Guwahati: A TADA designated court in the city on Thursday acquitted United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa in a murder case dating back to 1990.
Rajkhowa was acquitted on the basis of benefit of doubt in the case relating to the murder of noted businessman Surendra Paul.
The businessman was gunned down on April 9, 1990 at Tinsukia district in upper Assam by suspected ULFA militants.
The case was being heard by Special Judge Designated Court, Assam, headed by Justice H Sarma....
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05:11 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government said there was tangible progress in its meeting with top leadership of ULFA on Monday as peace talks resumed here after a break of six months, discussing the outfit's 'charter of demands' to find a lasting solution to the three-decade-old insurgency in Assam. During the 90-minute meeting, the ULFA delegation, led by its 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, discussed with Union Home Secretary RK Singh and other officials...
06:45 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Guwahati: A high-level pro-talk ULFA delegation, led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, left for New Delhi on Sunday to hold the second round of talks with the Centre to resolve the long-standing issues. The delegation is scheduled to meet Union Home Secretary R K Singh on Monday to review the progress of the talks and to ensure that the process was expedited. "The discussion is likely to be held on the...
02:05 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: After a gap of six months, the government will hold dialogue with ULFA on April 9 as part of its efforts to bring a lasting solution to the decades-old insurgency problem in Assam. Union Home Secretary RK Singh and other senior Home Ministry officials will hold peace talks with ULFA led by its 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa and try to iron out differences on key demands of the banned...
09:33 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Giving a fresh impetus to the ongoing peace process, the government will hold talks with the banned ULFA on Tuesday with an aim of finding a lasting solution to Assam's three-decade-old insurgency problem. Top ULFA leaders will discuss with government representatives various aspects of the group's 'charter of demands' which sought amendment in the Constitution for finding "meaningful" ways to protect the rights and identity of the indigenous...
06:38 AM, Oct 25, 2011
Guwahati: The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has literally split with a faction headed by the elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Barua on Wednesday coming down hard on the peace talks led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. "There should not be any confusion regarding the position of the ULFA as the so-called peace talks with the government are concerned," Praesh Barua said in a signed e-mailed statement received by IANS. The...
03:50 PM, Aug 10, 2011
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New Delhi: The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Thursday said its leader Anup Chetia should be brought back to India from Bangladesh so that he can participate in the talks with the government and expressed optimism about the dialogue process. "We are positive and hopeful about the talks. Tomorrow we will meet the Home Minister and present our charter of demands," 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa said on his arrival...
10:56 AM, Aug 05, 2011
Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday welcomed the declaration of ceasefire by the Arabinda Rajkhowa-led pro-talk faction of ULFA and said it would take steps to facilitate peace talks. "The Assam government welcomes ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's initiative to come forward for peace talks with the government and will take all steps to facilitate the peace talks," the state government said in a statement. The government appealed to the ULFA...
05:31 PM, Jul 13, 2011
Guwahati: Paresh Barua, heading the ULFA's anti-talk faction, on Wednesday rejected the unilateral ceasefire declared by Arabinda Rajkhowa-led group. "The ceasefire declared by Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa is against the ULFA's constitution and we refuse to accept it," Barua said in an email to PTI. Citing the ULFA "constitution", he said no member who had been jailed or was in the custody of 'enemy camp' could take any decision on the...
04:24 PM, Jul 13, 2011
Jorhat (Assam): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday emphasised that peace talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) held a "good future" and downplayed the threats to the Congress issued by the outfit's Paresh Barua faction ahead of Assam Assembly polls. "Both the government and the ULFA are committed to take the peace process forward and the process is on to bring other underground outfits of the North...
05:07 PM, Feb 19, 2011
Guwahati: In an apparent bid to scuttle United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) leaders' peace initiative with the Centre, the Paresh Barua faction of the outfit on Saturday threatened to resort to "armed struggle" against the "arrogant" policies of the Congress and urged people to boycott meetings of the ruling party. In an e-mail sent to PTI in Guwahati, ULFA Publicity in-charge Arunodoy Dohotia alleged that the Congress has always...
01:13 PM, Feb 19, 2011
New Delhi: After 30 years of violent insurgency in Assam, eight top leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) have started historic peace talks with the Indian government last week. The leaders came to New Delhi to start the peace process. ULFA's de facto spokesperson and foreign secretary Sashadhar Chowdhury, in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, makes his demands clear - Assam to get special status like Kashmir...
09:12 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: A delegation of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a courtesy call on Monday evening, days after they initiated talks with the central government to end 30 long years of insurgency in Assam. An eight-member ULFA team, headed by its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, will meet Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road official residence, an official said. The...
02:47 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: On Wednesday morning, United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) chiefs met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to iron out last minute glitches and then in the afternoon, the eight-member ULFA delegation flew out of Guwahati along with a 13 member-Assam government delegation and arrived in New Delhi for the much-awaited peace talks after three decades of a bloody insurgency. The ULFA delegation is being led by chairman Arabinda...
07:29 AM, Feb 10, 2011
Guwahati: The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has vertically split with the elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah on Monday rejecting the proposed February 10 peace talks between New Delhi and the rebel leadership now out on bail. "The decision taken by the general council to hold peace talks with the government cannot be considered legal as the general council itself was unconstitutional," an emailed statement by Arunodoi Dohotia, ULFA...
12:54 PM, Feb 07, 2011
Guwahati: In a step towards formal peace talks between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the government, the outlawed separatist group's central executive is set to meet this week to work out modalities for the negotiations. The central executive is expected to be held in the next couple of days in the western Assam district of Nalbari and all the top ULFA leaders are scheduled to take part,...
05:52 PM, Jan 18, 2011
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has received a formal letter from ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa expressing his outfit's willingness to hold peace talks with the government. Stating that the outfit's central executive council would be meeting soon, the chief minister said, "I have received a letter from Rajkhowa about ULFA's willingness to sit for the talks. "The talks process is moving in the right direction. I can't say exactly...
12:12 PM, Jan 17, 2011
Guwahati: Days after chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, Arabinda Rajkhowa, was released, the outfit's foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika have also been released from Guwahati Central Jail. Sasha and Chaudhary are central council members of ULFA. Rajkhowa had appealed for their release as soon as he was released from jail. Choudhury and Hazarika were granted bail on Monday by a special TADA...
01:05 PM, Jan 11, 2011
Sibsagar: ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on Sunday said his outfit was ready to sit for peace talks without any preconditions for an "honourable" solution to relieve the people of Assam of their suffering. Rajkhowa also maintained that there were no ideological differences within the ULFA. The ULFA leader's visit to Sibasagar district - after he was released on bail - where the rebel group was formed has raised a degree...
07:31 AM, Jan 03, 2011
New Delhi: Just over an year after he was arrested and handed over by Bangladesh in November 2009, Arabinda Rajkhowa walked out as a free man from a Guwahati jail on Saturday morning. Within a few hours, he addressed public rallies almost like a politician and insisted that he and his associates wants to follow an agenda of peaceful political process. "We are ready for talks with the Government. There...
11:23 PM, Jan 01, 2011
