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SHILLONG, Dec 2: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which has achieved remarkable success in anti-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir, has set-up a counter-insurgency school in Assam?s Dayapur to teach its own personnel combat operations, reports PTI. The school, set up on the pattern of Army?s counter-insurgency and jungle warfare school in Mizoram?s Vairangte, has already trained six CRPF companies during 2002, top CRPF officials said here. Already courses of counter-insurgency and anti-terrorist operations were regularly conducted at two of the paramilitary force?s Central...

GUWAHATI, Dec 2: The Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT), which became the first militant outfit of Assam to successfully complete peace negotiations with the State and Central Governments to sign an accord, will be disbanded formally on December 6, bringing an end to an era of violence in the Bodo dominated areas of the State. Giving a detailed account of the history of the BLT, the vice chairman of the outfit Chandan Brahma alias Kamal Mushahary told The Assam Tribune that after the failure of the Bodo accord signed between the State and the Central Government and the All Bodo Students? Union (ABSU)...

GUWAHATI, Dec 2: With barely three days left for constitution of the interim Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), the Assam government has come out with an announcement that general amnesty will be granted to former militants of Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT). Talking to newsmen at Janata Bhawan today, Gogoi informed that in response to the BLT?s demand for withdrawal of cases pending against its leaders and cadres to facilitate setting up of the BTC, State government has decided to grant general amnesty to the former ultras. However, he pointed out that individual criminal cases pending against...

GUWAHATI, Dec 2: Even as the ULFA has found for itself a new foothold to inch its way back to the popularity charts by targeting the Bihari community in the State, there is increasing evidence that it is forging close links with the Nepalese Maoist rebels and setting up bases in the Himalayan kingdom. Security sources said here that the ULFA and the Maoists have recently agreed to have the Assam rebel outfit operate three new bases in Nepal. In fact, there are also reports that the ULFA have been already operating a few camps there since much earlier. The two rebel groups have also agreed to...

AIZAWL, Dec 2: The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) today secured a simple majority by winning 21 seats in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, while the Congress secured 12 out of 38 results declared so far today, reports PTI. Only one more result is yet to be declared. Counting for the Suangpuilawl constituency, which witnessed kidnapping of three candidates in the November 20 election, was not taken up as the Election Commission was yet to take a decision. Chief Minister Zoramthanga was returned victorious from both Champai and Kolasih constituencies.

At Champai on the Mizoram-Myanmar border...