Incidents and Statements involving UPDS: 2000-2012

2012

October 19: At least 423 cadres of disbanded UPDS were given rehabilitation package in a grant distribution ceremony at indoor stadium Diphu in Karbi Anglong District. UPDS cadres were given a cheque of INR 150,000 financial package to rehabilitate themselves.
July 16: unidentified assailants killed an ex-militant of UPDS, Munthi Senar, in his native village Sermanthi under Khatkati Police Station in the same District.
July 4: SFs arrested two persons from Matipung and Rongmili of Diphu town on abduction charges. The two persons, identified as Bransli Timung and Jenshing Rongpi. The duo has been arrested based of the confessions of former UPDS militants, who are still under police custody on charges of abducting the son of a businessperson, Mahesh Varma.
July 3: SFs recovered a bullet-riddled body of a cadre belonging to disbanded UPDS militant formation from Rengbohom Higher Secondary School playground in Karbi Anglong District.
July 1: SFs arrested three former UPDS cadres along with a car on charges of abduction from Borlangpher area under Diphu Police Station.The trio was involved in the abduction of Mahesh Varma, inhabitant of Longring Thipi locality under Howraghat Police Station on June 9. SFs also recovered one pistol, two mobile sets, one Mahindra Duro scooter and INR .783 million in cash from them.
May 15: A committee to review the implementation of tripartite MoS, between UPDS, central and State Government, has agreed to grant rehabilitation package to all 568 cadres of UPDS (which was earlier 324), who are present on the day and had surrendered with arms on December 14, 2011. Further a tripartite Committee headed by Joint Secretary (North East) in the MHA would be formed. The committee is proposed to include officials drawn from various Central Ministries, including DoNER, HRD, Health and Family & Welfare, Culture, Environment and Forest, Planning Commission, besides the Assam Government. Surjya Rongphar and Kang Jang Terang would represent the UPDS in the committee.
April 5: SFs arrested four people in two separate incidents in Diphu (District) area, who were involved in illegal supply of arms and money to KPLT militants. One incident took place at Mentilla and another at near ASEB colony under Diphu Police Station. The arrested persons from Mentilla were women cadres of the disbanded UPDS group. The arrested former cadres were identified as Rubina Teronpi,and Samphri Englengpi. One .9 MM pistols (Italian Made) were recovered from them.
January 12: UPDS has told UHM P. Chidambaram that it's MoS with Central and State Government has failed. UPDS 'chairman' Longsodar Senar wrote to Chidambaram saying, "As the Assam government has wilfully refused to honour your solemn commitment of 'neutral administration' till the election and "level playing field" during the election, the now ex-UPDS leaders and cadres can no longer be expected to hold on to a failed experiment."

2011

December 14: All the 568 militants of the UPDS, a Karbi militants group surrendered their arms at a function held at Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.
December 3: 29 militants of KLNLF, including a 'Commandant Sergeant Major' and two women cadres, joined the UPDS.
November 29: During the interrogation of 'foreign secretary' of KPLT Maniram Rongpi, collusion between a section of UPDS militants and KPLT became known. Some of the UPDS militants had helped KPLT militants in recent times to carry out unlawful activities in Karbi Anglong District. Further, a source said," Rongpi's interrogation has revealed that the KPLT is on a recruitment spree in Karbi Anglong. He had confessed to having sent 16 young boys recruited from Baithalangso and Deopani areas of Karbi Anglong district to Myanmar for arms training in October." source also said that all the new recruits were below 20 years of age.

On the demand of UPDS for dissolution of the existing KAAC and appointment of a neutral body until the elections, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that the matter is to be resolved by the State Government.

November 25: UPDS formally signed an accord with the Central and Assam Government.
November 24: The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has given its nod for signing an accord with UPDS.
November 22: UPDS will not abandon the demand for a separate state even after signing the peace accord scheduled for November 25 with Central Government. The peace accord between UPDS and Central Government will lead to the creation of KAATC.
November 21: Peace accord between the UPDS and the Central Government will be signed on November 25 in the presence of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in New Delhi.
November 12: State Government postponed KAAC Election. The decision ended the 10-day-long uncertainty that shadowed the signing of an accord between the UPDS and the Central Government.
November 3: Assam Government has formally announced the election schedule for the eleventh executive committee of the KAADC. KAADC election will be held on December 12 and result would be announced within December 14. Further, the UPDS held as "betrayal" the declaration of elections to the KAADC UPDS 'General Secretary' Haren Sing Bey said, "The government has betrayed us by announcing the elections before the agreement was signed so that we cannot participate in the polls. It is a betrayal by the government and it has mislead the people by holding the elections before the end of the present KAADC's term. UPDS will return to insurgency if we feel betrayed by the government".
October 31: The stalemate between the UPDS and the Central Government was resolved on October 31 with both parties agreeing to the minute changes made by State Government in the outfit's demands. Surjya Rongphar, joint secretary (Home) of UPDS said, "The talks were fruitful today. Now, we are only waiting for the date of signing the memorandum of settlement (MoS). The state government has made some small changes in our demands, which are mainly related to financial matters. Earlier, the monitoring of the finance for the hills district was only at the hands of the Centre. Now it will be done jointly by the Centre and the state".
October 24: In the face of a fresh standoff with the UPDS, Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram has invited Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi to join him to resolve the deadlock.

Notwithstanding Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi optimism over the possibility of the Government sealing a deal with UPDS soon, the deadlock continues with the outfit sticking to their demand on setting up a neutral autonomous council ahead of the polls. The Chief Minister, however, appeared non-committal, when asked about the demand for dismissal of the KAAC. "I have to consult the autonomous district council, as the body is constituted under the Sixth schedule of the Constitution," he said.

The non-Karbi organizations, comprising different student bodies of Karbi Anglong District, have demanded the Central, State government and the UPDS which is on ceasefire to disclose the charter of demands publicly.

October 22: In the face of a fresh standoff with the UPDS, Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram has invited Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi to join him on October 24 to resolve the deadlock.
October 21: UPDS said that it would not sign the proposed tri-partite agreement with the Central and Assam Government scheduled for October 24 unless the 'agreed formula' was ensured. In an emailed statement, the UPDS said that the 'formula' consisted of setting up of a neutral administration of the KAAC in the period between the signing of the peace accord and the holding of the next election.
October 15: A memorandum of settlement would also be signed with the UPDS, another militant outfit of the state, on October 24 in New Delhi.
October 13: Shambhu Singh said that the Government of India is planning to sign peace pacts with at least three militant outfits of the State by November. He said that the process of talks with the UPDS is complete and only the date for signing of the accord is to be decided. He pointed out that the Government was trying to make the KLNLF to sign the same pact, which delayed the process of signing of the pact with the UPDS. But the KLNLF could not make up its mind and the Government would not go ahead with the signing of the accord with UPDS, he added. He also said that talks with both factions of DHD-Jewel & DHD-Nunisa are in final stage and accords with the outfits are likely to be signed soon. On the progress of talks with the Pro-Talks faction of NDFB-PTF, Singh said that the outfit is still sticking to its demand for creation of a separate state and the Centre has already made it clear that there is no possibility of division of Assam.
September 25: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will decide time of the accord to be signed with UPDS.
September 16: Explaining the stalemate in talks between Union Government, Assam Government and KLNLF, 'Publicity Secretary' of KLNLF, Rijak Dera said, "We will neither join the UPDS nor oppose them in signing their peace accord with the government, our position will be neutral, we were pressurized by the Government to sign the accord and forced us to accept their wish and the three-hour-long meeting ended without any conclusion,". Rijak Dera further said, "We met Home Minister P Chidambaram and apprised him the entire development that took place in the meeting and after his intervention, we were given two hours time to study the accord documents. The accord will not fulfill the long cherished desire of the people of Karbi Anglong."
September 12: UPDS is likely to sign a Peace-Agreement with the Central Government, in the presence of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram by the month of September, at Diphu in Karbi Anglong District.
September 9: UPDS came down heavily on KLNLF slamming the latter for what it described as "negative role in the peace accord signing process".
September 2: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that a meeting with Assam's ethnic militant group KLNLF was scheduled for September 3 in Delhi. Union Home Ministry officials will meet a three-member KLNLF team. He, however, made it clear that there was no scope for negotiations on the KLNLF's demand for a separate state. Stating that most of the militant outfits were willing for peace talks, the Chief Minister said, "We want to sign an agreement soon with the KLNLF and UPDS." The BW group has already come forward though we have differences with the Nunisa Faction of DHD. But discussions are on with them."
May 5: Centre extended the SoO agreement with the UPDS for a period of six months with effect from May 5. In a statement, UPDS joint secretary political affairs Wojaru Mukrang said that through a mutual agreement with the Government of India and Government of Assam SoO agreement was extended.

2010

September 17: Sentinel reports that a new militant outfit has been formed by the militants belonging to anti-talk faction of the KLNLF. In a press communique, B. Ejang has announced the formation with the name Karbi Anglong North Cchar Hills Liberation Front Anti Talks (KLNLFA). The outfit in a press statement criticized the UPDS and KLNLF for their failure to deliver its promised goal. He said that the delaying tactic adopted by the Government to solve the vexed issues raised by different organizations since 1986 has let down the people in general and armed outfit in particular. The outfit pledged to fight until their principle of Hemprek Kangthim (self-rule homeland) is fulfilled.
August 27: The People's Alliance for Peace Agreement (PAPA) has held Parliamentarian Biren Sing Engti responsible for the delay in finding a solution to the insurgency issue in Karbi Anglong District. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, PAPA general secretary Elwin Teron said, "The [United People's Democratic Solidarity] UPDS has been in ceasefire with the Government for many years but the peace process with the outfit has not progressed because of the interference by politicians like Biren Sing Engti."
August 25: The Union Minister said that it is a matter of great satisfaction that a number of groups are engaged in talks with the Government of India. Among them are NSCN-IM, pro-talk faction of the NDFB, Nunisa faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), Black Widow (BW), UPDS, Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Kuki National Organization (KNO) and United Peoples Front (UPF), he said. H further added, "We have appointed two Interlocutors: RS Pandey to talk to the NSCN (IM) and PC Haldar to talk to NDFB (PT), DHD (Nunisa), DHD (J), KLNLF, UPDS and ANVC, besides ULFA [United Liberation Front of Asom]."
August 22: Two hardcore UPDS cadres were arrested by Bakalia Police from Mirdupathar near Bakaliaghat Police Stationin Karbi Anglong District. According to Police sources, the ceasefire UPDS cadres fled way from Rongcheret designated camp set up under Hamren Subdivision since last two days. They were identified as Mirjeng Engti (20) and Paprap Tisso (20). Two AK-47 rifles, two magazines and 60 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from their possession.
August 3: The Union Government extended cease-fire with the UPDS for six months till December 31, an official spokesman of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced in New Delhi. Tripartite talks on the demands of UPDS are continuing, added the spokesman. The Centre had appointed former Intelligence Bureau chief P. C. Haldar as its interlocutor for talks with UPDS as well and currently he is engaged in discussing the political demands.
June 23: The UPDS along with its political partner ASDC and several non political organizations of different communities that have inhabited the Karbi Anglong are jointly campaigning in different places of the District for a long lasting peace and immediate political solution of the UPDS's issue, according to Sentinel. The UPDS is carrying out peace drive along with its partner organizations in the banner of Peoples' Alliance for Peace Agreement (PAPA) since past couple of months.
April 12: The Assam Government has to spend around INR 7.59 million a month for the 4,006 militant cadres who have been staying in various designated camps in the State. The militant outfits now in ceasefire and whose cadres are in such camps are the UPDS, DHD, BW, NDFB, Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF), Birsa Commando Force (BCF), KLNLF and the ULFA.
March 28: The Assam Government will have to take the lead role in early completion of talks with militant groups of the State, which already signed cease-fire agreements for peaceful solution of the problems. Sources said that the Union Government had a very limited role in the process of talks with the militant groups like pro-talk faction of the NDFB, UPDS, KLNLF, DHD and BW. Sources added that in case of the militant groups of Assam, the Union Government had already ruled out the possibility of division of Assam and asked the militant groups to seek solution of the problems within the geographical boundaries of the State.
March 25: The Assam Government would constitute a ministerial committee to make recommendations to the Union Government on the demands raised by the UPDS during talks with the Union Government's interlocutor P.C. Haldar. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Gogoi had said to a delegation of the UPDS, which called on him on March 24, that the State Government would constitute a ministerial committee. It will hold discussions with all the stakeholders, including political parties, and make recommendations to the Union Government on the demands of the Karbi outfit within two months, said the Mijnister. He later added that the State Government was in favour of giving maximum political autonomy to the Karbis without disintegrating Assam.
March 19: The UPDS members, including ‘general secretary’ Sai Ding-Eh, left for New Delhi to conduct meeting with P.C. Halder, Central Government Peace Interlocutor. The five member team will be involved in three to four days marathon discussion with Halder. The UPDS members will further review its peace parlay with Naveen Varma, Joint Secretary, in charge Northeast at his office.
February 7: The Meghalaya Chief Minister, D.D. Lapang asked the Centre to go for a tripartite political and development accord with the Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) to bring the ongoing peace process to a logical conclusion, reports Shillong Times. He also stated that insurgent outfits like ULFA, National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), NDFB and UPDS are not only supporting groups like Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF), but also providing them arms, ammunition and training. He said that insurgent outfits both from the Northeast and adjoining Bangladesh were also using the peaceful State of Meghalaya both as temporary sanctuary and corridor. Lapang further claimed that both ANVC and Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) have been largely neutralised with a sustained Police operation. But passive militancy is still a cause for concern, he further added.
February 4: The cease-fire pact with the UPDS was extended for another six months up to July 7 following discussion between the militant outfit, Centre and Assam Government.
January 13: The top leadership of the UPDS stated that uncertainty on the peace talks with the outfit is likely to disappear by mid-February, the tentative date fixed for holding the next round of parleys with the Centre. The UPDS said that it would not ‘compromise’ on the four revised parameters it had framed and placed before the Government of India to facilitate signing of an accord with the Government aimed at ensuring permanent peace in Karbi Anglong District.

2009

December 1: The Peace talks with militant groups like BW, UPDS and the pro-talk faction of the NDFB are likely to be expedited as the Union Government’s interlocutor for the peace talks, P.C. Haldar has started the process and the Union Government is also reportedly keen on early solution of the problems. Official sources said that Haldar, a former Director of the IB, arrived in Guwahati to hold preliminary talks with the militant outfits under cease-fire agreement with the Government. Sources said that during the visit, Haldar would stay in the State for at least four to five days and he would be holding preliminary talks with the leaders of the outfits. Sources said that Haldar would be visiting Haflong in North Cachar Hills District for talks with the leaders of the BW followed by a visit to Diphu in Karbi Anglong District for talks with the UPDS leadership. He will also hold talks with the leaders of the pro-talk group leaders of the NDFB. However, sources said that the present visit of the former IB chief is only to hold preliminary talks with the outfits to know their psychology and demands.
November 15: The UPDS deposited a large quantity of arms before the Assam Police at Deoyani designated camp under Bokajan subdivision in Karbi Anglong District. The District Superintendent of Police K.K. Sarma and SDPO C.K. Gogoi led the Police team, while the UPDS team was led by its 'defence secretary' Lengbat Engleng, 'joint secretary' Nanda Terang and 'finance secretary' Dhon Rongpi. The militants deposited as many as nine AK-56 rifles with 4,437 ammunition and 44 magazines, four AK-47 rifles, one AK-71 rifle, one SLR with 597 ammunition and one magazine, 319 ammunition and one magazine of M-16 rifle, one 303 rifle with 3,825 ammunition and one magazine, one US carbine with 29 ammunition and one magazine, two sterling carbines with 408 ammunition and three magazines, one M-21 rifle, two SBBL with 60 ammunition and 50 magazines, one 9 mm pistol with 452 ammunition and four magazines, two pistols, two .32 pistols with three magazines, two 40 mm UBGL and 11 ammunition, one rocket launcher with three shells and five LR grenade shells. Talking to media persons, 'defence secretary' Lengbat Engleng requested the Government to speed up the peace process for early solution to the problems afflicting Karbi Anglong.
October 20: A team of the UPDS led by its ‘general secretary’ Haren Bey left for New Delhi for tripartite talks involving the State Government and the Union Government. The tripartite talks, seventh of its kind with the outfit, will be held on October 22. The team also includes its ‘defence secretary’ Lengbong Engleng and ‘finance secretary’ Dhan Rongpi. They said their demand for a separate State, Hemprek-Khangphin, will come up for discussion during the talks. They hoped that the dialogue will bear fruit and that they will deposit arms only after the tripartite talks. While arms of the UPDS designated camp at Diphu were deposited to the Government, arms of two other designated camps — one at Deopani and the other at Hemren — have not been laid down by the outfit as yet.
October 6: The UPDS cadres captured four persons from Diphu in the Karbi Anglong District when they were involved in an extortion drive in the guise of KLNLF cadres, the UPDS 'defence secretary' Lengbat Engleng informed over phone. A gun was also recovered from their possession, said Engleng.
September 11: The UPDS, which is in a cease-fire with the Government since 2002, agreed to surrender all its arms. The breakthrough came during a joint monitoring group meeting held to review the cease-fire ground rules, revised in early 2009. On August 12, 2009, the suspension of operation agreement between the UPDS and the Union Government was extended for another six months on the condition that they would abide by the revised ground rules. An eight-member team of the UPDS, led by its 'joint secretary', W. Mukrang, participated in the meeting held at the Special Branch headquarters in Kahilipara. The Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, (in charge of Northeast), Navin Verma, State Principal Secretary (Home) S.C. Das, Additional Director-General of Police (Special Branch) Khagen Sarma, senior officers of the Army, CRPF, BSF, Special Brach, Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau and the Superintendent of Police of Karbi Anglong District, K.K. Sharma, represented the Government.
August 12: The suspension of operation agreement between the UPDS and the Government of India has been extended for another six-month period up to January 31, 2010 at a tripartite meeting among representatives of the militant outfit, Union Government of India and the Assam Government held in New Delhi.
June 23: SFs arrested two UPDS militants from Taralangso under Diphu Police Station in Karbi Anglong District.
March 30: According to Shillong Times, one United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) militant, identified as Kalwin Lyngdoh, surrendered before the Police at Khanduli village in the Jaintia Hills District on March 30.
February 3: The UPDS has rejected the new cease-fire ground rules of the Union Government and decided to move the Centre for its modification. The UPDS 'joint secretary' in-charge of home and publicity, Tong Eh-Nongloda, said the central executive of the outfit, in the two rounds of meeting held recently, raised objections to the new clause that its members must surrender their arms before signing the cease-fire.
January 16: Shillong Times reports that Assam's Karbi Anglong District based militant groups, the UPDS, are carrying out extortion activities targeting the civilians belonging to the Pnar tribe of Jaintia Hills residing under Block-I area on the Meghalaya-Assam border. Several villages, including Mooluber, Psiar, Moojem, Deinler, have been served with demand notes ranging from INR 200 to INR 1000 per household depending on the income of the family.

2008

October 21: SFs arrested three KLNLF militants and a UPDS militant at Rangapara village near Deupani under Bokajan police station in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district. One Chinese M-20 pistol with six rounds of live ammunition was recovered from them.
August 6: The cease-fire agreement with the UPDS is extended by six months till January 31, 2009, after a tripartite meeting among Union Government, Assam Government and the militant outfit is held to review the functioning of the Suspension of Operation arrangement and status of the agreed ground rules.

The UPDS asks to hold the seventh round of tripartite peace talks with the Central and Assam Governments in New Delhi on April 10.
August 6: The cease-fire agreement with the UPDS is extended by six months till January 31, 2009, after a tripartite meeting among Union Government, Assam Government and the militant outfit is held to review the functioning of the Suspension of Operation arrangement and status of the agreed ground rules.

The UPDS asks to hold the seventh round of tripartite peace talks with the Central and Assam Governments in New Delhi on April 10.
April 11: Union Government rejected the demand of the UPDS for a Karbi state in a meeting with six UPDS leaders.
April 6: The UPDS asks to hold the seventh round of tripartite peace talks with the Central and Assam Governments in New Delhi on April 10.
February 20: The United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) set two conditions for renewing the cease-fire that lapsed on January 31, 2008. In a letter to the Joint Secretary (Northeast) in the Union Home Ministry, the UPDS ‘foreign secretary’ Klirdap Kathar said that they would sign a fresh cease-fire agreement only if the Union Government agreed to hold a round of talks every three months until a solution was reached. The second condition put by the outfit is that its demand for self-rule be included in the terms of reference of the proposed State Reorganisation Commission.

2007

August 16: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs stated that the truce has been extended with the UPDS for another six months with effect from August 1, following a tripartite meeting of the representatives of the Government of India, Assam Government and the UPDS.
August 13: The UPDS has charged the ULFA of hatching a conspiracy with the KLNLF to start an ethnic clash in the Karbi Anglong district by killing Hindi-speaking people. UPDS publicity secretary Thung E. Nongloda said: "The ULFA has been killing Hindi-speaking people in various parts of the State, and now the outfit has started such killings in Karbi Anglong after coming into an understanding with the KLNLF."
July 19: Two unidentified UPDS cadres are also arrested from Gautambasti in the Khatkhati area under Bokajan police station.
May 30: Four groups - the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Karbi Longri North Cachar Liberation Front (KLNLF), DHD and Black Widow, reportedly have launched widespread extortion drives in their respective strongholds in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar hill districts making the life of common people, government staff and traders miserable.
March 5: The Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) cites a report stating that a section of Congress party leaders had connived with the UPDS and Black Widow militants in the abduction of its leader Laktook Phangcho, from Chirilangshu village near Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills district, and his subsequent killing.
March 2: The dead body of a CPI-ML party leader, Laktook Phangcho, is recovered from a forest. Phangcho was reportedly abducted by suspected UPDS militants from Chirilangshu village near Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills district on November 22, 2006.
February 25: Intelligence sources in Haflong, the headquarters of North Cachar Hills district, said that the UPDS and DHD are silently expanding their area of operations in both Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts, and the February 8-abduction of a DHD militant, Ronald Hojai, who was on his way from Dhansiri to Diphu, by UPDS militants could be fallout of that rivalry.
February 16: Meghalaya Home Minister R.G. Lyngdoh refuses to negotiate with UPDS, and says that the issue of 'disputed' Blocks-1 and II areas along Assam-Meghalaya border will be resolved between the two State Governments.
February 1: The NSCN-K said that the outfit's 'makeshift' camp at Saijang in the Kohima district was attacked by a combined force of the NSCN-IM, "PREPAK, KYKL, KRA, UPDS and DHD (Anti-talk party)" numbering about 150 cadres. During the encounter, five militants of the NSCN-IM are shot dead while two NSCN-K militants are killed and one weapon is lost, said Anie Konyak, 'Under Secretary' of the NSCN-K.
January 31: Meghalya Chief Minister J.D. Rymbai responds positively to the offer made by the Assam-based UPDS for peace talks in the Block I and Block II areas along Assam- Meghalaya border. The Chief Minister said that it was a positive move on the part of the militant outfit to recognise the Khasi-Pnar people as "sons of the soil of Karbi Anglong," which will help in ending the reign of terror in these two areas since the last five years.
January 19: Five suspected UPDS militants kill Kuthor Hanse, a senior leader of the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), at his residence at Hidim Teron village in the Karbi Anglong district. The militants also assault villagers at Ramsing Terang and Dikoi Terang under Manja police station in the district.

2006

December 29: One UPDS militant, Augustin Kramsa alias Longki Rongpi, is arrested by the Nagaland Police in Dimapur. He along with three of his accomplices abducted Robin, a trader and a civil society activist, from Mentila village in the Karbi Anglong district on March 5, and later killed him on the same day at Nahorjan. The abductors also demanded a ransom worth INR one million for the release of Robin from his wife, Amphu Brahma, before he was killed. One 7.65 US made pistol, two live bullets and one vehicle were recovered from Augustin's possession.
November 27: An encounter between UPDS cadres and security forces occurs at Deohari village under Hamren sub-division in the Karbi Anglong district.
November 26: A suspected UPDS militant, Rajib Tisso, is arrested from the Lahorijan area under Khatkhati police station in the Karbi Anglong district. One AK-47 assault rifle, one magazine and 30 live cartridges are recovered from his possession.
November 16: Assam Government is working on a "special" economic package for the twin hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills to convince groups such as the UPDS and DHD to give up their demand for statehood and involve themselves in planning and development of the backward districts. "We are planning the package in such a way that it could be close to the budgets of certain states whose territories are smaller than the two districts combined. If we draw up an annual budget that is more than that of these states or at least on a par, we see no reason for its rejection by the militant leadership. The package could be worth around Rs 500 crore," said an unnamed official.
November 13: At least seven suspected UPDS militants are arrested by security force personnel during a counter-insurgency operation at Kaniya Bey village near Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district, for violating cease-fire rules. Six AK 56 rifles, 16 magazines, one 9 mm pistol, one revolver, a single-barrel gun and 650 rounds of ammunition are recovered from their possession.
October 24: The Khasi farmers at Block-II areas in the Ri-Bhoi district allege that they are being extorted by the KNV militants. According to these farmers, each of them has to pay a "tax of INR 100 for each item (agricultural produce) sold at Umlaper and Umwang market, while INR 50 and above has to be paid for owning cultivable land in Block-II area." They say, "We are fed up of continued harassment. We are helpless as there is no one to provide security and we have no other place to go," by adding that such illegal collection "goes on throughout the year and aggravates during the harvesting season." The Khasi farmers further mention, "One who expresses his inability to pay the tax, the KNV militants threaten to take away the cultivable land or the crops."
October 23: The NDFB, DHD and UPDS are involved in extortion activities, despite the fact that all these outfits are under ceasefire agreement with the Union Government, indicates media reports.
October 22: A CPI-ML leader, Lantuk Phangcho, is abducted by the UPDS from Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills.
October 18: A civilian, Brarlil Lawai, is assaulted by the KNV militants at Pampret village near Sabuda under Block I in the Ri-Bhoi district along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
September 27: Two Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) militants, ‘sergeant major’ Mangal Kiling and Hemmere Tiso, are arrested from a hideout at Kishanganj village under Howraghat police station in the Karbi Anglong district. A cache of arms and explosives, including two AK 47 rifles, hand-grenade, rocket launcher, one 9mm French-made pistol and 40 rounds of ammunition, along with INR 5,000 is recovered from the incident site.
September 26: Three employees of a manufacturing enterprise, Vinay Cements Ltd, including its senior manager, Ravi Shankar Thakur, are abducted by cadres belonging to the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) from a mining site near Umrangsu in the North Cachar Hills district. Two junior employees, Prabir Kumar Das and Nahor Singh, are subsequently released. However, involvement of Kuki militants in the abduction incident is also suspected.
September 11: The UPDS announces its suspension of peace talks with the Union Government. However, the outfit says it will continue with the cease-fire.
September 7: A bus driver, Pradip Boro, is shot dead and another, Babujan Hazarika, is abducted by militants of the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) at Langthang under Samaguri police station in the Nagaon district. According to police sources, two drivers were waiting near their buses at Langthang Bazaar, when three cadres of the outfit demanded ransom from them, and later attacked them on their refusal to pay.
September 6: Suspected KLNLF militants abduct a tea grower, Rajendra Singh, from Bogijan in the Golaghat district.
August 5: Two Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) cadres are arrested from Silputa under Bakulia police station in the Karbi Anglong district. They are identified as William Kathar and Ranjit Teron. Several incriminating documents, a diary and some arms and ammunition are recovered from their possession.
July 5: Meghalaya Chief Minister J.D. Rymbai accuses the UPDS, of violating the cease-fire rules by indulging in unlawful activities along Assam-Meghalaya border. The outfit had signed a cease-fire agreement with the Union Government on May 23, 2002.
July 1: Several farmers of Mawlasnai area in the Ri-Bhoi district, having their cultivable lands in the Madan Umwang and Khlieh Umwang areas, are served with demand notes by the UPDS cadres to pay ransom. The farmers were later asked by the militants to attend a meeting at Madan Umwang, and are threatened of dire consequences in case of failing to attend the meeting.
June 28: Several civil society organisations and chiefs of traditional local self-governance institutions, Rangbah Shnongs, urge the Meghalaya Government to create some more police outposts and deploy more police personnel to prevent the UPDS militants from harassing Khasi-Pnar families in the Block-I and II areas of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.
June 27: Suspected UPDS cadres attack a police outpost at Khanduli in the Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. While no casualty of police personnel is reported in the incident, a civilian is wounded by the militants.
June 25: Meghalaya Home Minister R. G. Lyngdoh, while expressing concern in the State Legislative Assembly over the reported threat of the UPDS in Jaintia Hills, says that the Assam and Meghalaya Governments are committed to ensuring safety and security of the people in the border area. "People living in the border areas in Jaintia Hills have been meted out harassment by the cadres of certain militant organizations," says the Home Minister.
June 23: The villagers of Moolaber, Skap, Deinler, Saba, Myntang, Psiar, Lum Moojem, Khatkhasla, Mooshrot, Mukroh and other adjoining villages near Labang-Nongphyllut in the Jaintia Hills distict are extorted Rupees 200 each by the UPDS cadres. The villagers are asked by the militants to stop cultivation and farming in the area which, the militants claim, falls under ‘Karbi land’. "The UPDS militants have recently called meetings in each and every village of the area and asked the local residents to pay a tax of Rs 200 for each household. Each village in the area has a minimum of 140 households and thus the militants must have mopped up at Rs 30,000 from each village," said LD Lakiang, the president of a civil society organization, Joint Action Committee of Jaintia Hills.
June 21: Three unidentified UPDS cadres are killed in an encounter with the police at Umkhyrmi in the Block I area of Jaintia Hills district along the Meghalaya-Assam border. One AK 56 rifle, two hand grenades, 68 rounds ammunition and one camera were recovered from the encounter site.
June 19: A huge cache of arms and explosives is seized by the Jaintia Hills district police following an encounter with at lest ten suspected UPDS militants and Karbi National Volunteers at Umkhyrmi along the Assam-Meghalaya border. The cache include one AK-47 rifle, one Chinese rifle, two Chinese hand grenades, three magazines of AK-47 rifle, 68 rounds of live ammunition and one camera. According to police sources, while all the militants managed to escape from the encounter site, three of them sustained injuries.
June 15: The Bokajan police recover the dead body of a Karbi KLNLF cadre, Mirjeng Teron alias Bhupen Teron, from an interior village in the Karbi Anglong district. According to the Additional Superintendent of Police (headquarters) Atul Gogoi, at least six UPDS militants abducted Mirjeng Teron from his residence at Japarajan and later buried his body in the village after killing him.
June 10: At least 20 suspected UPDS and Karbi National Volunteers militants enter a village and assault two persons, Kedrik Phawa and Damon Lamare, near Wanpung under Block 1 in the Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya.
May 10: Two KLNLF cadres, ‘corporal’ Kolam Sing Engti and Babu Ram Teron, surrender at Diphu, headquarters of the Karbi Anglong district. They also deposit two 9 mm pistols and four rounds of ammunition. According to sources, the KLNLF, which has been set up in 1999 following the split in UPDS, has as many as 60 cadres currently.

At least 20 suspected UPDS and Karbi National Volunteers militants enter a village and assault two persons, Kedrik Phawa and Damon Lamare, near Wanpung under Block 1 in the Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya.
May 3: A combined team of the Assam Police and the Nagaland Police arrests the ‘joint secretary (home)’ of the UPDS, Dhonsing Teron, from an unspecified location in Dimapur town. Two vehicles are recovered from his possession.
April 29: A pharmacist, Abdul Salem, is abducted by militants from Tinglijan medical sub-centre under Bokajan police station in the Karbi Anglong district. District Superintendent of Police Anurag Tankha informs, "Yesterday, we interrogated an autonomous council member and arrested an UPDS (United People's Democratic Solidarity) activist with the help of Dimapur police. The findings of a preliminary investigation suggest the UPDS' involvement in the kidnapping, but we are not ruling out the hand of the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front either."
April 10: The UPDS 'defence secretary', Thong Teron, is killed at Satgaon under the Dongkamokam police outpost in the Karbi Anglong district by the security personnel of Sing Teron, an executive member of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, during an exchange of fire. Subsequently, the UPDS militants killed two persons in retaliation in the Tongkory area of the district.
March 31: A KLNLF cadre, Rongpi, who surrendered along with three ULFA cadres before the army at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district, deposits one country-made revolver, a grenade and some detonators.
January 25: UPDS 'Publicity Secretary' Tong-Eeh-Nongloda says that the outfit is hopeful of a fruitful outcome from its fifth round of talks with the Union and the State Government in New Delhi on January 31. Nongloda also blames the State Government's lackadaisical attitude in fulfilling its demand and says, "Therefore, the talks may not yield any good results."
January 17: UPDS, active in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, decides to drop its main demand for an autonomous state and instead settles for additional powers to the existing autonomous council. The outfit's 'general secretary', Saiding Eh, says that the new set of proposals, which include granting of special financial, legal and political powers to the existing district council, will be placed before the Union Government during the next round of talks tentatively slated for the end of January 2006. "We want more powers for the council," Eh says. He also says that the outfit will also seek direct funding from all the ministries instead of the money being routed through Assam Government and an end to all interference of the State Government in the council's activities.
January 9: Karbi Anglong district police releases the UPDS 'publicity secretary', Tongeeh Nongloda, and two other cadres who are arrested on charges of cease-fire violation. However, the personal security officer for Nongloda, Langroiso Terang, is still under detention.
January 9: Police arrests UPDS 'publicity secretary', Tongeeh Nongloda, from Dilai in the Karbi Anglong District for reportedly carrying a 9mm pistol. Nongloda is detained at the Bokajan police station. Commenting on the arrest, the outfit's 'joint secretary' Ozaru Mukrang said that 20 members of the outfit are allowed to carry arms after the cease-fire. "Later, we requested the government to issue the order to four more cadres and the Special Branch Headquarters gave the green signal for it, although the licenses have not been issued as yet" Mukrang claims. He further added that Nongloda is among the four persons "permitted" by the authorities to carry arms.

2005

December 26: UPDS asks the villagers of Madan Umwang and other adjoining areas under Block-II near Sabuda in the Ri-Bhoi district, not to harvest rice without paying 'annual tax' to the outfit.
December 23: UPDS denies carrying out any extortion drive in Khasi villages in the bordering areas of Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya and Karbi Anglong district in Assam. The outfit's 'publicity secretary', Tungeh Nongloda, claimed, "Our senior cadres went to the villages to carry out an investigation regarding the matter and found that none of our cadres were resorted to extortion as reported." Nongloda, however, disclosed that the outfit collects Rupees 100 as "annual collection" from each house in Karbi Anglong district. "Besides, we collect donation from ginger planters and traders, but we don't coerce anybody", he added.
December 21: UPDS says that the outfit will not attend the Joint Monitoring Group meeting unless the nine arrested UPDS cadres are released from police custody. The 'publicity secretary' of the outfit Tong-Ehh Nongloda said, "Government is adopting an irrational policy which will stymie the peace process."
December 13: DHD announces a cease-fire with the UPDS in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts of Assam during Christmas festivities. DHD's military wing chief Pranab Nunisa in an interview says that the outfit has extended a hand of friendship to the Karbi outfit in view of the forthcoming festive season. He further claims that his outfit is not involved in the recent violent activities in the two districts.
December 6: UPDS militants issue threats to villagers in Mawlasnai and surrounding areas in Block-II bordering the Ri-Bhoi district. In a letter issued to a villager, the outfit asks a farmer to vacate his plot of land as it does not belong to him.
December 4: Unidentified militants set ablaze 300 houses in different villages in and around Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district. The State Government, meanwhile, deploys army personnel in the district instructing them to "mount an offensive on militant groups indulging in violence as well as to enforce the ground rules of ceasefire." Chief Secretary S. Kabilan says that operations under the Unified Command have already started and shoot-at-sight orders have been issued against any person, other than security force personnel, found wearing army uniform and carrying arms. The UPDS and DHD cadres are asked to remain within their designated camps, he added.
December 1: Police arrests six cadres of the Black Widow group led by Jewel Gorlosa along with UPDS militants from a place near Bokolia under Howraghat police station in the Karbi Anglong district. Currency notes amounting to Rupees 61,450 are recovered from their possession.
October 21: In the continuing ethnic clashes between Karbi and Dimasa tribals in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, suspected DHD militants kill nine UPDS cadres at Tamulbari under Diphu police station. A group of 12 UPDS militants is reported to have set 12 houses ablaze in the Kakubasti and seven houses in the Kishibam village. Subsequently, during their attempt to enter Tamulbari village, DHD militants ambush the group and nine UPDS cadres are killed on the spot.
October 19: Assam Government says that in the ethnic violence between the Karbis and Dimasas in Karbi Anglong district, a total of 72 persons, including 60 Karbis, nine Dimasas and two Nepalis have died and 1014 houses set ablaze since September 26. Government spokesperson Ripun Bora says that 50 relief camps have been set up sheltering 22,469 people displaced from 43 villages.
October 10: UPDS asks the Assam Government to shift the designated DHD camp in the Dhansiri subdivision of Karbi Anglong district, to North Cachar Hills.
October 9: Six persons from the Bura Fanchu and Longsing Engti villages are killed and hundreds of houses are torched by unidentified terrorists in separate incidents on under Diphu and Bokajan police stations in the Karbi Anglong district. The other affected villages are identified as Monsing Ingti, Bura Terang, Kangthar Kro, Norik Teron, Diliram Terang and Longso. N. N. Goswami, Additional Superintendent of Police in Karbi Anglong district, said the killings are a result of the clash of interests between the UPDS and DHD.
August 17: UPDS alleges that the KLNLF is trying to stall the peace process between the Government and the outfit. Accusing the KLNLF of involvement in the recent attacks in Karbi Anglong district, the outfit's 'publicity secretary' Tungeh Nongloda says that, "It was a handiwork of the KLNLF which cares little about the life and welfare of the innocent people".
July 20: The cease-fire between the Union Government and UPDS is extended for a year, up to July 31, 2006. An agreement to this effect is signed at the BSF sector headquarters at Patgaon in Guwahati by representatives of the UPDS, the Union and Assam Governments.
July 12: UPDS opposes the setting up of a designated camp for NDFB cadres in the Karbi Anglong district. The outfit's joint secretary Mukharng says: "We are not opposed to any movement, but setting up of a designated camp in Karbi Anglong will only pave a way for other NDFB cadres from Nagaland and Meghalaya to take shelter in our areas."
May 24: UPDS denies its involvement in the killing of KLNLF 'general secretary', H S Timung. The UPDS 'publicity secretary' Tung-eh-Nongloda claims: "The accusations by the KLNLF against us for the killing of Timung and his family members are baseless and malicious and figment of their imagination."
May 4: Three UPDS cadres are captured by the residents of Kordoiguri village under Bokajan subdivision in the Karbi Anglong district recently.
April 4: Assam Government announces the extension of the general amnesty offer to the cadres of the ULFA, NDFB, UPDS and the DHD up to April 30 to "enable them to surrender and join the mainstream."
March 30: UPDS revokes its threat to call off the cease-fire with the Government from April 1, citing "outpouring of public sentiment on the peace process." Following the appeal by three Karbi organisations, the UPDS 'publicity secretary', Tong eh-Nongloda, says in Diphu, "They offered moral support to our demand and promised to stand by us on the issue of political negotiations. That is why we have decided to withdraw the March 31 deadline."
March 23: The pro-talks faction of the UPDS reportedly threatens to take up arms again if the on-going talks between the UPDS and the Government failed to yield any result. Observing the sixth 'foundation day' in the forest area under Hamren subdivision in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, the UPDS leadership blames the State Government's apathetic attitude towards the problems of the UPDS for the failure of the talks. Reiterating its demand for a separate State with Karbi Anglong and NC Hills districts, the UPDS leadership alleges that though the Central Government and the Union Home Ministry have asked the State Government to submit the charter of demands of the UPDS, it is yet to submit it till date.
March 10: UPDS and KNV militants attack and injure four persons in the Lamalong market at Mawhati in Ri-Bhoi district.
March 5: Suspected cadres of the UPDS and KNV indulge in looting at Moolber in the Block-I area of Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. They also reportedly decamp with a rifle of a police personnel posted in the area.
February 1: A joint team of the Karbi Anglong Police and Army arrests a UPDS cadre, identified as Elwin Rongphar, from Hatigarh near Bokajan in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam on. One .9 mm pistol along with five rounds of live cartridges and Rupees 2, 20,250 are recovered from his possession.
January 19: The third round of tripartite talks held between a five-member delegation of the UPDS, the officials of MHA and Assam Government in New Delhi remains inconclusive, in the wake of Assam Government seeking three months' time to table the report of the State Cabinet Sub-Committee.
January 18: Security force personnel arrest two UPDS cadres belonging to its anti-talks faction from Heidipi under Bokajan police station limits in the Karbi Anglong district recently. Two SBBL guns, two AK-47 live rounds, two 7.65 mm live rounds and two fired SBBL cartridges, along with incriminating documents are recovered from the duo.
January 6: Police arrests four ULFA and three UPDS cadres from an unspecified place in Assam.

2004

December 31: The Assam Police recover bodies of two persons, identified as Umesh Mahato and Babul Biswas, suspected to have been shot dead by UPDS terrorists for defying its ban on cutting bamboo from Silvetta in the Karbi Anglong district.

December 31: KLNLF cadre, Arch Phangso, surrenders before the Army authorities at Manja in the Karbi Anglong district.

December 30: Suspected UPDS terrorists kill two persons and injure four others for alleged defiance of the outfit’s ban on cutting bamboo near Rangmongvey in the Karbi Anglong district.

December 27: The pro-talks faction of the UPDS threatens armed operations against the bamboo traders who violate its ban on bamboo felling.

December 24: Briefing newsmen at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district, the ‘general secretary’ of the pro-talks faction of the UPDS, Saiding-Eh, threatens to ‘drive out’ illegal Bangladeshi migrants who had come to the twin districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills after being evicted from neighbouring Nagaland.

December 12: The security forces’ arrest a KLNLF cadre along with a rifle and some ammunition from Kuwani in the Jorhat district.

December 12: The UPDS imposes a ban on bamboo trade in the twin districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts with effect from December 12, cutting off the supply of raw materials to Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd’s (HPCL) Jagiroad mill in Morigaon district. The outfit in a statement said that the HPCL would be permitted to use the bamboo gloves in the twin hill districts again after two years provided the company makes an effort to rejuvenate the green cover within the period.

December 8: The security forces’ arrest two KLNLF cadres and recover an unspecified quantity of arms and ammunition after raiding one of its hideout at No. 2 Chakihola in the Bhomizgaon area of Jorhat district.

December 9: The UPDS accuses Union Government of violating the cease-fire ground rules and threatens to take up arms. Its ‘publicity secretary’, Tong-Eh-Nongloda, alleged that the security forces’ are still carrying on counter insurgency operations against its cadres despite the cease-fire agreement.

November 30: The KLNLF announces a weeklong campaign against the controversial pact that was signed between Holiram Terang led faction of the Autonomous Sate Demand Committee (ASDC) and the Kuki National Assembly (KNA) that promises a separate ‘homeland’ to the minority Kuki tribe within the Karbi Anglong district on December 4, 2000.

November 30: The KLNLF announces a weeklong campaign against the controversial December 4, 2000 pact, signed between Holiram Terang led faction of the Autonomous Sate Demand Committee (ASDC) and the Kuki National Assembly (KNA) that promises a separate 'homeland' to the minority Kuki tribe within the Karbi Anglong district.
November 11: One person is killed and four others injured in a grenade attack by the KLNLF terrorists in Umrangsho in North Cachar Hills district.
November 11: One person is killed and four other injured in a grenade attack by KLNLF terrorists in Umrangsho in North Cachar Hills district.

November 7: UPDS threatens to launch an ‘all-out operation’ to ‘root out’ KLNLF from the twin districts of Karbi Anglong and NC Hills.

November 5: A clash between KLNLF and UPDS terrorists is reported from Tokopahar under Bokajan police station in Karbi Anglong district.

September 24: Suspected KLNLF terrorists kill one person and injure two others at the Dalamara Tea Estate in Karbi Anglong district allegedly for their refusal to pay extortion money.

August 13: UPDS terrorist, Deori Phangcho and his accomplice, Bimal Phangcho, are lynched to death by a mob at Bhaksong in Karbi Anglong district.

August 11: The UPDS (pro-talks faction) threatens to take up arms if the Government fails to protect the Karbi people from Kuki militants.

August 3: Six cadres of the KLNLF, including a ‘commander’, surrender before Army authorities at Mariani in Jorhat district.

July 30: The Union Government extends its cease-fire with the UPDS for another year up to July 31, 2005.

July 6: UPDS (pro-talks faction), in a press release, warns its breakaway faction to "return to its fold or face its military strength."

July 4: Suspected cadres of the KLNLF kill a tribal youth and injure four other members of his family at Doigrung village under Bokajan police station limits in Karbi Anglong district.

June 26: The KLNLF militants open fire on an ambulance at Silbheta under Howraghat police station in Karbi Anglong district. However, no casualty has been reported.

June 5: Normal life in Karbi Anglong district is paralysed as a result of a 72-hour general strike called by the pro-talks faction of the UPDS in protest against the killing of three of its cadres on May 30 by the army personnel.

April 25: Six people, including a former MLA, injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants of the UPDS- anti talk faction at a crowd at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district.

March 29: One UPDS cadre is killed in an encounter with the security forces at Ramtokbigaon under Howraghat police station in Karbi Anglong district.

March 19: UPDS cadres kill four Kukis including a woman and a child at remote Thengbong village atop Singhason Hills in the Karbi Anglong district.

March 3: Security forces arrest three women cadres of the UPDS-anti talk faction at Khomen Ingti Gaon under Howraghat police station in the Karbi Anglong district.

February 27: The anti-talk faction of the UPDS in a statement issued by its general secretary, H E Kathar agrees to initiate a dialogue with KRA if NSCN-IM ‘acts as the mediator and guarantor’.

February 21: Suspected UPDS cadres abduct two tea executives from a private tea garden located within the Bokajan police station limit of the Karbi Anglong district.

January 21: Security personnel recover dead bodies of two persons belonging to the Kuki tribe, suspected to be killed by the militants of the anti-talks faction of the UPDS at Kanjan, in Karbi Anglong district.

January 20: Two villagers are injured in an attack by UPDS terrorists at the Singhasan hill area in Karbi Anglong district.

January 17: The anti-talk faction of the UPDS kill four woodcutters and injure another at the Rangadubi reserve forest in the Karbi Anglong district.

January 5: Suspected UPDS cadres attack a ginger laden truck at Phuding in the Karbi Anglong district, killing a Kuki tribal on the spot and injured another two.

2003

December 24: UPDS (anti-talks faction) welcomes the offer of peace talks proposed by the KRA.
December 12: UPDS (anti-talks faction) rejects KRA's peace proposal.
December 2: UPDS (anti-talks faction) declares a movement against the Kukis in Karbi Anglong.and North Kachar districts of Assam.
November 17: UPDS (anti-talks faction), in a press release, asks the KRA to release eight abducted Karbi youths by December 1 and threatens to launch 'Operation Search' if the outfit fails to meet the deadline.
November 14: UPDS (pro-talks faction), in a press release, demands the KRA 'to immediately hand over 13 Karbi hostages'. It also urges the anti-talks faction to hand over three abducted Kukis from the Singhasan Hills area.
November 16: Karbi Anglong district police recovers nine bullet-ridden bodies of Kuki tribals, suspected to have been killed by UPDS terrorists in the Singhasan Hills area.
November 14: UPDS (Anti-Talks faction) terrorists kill nine Kuki civilians and set ablaze 70 houses in Gangjam village in Singhasan hills area of Karbi Anglong district.

November 12: UPDS (Anti-Talks faction) terrorists set ablaze five Kuki houses killing three children at Lenmol village in the Diphu district.

November 11: Suspected UPDS (Anti-Talks faction) terrorists abduct and kill four Kuki students from Hidim Teron village near Manja in the Karbi Anglong district.

November 11: Suspected UPDS (Anti-Talks faction) terrorists kill six Kuki civilians and set ablaze 70 houses at Gangjam village in the Singhasan hills area of Karbi Anglong district.

November 9: UPDS and KNV terrorists kill a Khasi civilian at Deinler village in Block I area along the Meghalaya-Assam boundary.

November 4: UPDS and KNV terrorists killed a Khasi civilian at Psiar village in Block I area along the Meghalaya-Assam boundary.

October 8: Suspected UPDS (Pro-Talks faction) terrorists rape three schoolgirls, abduct five persons of the Bodo tribe during a raid on two villages—Daldali and Kathalbari near Diphu in Karbi Anglong district.

October 6: Police arrest five pseudo UPDS terrorists from the Hidipi Bazaar area in Karbi Anglong district.

September 14: Suspected UPDS terrorists rape three women in the Gandhipur area of Bokajan sub-division in Karbi Anglong district.

August 22: Police in Karbi Anglong district arrest four persons in connection with the killing of five civilians by UPDS terrorists on August 21.

August 21: UPDS terrorists kill five persons, including four women of the family of a migrant, at Manja village in the Karbi Anglong district.

August 2: UPDS’ anti-talks faction releases an engineer of the Government’s Public Welfare Department (PWD) near Kaziranga National Park in Assam’s Nagaon district. The terrorists had abducted the three engineers on July 8 from Dokmoka.

July 26: Anti-talks faction of the UPDS asks ‘aliens’ to quit Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts.
Media reports indicate that the Karbi Anglong North Cachar Hills Peoples’ Resistance (KNPR), armed wing of the UPDS, planned strikes under ‘Operation Longri’ (homeland safe guard) against security forces.

July 24: UPDS terrorist killed in an encounter at Longkiranghang in Karbi Anglong district.
July 12: UPDS terrorist is killed in an encounter at Langlakso, under Howraghat police station limits in Karbi Anglong district.
July 9: Six persons are injured when suspected UPDS terrorists throw a hand grenade near a Cinema hall in Diphu, the headquarters of Karbi Anglong district.
June 30: UPDS's anti-talks faction drafts a manifesto and a map of its proposed "Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills self-rule territory". UPDS' camp destroyed and five cadres arrested at Denkek Langso in Karbi Anglong district.
June 27: One UPDS terrorist of the anti-talks faction is killed during an encounter at 19 Kilo, near Umrangchu in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
June 24: Leader of the UPDS' anti talks faction HE Kathar offers to mediate between the Dimasas and Hmars in Cachar and North Cachar Hills district of Assam.
June 14: UPDS terrorists kill three persons and injure three more at village Langki Ranghang Bihari Basti in Karbi Anglong district. Death toll later rises to four.
June 9: Police in Bokajan, Karbi Anglong district recover dead body of a trader from the forest area of Bhetagaon killed allegedly by UPDS terrorists for not paying the extortion sum demanded by them.
June 3: Report says that the UPDS has issued death threats to the residents of Mukroh and Saba villages in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district over the payment of a ransom of Rupees 500,000.
April 27: UPDS terrorists open fire on a Guwahati-bound moving train near Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district injuring two passengers.

April 25: UPDS begins its rail-road blockade in Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts.

March 13: A report indicates that the UPDS has served extortion notices on the teaching staff of a local school at Bokajan, Karbi Anglong district.

March 7: A report indicates that the UPDS has renewed its demand for the ‘self-determination’ of the Karbis (a tribe) and other ‘indigenous people’ living in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.

February 18: A UPDS terrorist surrenders in Bokakhat, Jorhat district.

February 6: UPDS terrorists kill civilian near Kramsagaon, Karbi Anglong.

January 25: Four persons, including a woman of a migrant family, killed by UPDS at Diphu, Karbi Anglong.

January 20: Suspected UPDS terrorists trigger bomb blast derailing Howrah-bound Kamrup Express train at Diphu, Karbi Anglong.

January 7: Karbi Anglong North Cachar Hills People’s Resistance (KNPR), armed wing of UPDS, calls for boycott of Republic Day celebrations.

January 6: UPDS sets free three abducted government employees in Karbi Anglong district.

January 5: UPDS calls for seven-day economic blockade commencing January 12 in certain areas of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hill districts to protest alleged destruction of forests by ginger cultivators.

2002

December 19: UPDS terrorists abduct three employees of the Agricultural Engineering Department at Katrijangaon, under Diphu police station-limits in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.

November 3: Five UPDS terrorists are arrested from Silanijan, Borpathar police station-limits in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, while trying to extort money from a local businessman.

October 28: Reports say two UPDS terrorists are arrested by the security forces at a place under Bokajan police station-limits, Karbi Anglong district, Assam
September 25: UPDS might clash with an unidentified group of approximately 70 Kuki terrorists in Karbi Anglong, a media report from Assam indicates.
August 22: UPDS 'commander-in-chief' Long Kumar Kiling dies of injuries following a feline attack in the forests of Karbi Anglong district, Assam.
August 6: UPDS's Haren Bay faction holds consultations with Union Home Ministry officials in New Delhi to formulate the ground rules for a proposed cease-fire agreement.
July 28: UPDS general secretary Haren Singh says terms of cease-fire agreement with the Union government would possibly come into force on August 1.
July 3: UPDS is a threat to the Tiwa community, allege various Tiwa organisations in a memorandum to the Union government.
June 23: Three UPDS terrorists killed in an encounter on Silanijan-Sokihola Road, under Bokajan police station limits.
May 28: UPDS chairman denies allegations of extortion in Taradubi village, Baithalangso police station limits.

May 23: UPDS general secretary Horensing Bey signs ‘cease hostilities' agreement with the Union government, for a period of one year, that is till year 2003.

May 20: Suspected UPDS terrorists kill four members of a non-Assamese family, including a 26-day old child, at Matikhola village, Karbi Anglong district, and set ablaze five houses in the vicinity.

April 10: Suspected UPDS terrorists abduct two Public Welfare Department (PWD) assistant engineers in Umpanai, Karbi Along.
March 24: Two UPDS terrorists lynched by local residents in Tardubi village, West Karbi Anglong
March 19: UPDS terrorist killed in an encounter at Ronghoghar village under Diphu police station limits, Karbi Anglong .
February 6 : UPDS terrorist’s dead body found in Barpathar, Karbi Anglong.
January 31 : Reports indicate that UPDS plans joint attacks on security force personnel with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) terrorist outfit.
January 27: Suspected UPDS terrorists injure 12 persons in a grenade attack at Diphu.
January 23 : Unidentified terrorists kill the vice-chairman, Gandhiram Terang of the UPDS at Gandhiram Terang in Karbi Anglong district.
January 12: UPDS terrorists kill a person at Ram Chorang village, under Bokajan police station limits.
January 4: Two UPDS terrorists surrender to Nagaland governor Shyamlal Datta at Kigwema near Kohima.

2001

December 23: Suspected UPDS terrorists kill a Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) leader at his residence in Rangmati.
December 3: UPDS terrorists kill nine persons, including six polling officials by triggering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion at Lamelangshu in Karbi Anglong. Five others were also injured in the attack.
November 24: UPDS camp at Chakihula Charikhuti in Karbi Anglong destroyed by the security forces.
September 21: Suspected UPDS terrorist killed at Howraghat in Karbi Anglong.
September 3: Two United People's Democratic Solidarity UPDS terrorists killed in an encounter at Upper Deopani in Karbi Anglong.
August 25: Suspected UPDS terrorists kill four persons by blowing up a truck at Bhuligaon, near Bokajan in Karbi Anglong district.

July 30: The UPDS, in a press release, calls for a boycott of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15.

July 18: Three civilians including a woman killed by suspected UPDS terrorists at Barmatikhola of Hamren subdivision in Karbi Anglong district.

May 10: Three security force personnel killed in an ambush laid by suspected UPDS terrorists at Dewhari Chakihota in Karbi-Anglong district.

January 7: Four non-tribal settlers killed and four injured by suspected UPDS terrorists at Diphu.

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December 31: Four Hind-speaking persons killed by suspected UPDS terrorists at Disobai forest in Karbi Anglong district.

December 28: Eight persons from the Hindi-speaking community killed by suspected UPDS terrorists at Ranganagar village in Karbi Anglong district.

September 14: Suspected terrorists of NSCN-IM and UPDS kill eleven people including ten policemen in an ambush near Diphu.

July 15: UPDS terrorists massacre 10 persons, including two women and four children, in Langparpang, Karbi Anglong district.

April 19: UPDS terrorists kill 11 persons in two separate incidents in Karbi Anglong district.

April 9: Terrorists of the UPDS massacre 11 persons in Karbi Anglong district.

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.