The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I), a proscribed militant group, has challenged Gyanendra Pratap Singh, the director general of police (DGP) of Assam to wander free and unhindered without any security personnel around him .
Abstract The postwar period saw the proliferation of nationalist insurgencies throughout Western Southeast Asia. This is often conceived of as an ethnic.
Abstract The postwar period saw the proliferation of nationalist insurgencies throughout Western Southeast Asia. This is often conceived of as an ethnic.
The two firing incidents in Mon district on August 15 morning, reportedly by the Yung Aung-led NSCN alias NSCN (K-YA), almost marred the 76th Independence Day celebration in the state. While the gunfight at Nyasa village in the early hours of Monday left two Assam Riffles jawans injured, the one at Longwa village was said to be just a case of firing blank shots in the air from a distance. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the firing till date, fingers have been pointed at the NSCN (K-YA), as the incident happened just days after it ‘called for a boycott of the August 15 celebrations in the occupied-Western Southeast Asia region’ in a joint statement with the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent, stating that it would be effective in the states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. The incident was overshadowed by the Independence Day celebrations across the country but it exposed the existence of an undercurrent of hostility. It could have turned bl
Dimapur, Aug. 9 (EMN): Days ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, the NSCN/GPRN (Yung Aung) and United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) in a joint statement on Tuesday called for a boycott of the August 15 celebrations in the occupied-Western Southeast Asia (WESEA) region. The statement issued by MIP of NSCN/GPRN also stated that the boycott would be effective in the states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. “India has no sovereign right whatsoever to unfurl her freedom flag in the WESEA region, including Indian-occupied Kashmir, while our land and people are reeling under her brutal military occupation for the last 75 years. Under the present circumstances it is politically and historically illegal and unjust for India to continue celebrating its pretentious Independence Day in our land,” read the statement. It said that India’s political and military “aggression” had transformed the once peaceful region into a killing zone. “India