Guwahati: At least six persons were injured by unidentified persons claiming to be ULFA in Tinsukia district, officials said on Thursday. The assailants armed with sophisticated sharp weapons attacked people at Jagun along the Assam-Bangladesh border and injured six of them seriously on Wednesday night. They left the spot after claiming themselves to be ULFA cadres, they said. The army and police have launched massive operation to track them out,...
08:31 AM, Dec 09, 2011
New Delhi: A top ULFA leader Jiban Moran and an Indian journalist have been detained by authorities in Myanmar, government said on Sunday. However, there was no information about the detention of ULFA's self-styled commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah as reported in some sections of media, Union Home Secretary RK Singh. "We have information that Jivan Moran and an Indian journalist were detained in Myanmar. But we have no information about the...
10:25 AM, Dec 04, 2011
Guwahati: The anti-talk faction of the ULFA on Monday claimed the recent peace initiative launched by the Centre with arrested leaders of the group would prove to be a failure and any initiative should revolve around the demand for sovereignty. "The recent initiative will not be successful as the arrested leaders do not have the right to raise the demand of sovereignty," elusive ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah said in an...
06:43 PM, Oct 31, 2011
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
New Delhi: In an effort to bring an amicable solution to the vexed insurgency problem in Assam, top ULFA leaders are expected to start the process of formal peace talks with the government in New Delhi next week. A senior government functionary said the ULFA leaders led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa will arrive next week to present the central government their charter of demands which was prepared in consultation with...
09:34 AM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: The formal peace talks between the government and ULFA will begin by the end of this month, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced on Thursday. After a meeting with Home Minister P Chidambaram, Gogoi said informal discussions with ULFA, led by its 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, was going on 'positively' and both sides will soon announce Suspension of Operations (SOO) in Assam. "After the announcement, the formal talks with...
05:46 PM, Jun 16, 2011
Guwahati: The ULFA threat on Congress had no impact on the voter turnout in the first phase of polling in Assam and peace parleys with the group will continue without its elusive 'military chief' Paresh Baruah, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said. "Paresh Baruah-led anti-talk faction's threat to Congress workers and leaders had no impact on the voter turnout in the first phase of polling on Monday," Gogoi told...
05:37 PM, Apr 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress is playing its peace card in Assam this election, focusing on the peace talks between the government and the ULFA. The absence of Paresh Baruah from those talks still continues to be a sticking point. A development not many had anticipated - ULFA chairman and founder Arabinda Rajkhowa in India and earlier this year in talks with the government. Now, as Assam goes to the polls,...
08:28 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Guwahati: The peace process initiated by Congress government in Assam will be taken ahead and the elusive ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, known for his anti-talk stand, will be pursuaded to come to the negotiating table, the party's manifesto for the April assembly polls said. Congress, which is seeking to be returned to power for the third consecutive term in the state, will also pursue the other militants, including the anti-talk...
03:12 PM, Mar 27, 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
New Delhi: Just a year after he was arrested and handed over by Bangladesh, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa will walk out free on Friday. Within the next few weeks, ULFA's Chairman is expected to sit for peace talks with New Delhi along with most of the top ULFA leadership. The bail was expected and the Assam government did not oppose it. And as if on...
07:34 AM, Dec 31, 2010
New Delhi: United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was on Thursday granted bail by a TADA court in Guwahati. The TADA court released Arabinda Rajkhowa after the Assam government did not oppose his bail application. ULFA's general secretary Chitraban Hazarika and foreign secretary Sasha Chaudhury are also expected to get bail soon. Rajkhowa has been granted bail just ahead of proposed peace talks with ULFA. Former Intelligence...
01:39 PM, Dec 30, 2010
New Delhi: United Liberation Front of Asom 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah on Thursday alleged that his son has been kidnapped from his school in Dhaka. In an e-mail sent to media groups in the Northeast, Paresh Baruah claimed that his son Tahsim alias Akash Khan, a student class 9 at Notre Dam Convent School in Dhaka has been kidnapped to force him to surrender. "By kidnapping my son, some agencies are...
04:05 PM, Dec 23, 2010
The Central Government has already rejected ULFA's demand on sovereignty. ...
04:53 PM, Dec 11, 2009
ULFA 'chairman' Arabindo Rajkhowa kissed his son and daughter goodbye. ...
11:38 PM, Dec 05, 2009
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