The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) Saturday said unconditional peace talks with the central government will begin February, 10, in a move that may bring the curtains down on more than three decades of insurgency in Assam. “Formal peace talks with the government of India are expected to begin in New Delhi February, 10 with no conditions from either side. We expect a mutually acceptable solution to the long standing Assam-India conflict,” Ulfa "foreign secretary" Sasha Choudhury told journalists here on Saturday.

Assam legislative assembly was adjourned for the third consecutive day on Thursday with Opposition parties disrupting proceedings demanding immediate dismissal of the ministers allegedly involved in the Rs 1000 crore North Cachar Hills funds diversion scam.

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat here on Monday held the ruling Congress government responsible for the unprecedented corruption in NC Hills of Assam.

The home ministry is extremely worried over the growing nexus of NSCN(I-M) leaders with China.

The principal Opposition Asom Gana Parishad on Saturday kicked off its election campaign by launching a frontal attack on the ruling Congress, charging them of indulging in rampant corruption in the s

The home ministry has not taken any decision on bringing United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) general secretary Anup Chetia from Dhaka but was looking into a proposal of pro-talk faction of Ulfa seriously wherein they have agreed to give up the demand of sovereignty.

The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Thursday appealed to the Prime Minister to expose account-holders with black money. Former chief minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta demanded that the names of those individuals shared by Germany must be made public.

The Assam government on Thursday claimed to have handed over all the nine cases of misappropriation relating the North Cachar Hills district to CBI for investigation but in an obvious attempt to defend the ministers and senior officials, the state government has not authorised the investigating agency to probe the “fund disbursed by the state” to the council.

Panic prevailed among the Hindi-speaking people of Upper Assam districts following a threat of outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom to target “Indians” in retaliation of alleged killing of two youths in a fake encounter by security forces.

Assam governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Wednesday said that proposed peace talks with the Ulfa and other insurgent groups would heralded the beginning of a new age in Assam.