Insurgency / Tripura

AGARTALA, April 23 ? Outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura has of late intensified the activities in several parts of the State targetting the ruling CPM leaders. Close on the heels of murder of four tribals belonging to Gana Mukti Parishad, the tribal wing of the CPM, in West Tripura district the militants in a daring grenade attack at Khowai town last night injured five more. Among the killed tribals are two women. Two senior CPM leaders were injured in the grenade attack. Heavily armed NLFT militants raided the house of Amarendranagar Gram Panchayat chairman and local CPM leader...

NEW DELHI, April 17 ? Alarm bells have been sounded in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) following reports from the region about militant outfits in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura joining hands. Briefing the members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Union Home Secretary, Kamal Pande said that the MHA was perturbed over reports that an understanding and nexus was emerging among the militant outfits active in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. This was partly on account of the compulsion of these outfits for alternative sanctuaries and camps and partly on...

AGARTALA, April 11 ? Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Wednesday said his government would provide safe passage to the state?s insurgents if they came out to hold talks with State or Central Governments, and ruled out the need for enforcement of POTA in the State, reports PTI. The State Government had been repeatedly calling upon insurgents of both banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Forces (ATTF) to hold talks with the government for an amicable solution to insurgency problem, Sarkar told newsmen here Tuesday night.

AGARTALA, April 10 ? The ongoing railway construction works in Tripura once again suffered a major blow when suspected NLFT militants abducted eight employees from a construction camp near Manu in Dhalai district. Sources said, the incident happened at around 5.30 pm on April 8 last when the workers had just returned to their camps at Jarulcherra. A group of 10 to 12 armed NLFT militants attired in olive green fatigues reached the Jarulcherra camp and asked the workers to come out of the camp. The militants at gun point took away with them the eight workers. Among the abducted persons, six...

AGARTALA, April 8 : Tripura government has rehabilitated 59 surrendered insurgents through a year-long vocational training, official sources said today, reports PTI. State Chief Minister Manik Sarkar formally announced their rehabilitation at Shikaribari of Dhalai district yesterday and handed over necessary credentials to them. The insurgents belong to Tripura Tiger Commando Forces (TTCF) who had surrendered to different security agencies in the State during the past few years and under went vocational training under government sponsored rehabilitation scheme. The Chief Minister said the...

AGARTALA, March 23 ? Mystery shrouds the killing of a DSP of Tripura police, Kalyan Sarkar, and three other policemen including one Meghalaya Police inspector Pratap Chetri in a pitched shoot-out yesterday in Dharmanagar town in North Tripura district. It is evident that a serious communication gap was primarily responsible for the bizarre incident that took the lives of four policemen and rocked both Tripura and Meghalaya. Even as an eerie silence descended in the shocked town of Dharmanagar, there is still confusion as to how such a fatal mistake could take place when both the police force...

AGARTALA, March 22: In a tragic incident of mistaken identity three Tripura policemen including a DSP and a Meghalaya police inspector were killed when they got involved in a fierce shoot out in heart of Dharmanagar town in North Tripura district this morning. Police force of the both the States was chasing a gang of kidnappers. In the gun battle between the two police groups, all in civvies two policemen were seriously injured. The incident took place in a crowded bus service complex at around 9.50 am. Senior police officers rushed to the spot. All communication links with Dharmanagar remain...

AGARTALA, March 17 ? In a major achievement, Border Security Force (BSF) detained three hardcore militants belonging to People?s Liberation Army of Manipur and one belonging to NSCN (Khaplang) in North Tripura district on Sunday morning. One AK 47 rifle, grenades, three magazines and other incriminating documents were recovered from their possession. The militants were coming from their Bangladesh camps enroute to Manipur, BSF sources said. The PLA militants who were sharing a camp at Sylhet area in Bangladesh with the NSCN (Khaplang) were using Dharmanagar and Panisagar route in North Tripura...

AIZAWL, March 14 ? Mizoram government and the Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) might soon sign a memorandum of settlement to end the four-year old Bru insurgency in the State and expedite repatriation of Brus from neighbouring Tripura. Government officials, on the condition of anonymity, told PTI recently that the State government had drafted a memorandum of settlement which would be discussed in the fourth round of talks with the BNLF in the later part of this month or early March. They, however, refused to divulge the terms and conditions of the draft agreement. The officials felt that...

AIZAWL, March 16 ? Mizoram government has no intention to create a separate autonomous district council for the Brus/Reangs by carving out some parts of the State, Home Minister Tawnluia told the State Assembly here Friday, reports PTI. In a written reply to questions from Zakhu Hlychho of the Congress and J Lalthangliana of the Mizoram People?s Conference, Tawnluia said that delegation of the State governemnt and the Brus National Liberation Front (BNLF) had held four rounds of talks and would continue to have dialogue to reach a solution to the Bru problem. He informed the State...