Insurgency / Northeast

GUWAHATI, July 12? The security forces have geared up operations along the Indo-Bhutan border in the wake of the Royal government?s pressure on the militant groups operating from different hideouts of that country. Official sources today disclosed that the security forces are keeping a close watch on the border to prevent the militants from sneaking into the state. ?The entire Indo-Bhutan border is sensitive and hence we have to remain vigilant to foil any attack of the militants?, the sources said. It may be recalled that the Bhutan government has asked the militants to vacate its soil.

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NEW DELHI, July 11? A fresh crackdown on the North-east-based militant outfits operating from across the border in Myanmar appears imminent, with the two countries agreeing on the need to take action against militancy and drug trafficking. The two-day eighth national-level meetings between India and Myanmar concluded here today on a positive not for the Home Ministry here as the military junta appeared convinced over the need to check the free run enjoyed by militants in the area.

At the end of the talks spread over two days, the two countries signed on the agreed minutes, following which the...

NEW DELHI, July 10 ? A simultaneous crackdown on North East-based militants operating along with the Indo-Myanmar border and growing incidence of drug trafficking in the region were the focus of the Eighth National Level Meeting between the two countries that got underway here today. By persuading the military regime to mount crackdown on the North-east militants, mostly those belonging to Manipur including the NSCN(K) faction, India hopes to take the fight to the insurgents? doorstep. The massive crackdown on one NSCN(K) faction by the Myanmar Army in which the outfit?s headquarters was...

GUWAHATI, July 9 ? The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) have started relocating their training camps fearing a joint military operation in the southern part of Bhutan. Highly-placed official sources today disclosed that the leadership of the militant outfits have stepped up vigilance in the southern part of the Himalayan Kingdom to avoid causality during operations.

?According to reports, the militant groups have jointly set up monitoring cell in Samdrup Jongkhar to keep a watch on the movement of security personnel along the border...

NEW DELHI, July 7 ?? Bhutan has decided to carry the war into the enemy?s camp by asking outlawed ULFA to shut down its headquarters. At a final round of joint meeting with the outfit?s chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa and commander-in-chief, Paresh Baruah they are likely to be given the marching orders. In an apparent shift of strategy, the Royal Government of Bhutan instead of targeting individual camps and hounding out ULFA cadres operating out of the country, has decided to start from the top by asking the outfit to close down its main headquarters. It now appears that the Royal Government...

GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The police forces of Assam and West Bengal have decided to improve coordination to check the activities of the militants belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). Talking to The Assam Tribune, the Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Sri Sibabrata Kakati said that he recently had a meeting with his West Bengal counterpart and decided to have frequent interaction and sharing of intelligence. He said that regular meetings will also be held in the DIG and Superintendent of Police level.

Sri Kakati said that...

DIMAPUR, June 27 ? Although the Centre is keen on lifting the restriction imposed on the installation of the WLL facility extended to all the north-eastern states including Nagaland, the dream of linking every village with telephone connections by the end of the current year may take time as the MHA seems to be quite reluctant to revoke the ban citing security as the reason. During their three-day visit of the state capital last week the 12-member study team of the Parliamentary standing committee on information technology, led by the lone Lok Sabha member from the state, K Asungba Sangtam...

NAGAON, June 23 : The Government of India has prepared an action plan for the North-east India to flush out the militants operating from different hideouts in the neighbouring countries. Disclosing this at a press conference here today, Union Defence Minister George Fernandes said that the action plan had been prepared with the help of the neighbouring countries with an eye on getting desired results in containing militancy. He, however, refused to divulge more on the action plan.

On supply of arms and ammunition across the Indo-Myanmar border by the militant groups in the region, Fernandes...

NEW DELHI, June 22 ? Outlawed ULFA and NDFB militants may face more heat from the Royal Government of Bhutan, with the 80th session of the National Assembly of the country all set to hold threadbare discussions on activities of the militant groups running bases in the country. That the militant outfits may be slapped with fresh ultimatums to quit the country is indicative from the series of high-level meetings being held by the Home Minister of the country. The most recent daylong high-level meeting was held on June 11 at Gedu. He had earlier held similar meetings at Deothang and Gelephu...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a militant group, operating from Myanmar has been providing arms and ammunition to several underground organisations of the North-east India, highly placed official sources disclosed today. The sources said that the security forces deployed along the Indo-Myanmar border for counter insurgency operations, confirmed that the militant outfit of late has provided a huge cache of arms and ammunition to the ULFA and the NDFB.

The UNLF, one of the oldest militant outfits of Manipur, has been operating from different hideouts of Myanmar...