Union home minister P. Chidambaram has asked the state government to intensify counter-insurgency operations against anti-talk faction of Ulfa and said that home ministry would consider the options of holding talks with anti-talk faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland only if they send a formal letter to the home ministry expressing their willingness for resolving the issue through talks.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Sunday said that Union home minister P.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday expressed concerned over growing Maoist influence in Assam and their links with insurgent outfits of the state as well as Pakistan's intelligence agency

In what has created sensation across the state, a government school teacher and short-story writer Jahanvi Mahanta Rajkonwar has deserted her family — her husband and two children — to join the Ulfa.

The home ministry has asked Assam and other north-eastern states to intensify vigil on activities of Left wing insurgent group, following the reports of a Maoist’s central committee member visiting Assam.

Former home secretary G.K. Pillai here on Monday said that wife and children of elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah are keen to come back to Assam, but Baruah was stopping them from coming.

In what may be called an attempt of enhancing trust between the anti-talk faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and New Delhi, the peace interlocutor for the Northeast militant groups P.C. Haldar had an informal meeting with NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary inside central jail here on Friday.

When the state government is boasting of improving the condition of poor by pumping in massive fund in rural and health sector, at least 10 garden workers are reported to have died of starvation and l

The prime focus of elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah is to discredit the pro-talk faction of Ulfa holding talks with the government through its campaign in media and by establishing contact with leader

After Uttar Pradesh, it is the turn of Assam where massive irregularities — running into several crores of rupees — in purchasing Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Bed Net (LLIN) under National Rural H