In a significant development, the Burmese government has agreed to launch military operations to drive out Indian insurgent groups holed up in its territory in Burma.

The home ministry is not convinced to peace-overture of outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland which is mounting pressure on government to secure release of its jailed president Ranjan Daimary

The home ministry has decided to go tough against militant groups carrying out rampant extortion in Assam and other north-eastern states.

In what has exposed the high-handed acts of premier investigation agency CBI, the Delhi high court has quashed a corruption case registered by the CBI against former Assam minister Ripun Bora, finding

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday renewed his appeal to the anti-talk faction of Ulfa to shun the path of violence and join the peace talks, honouring the sentiment of the people for peace.

The home ministry failed to meet the deadline committed to Issac-Muivah faction of National Socialist Council of Nagalim for signing a peace accord before the Christmas.

In spite of the strong recommendation of the Intelligence Bureau to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Assam, the Army and the state government colluded to get it extended for another one year

In what has created a sensation across political circles in Assam, the outlawed Ulfa claimed here on Monday that state education minister Himan-ta Biswa Sarma was once an active member of its political wing, but had deserted the outfit fearing for his life.

Prime Minister Manmohon Singh on Saturday said that there were no winners in the crippling economic blockades that Manipur had faced, while stating there was no plan for a “supra state” for Nagas in the Northeast.

Kerala advocate-general K.T. Dandapani told the high court on Friday that there was no correlation between the storage level and the safety of Muyllaperiyar dam, knocking the bottom out of Kerala’s argument that higher storage imperiled the safety of the 116-year-old reservoir.