NALBARI, Dec 25 ? The on going operation of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) against the militant outfits ?with the direct help? of the Indian Army, will make the NE people re-think the issue of sovereignty raised by the militant organisations, said president of the All Assam Students? Union (AASU) Prabin Boro here today. Sri Boro, who was talking to The Assam Tribune, also said that the recent developments in Bhutan had also made it quite relevant for the NE militants to come forward for negotiated solutions to the issues they had raised. For, he said, the militants should honour the sentiments...

TAMULPUR (Nalbari), Dec 25? All the 64 kin of ULFA leaders which included some armed cadres of the outfit?s women wing captured by the Royal Bhutan Army and handed over to India yesterday, are being interrogated by the high officials of civil administration at Tamulpur under tight security. They include ULFA leader Bening Rabha?s wife Anima Rabha, Ashanta Baghphukan?s wife Hema Hangshipa and their daughter Kareng Tagtipi, Mrinmoy Hazarika?s wife Mira Sarma Hazarika and their daughter Bandana Hazarika among others.

The 27 children between the age group eight months to eight years include...

Nagaon, Dec. 25: The anti-talks faction of the United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) has agreed to negotiate with the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) to end the ongoing ethnic feud in the hill district of Karbi Anglong. However, the Karbi militant group has imposed certain conditions. In a press note issued today, the anti-talks faction said it is ready to take part in ?peace talks? with the KRA if the Kuki militant organisation unconditionally releases nine Karbi villagers allegedly held hostage since October.

The nine villagers were allegedly abducted by the KRA from Thekerajan area two...

GUWAHATI, Dec 24 ? Governor of Assam Lt Gen (retd) Ajai Singh today claimed that some major leaders of the banned ULFA, NDFB and KLO outfits who are on the run in Bhutan have established contact with the security forces in the country expressing desire to surrender. Talking to the media at Raj Bhawan here for the first time since the Royal Bhutan Army launched the crackdown on Northeast militants outfits, the Governor sent out the message to the ultras that those who are willing to surrender could do so at the nearest security post in the country without fear for their lives as the Government...

TAMULPUR, Dec 24 ? Ending the week-long speculation, the Royal Government of Bhutan today handed over 64 kin of the ULFA militants at Samdrup Jongkhar to the Nalbari district administration. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Samdrup Jongkhar formally handed over the militants? kin to the DC of Nalbari at the Samdrup Jongkhar High School this morning.

The kin were later taken to the Tampulpur 30-bedded Hospital campus by the Nalbari district administration by two buses. The kin included 37 women and 27 children .Five of the women were unmarried.The women included the wife of Ashanta Bagh Phukan...