The home ministry has decided to go tough against militant groups carrying out rampant extortion in Assam and other north-eastern states.

In what has exposed the high-handed acts of premier investigation agency CBI, the Delhi high court has quashed a corruption case registered by the CBI against former Assam minister Ripun Bora, finding

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday renewed his appeal to the anti-talk faction of Ulfa to shun the path of violence and join the peace talks, honouring the sentiment of the people for peace.

The panic and fear has gripped the officials of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation after anti-dam protesters started threatening the suppliers of essentials to Subansiri Hydro-Electric Project on Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

The elusive Ulfa chief, Paresh Baruah, is trying to act as a bridge between the underground organisations of Northeast and China.
Disclosing that Ulfa chief was not in Ruli areas of Bhutan, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that Ulfa chief informed his close confidants about his plan of visiting some places in China.

Tension prevailed in Assam on Monday when the police in a mid-night crackdown removed the anti-dam protesters who were blocking NH-52 connecting Arunachal Pradesh for the past one week in Dhemaji and North Lakhimpur districts of Assam.

The home ministry failed to meet the deadline committed to Issac-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagalim for signing a peace accord before the Christmas.

In what has created sensation in the industrial sector of Assam, the police on Friday recovered bullet-ridden bodies of two senior executives working in private sector and public sector who were suspected to have been abducted by Karbi rebels for ransom.

In spite of the strong recommendation of the Intelligence Bureau to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Assam, the Army and the state government colluded to get it extended for another one year

In what could be an alarming development on insurgency fronts, the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom is targeting boys from poverty-stricken communities of the state and recruiting them into the outfit.