New Delhi: The debate on splitting larger states has once again come to the forefront with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister announcing plans for carving out four new states: Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Awadh and Paschim Pradesh/Harit Pradesh. There have been long standing demands across India for the formation of new states and the list includes:1. Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir)2. Maru Pradesh (Rajasthan)3. Harit Pradesh/Paschim Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh)4. Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)5. Purvanchal/Bhojpur (Uttar...
09:28 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Shillong/Guwahati: At least eight BSF personnel were killed and the same number injured on Monday in an ambush by the anti-talk faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland in Assam's Kokrajhar district. According to official reports, the militants of the Ranjan Daimary-led faction used automatic weapons to ambush the convoy of the BSF in remote Ultapani forest area near the Indo-Bhutan border. A BSF spokesman, at the force's frontier headquarters...
08:17 AM, Mar 15, 2011
ULFA starts peace talks with Centre after more than 30 years of insurgency in Assam. ...
09:42 PM, Feb 14, 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
Guwahati: Three more persons were gunned down by NDFB militants today, while another man succumbed to his injuries, pushing the toll in the overnight violence to 22, as the rebels warned of more killings in Assam. However, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said "We are not going to be cowed down by terror" and the security forces have launched an offencive against National Democratic Front of Bodoland militants. The authorities have...
11:50 AM, Nov 09, 2010
Explosive goes off in market 'teeming with people'. ...
04:21 PM, Dec 10, 2009
Rao, who was kidnapped on October 16, appeared exhausted and frail. ...
11:25 AM, Nov 17, 2009
Women and children among victims of Bodo militants' attack. ...
11:59 PM, Oct 04, 2009
Gogoi's pointing the finger at NDFB allegedly because he wants to go soft on Bangladeshis. ...
01:43 PM, Jan 01, 2009
Agreement to suspend operation against National Democratic Front of Bodoland extended by six months. ...
05:47 PM, Dec 01, 2006
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