Four low intensity blasts took place in Agartala on Wednesday. One person is dead and over 35 injured, police said. The bombs went off in the Tripura capital within a span of about 30 minutes.The firs..Read More
Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Su-30MKI multi-role fighters will be positioned at the Tezpur Air Base in the Indian state of Assam, near the border with China, Kanwa Online report..Read More
Indian and American armed forces Saturday have begun joint maneuvres on counter-terrorism in Mizoram. The three week-long 'Operation Vajraprahar' will be the fourth round of joint exercises ..Read More
The Indian army said it has not suspended counterinsurgency operations against an armed terror group in northeastern Assam state. The army said its operations against the rebels of militant group Unit..Read More
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today placed emphasis on increasing the growth rate of the Northeast region. Dr Singh, who is on his first visit to Arunachal Pradesh, said: "Congress party has playe..Read More
66 ULFA cadre and 2 NDFB cadre surrendered with arms and ammunitions before the Assam Police. The surrender was taken jointly by General Officer Commanding 4 Corps and Director General of Police, Assa..Read More
A surrender ceremony was conducted at Laipuli under the aegis of Dah Division for the 14 cadres of various outfits including Self Styled Private Toor Moni Borgohain wife of Self Styled Lieutenant Praj..Read More
The Indian Army chief, Gen. J.J. Singh, Friday said insurgency had come down to a great extent in the northeast and peace was returning to the region."There is a groundswell of support for peace in th..Read More
The Assam government Monday launched a massive anti-insurgency offensive after separatists killed 36 people in the past week, most of them Hindi-speaking people, while the panic stricken migrant worke..Read More
The banned United Liberation Front of Assam is finding itself on the receiving end even as the army intensified operations against the militant group within Assam and the Manabhum reserve forest area ..Read More
A personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) was killed during a militant ambush in remote Gandacherra in Dhalai District of Tripura today.The incident occurred early this morning, when militants hi..Read More
Border Security Force (BSF) Director General A K Mitra on Tuesday said that the army-backed interim government of Bangladesh has taken some action against the rebel groups of the northeast sheltering ..Read More
Top army commanders will Tuesday review the ongoing anti-insurgency operations in Assam and take stock of activities along India's unfenced border with China in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said...Read More
With a view to provide better educational facilities to the children of far flung areas of the country, a Sainik School is being set up at Punglwa in district Peren, near Dimapur in Nagaland. This wil..Read More
To ensure better coordination between India and Bangladesh, Border Security Force(BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles(BDR) jointly carried out patrolling along the international border in Tripura this morning...Read More
BJP MP Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal Pradesh has made a startling claim that China has moved 20 kilometres into the Indian territory which has lead the old and contentious issue of border incursion in A..Read More
Myanmar will soon launch a military offensive to evict Indian separatists from its soil following New Delhi's request to crack down on rebel bases in that country, Indian officials said Friday.&..Read More
Three unidentified militants belonging to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom were killed following a gun battle with a team of Assam police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel at Goshal..Read More
Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence is working with Bangladesh's intelligence agencies to facilitate cooperation between north-east militant groups like United Liberation Front of Asom and..Read More
ULFA terrorists hurled a grenade near a Buddha temple in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, injuring one person, official sources said on Monday.The terrorists probably tergetted a few army vehicles..Read More
The United Liberation Front of Asom cadres based in Myanmar jungle are staring at a very tough time during the coming monsoon (rainy season), thanks to Indian Army that is keeping constant vigil on th..Read More
Myanmar has secured greater strategic co-operation in terms of military supplies and training during Vice Admiral Thane's current trip to India.Vice-Admiral Soe Thane has met defence minister A K..Read More
The army on Monday shot dead four United Liberation Front of Asom militants in Betgaon Kagramari village under Tangla police station of Udalguri district, northern Assam even as security forces and po..Read More
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and other North East based militant groups may soon face major problems as the Government of Myanmar has agreed to launch joint offensive with the Indian Arm..Read More
Indian insurgent groups, especially the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), are said to be on the defensive as the caretaker government in Bangladesh is adopting a tough stance with regard to terr..Read More
Indian Army in the violence-wracked northeast arrested seven suspected rebels as they tried to flee to neighboring Myanmar, the army said on Thursday.The seven were captured while heading toward Myanm..Read More
Army helicopters ferried in soldiers and scoured India's mountainous northeast for suspected rebels who killed 69 people in a series of attacks in the past week, an army commander said on Friday...Read More
The Army on Thursday took up positions within dense forests in Arunachal Pradesh and along the border with Myanmar on the second day of its offensive to flush out ULFA militants amidst indications Tro..Read More
Defence Minister A.K. Antony has ruled out the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the light of civil authorities frequently seeking the Army's assistance to quell violence..Read More
The army today took up positions within the dense forests of Arunachal Pradesh and along the border with Myanmar on the second day of its offensive against the ULFA to flush out militants who killed 7..Read More
The Army, the Para-military forces and the police today carried out a joint offensive against the ULFA in Assam where 70 people have been killed in attacks by the outfit on non-Assamese people since F..Read More
Following the series of blasts in Assam leading to the death of more than 65 people so far, the Army plans to launch a second part of its successful 'Operation Rhino' to rein in the insurgen..Read More
The army today intensified operations against the ULFA in upper Assam by deploying over 10,000 troops as reports began trickling in of Hindi-speaking migrants fleeing areas where the banned group has ..Read More
Soldiers in armoured vehicles patrolled Assam on Sunday, enforcing a curfew, with orders to shoot on sight after 55 people died in attacks blamed on militants.Police blamed the string of attacks, whic..Read More
The banned ULFA outfit killed 23 more people in Assam's Tinsukia district on Saturday - the second attack in as many days. The terrorists killed 17 people on Friday, mostly from Hindi-speaking gr..Read More
In a suspected strike by militants in a train, at least five persons were killed and 60 were wounded in a powerful blast in a compartment near Belakova station in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri distric..Read More
India has embarked on an ambitious project to build and refurbish 7,603 km of roads in the strategic north-eastern region by 2013 to increase connectivity for civilian and military traffic and to prom..Read More
Explosive substances suspected to be RDX was found in upper Assam's Sibsagar district today, a senior district police official said here.The explosive substance was found in a village between Sap..Read More
New Delhi Tuesday announced a massive anti-insurgency offensive against the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Assam, even as it kept the doors open for talks with the outfit.India..Read More
Three armed terrorists from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed in a gun battle with police in India's largest northeastern state of Assam on Friday, police said.Acting on a ti..Read More
The Indian Army has accused Naga rebels of using the existing cease-fire to regroup, in a statement made in Kohima on Monday. "During this period of cease-fire both factions are concentrating on recru..Read More
A United Liberation Front of Assam militant was killed and two army men injured in Assam's Tinsukia district as the army launched a major offensive against the banned outfit on Sunday. The offens..Read More
Indian Army personnel guarding the porous Indo Myanmar border in Moreh town in Manipur say that there is rise in infiltration as there is no fencing, which is a matter of great concern.According to a ..Read More
Sources in New Delhi indicate that a proposal to launch operations this winter against anti-India groups along the Indo-Myanmar border has been accepted by Myanmar.This was decided as top officials me..Read More
Terrorists ambushed an army patrol in India's remote northeast state of Manipur on Tuesday, fatally shooting four soldiers and wounding another three, an army spokesman said.The attack occurred n..Read More
With reports of Northeast insurgent groups operating from Myanmar, India will press for measures to flush them out like Bhutan's crackdown on the ULFA in 2003, official sources said.New Delhi wil..Read More
Over 16,000 tonnes of Uranium deposits have been found in the North Eastern state of Meghalaya, Prime Minister's Office informed Lok Sabha today.In Meghalaya, the uranium deposits were found in W..Read More
In a goodwill gesture to bring ULFA to the negotiating table, the government tonight decided to halt all operations by security forces against the terror outfit for a few days."We have advised army an..Read More
Suspected ULFA terrorists tossed grenades at an army convoy in the Indian north eastern state of Assam, killing a soldier and wounding two others, police said Saturday.The attack came even as security..Read More
In a sudden and outrageous move, Bangladeshis, backed by their country's Army, have uprooted pillars demarcating the Indo-Bangla border along Dhubri and Karimganj districts of Assam, and forcibly..Read More
Mymensingh: A team of Bangladeshi border guards recovered bombs, mortar shells and about 37,000 bullets after raiding a house on Friday along the Indian border, an official said.
Acting on ..Read More
The Indian Army will continue its anti-ULFA operations in Assam, Nagaland, the Indo-Bangladesh border and elsewhere, despite its new offer for peace talks.Defence officials said that the ULFA, which i..Read More
New Delhi: The centre today agreed to release five top ULFA leaders from jail but asked the insurgent outfit to ensure a peaceful and conducive atmosphere for ''direct talks'..Read More
Travelling in Arunachal Pradesh without having to suffer from poorly developed roads is indeed inconceivable. Existing roads by themselves are of the primitive 'potholed' variety, which is m..Read More
Guwahati: The Indian Army was Saturday put on standby in Assam where floods have marooned 30,000 people besides killing 16 and displacing 530,000. 'We have asked the army to remain on stan..Read More
Guwahati: Cadres of the outlawed ULFA, behind a wave of bomb attacks that have killed at least eight persons and injured over 50 in the last six days, acquired training in explosives in Pakista..Read More
Imphal: The army has adopted some villages in Manipur to make them as model towns, according to GOC of 57 Mountain Division Maj Gen EJ Kochekkan. Maj Gen Kochekken told reporters Singhat in Chu..Read More
Guwahati: Five persons died and 10 were seriously injured when a bomb planted by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) exploded in a crowded vegetable market in Machkowa, Guwahati, on Friday eve..Read More
Kadamtala, West Bengal: The Border Security Force, having a strength of over two lakh personnel, is facing a shortage of manpower and 20 more battalions need to be raised, its Director General ..Read More
Imphal: Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association (MMTA) organised a two-week-long adventure course at Lamdan. 70 children, including 31 girls, attended the camp. The closing function of ..Read More
New Delhi: India will raise the issue of insurgency and other cross border illegal activities with Bangladesh during the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia beginning today.Beg..Read More
Imphal: Seven people, including a civilian caught in crossfire, were killed in gunbattles between rebels and Indian troops in the troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Saturday, police said..Read More
Guwahati: Asom Government has indicated that it would suspend counter-insurgency operations by the Army if the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) declared a cease fire. The state gov..Read More
Imphal: Five army jawans were injured, two of them seriously, in a bomb blast at Mantripurkhi area of Manipur's Imphal West district today, official sources said. Official reports said un..Read More
New Delhi: The crucial peace talks between Naga militant outfit NSCM(IM) and the Centre will begin in Bangkok today amidst uncertainty over the fate of the ongoing ceasefire agreement, which ex..Read More
Guwahati: Assam Governor Lt Gen Ajai Singh today favoured a strong military operation against the ULFA instead of talks.'What is (there) to talk? They should surrender and seek rehabilitat..Read More
Guwahati: At least two persons were killed and eight other injured when suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) rebels triggered a series of blasts across the north-eastern state of As..Read More
To impress India that it is a serious partner in combating anti-India activities on its soil, the Myanmar army has launched fresh offensives against Naga, ULFA and Manipuri insurgent outfits in the ju..Read More
The army will intensify its search and destroy missions against ULFA cadres unwilling to take part in the peace process in several districts of Assam. The army has brought out a detailed action plan i..Read More
Shillong: The BSF today attributed slow pace of fencing along the Indo-Bangla border to recurring resistance from Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), topography and local people's apprehension of los..Read More
Calcutta: The Border Security Force reported on Monday that 192 camps of various terror outfits of the north-east existed in Bangladesh. "Some of the old camps were removed and some new camps h..Read More
The North East is being threatened by violence again, on an unprecedented scale, and this can be traced to two developments, both reported in our intelligence section, yesterday, and last week.The fir..Read More
Seven Chinese arms dealers who visited Bangladesh in September and October have struck deals with the ULFA for weapons' shipment to the outfit through northern Burma.The arms dealers had come to ..Read More
Bangladesh has agreed to give partial custody of Indian insurgents caught by Bangladeshi authorities once India sends a formal request, but on the condition that they will not be sentenced to death.On..Read More
Security was beefed up and more police personnel deployed along the Mizoram-Tripura border following reports of groups of Bru militants entering Mizoram, police said here today.Top police officials to..Read More
Just when the northeastern Indian state of Assam was hoping for peace after the largest rebel group, ULFA agreed for peace talks, the prospect of return to normalcy in the state suffered a huge setbac..Read More
A goodwill delegation led by Indian Chief of the Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and Mrs Anupama Singh of the Republic of India arrived in Yangon [Rangoon] by air this morning to pay a ..Read More
The indefinite highway blockade was called off today by Mizo Student Union (MSU) following an agreement between the student's representatives and Mizoram government home department officials.Acco..Read More
NLFT militants gunned down a man and his daughter and injured three others of the family at Kanchanpur in Tripura's Dhalai district last night, police today said here.National Liberation Front of..Read More
The Army has launched a major operation to flush out Manipur insurgents near Jiribam, where ultras of Manipur People's Army, the armed wing of major insurgent organisation United National Liberat..Read More
The Assam Government today reiterated its allegations about the involvement of the Red Army, an offshoot of the CPI(ML), in the Karbi Anglong violence, which left 79 people dead. Addressing a news con..Read More
The Centre on Thursday assured the Assam government of providing about a thousand more paramilitary personnel particularly in view of the growing ethnic violence in Karbi Anglong district.This was ann..Read More
The Army today launched a counter insurgency operation in Karbi Anglong district where 80 people have been killed in ethnic violence. Curfew and shoot-at-sight orders have failed to control the situat..Read More
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh on Tuesday called on Bhutan King Jigme Singhe Wangchuk and discussed with him the entire gamut of Indo-Bhutanese relations including border security hydro-powe..Read More
The Assam Government today asked State Chief Secretary S Kabilan, and Unified Command Structure Commander Lt Gen H S Lidder, to work out a special strategy to combat the increasing ethnic violence in ..Read More
The talk of peace with one of the largest and most organized rebel organization in northeast has been in the air for quite sometime now. But no body has been sure whether the talks would actually take..Read More
A terrorist was arrested and some sophisticated weapons were recovered from him in Manipur's Thoubal district where search operations have been stepped up in view of insurgent-sponsored general s..Read More
India and Myanmar have agreed to further strengthen cooperation in tackling insurgency, drug trafficking and hostile elements along their borders.The agreements were reached during the 11th round of h..Read More
The political unrest in Northeast India has been both a cause and result of its poor connectivity both within and outside.Fifty-eight years after India's independence, the lack of connectivity wi..Read More
Four Assam Rifles personnel were gunned down by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) militants at Zoupi in Manipur's Chandel district on Sunday.Official sources here said the UNLF ultras p..Read More
The Army was called out in Karbi Anglong district this evening to control the ethnic violence, which has claimed at least 26 lives in the past one week, including six people killed today.In the fresh ..Read More
Manipur is undoubtedly the only State in India besieged by nearly 30 militant organizations. The power of the State administration does not run beyond a few kilometers from the capital. The situation ..Read More
The army has conveyed to the Centre that its forthcoming peace talks with representatives of the ULFA would come under a cloud because it cannot suspend operations unless the terrorist group agrees to..Read More
Tripura, a northeastern Indian state has been in the grip of insurgency for over two decades now. But the tribal militants who initially took up arms to oppose the dominance of outsiders later became ..Read More
Six insurgents have been killed and eight arrested in an operation launched by the Army to flush out ultras from some areas of Bishenpur district of Manipur since yesterday, a senior army official sai..Read More
It is a political irony of post-partition India that none of its Government ever took the problem of large scale of Muslims infiltration from erstwhile East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh to border..Read More
Security forces have recovered a huge catche of explosives at Dimapur railway station but no arrest has been made so far, official sources said here today.The explosive comprising 800 detonators, 710 ..Read More
The situation in Tura and Williamnagar, where altogether nine persons were killed in firing by police and CRPF yesterday, continued to be tense with curfew being clamped in the two district towns. The..Read More
Rejecting outright the demand of an insurgent outfit for a plebiscite in Manipur, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said about nine of them have entered into agreements with the armed forces for..Read More
The banned insurgent oufit ULFA today ruled out declaration of ceasefire ahead of its proposed talks with the government. "There is no question of a ceasefire as operations against us are on," ULFA ch..Read More
