Northeast Insurgency

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has raised concerns that Bangladesh may once again become a safehouse of insurgents from India's northeast, following the violent ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Pakistan armed and trained the first batch of insurgents of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in 1991-92, and sent them back to India to stir trouble in the northeast region, according to writer and researcher Rajeev Bhattacharyya.

A tripartite peace deal between the Centre, the Assam government, and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been signed in Delhi, bringing the curtains down on one of the biggest insurgent groups in the northeast region.

The historic signing of the peace deal with Manipur's oldest valley-based armed group UNLF brings into focus the Centre's huge success in bringing peace and development to the northeast region, sources have said.

There has been a 65 per cent fall in incidents of terrorism, Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.

A key Manipur civil society group organised a massive rally in the state capital Imphal today, demanding action against "Kuki-Chin terrorists", who they alleged are responsible for the ethnic clashes in the northeast state.

The counting of Kuki insurgents and their weapons in Manipur under the 'Suspension of Operations' (SoO) agreement has gained momentum amid the simmering ethnic violence in the northeast state, people with direct knowledge of the matter told NDTV.

The largest insurgent group in the northeast has asked the Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur to ensure the hostilities between them do not affect the Nagas living in the violence-hit state.

The cultivation of rubber contributed to stamping out militancy and insurgency in the north eastern region of India and provided financial security to the people there, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

There has been a 74 per cent reduction in insurgency-related violence, 60 per cent reduction in attacks on security forces and 89 per cent decrease in civilian deaths in the Northeast, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday.

BSF men were on patrol near Tripura-Mizoram-Bangladesh trijunction when they came under fire; 2 died in similar attack last year

Some killed in custody while "trying to escape after snatching a policeman's firearm", while several were shot in the leg, as per Assam government affidavit

The BJP is ready to hold dialogue with insurgent groups, underlined Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a campaign stop in Manipur today.

Amid the standoff with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, the centre on Friday ruled out any attempt by the neighbouring country to brew trouble in the north-east region through insurgent groups operating there.

In a big diplomatic win for New Delhi, Myanmar on Friday handed over 22 insurgents from the northeast to India. The 22 insurgents were brought back to India in a special flight in an operation that was overseen by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has raised concerns that Bangladesh may once again become a safehouse of insurgents from India's northeast, following the violent ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Pakistan armed and trained the first batch of insurgents of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in 1991-92, and sent them back to India to stir trouble in the northeast region, according to writer and researcher Rajeev Bhattacharyya.

A tripartite peace deal between the Centre, the Assam government, and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been signed in Delhi, bringing the curtains down on one of the biggest insurgent groups in the northeast region.

The historic signing of the peace deal with Manipur's oldest valley-based armed group UNLF brings into focus the Centre's huge success in bringing peace and development to the northeast region, sources have said.

There has been a 65 per cent fall in incidents of terrorism, Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.

A key Manipur civil society group organised a massive rally in the state capital Imphal today, demanding action against "Kuki-Chin terrorists", who they alleged are responsible for the ethnic clashes in the northeast state.

The counting of Kuki insurgents and their weapons in Manipur under the 'Suspension of Operations' (SoO) agreement has gained momentum amid the simmering ethnic violence in the northeast state, people with direct knowledge of the matter told NDTV.

The largest insurgent group in the northeast has asked the Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur to ensure the hostilities between them do not affect the Nagas living in the violence-hit state.

The cultivation of rubber contributed to stamping out militancy and insurgency in the north eastern region of India and provided financial security to the people there, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

There has been a 74 per cent reduction in insurgency-related violence, 60 per cent reduction in attacks on security forces and 89 per cent decrease in civilian deaths in the Northeast, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday.

BSF men were on patrol near Tripura-Mizoram-Bangladesh trijunction when they came under fire; 2 died in similar attack last year

Some killed in custody while "trying to escape after snatching a policeman's firearm", while several were shot in the leg, as per Assam government affidavit

The BJP is ready to hold dialogue with insurgent groups, underlined Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a campaign stop in Manipur today.

Amid the standoff with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, the centre on Friday ruled out any attempt by the neighbouring country to brew trouble in the north-east region through insurgent groups operating there.

In a big diplomatic win for New Delhi, Myanmar on Friday handed over 22 insurgents from the northeast to India. The 22 insurgents were brought back to India in a special flight in an operation that was overseen by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.