NEW DELHI, May 27— Royal Government of Bhutan’s Army operation against outlawed ULFA, NDFB and KLO militants, extension of the ongoing cease-fire with the NSCN and the problem of unabated infiltration from across the border have been reported by the Amnesty International in its annual report released last evening.

Chief Editor Tehelka Tarun Tejpal at a function here released the Amnesty International Report 2004 last evening. “The activities of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the Kamtapur Liberation Front (KLO), armed...

NEW DELHI, May 27 – Reaffirming Centre’s commitment to resolve the insurgency problem, Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh today assured that all legitimate grievances of the separatist outfits would be looked into urging them to join the mainstream. Interacting with newsmen on the sideline of the release of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) at his 7 Race Course residence, Dr Singh said that though he has so far not applied his mind as to how to go about the Naga peace process, he said the Centre would strive to address all the legitimate grievances. “At the same time I would like to appeal to...

New Delhi, May 26: Four years after it was approved and efforts were made to kickstart the scheme, the Pagladiya dam project has been identified as one of the “three problem areas” faced by the Union ministry of water resources. Newly-appointed minister of water resources Priya Ranjan Das Munshi said, “The Pagladiya project has been earmarked as one of the three projects that are problematic which would require careful handling by the ministry. The other two are Narmada and Cauvery.”

First proposed in the sixties, the project was cleared in 2000 with the objective of protecting 40,000 hectares...

New Delhi, May 26: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) today congratulated the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance on its ascent to power in Delhi. He said the Naga community was banking on the new government to take the peace process initiated seven years ago to its logical conclusion. “We warmly congratulate the new Congress-led government. We do hope they are for peace and a honourable solution (to the Naga problem),” NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah said in a statement.

The militant organisation’s attitude towards the erstwhile S.C. Jamir-led...

Kokrajhar, May 26: The Kokrajhar District Tribal Sangha has demanded creation of new tribal belts and blocks on plains of Assam. In a memorandum to Dilip Singh Bhuria, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes, the tribal body also demanded eviction of “illegal encroachers” from the existing tribal belts and blocks in the state.

The memorandum said largescale influx of Bangladeshis and other non-tribal people of the state into the existing 45 tribal belts and blocks in the plains has made the tribals a minority in their own land.

Transfer of land to non-...