Politics / Northeast

GUWAHATI, Jan 9 — The gameplan of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of monitoring the movements of the Indian troops in the North-Eastern part of the country and North Bengal areas was foiled after a swift operation by the central intelligence agency and other security agencies. The most disturbing fact in the whole episode is that during the operations, the security agencies found out that the ISI was able to infiltrate into the ranks of the Indian Army. Security sources in North Bengal told The Assam Tribune that the whole episode came to light following the arrest of ISI agent...

NEW DELHI, Jan 3 — The Royal Government of Bhutan has formally confirmed dismantling of four camps including a military training camp by the ULFA in the country in response to the deadline set by the Government there. A spokesman of the Royal Bhutanese Embassy told The Assam Tribune here today that official of the Royal Government have physically verified the spot where the camps were located and found that sheds have been demolished and camps dismantled by the ULFA. The abandoned camp included one military training camp near Samdrup Jongkhar. According to the spokesman, the ULFA first...

GUWAHATI, Jan 2 — Despite expiry of the deadline on Monday night set by Bhutan Government for militant outfits ULFA and NDFB to close their camps on its soil, the banned outfits defied the diktat and only relocated a few camps, reports PTI. Official sources here said the extremists did not vacate any of their camps set up on the Bhutan hills along Assam, but had only relocated four United Liberation Front of Asom camps within that country’s territory. The sources attributed the failure of the insurgents to dismantle their camps in deference to King Jigme Singme Wanchuk’s orders to the mountain...

ITANAGAR, April 30: The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to move the Supreme Court against the Assam Government for violations of "status-quo" in the borders areas by carrying out repeated evictions of dwelling houses of innocent Arunachalis living in adjoining areas of Assam by its police and forest officials in the pretext of border row. The decision to this effect was taken in a cabinet meeting held here today under the chairmanship of state Chief Minister Mukut Mithi. The Cabinet has decided to move the country's apex Court against the Assam Government for repeated violation of...

TURA, April 30: A high alert has ben sounded in the entire border along Garo Hills to pick up any suspected Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) "agents" in the vicinity of the border. The public has also been alerted and they are extending full cooperating to the Border Security Force (BSF) in this regard. The alert has been sounded following reports that Bangladesh has been making attempts to send Bangladeshis to the Garo Hills for ascertaining the strength and movement of BSF forces here. On Friday afternoon, shortly after 1 pm locals in Rongra market of South Garo Hills, noticed a new face in the crowd...

GUWAHATI, April 28: The All-Assam Students' Union today threatened to go for a statewide bandh on May 2 if the Centre did not deploy Army personnel along the Assam-Bangladesh border immediately to prevent infiltration. AASU general secretary Amiyo Kumar Bhuyan said here this morning that the Army personnel should also help in "pushing back" infiltrators who are already living in the state. Bhuyan said a memorandum had been sent today to President K.R. Narayanan with copies to the Prime Minister, the home minister and the defence minister. Terming the "goof-up" in the Mancachar sector as a...

GUWAHATI, April 28: The weapons handed over by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to BSF on verification have been found to be that of the 16 BSF men killed by BDR on April 18 in Mankachar sub-division of Assam, even as questioning of the two returned injured BSF jawans had begun, BSF sources said today. The sources from Shillong told PTI here the weapons - 11 SLR, four carbines, one pistol, two grenades, two wireless transmitter sets and a large cache of ammunition - had been examined and verified at Tura in Meghalaya. The Bangladesh Rifles had handed over the weapons on Thursday at the Mankachar...

NEW DELHI, April 26: Hesitation to fire at civilians led to the capture and killing of 16 BSF personnel at Boraibari on the India-Bangladesh border on April 18, official sources said here, reports PTI. Detailing the incidents which culminated in the killing of 16 BSF personnel, they said the deceased border guards were patrolling the area to prevent intrusion by BDR after 'unprovoked' attack by the Bangladeshi border guards three days earlier when three battalions of troops targeted an Indian Border Outpost (BDP) at Pyrdiwah. "The BSF patrol party came under heavy fire from BDR troops at...

PYRDIWAH, April 26: Union Minister of State for Home, ID Swami today said that India would take all measures to strengthen security of the Indo-Bangla border in the wake of the recent killing of 16 BSF jawans by Bangladesh Rifles, reports PTI. Addressing the villagers here, he said that the Central government had taken the incident very seriously and the people should not have any fear in residing here. The dispute over the land was a long pending one and it might take sometime to resolve it, he said adding that it was under the occupation of India since independence and would remain so until...

SHILLONG, April 25: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs I D Swami has arrived at Mancachar in Assam bordering Bangladesh today for an on-the-spot assessment of the border situation after the killing of 16 BSF personnel by Bangladesh Rifles, reports PTI. Swami was accompanied by the Joint Secretary in charge of Northeast GK Pillai. Swami was received at mancachar by V K Gaur, Inspector General of BSF headquarters here. Swami will stay here tonight after visiting mancachar area. He will then visit Pyrdiwah in Khasi hills district of Meghalaya and Lathitill in Assam tomorrow, BSF Commandant...