Jul 30, 2012 The aftermath of the rioting in Assam has led to one of India’s largest humanitarian crises, with more than 400,000 men, women and children living in nearly 300 ill-equipped relief camps
Jun 13, 2011 Another split among Naga rebels is now threatening to impact on the protracted Naga peace process.
May 05, 2010 With foreign sanctuaries for Northeast Indian insurgents shrinking, it is only a matter of time before the government decides to seriously engage only with those factions which come forward to resolve their issues through dialogue
Feb 18, 2010 Negotiations seem to be advancing well with ULFA and NSCN-IM. Almost all other major separatist groups, barring Manipur, have now entered into ceasefire agreements. But it's still a road littered with political minefields.
Nov 18, 2009 Bangladeshi cooperation has been critical in crippling the ULFA, but there is certainly some potential for its regrouping with Chinese support, evidence of which is already available.
Sep 30, 2009 A ceasefire and a peace process can only be meaningful within the context of a broader solution – but there is little evidence that the government has any coherent idea of what this is to be.
Aug 06, 2009 Why does the government absurdly take up the truce offers that can only lend legitimacy to small bands of armed men who kill people, strike terror and then come out to talk peace?
Dec 13, 2008 After sitting 10 years in the opposition, the Congress plank was anti-incumbency
Nov 08, 2008 Rebel outfits in the Northeast have a long history with 'foreign connections'. The Assam blasts just brought it back in focus.
Oct 11, 2008 Bodo-Muslim clashes are not new. Vested interests, though, are pinning the latest round on NDFB.
Jul 03, 2008 Whether or not the announcement of a truce by a section of the ULFA will serve any purpose in taking the 'peace process' forward, by raising the issue of illegal influx from Bangladesh, they have put the ULFA leadership in the dock
May 10, 2008 Strategically sensitive Arunachal mulls a unified command to fight rebels on its soil
Apr 30, 2008 After Beijing's recent outbursts, New Delhi finally moves to set up a Unified Command in the state where, in the recent past, MLAs and cabinet ministers were alleged to be linked with insurgents
Mar 25, 2008 Drastic shifts in strategy by the highly adaptive ULFA, Assam's frontline separatist group, have compelled the security establishment to carry out a major rejig in operations.
Nov 09, 2007 Recent surrenders may be dismissed as nothing but 'dramas' stage managed by the government, but with its strength manifestly depleted, ULFA may well be on its way to orchestrate some 'drama' of its own. Watch out for 'stealth bombings' on soft target
Sep 25, 2007 By hitting at the very core of ULFA's fighting capabilities and pushing ahead to choke off the cadres of its '28th battalion', the security forces have assumed a position of strength. But it may not yet be the beginning of the end of ULFA>
Aug 20, 2007 On the surface, it is a familiar re-run of terror in Assam's killing fields. The week around Independence Day saw cold-blooded, massacres that killed 28 Hindi-speaking settlers.
Aug 02, 2007 Anything is possible in the murky politics of insurgency and counter-insurgency. Fairly important insurgent leaders and their colleagues can suddenly be sprung upon unsuspecting journalists as having crossed over to surrender...
Jul 28, 2007 A poaching spurt at Kaziranga this year points to a global syndicate
Jun 13, 2007 The attack in Bullut only underlines, ULFA's tactical shift of not engaging the security forces but carrying out furtive bomb attacks in public places. New Delhi has its task cut out in engaging with Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh to deny safe havens
Mar 31, 2007 It's public knowledge that PDS rice, wheat, sugar and superior kerosene oil is sold openly, food grain is distributed only on paper, and false transportation bills are cleared by authorities