Forces in insurgency-hit areas should be accountable: Ramesh

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 15:42

Security forces operating in insurgency-hit areas of the country should be more transparent and accountable, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.

AFSPA extended for a year in insurgency-hit Manipur

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 14:11

Barring seven Assembly constituencies within Imphal Municipal area, the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 will be extended for another year in insurgency-hit Manipur from Sunday.

Assam security meeting to discuss countering insurgent groups

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 13:07

A high-level security meeting will be held to chalk out an action plan to counter insurgent groups.

Operation Blue Star was not necessary: KPS Gill

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 21:20

Army should not have been used in anti-insurgency operations in Punjab and Assam, former Director General of Police K P S Gill said.

Insurgency not ended completely but considerably less: Gogoi

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 18:47

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today claimed that insurgency-related activities had not ended completely but had come down considerably in the state.

Insurgency not ended completely but considerably less: Gogoi

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 16:43

Assam CM on Wednesday claimed that insurgency-related activities had not ended completely but had come down considerably in the state.

CRPF to get special duty allowances: Sushilkumar Shinde

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 21:33

Sushilkumar Shinde assured CRPF jawans and officers that they will get special allowances for rendering hard duties in anti-Naxal operations.

Four cops killed at nursery school in Thai south

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 21:48

Four police officers were killed in a gun and grenade attack in front of a nursery school in Thailand`s insurgency-hit south on Friday, an official said, as bloodshed continued to dampen hopes for peace talks.

Inching closer to solution of ULFA issue: Govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 17:36

The government and ULFA are inching closer to a political solution to the decades-old insurgency problem in Assam as the banned group abandoned its key demand of `sovereignty`.