Ultra ban on trading with Bhutanese

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The ULFA, NDFB and KLO today imposed a ban on the trading with the Bhutanese individuals or firms by any individual or firm from Assam, Bodoland and Kamatapur. The ban will come into force with effect from midnight today. The three outfits, in a joint statement received here today, said that they had imposed ban on the movement to and from Bhutan to the soil of these three areas. The outfits also demanded that the Bhutanese authorities should allow the international bodies like the Amnesty International and International Committee of the Red cross and the family members of...

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ULFA, NDFB may carry out attacks in Assam

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The ULFA and the NDFB, jolted by the recent events in Bhutan, may carry out terrorist attacks in the state, particularly in the state capital, to make its presence felt. Security agencies operating in the state have been alerted to the possibility and security reviews are being carried out of the possible terrorist targets.

Security sources said here that the recent events in Bhutan may have left the banned ULFA and NDFB badly crippled but there are chances that the militants may carry out surprise attacks to avenge those killed and wounded in Bhutan. There is a possibility...

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Mithinga in 7 days? police custody

GUWAHATI, Dec 26 ? The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kamrup today remanded the self-styled ULFA central publicity secretary Mithinga Daimari alias Deepak Das to seven days police custody in connection with SOU PS Case No 2/98 Under Section 384 IPC read with Section 10/13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

One of the counsels of the ULFA leader Advocates Bhaskar D Konwar informed that the accused was produced before the court of the CJM today by the Special Operation Unit (SOU) of Assam Police in response to the production warrant issued by the court earlier. The basic content...

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Police remand for ultra kin

NALBARI, Dec 26 ? The 64 ULFA kin who were handed over to the Indian authorities day before yesterday by the Bhutanese authorities, were remanded to 48-hour police custody by the Nlabari Chief Judicial Magistrate?s court All the kin were sent back to the Tamulpur 30-bedded Hospital, where they are lodged for interrogation by the security forces. They were remanded to police custody in connection with the Tamulpur Police station case number 203/03 under sections 121 (A)/123/125/10/13 of the IPC and section 120 (B) of the IPC.

Police, however, prevented the kin from talking to newspersons. But...

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Bhimkanta not dead, produced in Tezpur

TEZPUR, Dec 26 ? Finally after a weeklong drama about the death of Bhimkanta Buragohain, popularly known as ?Mama?, the Army authorities of HQ 4 Corps led by Lt General Mohinder Singh, GOC 4 Corps and the operational head of the Unified Command Structure physically produced him before the media persons at the Gajraj Officer Institute here today along with three other cadres.

The three other cadres are self-styled Major Rabin Handique, Bolin Das alias Kamal Kachari and SS Major Dr Amarjit Gogoi who were immediately whisked away from the media persons from the venue. Mama who was produced in...

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The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments. This site has over 6,000 news items that are of value to academics, researchers and journalists.

Subir Ghosh