The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) on Saturday announced that it is going to hold unconditional talks with the government on February 10. It also stated that the killings carried out by the outfit were mistakes.
Ulfa “foreign secretary” Sashadhar Choudhury, however, clarified, “All killings and deaths during our struggle are absolute mistakes — be it the Dhem-aji blast or Sanjay Ghose killing. And this applies to incidents executed by Ulfa as well as the government.” Addressing a press conference here, the Ulfa leaders defended their decision to take up arms to achieve the objective of an “independent” Assam.
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17 on black money list sent notices: FM
Age Correspondent
Kolkata
Feb. 5: Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said prosecution has been started against 17 Indians who deposited black money in foreign banks but ruled out disclosure of their names. “The German government has given us certain names during the time of the double taxation avoidance agreement. Of the 18 nam-es, we have already sent notices to 17 persons and prosecution against them has started,” he said.