ULFA slams Assam govt for honouring Sharmila Tagore

In an attempt to stop it being called the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam, the faction led by Paresh Barua has changed its name to United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) or ULFA(I). The outfit has reiterated that it would agree to talks with the Indian government for a solution in Assam only when the discussion is based on its demand for a ‘sovereign Assam’ and held in a third country in the presence of a representative of the United Nations. It ...

With four days left for Rongali Bihu — the Assamese New Year festival — the anti-talk faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by Paresh Barua has warned singers and artistes against performing Hindi songs and dances during the ...

To give fresh impetus to the ongoing peace process, the Centre will hold dialogue with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in New Delhi on Thursday. It will discuss the group's demands to find a lasting solution to the three-decade-old insurgency in ...

Supreme council of the United Peoples Liberation Front (UPLF) has called for a 36-hour Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao strike beginning from 5 a.m. of May 17. UPLF is demanding immediate creation of separate state comprising the Karbi and Dimasa areas ...

, Security Forces (SFs) killed a Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militant in an encounter near the Khashi Ghaghra area under Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District. Another GNLA militant was injured in the incident. On the same day, SFs ...

Guwahati, May 7 : The identity of the new chairman of hard-line faction group of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Dr Abhijit Barman alias Dr Abhijit Asom, has baffled everyone including security agencies as no one is sure about the real person even as ...

Guwahati, April 3 : Security forces apprehended five hardcore militants of Rabha National Liberation Army (RNLA) in Assam's Kamrup district on Wednesday, police said.Following a tip-off, Guwahati city police had launched serach operation at Rani ...

Security forces apprehended two Maoist cadres including a women cadre in Assam on Thursday, officials said. Following a tip-off, a joint team of Guwahati city police, army intelligence wing launched an operation at Udalbakra Rajnagar Survey area in ...

A faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has slammed the Tarun Gogoi government for conferring on film personality Sharmila Tagore the Srimanta Sankardev Award. President Pranab Mukherji gave away the award to Tagore in Guwahati on ...