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Assam aims to completely remove AFSPA by year end, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Currently, eight districts of the northeast state are under AFSPA. The Centre had imposed the Act in 1990 when ULFA insurgency was at its peak.

Modi govt should send emissaries to engage with ULFA-I, says pro-talks faction leader Chetia

On Independence Day, Assam CM Sarma spoke about sovereignty being 'non-negotiable'. Anup Chetia says ULFA-I leader Paresh Baruah's silence following the speech is a 'positive sign'.

After 64 days in jail for ‘ULFA’ poem, Assam teen back home. No chargesheet, parents in debt

Barshashree Buragohain was arrested after her Facebook poem was interpreted as endorsing the banned ULFA-I. Back home, she is shaken but dreams of becoming a math professor.

Joblessness, perks of surrender, ‘frustration’ — how ULFA-I recruited over 40 youth in 8 months

ULFA-I, led by Paresh Baruah, is the banned, anti-peace-talks faction of the insurgent group. Its total recruitment between 2017 and 2019 was about 70 people. 

‘It’s a typo’, say MP Police after order clubs Muslims & Sikhs with LTTE & JKLF as threats

Katni SP says clerk missed typing 'aatankwadi' after the words Sikh and Muslim. Order was issued ahead of MP Governor Mangubhai C. Patel’s visit to district on 7 December. 

Hopeful of finding middle path to start peace talks with banned ULFA, says Assam CM

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said if the ULFA and the government can find an 'honourable' position, then the talks can be started.

Banned ULFA (I) outfit announces ceasefire for 3 months due to Covid-19

United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua made the statement in an e-mail to the media. Assam currently has a caseload of 3.15 lakh.

‘Truth about ULFA, my childhood & why I’ll keep fighting’: rebel Paresh Baruah on his memoir

Speaking to ThePrint, ULFA(I) chief Paresh Baruah did not disclose the name of the memoir, but said it would be published in ‘less than a month or 20 days’.

ULFA(I) could free abducted Quippo staffers ‘very soon’, mediator says negotiation concluded

Negotiations between ULFA(I) and Quippo for the two hostages abducted in December got over late Monday. Mediator Kaushik Phukan says there will be no payment of ransom.

ULFA(I) abduction of Quippo staff ‘desperate’ yet dark reminder of Assam’s insurgency past

ULFA(I) abducted two 2 working with oil firm Quippo on 21 December last year. It has since demanded Rs 20 crore in ransom, issued threats, and extended deadline for payment.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.