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Nagaland: Revolt Within A Rebellion
Fresh feuding has broken out among Naga rebels twenty-three years after a bloody internecine struggle left scores dead and an insurgency divided. Another split is now threatening to impact on the protracted Naga peace process.
On June 7, 2011, a meeting of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist...
Peace In Sight, ULFA Victims Speak Up
As the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) prepares for peace talks with the Centre, the victims of its terror demand a say in the process.
FOR 18 YEARS, Bhobendra Chandra Kalita, 48, has been lying crippled in his house at Chamatiapara of Assam’s Darrang district. Almost every night, he has nightmares...
Meghen Treatment Exposes Delhi’s Double Standards
UNLIKE the United Liberation Front of Asom leaders who are currently on bail and preparing for talks with the Centre, Manipur’s United National Liberation Front chairman Rajkumar Meghen, better known as Sanayaima, faces an uncertain future. Now in the National Investigation Agency’s custody since...
ULFA Duo, Meghen Still In Interpol List
GUWAHATI, May 7: Years have passed since they were arrested, but the Interpol Red Corner notices slapped on ULFA’s general secretary, Anup Chetia, and foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury, and UNLF chairman Rajkumar Meghen are yet to be with-drawn. The notices were issued against the trio when they...
Assam Govt For Extension Of Ban Against NDFB
SHILLONG, Apr 23: The Assam Government to-day sought extension of ban on the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) for two more years, saying the outfit has not shunned violence in the State.
Evidences of NDFB sponsored violence in Kamrup and Sonitpur districts were produced by Assam Government...
When Regret Is Meaningless
WHEN rebels who have wreaked havoc, killed in cold blood and held the state to ransom begin to indulge in soul-searching, it can only mean two things. They either do not have the stomach to battle it out in the wild because they have crossed the threshold of youth; or the ransom they have extracted from...
INTERVIEW: ULFA Is Committed To Peace: Arabinda Rajkhowa
ULFA head says all energies are focused on making peace happen in Assam this time
Arabinda Rajkhowa. Image Credit: Tehelka
In the din of the assembly election, a significant event has got lost. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), a banned outfit, held its 32nd Raising Day in the open in Assam....
Militarism And The Future Of Democracy In Manipur, Impressions From The Field
While most of the States in Northeast India are slowly but steadily edging towards the resolution of the multiple armed conflicts that have plagued them for decades, Manipur continues to remain unstable. In Assam, the dialogue process is underway with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
In Nagaland,...
Terror-Free Assam Eyes A New Script
For the first time in decades, development rather than extremist violence or rhetoric takes centre stage
NALBARI/NAGAON/BARPETA (Assam): Nankarbhaira village in Assam’s Nalbari district saw a lavish wedding last year after many decades.
Free from the fear of insurgency, this village is now leading...
Barua-Rajkhowa Gulf Not That Unbridgeable
ULFA’S elusive self-styled ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua now seizes every opportunity that comes his way to stay in the public eye and also make his outfit’s presence felt. On 28 March, the day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to arrive in Guwahati for an election campaign, Barua loyalists...
Stage Set For First Phase Assam Assembly Polls, Baruah’s Threat Hangs Heavy In The Air
GUWAHATI, Apr 3: The stage is all set for the first phase of Assam assembly polls in 62 of the 126 constituencies to be held amid tight security in 13 districts tomorrow.
Polling personnel assigned to far-flung areas have already left for their stations since Friday and those near to the district or...
Vultures Eye Of China On North-East Bharat – II
Our country’s greatest security threat is methodically expanding its spheres of influence into the traditionally unstable regions of troubled Northeast, latest analysis reports of the South Asian Intelligence Review published said: As per the report, CPI (Maoist) under a strategy to rope in sub-national...
