New Delhi: Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be visiting Guwahati on Saturday to attend the first anniversary celebration of the third consecutive term of the Congress government in the state. Meanwhile, ULFA hardliners have called for a 12-hour bandh in the state in protest against the visit. On Friday night, one person was killed in a bomb blast allegedly by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district....
08:29 AM, May 26, 2012
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...
05:11 PM, May 24, 2012
Guwahati: Authorities have stepped up security in Assam ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's one-day visit to the state on Friday amid a 12-hour strike called by ULFA militants to protest the high-profile visit, officials said. A powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was meanwhile recovered from Lower Assam. According to officials, the police and security forces in Assam have drawn up an elaborate security plan in and around Guwahati ahead...
08:05 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Silchar: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said the Centre has taken the state government in confidence during the ongoing negotiations with the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). "There is no reason for concern. Although the state government is not a party to the negotiations between the Centre and the ULFA, the talks have the full support of the Assam government and the Union government has taken...
02:37 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Guwahati: Protesting against the proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the anti-talk faction of the banned ULFA on Tuesday called for an "Assam Bandh" on April 20 next. "The ULFA has called for a day long bandh to protest against the Prime Minister's visit on April 20", an e-mail sent by the outfit to the local media said on Tuesday. The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the...
05:37 AM, Apr 11, 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: A major fire broke out at Assam's Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) on Saturday evening after a blast in one of its gas pipes. Disaster was averted after firefighters managed to douse the fire before it reached the reactors. No casualties have been reported so far. Banned insurgent group ULFA has claimed responsibility for the incident, which occurred on ULFA's raising day. The plant was shut down immediately as...
08:19 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Guwahati: Assam remained largely peaceful on the 33rd raising day Saturday of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), despite threats from the anti-talk faction of the banned outfit led by its commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah alias Paresh Asom. There were, however, three incidents - two of them minor in nature in different parts of the state. Late Saturday evening, ULFA claimed to have triggered a blast inside the Numaligarh Refinery...
12:30 AM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Assam is on high alert on Saturday on the ocassion of ULFA's Foundation Day. Police sources have indicated that cadres of the banned outfit could cause a disruption to make its presence felt. The Home Ministry has asked Assam and neighbouring states to tighten security in sensitive locations. Special attention has been given to the districts of Tinsukia, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Goalpara and Nalbari, the...
07:36 AM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: In view of the forthcoming raising day of banned ULFA, the Home Ministry on Wednesday issued an alert to Assam and its neighbouring states and directed them to tighten security across the region. The Home Ministry asked the Assam government and the neighbouring states to be on alert in the run-up to the ULFA raising day on April 7 when the group usually tries to launch terror attacks....
02:27 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Dhaka: Defence lawyers on Tuesday cross-examined a former chief of Bangladesh's main counter intelligence agency in the country's biggest ever weapon haul linked to India's separatist ULFA outfit. Court officials said counsels for the suspects grilled former director general of forces intelligence (DGFI) chief retired major general Sadik Hasan Rumi as he earlier testified before the court at southeastern port city of Chittagong. Rumi in his statement earlier in the...
05:52 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Guwahati: One BSF man was injured on Friday when suspected ULFA militants ambushed a patrol party at Dudhnoi in Goalpara district of Assam, police said. The patrol party was attacked by the anti-talk faction of ULFA while on the way to the BSF camp, they said. The injured BSF man was shifted to the Goalpara Civil Hospital, they said. The attack comes in the run up to ULFA's Foundation Day...
08:19 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Guwahati: A high alert has been sounded in Assam in view of the banned ULFA's foundation day on April 7. "A high alert has been sounded to thwart possible attacks by the ULFA in the run up to the foundation day", the police said in Guwahati on Monday. Security has been tightened throughout the state, particularly vulnerable ULFA dominated areas of upper Assam and lower Assam's Dhubri district and entry...
12:33 PM, Mar 26, 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
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