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NIA arrests 2 more accused in Dispur IED case, linked to ULFA (I) terror group

Bhargob Gogoi and Sumu Gogoi are apprehended for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to carry out multiple blasts in Assam on Independence Day in 2024.

On banned militant outfit ULFA’s Wikipedia page, pro-talks leaders listed as ‘Prisoners of War’

Pro-talks faction of ULFA led by Arabinda Rajkhowa signed tripartite ceasefire agreement with Centre, Assam govt in December 2023.

News of the day: 14 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

ULFA(I) claims responsibility for ambush on Assam Rifles, injured soldier evacuated

In a statement, proscribed outfit calls attack an act of vengeance against the killings of two cadres in Tinsukia district. Security forces launch search operations.

‘Bihu & Bandook cannot blend’: Assam analysts react to ULFA-I’s video of armed cadres

In video released by insurgent outfit, armed cadres dance to beats of self-composed Bihu song at training camp. Song seeks to strike emotional chord with Assamese people.

ULFA(I) chief Paresh Baruah says won’t quit sovereignty call despite ‘development under CM Sarma’

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had said Monday that Paresh Baruah should return to the state to see its ‘changed realities’. Baruah left the state 30 years ago.

‘A deal with a defanged tiger’? ULFA’s history & how peace pact could impact Paresh Baruah faction

An expert called the development a move by the ruling party for electoral gain, another said it's 'feather in the cap' for the Modi govt.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.