near the Indo-Bangla border.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least one person died and four others injured in third bomb blast of the day in Assam's Dhubri district near the Indo-Bangla border at 7:16 evening. Earlier in the day, two incidents of bomb blasts were reported in different places of the State-Maligaon area in Guwahati city and Dhekiajuli, an industrial city of Sonitpur District.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Six people were feared injured in a second bomb blast in the Dhekiajuli area of Sonitpur District this afternoon. The incident occurred soon after a bomb blast had claimed six lives in Guwahati's Maligaon area.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least one person died and four others injured in third bomb blast of the day in Assam's Dhubri district near the Indo-Bangla border at 7:16 evening. Earlier in the day, two incidents of bomb blasts were reported in different places of the State-Maligaon area in Guwahati city and Dhekiajuli, an industrial city of Sonitpur District.

March 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.

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 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 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.

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 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The main accused in the New Year's day serial bombings in this Assam city was shot dead by security forces Thursday, police said. Pranjal Deka, an explosives expert with the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), was gunned down in a firefight at village Ghilakuti near Rangiya town, about 70 km west of here.

January 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Security forces Thursday gunned down the main accused in the New Year's Day serial bombings that rocked this Assam city, officials said. A police spokesman said 20-year-old Pranjal Deka of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) terror outfit was killed in a gunbattle at Ghilakuti village near Rangiya town, about 70 km west of here.

January 1st, 2009 GUWAHATI - The death toll in the serial bombings in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to six with one person succumbing to his injuries overnight, officials said here Friday. 'The death toll so far is six, with one of the injured succumbing to his injuries at a hospital,' Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam government spokesperson and health minister, told IANS.