GUWAHATI, January 17: The United Liberation Front of Asom says it is not interested in NSCN-IM-like talks with the Indian government even as Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta indicated in Guwahati on Tuesday that a cease-fire with ULFA on the lines of the one currently in force in Kashmir is feasible if the outlawed outfit comes forward for some kind of informal discussions with the Centre. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah group) has observed a cease-fire with the government since August 1997. ULFA's stand on the issue of talks appears in the latest issue of...

GUWAHATI, January 17: The main separatist guerrilla group in India's strife-torn northeastern Assam accused security forces on Wednesday of responsibility for recent kidnappings and killings of relatives of the militant group. Assam Home Commissioner Mrinal Kuamar Barua denied the allegation and said the government was "concerned about the attacks and killings" and had provided security to relatives of ULFA members. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) said the government was seeking to put psychological pressure on the guerrillas to abandon violence by targeting family members. "Such...

IMPHAL, January 14: Union Home Minister LK Advani and Defence Minister George Fernandes doubt that the 26 point Action Plan will be implemented by the Nipamacha led United Front Ministry, the Samata Party leader Radhabinod Koijam said. In an interview Radhabinod Koijam said the Home Minister expressed his doubts about the sincerity and honesty of Nipamacha in implementing the Action Plan. The Home Minister expressed this when he met the former after Nipamacha submitted the Action Plan, the Samata Party leader said. When asked about the fate of Nipamacha Government, Radhabinod also said the...

IMPHAL, January 13: The Governor of Manipur Ved Marwah has directed the Speaker of the Manipur Assembly Sapam Shananjoy Singh to -re-convene the third session of the seventh Manipur Legislative Assembly, which was adjourned sine die on December 1 last year by the Speaker. In a letter to the Speaker of Manipur Assembly, the Governor said that 'the adjourned third session of the seventh Manipur Legislative Assembly should be immediately reconvened and the motion of No-Confidence against the Council of Ministers, already admitted, should be taken up for consideration without further delay'. The...

IMPHAL, January 13: Speaker S Dhananjoy has issued summon notices to the four ruling MLAs against whom the Opposition have submitted supplementary application seeking their disqualification to the Speaker, to appear in person at 11 am of January 15at his office chamber to submit their comments and replies. Four Opposition MLAs - M Okendra, K Ranjit, Kh Loken and L Kerani had moved supplementary applications to the Speaker seeking disqualification of ruling MLAs Hangkhanpao, Onjamang Haokip, S Chandra and Md Allaudin on January 10. They are among the seven ruling MLAs against whom the Speaker...