ULFA-I uses guerrilla tactic only for self defence and not for waging any waragainstIndia, said Dr Abhizeet Asom.
In a message sent to media on the Protest Day on Saturday, the ULFA-I chairman said that the outfit has been struggling to save the rights of the indigenous people of Assam.
According to the elusive ULFA-I leader, the "immature" studentleaders who spearheaded the Assam Agitation surrendered before New Delhi when they signed an accord to deport Bangladeshi aliens in 1985 with Rajiv Gandhi.
"However, India in contrast is seeking military solution to our legitimate struggle to establish our birthright as enshrined in international statues and our indigenous masses are responding to the call of the hour to own what belong to them," said the ULFA supremo.
He further spoke of the India, Bangladesh land deal with reference to the history of East Pakistan. The outfit also said that the move to give refugee status to the non-Muslim Bangladeshis are strange.
TURA: For GNLA the immediate concern is the struggle to survive. The Garo rebels would be able to remain firm on the separate Garoland only if they survives as an outfit. The premier north eastern rebel outfit is no longer force to be reckoned with since the Garo rebel outfit is manned by as many as 11 people even after a dreaded ULFA leader has come to hold the charge. These stunning revelations have surfaced after a close helper of Sohan D Shira surrendered before the police on Wednesday a couple of day after the GNLA chief was eliminated in an encounter with police. Petsan R Sangma, the newly recruited youth to assist Shira told police during interrogation that he has seen as...
GUWAHATI: Assam and its people shared the joy of Holi as the festival of colours commences along with other parts of the nation marking the advent of the season of spring on Thursday. Armed with waters and gulals of various colours, the Hindus of all walks of life have come out of their homes to join the occasion. The aged ones are thronging the temples splashing the colours among the crowds while the youths and youngs on the road are sharing the joy of the annual festival. “This is our occasion to celebrate. It marks the advent of spring. Lets make the occasion a joyful one,” said Tanmoy, a minor school goer in Guwahati. With water pipes Amit Singh is splashing gulal at the...
Kokrajhar,Feb 28: The Chirang police have arrested ten persons including a village headman at Molandubi on Wednesday a day after they killed a woman in the name of witch hunting.They have been produced before a local court acting on a formal complaint lodged by the family members of the victim who was killed charging her with practising witchery on Monday midnight at Molandubi village along the Indo Bhutan border.
LAKWA: A private gas agency employee died and two others sustained serious injury when a gas tank owned by it exploded in Lakwa on Wednesday. The incident took place at 11 in the morning when the tank suddenly exploded with a huge sound leaving employee Prasanta Mohan dead on the spot. Two others who sustained injury have been rushed to the hospital where the duo are struggling with death. The local residents in large number thronged the spot and vandalized the agency alleging lack of care and attention for the employees. The situation was brought under control immediately after the policemen arrived in the spot.
MARCUS KANYAK KOHIMA: Assembly polling is over in Nagaland with a moderate turnout even after partially marred by an orgy of violence on Tuesday where nearly 70 per cent electorates in 59 constituencies have decided on the fate of 195 candidates in the 60 member assembly. The polling started on a dull note. But by 12 noon the voters in large number started waiting in serpentine queue to vote in front of the polling booths even after marked by an orgy of violence where one person died and many others injured. One person sustained injury when a mysterious bomb exploded at a booth in Tizit village in Mon district just half a hour before the commencement of the voting hour leaving a...
DIMAPUR: A political party worker died and several others sustained serious injury in an orgy of poll violence in Nagaland where on the polling day. The first incident took place at 12 noon where a political party worker died and two others sustained serious injury as some NPF and NDPP activists clashed amid polling in Nagaland on Tuesday. The clash which is said to be an incident of shoot out took place at 12 noon took place at Akuluto AC 31 constituency in Zunheboto district. The clash took place closed to a voting booth where one dead and two others injured who have been rushed to the hospital. Reports of poll related violence are pouring in Mokokchung district where several...
KOHIMA: Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang is confident that the NPF will retain power to smoothly resolve the decade old political issue. After casting his vote at his local booth, he said, “I hope that polling will finish smoothly. My party will get absolute majority and I hope peace will prevail in the state & we will move for Naga political solution," Polling began on a dull note in the morning. But the turn out started increasing by 12 noon where altogether 11,76,432 voters, comprising of 5,97,281 men, 5,79,151 are exercising their franchise at 2,156 polling stations to decide the fate of 195 candidates in 59 seats. .
Kokrajhar: Tea estate worker and Chah Mazdoor Sangha burnt the effigy of labour minister Pallav Lachan Das’ for not addressing the grievances on the hike of daily wages. Hundreds of tea-estate labours, activists from All Adivashi Student's Association of Assam(AASAA),Akhil Bharatiya Chah Mazdoor Sangha(ABCMS),Centre for Trade Unions(CITU) participated the protest demonstration at Kokrajhar tea-estate with banner, placards and shouted slogans early hike of daily wage Rs.350 from 136, provide proper amenities to the tea-estate workers. The agitators demanded early hike of daily wages besides ensuring proper amenities to the tea estate workers in the state. The protestors...
Kokrajhar: Amid simmering protest over land rights issue of the non Boro people in BTAD areas, an executive BTC body meeting in Kokrajhar agreed said that the general caste cant procure the land rights of the tribals anywhere in the area. BTAD chief Hagrama Mohilary who chaired te meting said a plot of land is transferable only within the general category people.“The tribal can buy and transfer land from general category. But the general category people can't buy or transfer of tribal plot,” said Mohilary. .
Kokrajhar: Amid simmering protest over land rights issue of the non Boro people in BTAD areas, former Rajya Sabha MP and president of United Peoples Party(Liberal) Urkhao Gwra Brahma have seen a conspiracy to fuel unrest in the region. In an exclusive interview with Assam Times, Brahma said that there is no need to stage protest or agitation over the land issue which has been mentioned in the 1886 Land and Revenue Regulation Act as tribal belt and block for the tribals in the state. He accused a section of the leaders of trying to create unrest to take advantage thereof where the non Bodos would clash with the Bodos. He has alleged that Lok Sabha MP Naba Kumar Sarania and some...
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