ULFA-I extends ceasefire by 3 more months amid Covid crisis

The banned ULFA-Independent on Saturday extended the unilateral ceasefire, announced in May this year, for another three months owing to the COVID-19 situation in Assam. The outfit earlier declared on May 15 that they are going for a ceasefire for three months. With the ceasefire ending today, the ULFA-I announced that they are extending the […]

Assam: ULFA-I releases abducted ONGC employee after Himanta Biswa Sarma’s intervention

ONGC employee Ritul Saikia, who was abducted from an oil field in Assam’s Sivasagar district last month, has been released by the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) near the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland on Saturday morning. Saikia, who was abducted by the ULFA-I on April 21 along with two other ONGC employees, was […]

Assam: ULFA (I) leader, 51 inmates test positive for COVID-19 in Dibrugarh jail

Amid the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases in several districts in Assam, 52 inmates of the Dibrugarh Central Jail tested positive for Coronavirus. Among the fresh cases, recently arrested ULFA-I leader Jibon Moran who is in judicial custody at the Dibrugarh prison also tested positive for the virus. The senior ULFA-I leader, who managed the banned […]

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets abducted ONGC employee Ritul Saikia’s family members

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met the family members of ONGC employee Ritul Saikia who was abducted by ULFA (I) militants from Lakwa in Sivasagar district on April 21. CM Sarma along with Rajya Sabha member Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Lok Sabha MPs Pallab Lochan Das and Topon Kumar Gogoi met the wife […]

ULFA (I) announces ceasefire for 3 months due to COVID-19

The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) on Saturday announced a unilateral ceasefire for three months due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the state. ULFA (I) Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua in a statement e-mailed to the media said that the ceasefire will come into effect immediately and the outfit will refrain from any operations […]

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma appeals ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah to join peace talks

Addressing the first media briefing after his oath-taking ceremony on Monday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appealed to United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) commander-in-chief to come forward for peace talks. “I appeal to ULFA leader Paresh Baruah to give up the path of armed struggle and join hands in bringing permanent peace to […]

ULFA-I claims third abducted ONGC employee not in their custody

The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent or ULFA-I has gone on record to say that the missing Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employee Ritul Saikia is not in their custody. ULFA-I Commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah has categorically denied Assam Police’s statement that said Saikia was still in the custody of the outfit. Speaking to group […]

Assam: Top ULFA-I commander gunned down in fierce encounter

In a big setback for the ULFA-I, top leader of the banned outfit and Commander for Western Command, Dwipen Saud was killed during an encounter in Assam’s Bongaigaon district on Thursday. A fierce gun-battle broke out between the police and the ULFA-I rebels at Besimari in Bongaigaon district early morning today. Dwipen Saud had recently […]

Two of three ONGC employees abducted by ULFA-I rescued in Nagaland

Two of the three abducted Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) employees were rescued on Friday night in a joint operation conducted by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles near the India-Myanmar border in Nagaland’s Mon district. The rescued ONGC officials have been identified as Mohini Mohan Gogoi and Alakesh Saikia. The third abducted […]