The United Nations on Tuesday warned that money was running short for crucial relief aid in Somalia, as floods forced another 16,000 people to flee their homes in the south. The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that a shortage of aid could prompt up to 283,000 Somalis to seek refuge abroad, adding to the refugee burden in neighbouring countries. Some 3.6 million people inside Somalia rely on emergency aid, according to OCHA. In recent weeks, flooding has added to... Read Full Story
Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Thursday said the peace talks remained deadlocked, and flatly denied any negotiations took place between him and the government while he was in police detention the past 12 days. Read Full Story
17 December, 2009 - The governor of the Indian state of West Bengal, Mr Devanand Konwar, will inaugurate today the Royal Bhutan Consulate in Kolkata in the presence of the Bhutanese foreign minister, Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering....
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Shillong, November 25 (PTI): The Assam Rifles today said that the North East militants, facing heat in Bangladesh, were reportedly moving out of the country, but it was not clear if they were in India or had shifted to Myanmar. "There are reports that some of the militants have crossed back to India to avoid being caught by Bangladesh authorities. But it is not clear whether they are in the... Read Full Story
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NEW DELHI, November 23 (PTI): Hours after ULFA militants triggered the latest blasts in Assam, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday said the banned north-east terror outfit is trying to shift base to China. "I don't know whether ULFA has support from Chinese authorities but they are undoubtedly trying to shift their base to China," Gogoi told a television channel. A question on reports of... Read Full Story
One of India's most wanted terrorists has played truant for close to three decades by not attending office, although he continues to be a central government employee in Assam.
Self-styled commander-in-chief of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Paresh Baruah is an employee of the Northeast Frontier Railways.
He was 21 when he got a porter's job in 1978 under the sports quota (he was a footballer) at the railways in the Tinsukia division in eastern Assam.
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Mrinal Hazarika, the leader of a pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has said that Bangladesh has “betrayed” and “backstabbed” them, after the group’s top leaders recently landed in the net of Indian security forces close to the border.
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Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Thursday, Hazarika said: “The Bangladesh government has stabbed ULFA because for so many days Arabinda Rajkhowa, the... Read Full Story
India will invest Rs.1,666 crore (Rs.16.66 billion) to develop highways in Tripura and Mizoram to improve connectivity of the landlocked northeastern states with Bangladesh and Myanmar, an official said here Sunday. Read Full Story
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Sibsagar, November 26 (PTI) : A hadrdcore United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) woman cadre was arrested in upper Assam’s Sibsagar district amidst heightened security prior to the outfit’s “protest day” tomorrow. Police said Mina Gogoi, 38, one of the oldest women cadre, was arrested by the army at Sonari under Charaideo sub division at Namtola-Ladoigarh. The ultra who was taking shelter in... Read Full Story
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Huge explosives seized from Kuki ultras Silchar, November 23 (PTI): The army on Sunday arrested three Kuki militants in South Assam’s Cachar district and seized huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession. Acting on a tip off, the army arrested three Kuki ultras -- Kelvin Nakulsa, Champai Sippon and Laikola Kangun -- from Bhuban Hill under Lakhipur police station, defence... Read Full Story
