Border sealed to prevent ultra entry into Garo Hills

TURA, Dec 20?In view of the Bhutan offensive against the ULFA, NDFB and KLO militants, and the likely attempt by the fleeing militants to enter West Garo Hills before crossing into Bangladesh, the entire border of Garo Hills with Assam has been sealed. Night curfew has been imposed in the bordering areas of Tikrikilla extending upto Goalpara in Assam, and the military-infested areas of Bajendoba and Pedaldoba in East Garo Hills. Two companies of the army are already inside the Garo Hills assisting three companies of the CRPF and the Garo Hills Police in sealing the Assam Garo Hills border. An...

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Mithinga among six ultras in police custody

GUWAHATI, Dec 20 ? Six of the Indian militants captured by the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) in its operation to dislodge the Indian militants? camps since December 15 were handed over to the State police at Tamulpur, this evening, police sources said. The militants include ULFA publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary and two others from the ULFA and three from the NDFB.

The RBA has captured a good number of militants belonging to the ULFA, NDFB and KLO in its drive against them. Besides Mithinga Daimary, the captured militants include ULFA armed wing leaders Bening Rabha and Robin Neog and NDFB...

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Ultras to serve quit NE notice to Bhutanese

GUWAHATI, Dec 20 ? Faced with continued onslaught by the Bhutanese army, Nine North-East based insurgent outfits, including the ULFA, have decided to serve quit notice to Bhutanese nationals who had either settled in the north east region or had come here for business purposes, reports PTI. A resolution to this effect was passed at a meeting ULFA ?commander-in-chief? Paresh Baruah had with nine other N-E based insurgent groups in Dhaka, reports reaching here said today. They also discussed the situation arising out of the ongoing military operations against them in Bhutan.

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Pachyderm havoc in Goalpara

GOALPARA, Dec 20?After three month?s respite from the havoc caused by rampaging elephants, people of some parts of the district are once again compelled to spend sleepless nights anticipating depredation by wild elephants. Wild elephants pose threat to the population of a large part of the constituencies of Goalpara East, Goalpara West and Dudhnoi every year, killing people, damaging crops and vegetables, destroying houses and other belongings. Knowledgeable circles feel that denudation of forest cover in Goalpara district and more particularly in adjoining Meghalaya compels the pachyderms to...

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Business in border villages hard hit

SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Dec 20? Following the crackdown by the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) on the insurgent camps in Bhutan, the business between the people of bordering villages in Nalbari district and Bhutan?s Samdrup Jongkhar district has been adversely affected as the daily and weekly markets of the areas have been closed since December 15 last.

Sources said here that the large Sunday weekly market of Bhutan?s Samdrup Jongkhar where the Bhutanese farmers sell their products like orange, potato etc., to Indian people has been cancelled due to the situation. ?As the Bhutan Royal Government sealed...

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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