Insurgency / Northeast

GUWAHATI, Dec 20 ? The 48-hour Assam, Boroland and Kamatapur bandh called by the banned ULFA, NDFB and KLO evoked mixed response and partially affected the life in the State today. There was no report of any untoward incident from any part of the State during the bandh period. The bandh which was called by the banned outfits in protest against the crackdown launched by Bhutanese Army on the camps of the ultras in Bhutan, failed to evoke any response in Barak Valley and the two hill districts in the State while it affected life partially in Brahmaputra valley with exception of Kokrajhar...

Dimapur, Dec. 19: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has denied the Kuki Inpi?s allegation that the former was providing logistic support to the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) rebels. The apex body of the Kuki tribe in Manipur had recently urged the NSCN (I-M) to restrain the KRA cadre who are engaged in a series of bloody clashes with Karbi outfit United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) in Karbi Anglong district in Assam. The Kuki Inpi had accused the NSCN (I-M) of helping the KRA cadre.

In a release today, the NSCN (I-M) said the Kuki Inpi had ?cooked up a wild...

TEZPUR, Dec 19 ? Lt Gen Mohinder Singh, general officer commanding (GOC), 4 Corps and the operational head of the unified command structure categorically denied that the Indian Army is involved or helping the Royal Government of Bhutan to flush out the North-east based militants from the Himalayan kingdom after the Royal Bhutanese Army began its operations since Monday last.

Talking to the media persons here at the Garrison headquarters here after 89 militants laid down their arms and join the mainstream, General Singh said so far he has no information regarding the operation in Bhutan but...

NALBARI, Dec 19 ? Following the Bhutan Government?s crack down on the ULFA camps in the Himalayan Kingdom, anxious families of the about 200 ULFA members of Nalbari district are spending sleepless nights for the past five days. All these ULFA members are now holed up in the Bhutan camps of the outlawed militant organisation. The outfit has the highest number of cadres recruited from Nalbari district. The members of these ULFA cadres? families in different parts of the district are now anxiously waiting for the safe return of their estranged boys and girls, who have joined the outfit in the...

NEW DELHI, Dec 19 ? The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGB) has handed over a batch of seven ultras belonging to the ULFA, NDFB and KLO even as the Government of India has made a request to the RGB to take special care of the women and children captured during its operation against the NE ultras on its soil. The RGB last evening handed over a batch of seven ultras belonging to the ULFA, NDFB and KLO, while more batches are expected to be handed over shortly, Army Chief General NC Vij disclosed here today.

Meanwhile, according to highly placed sources here, women and children in custody of the...

New Delhi, Dec. 18: Troops of the Royal Bhutan Army are surrounding and engaging insurgents from India?s northeast in their camps in southern Bhutan and avoiding close-quarters combat, according to an assessment made in the Indian security establishment.

The military operation is the first of its kind undertaken by the Indian Army-trained Bhutan troops.

They have taken casualties and Indian Army and air force helicopters are evacuating them to military hospitals. On Wednesday, the helicopters flew six sorties to Calcutta, presumably ferrying casualties to the command hospital.

Sources in the...

AGARTALA, Dec 17? Following the fall of the central headquarters of the banned insurgents outfit All Tripura Tiger Force at Satcherri in Bangladesh, tribal guerrillas belonging to this faction are now on the run. Intelligence services confirmed that a large detachment of about 43 Tiger militants who escaped the rival NLFT attack last week at Satcherri entered Indian territory in West Tripura district on Friday.

The NLFT militants had pulled off an all-out attack on the well-fortified CHQ of the ATTF on last December 6 midnight and shot dead eight Tigers. One NLFT militant was also killed in...

SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Dec 18? Bhutan today rejected a ceasefire call by ULFA and vowed to go ahead with the ongoing ?short but decisive? military operation till the end result of flushing the Indian insurgents out of its soil was achieved, reports PTI. Amidst reports of over 120 insurgents, including the chief of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) Jiban Singha killed and over 500 captured, in the operation that continued for the fourth day, Bhutan accused the Indian insurgent groups of ULFA, NDFB and KLO of violating its sovereignty and said ?as long as they are here, they pose a threat to...

Guwahati, Dec. 17: The Assam police intelligence network today worked overtime to ascertain if the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) publicity secretary B. Irakdao was also among the militant heavyweights ?captured? in Bhutan but drew a blank till late this evening.

There is no confirmation yet about reports doing the rounds that the NDFB leader has been picked up,? a top Assam police official said.

However, the NDFB, which has remained silent ever since the Royal Bhutan Army launched its offensive against them and the Ulfa in Bhutan, today issued a statement to the press.

The...

GUWAHATI, Dec 17 ? The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) today requested the Royal Government of Bhutan to stop the offensive against it as it may create enmity between Bodo and Bhutanese people. In a press statement, Major B Susranggra, Chief of Staff of Bodoland Army of the NDFB said the Royal Government must never think of the Bodos as the enemy of Bhutan. The Bodos shall always uphold the age-old friendly relations with the Bhutanese, he said, adding, the NDFB, ULFA and KLO cadres have no ill-motives against the sovereignty of Bhutan. Major Susranggra said the last round of...