India Timeline - Year 2013

Date

Incidents

January 1

25 persons, including six Policemen, injured in Pulwama town (Pulwama District) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) after fresh clashes broke out between protesters and Security Forces (SFs) soon after curfew was lifted from the township. Police booked Rashtriya Rifles’ (55^th Battalion) personnel on an ‘attempt to murder’ charge.

Troops conducted searches on the LoC in KG sector of Poonch District in J&K. 

J&K witnessed 71 incidents of cross-border firing along India-Pakistan border in 2012.

The high trend of tourist influx in J&K continued in 2012, as at least 12 million tourists and pilgrims visited the State. 

SFs busted a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp and arrested two Maoists following a gun battle with them in the forest area of Palarmeta in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh Police claimed a significant drop in Maoist-related incidents with 409 incidents being reported in 2012 compared to 530 the previous year.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres including a couple surrendered before the Guntur, SP, Rural, J Satyanarayana in Andhra Pradesh.

Zeliangrong Students' Union Manipur (ZSUM) ZSUM called an indefinite blockade along NH-37 in Manipur.

Assam Rifles (AR) in a statement said that around four Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) militants opened fire at the forces and an encounter ensued, killing one cadre.

SFs arrested two sympathisers of ZUF along with arms, ammunition and money at Nonay in Tamenglong District of Manipur.

SFs arrested unspecified number of NSCN-K militants from Tamenglong town of Manipur.

Meghalaya Chief Minister (CM), Mukul Sangma, announced that a "historic settlement" is on the anvil for resolving the issues raised by the ANVC.

The Union Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh, said CPI-Maoist violence by and large has declined in Jharkhand.

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) Joint Secretary (North-East) Shambhu Singh will finalise peace talks modalities with two Kuki militant formations, United People’s Front (UPF) and Kuki National Organisation (KNO) in Manipur.

A militant of Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), identified as H Leba alias Lalit Hajong, laid down arms before Udalguri Dy. Commissioner, Thaneswar Malakar, in Udalguri District of Assam.

Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi said that after tackling insurgency effectively over the years, his Government was now faced with the problem posed by CPI-Maoists that are trying to strike roots in the State.

Tarun Gogoi, the CM of Assam said his Government could not control the BTAD unrest the way it would have liked to and it would take some time for rehabilitation of the remaining camp inmates.

PJACB economic blockade starts with supporters blocking NH-31C in Assam.

Cadres of CPI-Maoist killed Kishori Das of Kasthiniya village under Dumaria Police Station of Gaya District, Bihar.

A huge cache of arms and other belongings of the CPI-Maoist were recovered by the CRPF and Odisha Police personnel from a Maoist camp near Sarkubandha area in Malkangiri District of Odisha.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) S.S. Bose extended Police custody of suspected IM militants and seven accused arrested in the Jangli Maharaj Road blasts case in Pune, Maharashtra till January 8, 2013.

Ten teams, set up by the State Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), claimed to have recovered 18 different articles from the suspects’ custody.

ATS told the court that the conspiracy to cause serial bomb blasts on Jangli Maharaj Road was hatched by the seven arrested suspects in Saudi Arabia.

ATS said the custodial interrogation of the suspects, revealed that they were constantly in touch with the absconding suspects, Fayyaz Kagzi, Riyaz Bhatkal and three others involved in a string of terror attacks in India so far.

Investigations also revealed that one of the absconding suspects is a militant of the terror outfit LeT and he is involved in inciting youths from Aurangabad, Beed and Ahmednagar to indulge in terror activities.

Police arrested five persons for pasting anti-national posters at many places in Bhikhi and Budhlada towns of Mansa District.

January 2

A Sarpanch (head of Gram Panchayat, village level local self-government institution) of Mankeli village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh was allegedly stabbed to death by CPI-Maoist cadres in Nayapara locality of Bijapur District headquarters.

Army recovered a consignment of ammunition and explosive devices from Hari Buddha forests in Surankote area of Poonch District of J&K.

Normalcy returned in J&K’s Pulwama town of the same District after five days of curfew and clashes following release of 19 people by Police after a meeting between district administration and the local Civil Society.

SFs arrested a person, identified as Rafikul Islam (34), along with arms and ammunition in Kokrajhar District of Assam.

The indefinite economic blockade in Assam called by the Peoples Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement (PJACBM) has been suspended till January 15, following intervention from the MHA.

With the intensity of LWE declining in many parts of Odisha, its DG Police Prakash Mishra said withdrawal of armed Police from selected areas was being contemplated.

A US court rescheduled the sentencing of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Colaman Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, from January 17 to January 24, 2013 while his accomplice Tahawwur Rana has been rescheduled for a second time to January 17, 2013.

Union Government's interlocutor to the Naga peace talks R.S. Pandey has stated that it was difficult to set any "timeframe" for the "final settlement" to the Naga political issue. He has however expressed optimism that a solution to the issue would be found.

Meghalaya Government has ruled out the formation of the Garoland Autonomous Council (GAC) as demanded by the ANVC, currently under ceasefire, rather it has proposed strengthening of the GHADC with direct funding and providing more manpower.

Breakaway faction of the A’chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) said that it would participate in the "historic settlement" if it was beneficial to all three existing autonomous District councils of the State and the common people.

Mizoram State Home Minister R Lalzirliana said that the Government is making arrangements to hold negotiation with the Hmar militant outfit HPC-D.

Three Maoists, including an 'area commander', were arrested from a village in Rohtas District of Bihar.

SF personnel launched a massive combing operation at Narayanapatna area of Odisha's Koraput District, since January 2, following intelligence inputs about the presence of top CPI-Maoist leaders from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the region.

January 3

Unidentified militants abducted a businessman, identified as Anjan Kar (30), from the Kherbari in Sonitpur District of Assam.

The Central Government decided to induct 10,000 more Central Paramilitary Troops into counter-Naxal operations during the first quarter of this year (2013), with the aim of limiting LWE domination to the jungles of Bastar, Odisha and parts of Jharkhand.

The State Government's industrial policy announced in Mumbai has significant incentives for Naxal affected areas and backward regions like Vidarbha, Maharashtra.

Two men, who quit the ranks of the CPI-Maoist recently, were shot dead by the Maoists in Garhwa District of Jharkhand.

Pakistani Army violating the ceasefire opened firing on forward locations on the LoC at KG sector in Poonch District, J&K in the intervening night.

Militants around 200-225 are waiting across the LoC and 50 to 60 across the IB in Jammu sector to enter into J&K. 

Four members of a family, including three women, were arrested on the charge of circulating FICN, each with a face value of INR 1000, from their possession in Jajpur District of Odisha.

SFs arrested two active militants of Adivasi Dragon Fighters (ADF), Jehaskal Hasda alias Rajen and Raju Hembram, at Kachugaon under Gossaigaon sub-division in Kokrajhar District, Assam. One 9 mm pistol and 5 mobile phones were recovered from their possession.

SFs arrested two Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) 'over ground workers' from Sambalgre village in West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. They were allegedly providing shelter and passing information to GNLA about the movement of SF.

Activists set ablaze a motorcycle, damaged a car and an attempt was made to burn down the Bamunigaon panchayat office in RHAC areas during a 36-hour Bandh in Goalpara and Kamrup Districts of Assam.

The Central Government decided to induct 10,000 more Central Paramilitary Troops into counter-Naxal operations during the first quarter of this year (2013), with the aim of limiting LWE domination to the jungles of Bastar, Odisha and parts of Jharkhand.

January 4

Army posters with pictures of most wanted militants operating in South Kashmir appeared in Shopian District through which they have sought help of local people in nabbing them. 

South Kashmir has become the hot bed of militancy as over two dozen youths have joined the militant ranks during past one year.

SFs recovered two IEDs suspected to be planted by Anti-Talks faction of ULFA-ATF, from an Oil India Ltd pipeline at Nagajan in Tinsukia District of Assam.

SFs arrested an ULFA linkman from Dhubri District of Assam.

Assam’s Hills State Democratic Party (HSDP), a new political entity, created after dissolution of some Opposition parties and now-disbanded United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), will launch a "mass political movement" from March 2013 demanding a separate State comprising Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts of Assam.

Former UPDS leaders, who had signed a tripartite MoS with the Centre and the State Government on November 25, 2011, said they have lost faith in the government as even after more than one year no step has been taken to implement the agreement.

Following recent reports of Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) militants making an attempt to regroup ahead of the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election, the UMHA directed the State Government to keep a close watch on the activities of the outfit.

According to a separate notification of December 12 the Central Government has constituted a tribunal to be headed Delhi High Court Judge Sudershan Kumar Misra to review the ban on HNLC.

Naga Hoho (Apex body of Nagas living in Nagaland) avidly appealed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) officials to withhold the election process in the State slated till a political settlement on Naga imbroglio is reached.

Nagaland State Congress said if it is elected to power in the upcoming elections, it would implore upon the Central Government and Naga militant groups to expedite the peace talks.

Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament Kabir Suman claimed that CPI-Maoist helped Mamata Banerjee win West Bengal assembly elections in 2011.

SFs in an encounter killed an Anti-Talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) militant, corporal Debajit Duarah alias Bangli Asom, at Hebeda village in the Bordubi area in Tinsukia District.

SFs arrested three militants belonging to Anti-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF), identified as Mridul Hazarika and Samarjit Sarma of Panigaon-Patkata and Illias Ali, in Nalbari District, Assam.

An 18-year-old boy, identified as Rajib Singha, son of local leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Dinesh Singha, was arrested, from Malda District of West Bengal for allegedly acting as a courier for FICN.

A Pakistani national, identified as Mohammed Hussain alias Julfikar Ali, who was on death row since 2006 until the Supreme Court set aside his conviction and ordered his retrial in August, 2012, was acquitted by a Sessions Court in New Delhi.

The State Government of Goa has sanctioned additional four coastal Police Stations, two new jetties and three patrolling boats under the second phase to strengthen the coastal security in Goa at Tiracol, Chapora, Panaji in North Goa District and Talpona in South Goa District.

Rajnandgaon District Police, Chhattisgarh, seized large quantities of arms, ammunition, wires, tents and other materials used by CPI-Maoist cadres from the forests of Kandhura at the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border.

January 5

The Union and State Government signed a draft agreement with both ANVC and ANVC -B for expansion of powers of the Garo Hills Autonomous District (GHADC).

SFs arrested one militant of All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), identified as Mohesh Orang (23), from Gopinathpur area of Kokrajhar District of Assam. One .9 mm pistol along with 5 live rounds was recovered from the arrested militant.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) formally arrested key accused in February 18, 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case, Lokesh Sharma, in connection with the September 8, 2006 Malegaon (Nashik District of Maharashtra) bomb blasts case.

SFs arrested a suspected People’s Liberation Army (PLA) militant, identified as Ms Akham Khomdonbi, in Pallel Keithel area in Thoubal District.

Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF), the political wing of PLA, has denied any connection between RPF and Akham Khomdonbi.

Maharashtra ATS summoned Act MCOCA against the seven suspected IM militants arrested in the 2012 Pune (Maharashtra) serial blasts of August 1.

India termed Pakistan’s response to its “wishlist” with regard to 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks as unsatisfactory, calling the list ‘critical’ to ‘substantive movement’ in bilateral relations.

Shambhu Singh, joint secretary in MHA said that MHA would take a decision of not holding any discussion with insurgent groups anywhere in the country in the days ahead, but demand their unconditional surrender.

A CPI-Maoist cadre surrendered before the Police along with arms in Rohtas District, Bihar.

A hardcore Maoist, identified as Manesingh, resident of Manhakal village, Durgkondal Police Station, in Kanker District was arrested from his native village in Chhattisgarh. He was the secretary of Regional People Council (Jantana Sarkar).

January 6

Two persons, Thokchom Rameshwor Singh (40) and Sagolshem Purnima Devi (38), engaged in the recruitment of youngsters at Heirok area of Thoubal District of Manipur for the KYKL-MDF were caught by the locals and handed over to the Police.

A person, identified as Thangminlen Haokip (29), was killed in an IED explosion near Kondong Lairembi temple at Kwatha Lamkhai in Chandel District in Manipur.

SFs killed, in an encounter, a GNLA militant, identified as Jona Marak, at Mindikgre village in South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. SFs recovered one hand grenade from him.

An Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) and two constables were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted inside a bag by the CPI-Maoist cadres, blew off near Dabnahi in Gariaband District of Chhattisgarh. Later para-military Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) forces found another bomb in the area and diffused it.

SFs deployed in Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh arrested five Maoists from the dense forest of Timirguda and Gaurarm.

Police busted a Maoist camp under operation in a dense forested area of Birbhati village under Bhejji Police Station in Sukma District and seized large numbers of Maoist uniforms, guns and other items.

Pakistan violated Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) at LoC in the Hajipir area of Uri sector in Baramulla District of J&K.

One Pakistani soldier was reportedly killed by Indian SFs in Hajipir Sector of Bagh area.

A Special Operation Group (SOG ) trooper was injured in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres in Gandhmardan reserve forest, near Saapmund, Mahulpali and Beherapani villages, in Khprakhol block of Balangir District, Odisha.

SFs arrested two suspected GNLA militants, identified as Nidu Sangma (19) and Dukham Momin (18), from Bakhrakhuti village near Dudhnoi in Goalpara District, Assam.

Letters seized from CPI-Maoist 'commander' Ghasi alias Chenda Bhushanam, who was arrested in April 2011, indicate that Maoists were in touch with Odisha’s Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Koraput Raghuram Padal and Koraput MP Jayram Pangi, (both from BJD) and the Pottangi Congress MLA Ramachandra Kadam. The letters were seized from Ghasi and produced in a trial court as part of the seizure list.

ANVC leader, Arist Sangma said that he was ready to negotiate with the GNLA if the militant group is willing to be part of the peace pact. "Being part of the mother organization, we want to appeal to the GNLA so that they can take part in the peace process as this is a golden opportunity and we are ready to facilitate the talks," said Sangma, 'publicity secretary 'of ANVC.

Breakaway faction of ANVC (ANVC-B) 'Chairman', Rimpu Marak has said that the militant outfit signed the peace pact to bring over all development to the people of Garo Hills. "The ANVC (B) joined the settlement process at the final stage to ensure peace and bring about changes in terms of development, growth and progress to the deprived areas, especially the Garo dominated areas," Marak said.

According to a notification by Manipur Home Department, Police Stations located in the District Police Headquarters in all the Districts of the State have been designated as Nodal Police Stations of the respective Districts for reporting detection of FICN by the banks and lodging FIR cases for the offences relating to FICN detected. According to the notification, all the Nodal Police Stations are to submit monthly status report to the Home Department for onward submission to the concerned authorities.

Normal life was affected in Nuapada and Gariabandh Districts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh respectively due to the bandh call given by CPI-Maoist.

A lesser known LWE outfit, Sashastra People's Morcha, assaulted employees of a brick kiln and burnt a JCB machine and two tractors at Koiram village of Arwal District, Bihar, as their owner refused to pay extortion money.

SFs arrested two Maoist sympathisers from Choi under Churchu Police Station of Hazaribagh District, Bihar.

January 7

Seven CRPF troopers were killed and 12 critically injured in an encounter with the CPI-Maoists at Karmatiya forests in Latehar District of Jharkhand. Two Maoists were also killed. Subsequently, the death toll rose to 16 in the incident.

A woman was leading the attack on SF personnel at Karmatiya forest in Latehar Distinct of Jharkhand that killed 11 CRPF troopers. Two Maoists were also killed in return fire and 16 SF personnel were injured.

SFs recovered the bullet-riddled body of a man at Changamdabi Loukon under Yairipok Police Station of Thoubal District in Manipur. The slain man is yet to be identified. One hand grenade, some live ammunition and some empty cartridges were found near the body.

There was a fierce exchange of fire between SFs and suspected insurgents at Khoibu in Chandel District, Manipur.

Pakistan violated CFA at LoC in KG sector of Poonch District in J&K.

SFs, in an encounter, killed an 'area commander' of GNLA, identified as Gojol Sangma, at Garakgre village in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. SFs recovered a pistol and ammunition from the slain militant.

A court in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh ordered the acquittal of 10 accused in the Tadmetla massacre of 76 SFs on April 6, 2010.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, identified as Nitul Moran, at Doomdooma in Tinsukia District.

Non-tribals of Assam’s Kamrup-rural District blocked NH-37 and disrupted rail communication at different locations in southern Kamrup demanding the forthcoming Garm Panchayat (village-level self governing body) election be held in non-tribal pockets within the RHAC. The Gram Panchayat polls are not held in all the autonomous council areas of the State, including under the RHAC, as these special category areas have their own council elections.

Trial court dismissed the bail plea of LeT terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack key handler Abu Jundal.

Union Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Jitendra Singh said that the Government has relaxed recruitment norms by lowering the education qualification and physical requirements and underlined that special recruitment drives were being organised in Naxal [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)]-affected areas – Chhattisgarh, Odisha, parts of Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah reiterated his demand for partial lifting of AFSPA.

ANVC-B 'chairman' Rimpu Marak said that the KHADC and JHADC will benefit from the ANVC draft tripartite peace pact signed on January 5. Marak further said that the outfit was willing to meet the leaders of other councils and social leaders of Khasi and Jaintia Hills to discuss the matters concerning the role of traditional heads and chiefs in the growth of Meghalaya.

The Government's plan to strengthen the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) following talks with the ANVC had led to demands for strengthening the KHADC and the JHADC.

The Central and the Nagaland Government should be looking for a “Naga solution” in totality rather than an “Isak-Muivah faction of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) solution”, said Wangtin Naga, ‘Minister for Information and Publicity’ of the Khaplang faction of NSCN (NSCN-Khaplang).

A Maoist was arrested from Sonpura village in Saranda forest area under Manoharpur Police Station in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.

A top CPI-Maoist identified as Thakkalpalli Vasudeorao alias Asanna alias Satish alias Vasu alias Sujit who carries a reward of INR 2.5 million on his head, entered Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

Assam Government will update NRC in 42 LACs in eight districts of Assam in the first phase.According to an official source, the 42 LACs are from Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Sonitpur Districts. The NRC in these constituencies will be updated within three years from the day of starting the work.

United Peoples Liberation Front (UPLF), a newly formed militant outfit in Karbi Anglong District, Assam, warned Karbi community to refrain from exploiting non-Karbi people living in the District economically, socially and politically.

Doctors conducting the autopsy of the CRPF troopers killed in the CPI-Maoist ambush in Latehar District of Jharkhand found a 2.75 kg unexploded IED stitched inside the abdomen of a trooper.

Maoists under Arvind, who is a member of the 'central military commission', had been experimenting with this new offensive for the past few days in Latehar jungles.

January 8

Almost a dozen of Pakistani troopers breached the LoC at Mankot sector in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch District, Jammu and Kashmir, ambushed an Indian Army patrol, beheaded one, killed another Indian trooper and injured other two of a patrol party.

Pakistan troopers resorted to firing using heavy, medium and small arms fire on Indian posts in almost entire KG sector of Poonch District, J&K.

Suspected cadres of a CPI-Maoist 'action team' shot dead a home guard at Parnashala in Dummugudem mandal in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.

Police arrested two militia 'commanders' -- Nachika Kalinga and Vadaka Deruku -- of CMAS, a frontal organisation of CPI-Maoist, at Anasabhadra Road Junction in Makkuva mandal in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh.

CPI-Maoist cadres carried out a small explosion near the venue of a sports event organised by the Police Department for people along Dhanora-Heti road in Dhanora in Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.

SFs busted a militant hideout in forests of village Buta in Tangmarg area of Baramulla District in J&K and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Inspector General (IG) S S Sandhu said that AFSPA may have been used near the LoC but is not used in the hinterland in Kashmir valley.

BSF recovered FICN with a face value of INR 1.2 million, along with 11 kilograms of heroin near Border Outpost Khalra in Amarkot sector of Ferozepur District of Punjab.

CBI arrested Moinul Haque, former 'president' of ABMSU for his role in the killing of four Bodo youths on July 20, 2012, at Joypur in Kokrajhar District of Assam. Two of his associates, identified as Jahanuddin Sheik and Jakhir Ali, were also arrested. Altogether 22 people have been arrested by the CBI in connection with the case. The CBI has earlier arrested five people in September 2012, six in December 2012 and eight persons on January 5, 2013.

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths arrested two persons, Manoj Sah and Brijesh Sahni, from Muzaffarpur (Muzaffarpur District) railway station and recovered FICN of 1000 denomination worth INR 491,000.

Meghalaya cabinet approved the text of the draft settlement agreement to be signed with the ANVC militants. A tripartite meeting between the Central, State Government and the ANVC resulted in signing of a draft agreement on January 5. The State Cabinet has also constituted a committee, which will comprise State Government and District Council representatives, MHA officials, and representatives from the ANVC to go into the finer points of the proposed agreement.

January 9

Three children, identified as Rinki Kurmi (10), Rupesh Kurmi (5) and Sandhya Kurmi (5), were killed and two others were injured in a suspected grenade explosion at Kharjan under Digboi Police Station in Tinsukia District of Assam. Those injured in the blast were identified as Bhanumati (25), and Pushpanjali Kurmi (7).

All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) in Assam warned of a massive movement if Bodoland is not formed by the time the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh State gets statehood. ABSU 'General Secretary', Jiron Basumatary further called for the release of jailed NDFB-RD 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary to facilitate the peace process.

Army detected and defused an IED at Salani bridge on Poonch-Rajouri-Jammu road near Rajouri town in Rajouri District of J&K.

J&K Police seized 15 cartridges of AK rifle and some iron rods from a truck loaded with almonds, being imported by traders from Hajeera, Rawlakote in PoK on Poonch-Rawlakote route.

Police arrested Nanu Ram alias Prabhatji, 'secretary' of Koyal Sankh Zone of CPI-Maoist, along with a pistol and five rounds of ammunition, from Kanke Police Station area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.

Following the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops, the BSF said it was on high alert along the border in Punjab.

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed incited LeT’s BATs (Border Action Teams), consisting of jihadis and trained militants to step up activity along the LoC.

Hafiz Saeed and HM ‘supreme commander’ Syed Salahuddin have reportedly told a delegation of separatists leaders from J&K that armed militancy would revive in the Valley in 2014.

ATS , Maharashtra Police  said that Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, along with the other 21 accused, have been involved in terrorist activities right from 1996.

The draft charges that have been submitted to the court propose that the court charge Jundal under different sections of MCOCA, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act, Explosives Substances Act and Indian Penal Code.

A delegation of the ECI, which is on a visit to the State, has asked the DC and SPs of West, East and South Garo Hills Districts of Meghalaya to carry out a vulnerability mapping of areas which are affected due to insurgent activities by GNLA.

All Manipur United Clubs Organization (AMUCO) president K.T Rahman after attending a meeting with Manipur Chief Minister, said that the State Government is gearing up to wipe out all the NSCN-IM camps present in the State.

Union Government notified the amendment in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Bill which designates economic offences including circulation of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) as terrorist acts.

BSF troopers arrested five Bangladeshi smugglers while they were trying to infiltrate into the State at Namchapara in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. BSF recovered mobile phones, INR 12,440 and other items worth around Rs 35,300 from their possession.

CPI-Maoist cadres sabotaged road construction work underway between Aheri and Medpalli on Bhamragad Road near Mirkal village under Aheri tehsil of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra by setting ablaze three tractors and a JCB.

A case under UAPA, Section 10(4) has been registered against the organisers of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale for exhibiting an installation work of a Dutch artist, identified as Jinas Staal allegedly promoting banned outfits, including Taliban, LTTE and IM in Kochi (Ernakulam District) of Tamil Nadu.

Police arrested the 'deputy commander' of Kasansoor Dalam of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Ramesh alias Kaju Gawde, during anti-Maoist operation in Reknar village in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.

January 10

Pakistani Army violated the CFA and opened fire on forward Indian positions at Battal area comprising Roshni, Helmet and Chajja Man posts on the LoC in the KG sector of Poonch District of J&K. A Pakistani Army trooper, manning Kulli Post PoK, was reportedly killed in retaliatory fire.

Suspected NSCN-K militants abducted four persons of a private mining company from Tikok Hills area under Margherita Sub-Division in Tinsukia District. The abducted persons were identified as Mahendra Baruah, Pancham Charki, Kunal Basumatary and Raja Thapa.

UHM, Sushil Kumar Shinde said that ban on outlawed ULFA and NDFB would continue.

Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi held the ULFA-ATF responsible for the death of three children in Tinsukia district on January 9.

In the Latehar encounter of January 7, so far, bodies of nine CRPF troopers, one Jharkhand Jaguar, and four civilian have been recovered from the encounter site with one dead body of a villager being found. At least two Maoists are said to have been killed in the encounter though the bodies were not recovered.

Grenades and ammunition made in Pakistan were among the items recovered from the site of the Maoist encounter in Latehar District of Jharkhand.

Maoists warned SFs against using innocent villagers as human shields and asked them to work for the civil society instead of being used by the State which is working for corporate houses, a press communiqué issued by the Maoists said.

A group of around 18 CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a tractor at a brick kiln at Chandi village under Sadar Police Station area of Vaishali District of Bihar, and left behind a pamphlet demanding a monthly 'levy' of INR 25,000 from its owner, Anuj Rai.

Police arrested 12 suspected Maoist supporters from Marachi village under Barraia Police Station in Gaya District of Bihar and seized looted Police rifles.

The UMHA in its monthly report revealed that alleged Hindu fanatics arrested by NIA had not only confessed to having executed blasts such as those in Samjhauta Express, Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid and Malegaon but also owned up to some sensation murders and shooting incidents.

UMHA Sushil Kumar Shinde said that LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed had visited the border areas in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) a few days before the killing of two Indian soldiers.

Intelligence reports suggested that Saeed had visited areas opposite KG sector in Poonch District of J&K about a week before the Pakistan Army's intrusions on Indian side on January 8.

Intercepts revealed that Pakistan Army organised Barha Khanna at their forward village of Mandola in PoK and displayed parts of the body of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, two rifles and two magazines which they had taken away after raid in Mankot area of J&K.

Army has decided not to vacate any post in high altitude areas in twin border Districts of Rajouri and Poonch in forward areas of J&K along LoC during the winter.

PoK authorities suspended cross-LoC trade on Poonch-Rawlakote route citing that its trucks fell under Indian Army's firing range.

NSA Shivshanker Menon asserted there has been an increase in the incidents of ceasefire violations and in infiltration attempts.

January 11

Unidentified militants shot dead a Sarpanch and ruling Congress worker, Habibullah Mir, in Sopore area of Baramulla District of J&K.

Militants abducted and later killed a contractor, Mohammad Shafi Dar, from Aglar village in Pulwama District of J&K.

APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq met with chiefs of LeT and HM in December 2012 in Pakistan. The report said that the duo had told the delegation that armed militancy would revive in the Valley in 2014.

Pakistan violated the ceasefire and opened fire on the LoC at five posts in J&K’s Krishna Ghati (KG) and Sona Gali sectors of Poonch District.

Ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops was also reported from Balakote sector in Mendhar area of the same District of J&K.

SFs recovered a cache of arms, ammunition in forest area of Chatoosa in Sopore, Baramulla District of J&K.

Defence Minister A K Antony called the January 8 beheading of two Indian soldiers as turning point at the moment.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Poonch and Rajouri Range Danish Rana said that the heightened tension in the bordering areas of Poonch District of J&K was because most of the other parts of the LoC were covered by snow and Pakistan was trying to push infiltrators into Indian territory through this stretch.

Unidentified persons left a Chinese made hand grenade each at the school premises of the HRD Academy and Comet School located at Ghari and Changangei under Lamphel Police Station in Imphal West District of Manipur. A Police bomb squad has picked up the two bombs and disposed the two at Lamphelpat garbage dumping ground.

CPI-Maoist has given a call for two-day bandh from January 13 in Palamau division, comprising three Districts (Palamau, Latehar and Garhwa of Jharkhand) in protest against the arrest of two of their leading cadres.

Jharkhand Police arrested two alleged Maoists suspected to be involved in Latehar encounter.

Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Gauri Shankar Rath said "They have (Maoists) outer support because the people are plotting against the country from outside of our boundaries have got links with these Maoists."

The BSF arrested three cadres of the GNLA from two Khasi Hills Districts in Meghalaya and recovered two 9 mm revolvers and extortion notes from their possession. Official sources said that the BSF arrested two cadres of GNLA, identified as Nowel Momin and Arbin Marak, from the Borsora area in West Khasi Hills Districts after receiving reports of GNLA activities in the area. Both originally hail from Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills District.

Through information provided by the two cadres, the BSF along with Meghalaya Police carried out a joint operation in Horupukni village in Mawsynram to arrest the third militant, Sukumar R Sangma. Besides the revolvers and demand notes, 19 rounds of ammunition, a mobile phone and Rs 2,050 were recovered from the three militants.

Additional District and Sessions judge S Prabhakar Rao of Koraput District, Odisha, acquitted CPI-Maoist leader Chenda Bhusanam alias Ghasi and six others for lack of evidence in two murder cases in Odisha.

The Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur, G Gaikhangam said that the Government will close down all peace camps of the NSCN-IM in Manipur. He further said that the Manipur Government does not recognize the peace camps which were opened in Manipur.

SFs rescued the four employees of Brahmaputra Infrastructure Private Ltd, abducted by suspected NSCN-K militants on January 10, from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Tinsukia District of Assam.

The Shillong Bench of the Gauhati High Court granted bail to Champion Sangma, 'chairman' of the GNLA, after the Assam government failed to file chargesheet against him. Champion Sangma, who is lodged in Shillong Jail, was granted bail in two cases lodged against him in Nongstoin, the District headquarters of West Khasi Hills District. However, Sangma will continue to remain in jail as there is one case pending against him in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District.

January 12

Pakistan Army opened heavy firing on eight pickets in Krishna Ghati sector of J&K. Army said troops observed movement of 6 to 7 infiltrators heading towards Indian Territory in Krishna Ghati sector. The troops opened firing to neutralize the infiltrators.

Militants opened fire and critically injured a woman Panch and a Congress worker, Zooni, outside her house in Dar Mohalla at village Shiva in Sopore area of Baramulla District in J&K.

45-year-old man was killed by suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist at village Pairampalli in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

At least seven cadres of CPI-Maoist and a constable of Greyhound, sustained injuries in an exchange of fire during a combing operation in the forest area between Cherla and Kitaram villages in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.

Police in Palamu District of Jharkhand successfully repulsed an attack by the CPI-Maoist cadres on the Satbarwa Police Outpost. New areas have been included under the ongoing anti-LWE operation "Anaconda II", to flush out Maoists from Jharkhand's West Singhbhum District, a senior police officer said.

SFs arrested a suspected militant belonging to ULFA-ATF, Dhanudhar Neog, from Jutlibari area of Doomdooma in the Tinsukia District of Assam.

Following the inputs provided by the arrested ULFA-ATF militant SFs busted a militant camp located in the northern part of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in the same District of Assam.

A NSCN-KK cadre identified as Pojem Konyak of Sheanghah Wansa village from Mon town was held by NSCN-K militants in the Mon District in Assam.

January 13

Pakistani troops violating ceasefire opened heavy firing at majority of posts, including Nangi, Kranti, Kirpan, Ghora, Chajja Man and Dogra, in the KG sector, at LoC, in the Poonch District of J&K.

33 Panchs and Sarpanchs from the Sopore area resigned in the State of J&K.

SFs were locked in a gun battle with Maoists near Kaligudam village in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

A group of around 40 cadres of CPI-Maoist set ablaze 27 vehicles at a road construction site near Lekha (Menda) village on Godalvahi-Dhanora road in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

Suspected GNLA militants lobbed a grenade at Forest Range Office compound at Rongreng Chidekgre in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. According to police, though the grenade exploded there was no casualty or damage.

Police arrested five persons in Mutthiganj Police Station area of Allahabad city of Uttar Pradesh with FICN with a face value of over INR 100,000.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to KYKL, identified as a 'lance corporal', Khongbantabam Sanajaoba Singh alias Bungo alias Puremba (27), from Kongpal Chingangbam Leikai near the Netaji Memorial Club in Manipur.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to KCP-MC, identified as Ningthoukhongjam Sushil Singh alias Ishingchaoba alias Imo (32), from Langthabal Kunja Mamang Leikai near the petrol pump in Imphal East District of Manipur, the release continued.

SFs arrested a woman militant of KCP-Noyon, identified as Moirangthem Ongbi Jamuna Devi (42), during a search operation at Kakching Lamkhai in Thoubal District of Manipur. One .9 mm pistol with two live rounds, one Chinese hand grenade and one mobile handset were recovered from her possession.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to I K.Sanbijit faction of the NDFB-IKS, identified as Sailot Narzary, from Sukrajhar area under Basugaon Police Station in Assam’s Chirang District. Two foreign made hand grenades were recovered.

NSCN-K released a captive militant, Pojem Konyak, from the rival faction of NSCN-KK in Mon District in Nagaland.

BSF seized over FICN with a face value of INR 46,00,000, 23 weapons, 33 magazines and 264 rounds in 2012 along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab.

ISI has reportedly opened two new centres to train a large number of youngsters on terrorism just opposite the Jaisalmer-Ganganagar area along the IB in Punjab. Both the centres are managed by ISI officials and JeM militants.

SFs arrested two recruiters of UPPK, Laishram Koirengsana Meitei alias Thambaljao Meitei (21) and Heikham Akshay Singh (20), operating across the Indo-Myanmar border in Moreh in the same District of Manipur.

SFs arrested two injured militants of the NDFB-IKS, following an encounter with SFs, at Ultapani in Kokrajhar District of Assam. SFs recovered two grenades, one pistol and some incriminating documents from the injured militants.

Maharashtra ATS made the eighth arrest in the six low-intensity blasts at Pune’s (Maharashtra) Jungli Maharaj Road on August 1, 2012.

The top NSCN-IM leadership, Isak Chisi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, scheduled to leave for Delhi on January 12, had cancelled their visit and decided to 'extend their Christmas vacation in Camp Hebron (Dimapur District of Nagaland) indefinitely citing piling 'home work'. The Central Government is consulting with the Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur on the proposals put up by the NSCN-IM after more than 60 rounds of talks with Delhi since the ceasefire pact was signed in 1997.

SFs arrested an NDFB-IKS militant, identified as Sylot Narzary (25) alias Syco, from Salbari area under Basugaon Police Station of Chirang District in Assam.

SFs arrested four NSCN-K cadres from Alahoto Colony in Zunheboto District of Nagaland along with arms and ammunition.

SFs arrested one NLFT-BM collaborator identified as Jang Bahadur Reang (55) in between Chakbihar Chowdhury Para and Birchandra Chowdhury Para under Manikpur Police Station in Dhalai District.

There has been information that a new alliance has been made between JeM and Babbar Khalsa at Rahim Yar Khan District of Punjab Province in Pakistan.

There were reports that two LeT militants, who were part of a group, which tried to infiltrate into this side under covering fire, were killed in firing of Pakistan Army on other side of the LoC.

Investigations by the NIA have found that some of those accused in blasts linked to ‘Hindu terror’ had gone to Gujarat during the 2002 riots on the instructions of slain RSS cadre Sunil Joshi.

January 14

SFs killed two militants, identified as Thungri Basumatary and Barfu alias B Borailing belonging to the NDFB-IKS at Delaishree near Lumsung Forest reserve under Chirang reserve in Kokrajhar District of Assam. The SFs also recovered two .9 mm pistols and some rounds of ammunition. NDFB-IKS, however, termed the killing of two militants in the encounter as "fake encounter" and condemned the killings.

Brigade Commander level flag meeting between India and Pakistan at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch District ended without any positive result as both sides stick to their positions.

Unidentified militants carried out a grenade blast at the residence of Jangmang Haokip, President of HTC, in Moreh Ward no-3 in Chandel District in Manipur. Immediately after, a 12-hour bandh (shut down) was announced in the border town, including NH-2, beginning from 6pm. Indefinite border bandh was also imposed. The HTC president was at his office when the incident occurred.

NIA authority probing blasts in Malegaon, Samjhauta Express and Mecca Masjid cases was given a 12-month extension.

India is among the nations hit by a cyber espionage that has been targeting diplomatic, governmental as well as scientific research organization at least for five years.

General Bikram Singh opposed any dilution of the AFSPA in J&K, saying that any decision to revoke it from any part should be taken only after getting inputs from security agencies and stakeholders.

One militant belonging to NLFT-BM identified as Nitush Debbarma (25) alias Naikhol, surrendered before SFs at BOP under Vangmun Police Station in North Tripura District. The militant deposited One Carbine, 03 Magazines and 90 round ammunitions of Carbine.

One militant belonging to BNCT namely Rabindra Reang (26), surrendered before SFs at Kumpui under Vangmun Police Station in North Tripura District. During surrender the militant deposited one .22 mm Pistol, One Magazine and three rounds of ammunitions of .22 mm Pistol.

January 15

One villager was killed and another injured in an explosion near a Police firing range in the forest area of Sirsiguda village in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh, however Police said possible involvement of the CPI-Maoist cannot be ruled out.

Central Government said that the SoO Agreement with the Pro-Talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Progressive (NDFB-PTF) had been extended till June 30, 2013.

CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze three vehicles, deployed at a construction site, on Sawargaon-Gyrapatti road in Dhanora tehsil of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. 

BSF troopers arrested seven illegal Bangladeshi immigrants while they were trying to infiltrate into India from Baghmara in South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The arrested persons were identified as Mohmmad Hasin (25), Umar Khan (40), Mohmmad Amiruddin (30), Habibur Rahman (28), Urj Marak (26), Bikash Sangma (22) and Md Fojul Haque (40).

Pakistan Army resorted to heavy firing in J&K at four instances, at least, since the Brigade Commander level flag meeting between India and Pakistan of January 14.

Pakistan Army alleged that one of its soldiers was killed in unprovoked firing by Indian troopers along the LoC.

Pakistan troops resorted to small and medium fire at three Indian forward posts in Mendhar sector of Poonch District of J&K.

NIA scanned the forest adjoining Bagli town of Dewas District of Madhya Pradesh in search of hideouts and evidence of places used to make and test bomb by Hindu hardliners including the slain RSS member Sunil Joshi.

NSCN-KK directed all its rank and files not to take part in the coming Nagaland Assembly elections. It has also warned of "stern disciplinary actions" against members "misusing their good offices." According to NSCN-KK, MIP statement, all unit commanding officers and regional authorities have been instructed to strictly comply with the directive.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has alerted all the braches of banks in north Bihar adjoining Indo-Nepal border to take serious precaution in transactions of currencies at their counters as this area has been marked as sensitive for circulation of FICN.

32 Districts in U.P including state capital Lucknow have been put on high alert after intelligence reports revealed that around 50 terrorists had infiltrated through the Nepal border into the state for establishing contact with IM operatives prior to Republic Day celebrations.

US prosecutors sought 30 years' imprisonment for Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect, Tahawwur Rana, for providing material support to LeT and conspiring for a terror attack on a Danish newspaper.

The MHA cleared a proposal whereby four States affected the most by LWE — Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar — will raise specialised forces trained in guerrilla warfare and equipped with modern weaponry to take on the extremists.

Bihar State Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, resident of Dhokli village in Jamui District, from Banka District.

SFs, in the intervening night arrested a PLA militant, Thongam Sanjit alias Kemo (33) from Wabagai Tera Pishak Mamang Leikai. However, RPF, political wing of PLA, clarified that Thongam Sanjit alias Kemo (33) was already dismissed from the party on April 4, 2011.

Following demands raised by the MHA and the Planning Commission, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) decided to relax forest conservation rules to allow twenty-two LWE-affected districts to build public infrastructure in forestland.

January 16

Suspected NSCN-KK militants killed one militant belonging to NSCN-K, 'lieutenant' Kinglichem, and injured another militant at Medical Ward in Kiphire District in Nagaland.

Top ULFA-ATF militant, Drishti Rajkhowa, was reportedly killed, in either an encounter with SFs or in a clash with GNLA militants, near the India-Bangladesh border in West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya.

The ANVC-B has said that the Meghalaya Government is losing revenue worth billion of rupees from coal trade due to the nexus between the traders and corrupt government officials. According to the outfit, the coal traders do not pay taxes to the District Council and export far greater volume of coal than what they show on record.

Bellampally Police in Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh found an old CPI-Maoist dump in Mamidigattu forests, under Ramakrishnapur Police Station limits while conducting combing operations.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Madhurapur forest under Kauakol Police Station area in Nawada District of Bihar.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested from Kaimur hills, under Aghoura Police Station, in Kaimur District of Bihar.

Police arrested a HM militant, Feroz Ahmed, from Maltang Dalgate in Jawahar Nagar locality of Srinagar (Srinagar District) of J&K. An AK 47 rifle, two AK magazines, 26 rounds of AK 47 and one wireless set was recovered from his possession.

An Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) was spotted flying on village Jhallas (Poonch District) near the LoC.

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik called for monthly sit-in protests against life imprisonment of Kashmiri youths.

Delhi Police has received a general input on possible attacks by IM and LeT in Delhi.

In a telephonic conversation the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan agreed not to allow escalation of tensions along LoC.

Army said that Pakistan has planted anti-personnel land mines along walking area between forward posts on the Indian side of the LoC in J&K to target soldiers.

The next round of political dialogue between the Assam Government and NDFB-PTF is likely to be held later this month, even as the NDFB-PTF renewed its demand for creation of a separate State of Bodoland. A five-member delegation of NDFB-PTF led by 'general secretary' Govinda Basumatary on January 16 had their first interaction with UMHA, Sushilkumar Shinde. The militant leaders urged the UMHA to expedite resolution of their charter of demands.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi credited the BTC authorities and Congress for the quick rehabilitation of the riot-affected people. CM Gogoi said, "We thought it would take time to rehabilitate the people after such major riots but I am told only about 6,000 people are now left in the relief camps and the process is on to rehabilitate them. Most of the over 4 lakh people have returned. It was possible because of the initiative by the Hagrama Mohilary-led BTC administration and the people of this area, who have realised that we need to live together in peace. The riots were incited by certain forces to create misunderstanding and chaos among the people."

Tripura CM Manik Sarkar appreciated the current Bangladesh government's efforts to crack down on militants from the Northeast but added that more could be done in this regard. "The present Bangladesh government has initiated measures to drive away anti-India militants based there. But I think there is scope for more action. I say this, because even now 22 hideouts of outfits banned by the Tripura government exist on Bangladeshi soil. And we have asked the Union home minister and Union external affairs minister to take up this issue with Bangladesh during bilateral talks," CM Sarkar said.

The Mizoram government is pushing for early resumption of talks with the militant group HPC-D. This development comes in the aftermath of the Election Commission's announcement to hold by-election to the Chalfilh assembly constituency on February 23. A large number of the Chalfilh electorate belonged to the Hmar community and would be highly influenced by the diktats of the HPC-D leadership.

The Centre asked all LWE affected states to ensure that proceedings like producing of the Maoists before the court, remand and trial should be conducted through video conferencing in view of the November 9, 2012, Giridih (Jharkhand) incident.

In addition, BTC 'chairman' Hagrama Mohilary softened his stand on rehabilitation of doubtful citizens in the Bodo belt, saying all displaced people would be re-settled with or without land documents.

Mumbai Police arrested Farooq Naiku and Mohammed Talukdar linked with HM from a guest house at Masjid Bunder in Mumbai (Greater Bombay District) along with FICN worth INR 27, 200.

January 17

A civilian, identified as Plaindro Sangma, who was shot at by GNLA militants on January 2, succumbed to his injuries at Tura Civil Hospital in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. GNLA militants had shot three supporters, including Plaindro Sangma, of Community and Rural Development Minister, Saleng Sangma, at Aklangre village under Dalu Police Station in West Garo Hills District. The militant outfit accused them of being Police informers.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed the father of a Policeman who was abducted from Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District, in December 2012.

Pakistan Rangers opened unprovoked fire targeting a patrolling party of BSF at the border observation post at Raja Mohattam area along IB in Ferozepur sector (Ferozepur Border) of Ferozepur District of Rajasthan.

SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF linkman, identified as Tutu Bora Moran, from Jutlibari under Doomdooma Police Station in Tinsukia District of Assam.

Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi said that notwithstanding the improvement in the situation in BTC areas following a period of prolonged Bodo-Muslim ethnic violence in 2012, forces that had fuelled the clashes were still active in the State. CM, Tarun Gogoi also asserted that militant groups and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agents were also at work during the ethnic-clashes period.

48- hour Karbi Anglong Bandh (General Shutdown) imposed by KANCHASDCOM an organisation demanding creation of an autonomous state encompassing the two autonomous hill Districts; Karbi Anglong & Dima Hasao, of Assam began. A leader of KLNLF Dhani Ram Tisso further said that the creation of an autonomous State was a national commitment and that sentiment of the entire hill people was involved.

PM Manmohan Singh assured a Manipuri Delegation of various political parties that all unauthorised camps of the NSCN-IM in Manipur would be demolished. PM also assured action against NSCN-IM militant, Livingstone Anal, for physically assaulting film actress Momoko in full public view on December 18, 2012, at Chandel District.

The team urged an amendment to Article 3 of the Constitution so as to ensure the security of the territorial integrity of Manipur. PM assured that the territory of the State would not be compromised at any cost. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde also conveyed to the delegates that the Assam Rifles Director General (DG), Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh has been instructed to crack down on all unauthorised camps of the NSCN-IM located in the State.

NIA arrested and questioned one Dinesh Devra in connection with the Samjhauta Express and Malegaon blasts from Sanver town of Indore District, Madhya Pradesh.

Principal Sessions Judge, (Ramban District in J&K), M. A. Chowdhary acquitted there alleged militants namely Manzoor Ahmad, Feroz Din and Raj Begum in a July 2007 case as prosecution failed to bring home the charge against the accused.

Chairman of the AJKPC, Shafiq Mir, refused to accept militant diktats and resign under any militant pressure in J&K.

India has formally asked US Justice Department for the extradition of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwinder Singh Possi.

Punjab Police is also planning to file for the extradition of another BKI terrorist Gurnam Singh alias Neka from the US.

Concerned over Odisha's Nuapada District becoming a hub of the CPI-Maoist activity, the Centre proposed a Special Development Plan to improve the living standard of the tribal communities in the region.

Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Salman Bashir said that Pakistan is willing to address all Indian concerns over LoC, including the demand for a probe into the mutilation of the bodies of Indian soldiers on January 8.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah in a letter to the Jairam Ramesh sought release of INR one billion for monthly honorarium and insurance cover for 33000 Sarpanchs and Panchs in the State.

AJKPC spokesman Ghulam Hassan Panzoo said that the Conference is not against the honorarium and insurance cover, but the larger question of empowerment of Panchayat representatives in J&K continues to remain unanswered.

Principal Sessions Judge Ramban J&K, M A Chowdhary acquitted two alleged militants, Mumtaz Ahmad alias Asif Commando and Manzoor Ahmad alias Furqan, in a double murder case stating that the entire case was investigated recklessly by the investigating agency.

US District Judge handed Tahawwur Rana a 14 year jail term for providing material support to LeT and for conspiring attacks on the office of Danish newspaper.

January 18

A CRPF trooper was killed and another injured as Maoists attacked a contingent of CRPF and local Police engaged in an area domination exercise in Timmadwada area of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

The locals of Khurai Chingangbam Leikai of Imphal (Imphal West District in Manipur), the State capital of Manipur, captured a woman for allegedly trying to lure in youths to participate in a surrender program of the 5th Battalion of 9th Gorkha Regiment,. The woman has been identified as Haorungbam Chitra (60) wife of (Late) Ibopishak Singh of the same locality.

A tribal woman who had eloped with and married a CPI-Maoist cadre, 10 years ago, surrendered with her two minor children, in Kaimur District of Bihar. 

United States said that it would continue its hunt for HuJI chief Ilyas Kashmiri, LeT handler Sajid Mir and four others involved in the 26/11 terrorist attacks.

Sources said that India may ask the US to appeal in a higher court against the sentence given to Tahawwur Rana and seek his conviction in the 26/11 terror case.

A team from Padma police station in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag District seized more than 2,000 detonators hidden in a two-wheeler near Alinagar College.

January 19

Two women Maoists were killed in an encounter with SFs in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. 

Separately, SFs arrested a Dima Hasao based Dimasa militant, identified as Bipa Dimasa (27), from Banderdewa in North Lakhimpur District of Assam.

SFs arrested three linkmen NDFB-IKS, identified as Hitesh Das alias Kendura, Bidya Basumatary alias Bonjar and Thempu Narzary, from Bongaigaon and Chirang District of Assam respectively

SFs arrested two armed couriers of NDFB-IKS, Bipul Khaklari (39), and Chandradhar Bora, (32), and recovered a Chinese grenade launcher and 12 shells at Tezpur in Sonitpur District in Assam.

SFs arrested a women conduit of NDFB-IKS, Benita Mushahary, from Bongaigaon District of Assam.

SFs recovered two bottle grenades from Budlabet Tea Estate area under Assam’s Doomdooma Police Station. The two youths who were carrying the grenades managed to escape.

SFs recovered two powerful IEDs from the house of one Biswajit Moran at Hahkhati Pathargaon under Kakopathar Police Station in the same District in Assam.

Two persons were injured after a Chinese made low intensity grenade laid as booby trap was detonated by some unidentified persons at Khermahal in Dimapur in Nagaland. According to Police, the injured were identified as Susanta Kumar Dey (35) and Naushad Alam (28).

In Nagaland SNUNS sought the immediate intervention of the Government of India over the "crisis" between hill and valley people in Manipur and also demanded the fulfillment of the aspirations of the Nagas. In a statement, SNUNS president Lokho Chomei and general secretary L. Peter also questioned the Manipur Government for considering the alleged molestation of a Manipuri actress by an NSCN-IM functionary Livingstone on December 18, 2012 as the "No.1 case" while underplaying the reported cases of the killing of two Tangkhul civilians on December 28, 2012 and the "molestation and rape" attempt on Naga students by valley based armed cadres on December 24, 2012.

Unidentified armed persons allegedly carried out a gun attack at the residence of Dr Palin, Managing Director of the Shija Hospital & Research Institute at Langol Lai Manai in Imphal West District under Lamphel Police station in Manipur.

A team of Imphal East District Police commandos arrested a PREPAK cadre, identified as Soraisam Kishan alias Naobi (24), from New Checkon Tribal Market crossing in Manipur. He was directly involved in the IED explosion that occurred at around 9.50am at Mantripukhri on October 9, said a press release issued by Imphal East Superintendant of Police.

As many as four terrorists managed to infiltrate into the Indian side from Bhimber Gali area in Poonch District of J&K earlier this month.

Sixty-three tribals, in Narayanapatna Block of Koraput District in Odisha, approached the SP, Avinash Kumar, and pledged not to return to the CPI-Maoist backed CMAS, expressing their desire to join the mainstream.

A Maoist camp was busted and a huge cache of explosives and other materials were seized by SFs in a forest in Odisha's Ganjam District.

Police arrested four GNLA cadres from Polo in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills at around 6 pm. Those arrested include Vincent T. Sangma, Viraj Chungkan, Najim R. Sangma and London Sangma. The Police said they were involved in extortion and recruitment of cadres.

Meghalaya’s Chief Secretary, WMS Pariat asserted that law and order situation in the trouble-torn Garo Hills has improved in recent times. “There is a perceptible improvement in the law and order situation in Garo Hills in recent times,” Pariat told reporters, adding that peace seems to be prevailing in the region with no major incident being reported in the last few months. It is noteworthy that the State Government and the Central Government had recently signed the draft peace agreement with the militant group ANVC, which was later approved by the State Cabinet. On the issue of signing the final agreement with the ANVC, the Chief Secretary said that the Central Government would come out with the final agreement. The Chief Secretary stated that the agreement is applicable to the ANVC-B and they need to surrender their arms and weapons since the draft agreement has already been signed.

 Asked about the Government’s stand on GNLA, the Chief Secretary indicated that the Government would welcome any outfit which wants to come forward for discussion. On the reports that the HNLC is trying to regroup in Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Pariat said, “We will ensure that no re-grouping takes place.”

KSA-Laichan faction has called for a 12-hour Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao District Bandh (General strike) on January 25 to press its demand for an autonomous State comprising the two hill district of Assam as per the provision of the article 244(A) of the Constitution of India.

ABSU said that it would not sit silent if the Government of India drops the demand for creation of a separate Bodo State (Bodoland) this time and goes ahead with the creation of Telangana State.

Investigation and some of the intercepts suggested that some of the material used by Pakistan Army in areas in Siachen glacier in J&K had been passed on to terror groups like LeT and JeM.

January 20

SFs killed six CPI-Maoist cadres including four top leaders, near Jimulgatta, in Aheri tehsil of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

SFs in an encounter, killed a militant belonging to the ULFA-ATF, identified as Lalit Moran, in Kakojan Reserve Forest under Digboi Police Station in Tinsukia District of Assam. But the local people claimed that the slain youth was innocent.

SFs neutralized a militant hideout in Sangri forests of Magam area in Baramulla District of J&K and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition.

Police intercepted a car near Moolakadai on Erukancherry High Road in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu and seized FICN worth total face value of INR 503,000. Three persons were also arrested.

India is aiming to step up trilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka and the Maldives in ensuring the security of the Indian Ocean patch in the neighbourhood.

At least, 11 CRPF troopers were injured, in a series of blasts triggered by the CPI-Maoist, in Bokaro District of Jharkhand.

SFs busted a Maoist camp in a forest between Daringbadi and Bramhanigaon in Kandhamal District of Odisha.

A HM militant, Abdul Rashid, a woman, Mariam Begum (mother of another HM militant, Manzoor Bhat) along with her 9 years old grandson, one Gul Zaman Beg, three SPOs and three civilians harbouring them were arrested by Police in Banihal town of Ramban District in J&K.

Jailed GNLA’s chief, Champion R. Sangma has decided to contest the February 23 assembly elections in Meghalaya, a legal official said. “He (Sangma) has already made up his mind to contest the upcoming Meghalaya assembly elections either from inside or outside the jail,” Sangma’s legal Counsel Sujit Dey said. “Sangma will contest as an independent candidate, but he is yet to choose the assembly constituency from which he would contest,” Dey said.  On January 11, the Shillong Bench of the Gauhati High Court granted bail to Sangma after it found that no charge sheet was filed against him.

IM through an email to a five-star hotel has threatened to carry out an attack in New Delhi in the coming few days and they have allegedly made necessary arrangements. According to Gurgaon Police, the blast threat was was created by a person in West Bengal.

Increased activity in LeT camps in eastern provinces of Afghanistan, namely Kunar and Nuristan, complimented with Hafiz Saeed’s threats to step up terror in J&K are posing fresh challenges for India.

The leader of the ULFA-ATF, Paresh Baruah, is securing an uninterrupted flow of funds from Assam’s Guwahati, the main commercial centre in Northeast India, for his personal use, revealed an internal report of the government. The militant leader in hiding, who shuttles between Taga in northern Myanmar and Ruili in southern China, is collecting the money from a handful of Guwahati-based contractors through his own channel, the report said, adding they are paying hefty amounts to Baruah "without any real threats to their lives."

January 21

Four militant suspects were reportedly killed in an encounter with troops of 39 Assam Rifles at Behiang area of Churachandpur District under Churachandpur Police Station of Manipur. PIB-Defence Wing, in a statement said that the four killed belonged to the UNLF and PLA.  At about 3 am, the troops intercepted the armed men trying to infiltrate from across the border and a fierce gun fight ensued in which four militants were killed, said PIB. 

In Manipur. KSDC, in a press statement said that it would burn the India flag on 26th January 2013 “as a mark of severance of ties between the Kuki nation and the Indian state which had fail to recognize the Kuki political right even after 65 years of Indian Independent and 65 years of Kuki tolerance“.

CPI-Maoist armed cadres opened indiscriminate fire at Darbha Police Station in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh, injuring one constable identified as Dharmendra Kunjam.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Arjun Kodo, was arrested from Dandikeda village, in Lohettar Police Station area of Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.

Alleged IM operative Danish Ansari was arrested by the NIA from Bihar's Darbhanga District.

A self-styled ‘sub-zonal commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Shankar Yadav, was arrested from a village under Khaira Police Station area in Aurangabad District of Bihar.

About 50 security personnel had a close shave as CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast at Dumuria in Bihar's Gaya District.

ULFA-ATF and NDFB-IKS along with nine other militant outfits of the northeast called for boycott of Republic Day celebrations on January 26 and blamed the Government of covert military operations.

The other groups includes CorCom, the umbrella body of seven militant groups of Manipur, NLFT and Tripura People’s Democratic Front,[Political organisation representing (ATTF)].

India Permanent Representative to the UN suggested the UN to wind up its mission on Kashmir UNMOGIP saying that it has outlived its utility.

The NSA, Shiv Shankar Menon, clarified that the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir was clearly demarcated both on the map and on the ground. He also reiterated Indian policy of No-First-Use with regard to nuclear weapons.

The UMEA, Salman Khurshid, said that situation along the LoC is a lot better than it was a few days back.

Indian Navy commissioned its largest offshore patrol vessel INS Saryu for maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

ULFA-ATF militants opened fire at the Namtola Police Station under Sivasagar District in Assam injuring a trooper, identified as Liladhar Chetia, and also set ablaze four vehicles.

Unidentified militants have shot dead a man aged 50-55 and dumped his body next to the National Highway passing through Bajengdoba area of North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Unconfirmed reports mention that the body could be that of a Muslim trader who was kidnapped by armed militants from Rongrong market a few weeks ago. His whereabouts have remained unknown so far.

SFs in a joint operation, arrested two GNLA linkmen from Beta Sing market under Ampati Police Station in West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya. According to the BSF, two youths Janath D Sangma (23) and Mathani Momin (19), were arrested. The operation party also recovered three mobile phones, two Indian SIM cards, two extra battery, and two driving licenses and a voter identity card from their possession.

ATTF and NLFT, jointly with other insurgent outfits of the north-east have given a customary call to boycott Republic Day celebrations on January 26.

Intelligence intercepts indicated that there is serious threat to the Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath in New Delhi.

HuJI-B is believed to have provided the logistics for launching terrorist activities in India.

Karnataka’s Bidar Police arrested Gopi Hari Singh on charge of circulating FICN from an unspecified location.

A team from Padma Police Station in Hazaribag District of Jharkhand seized more than 2,000 detonators hidden in a two-wheeler near Alinagar College meant to be supplied to the Maoists.

Police arrested Gurdev Singh, along FICN with a face value of INR 3,00,000 and heroin worth INR 25 million in Chheharta area of Amritsar District of Punjab.

Home Secretary emphasized that the Government has names of at least 10 people involved in several blasts, who were associated with the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS).

January 22

SFs, in an encounter killed two GNLA militants near Khardand under Krishnai Police Station of Goalpara District of Assam

SFs arrested a Bangladeshi citizen, identified as Altaf Hussain (30), along with FICN worth INR 100,000 from Sealdoh village in Dhubri District of Assam. The arrestee belongs to Panchbari village under Kurigram District of Bangladesh.

Referring to the January 20 announcement of GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion R Sangma that he has decided to plunge into electoral politics, the Meghalaya’s Chief Electoral Officer P Naik on January 22 said Champion can contest the February 23 elections provided his name is there in electoral rolls. Naik said, “Sangma is yet to be convicted, so he cannot be barred from contesting polls.”

The HNLC has called a 20-hour bandh (shut down strike) in Meghalaya on Republic Day. The customary shutdown has been called from 10pm of January 25 to 6pm of January 26.

Two hand grenades were found planted at the Babupara Ward No – 5 (Imphal East District of Manipur) residence of ZEO, Th Ketuki Devi, on January 22. Sources said that instance of monetary demand of INR 500,000 being served to the ZEO by a militant outfit had already been reported. The planting of the explosives has been linked with the monetary demand.

CPI-Maoist leader Daya, the Secretary of AOBSZC, threatened Koraput District MP Jayaram Pangi of dire consequences if he does not refrain from favouring bauxite mining by a private company at Mali hill.

The DVF and the CRPF recovered a huge cache of arms and articles used by the CPI-Maoist cadres from a forest in Rayagada District of Odisha.

In a joint operation launched by the Kondagaon and Narayanpur District Police of Chhattisgarh, security personnel recovered pipe bomb, a generator, electric wires and pitthu bags from the CPI-Maoist dominated areas.

Troops of the Red Shield Division reportedly arrested two ZUF cadres from Khumji Bazar area of Tamenglong District of Manipur in the evening. They have been identified as Aihom Remroi, ‘joint secretary’ of ZUF and joyful Bariam.

A press note of the Superintendent of Police, Imphal West has said that, Imphal West Police Commandos arrested one PREPAK-PRO militant identified as Sapam Sajou alias Tachou Singh from Chajing Mamang leikai near Mahaluxmi Indane of Manipur.

In Manipur, Security Forces arrested one militant belonging to KYKL-MDF area identified as Leishangthem Hiran Singh (25) from Koutruk Ching Leikai, the press note said. “On spot verification, he disclosed that he was working under one ‘corporal’ Nongshaba of KYKL-MDF from Heibongpokpi since January 2007″, it added.

A team of Imphal East Police commandos of Manipur arrested one militant belonging to KCP-MC identified as Thangjam Babiter Singh alias Peter (28). According to a statement issued by Imphal East Superintendent of Police, the arrested man revealed that he joined the outfit through one Irungbam Mahen Singh (34) in 2009.

Pakistani troopers violating CFA targeted two forward Indian posts, Nangi Tekri and Ravi, in KG sector of Mendhar region along LoC in Poonch District of J&K to facilitate infiltration.

In a statement issued by Aranya Asom, a member of the ‘publicity wing ‘of the ULFA-ATF, the outfit claimed responsibility for the attack. It said the action was in retaliation to the killing of an innocent youth, Lalit Moran, in Tinsukia District of Assam on January 20 by SFs.

The KNO has firmly opposed oil exploration in Churachandpur and parts of Tamenglong Districts of Manipur, claiming that they are the ancestral land of the Kuki people.  In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister of India, KNO, one of the two umbrella organisations of the Kuki militant outfits claimed that Churachandpur and parts of Tamenglong Districts are the integral part of Kuki ancestral lands.

The URF has said in a press statement that the politicians of Manipur should not make any comments on the armed outfits. “If they really think for the land and its people, they should come out and join the movement,” it said.

The UNLF has rejected the press statement of Press Information Bureau (PIB-Defence Wing) which claimed that a fierce gun battle took place between SFs and UNLF along Manipur-Myanmar border in Churachandpur District in the morning of January 21 in which four UNLF cadres were reportedly killed.

Of the four militant suspects killed in a reported shoot-out with troops of 39 Assam Rifles at Behiang in Churachandpur District of Assam, One more has been identified as Irom Chingahal alias Open. Another deceased was already identified as Pukhrambam Kanta alias Wangooba (27).

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including two women militia members and an armed squad leader, were arrested from a forest area in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.  

The IAF helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing in the densely-forested Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, on January 18, after it came under fire from Maoists, has now been flown back to its operating base at Jagdalpur of Bastar District, after being repaired.

Kerala Police have brought a CPI-Maoist activist, Suguna, from Nagpur, Maharashtra, to the State to nail KB Ajaya Kumar alias Ajayan Mannur, the ‘secretary of the pro-Maoist RDF’, who is the first accused in a case related to the arrest of the alleged Maoist sympathisers from Mavelikkara.

A local court in Mumbai, Maharashtra, transferred the case of LeT operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal to a sessions court.

Haryana Police arrested Nilesh Bhattacharya from Behala in Kolkata (Kolkata District) for allegedly sending a threat mail to a five-star hotel chain in Gurgaon (Haryana) Delhi.

Four terrorists of KLF were produced in a Patiala court in connection with recovery of a bomb from near Nabha LPG bottling plant (Patiala District) of Punjab in January 2010.

Omar Abdullah said UNMOGIP failed in its duty to maintain sanctity of the LoC in J&K.

Pakistan Permanent Representative to UN, Masood Khan, said no bilateral agreement between India and Pakistan had overtaken or affected the role and legality of UNMOGIP.

Indian diplomat Manish Gupta said that the UNMOGIP’s role was to supervise the ceasefire line which no longer existed as a new line came into existence on December 17, 1971, through Shimla Agreement.

SFs foiled an infiltration bid of group of 5-6 infiltrators trying to sneak in under cover fire of Pakistan Army in J&K.

Scheduled January-end Indo-Pak Secretary-level meeting on waters has been cancelled.

J&K Government decided not to extend benefits of Rehabilitation Policy to former militants and other citizens of J&K returning from PoK via Nepal and/or Bangladesh on the ground that they didn’t fall under the categories prescribed in the Policy

Syed Salahuddin asked people to observe January 26 (Republic Day) as ’Black Day’.

January 23

An IED put inside a school bag was detected at a bushy spot along Imphal-Churachandpur highway between Naransena and Sunu-siphai.  A source informed that the IED was detected by a patrol party of 5/9 Gorkha Rifles at about 6 am.  Explosive experts of Manipur Police, on receiving information about the IED, rushed to the site and set diffused it safely.

Over and above the series of agitation, the KSDC had announced a couple of days back, it has added public curfew on Republic Day (January 26) and advised all citizens of Manipur to stay indoors.

SFs recovered a hand grenade in front of the Kakopathar Police Station in Tinsukia District of Assam. Police recovered the grenade from the road while checking vehicles.

The KPLT has called a 36-hours Karbi Anglong bandh (shutdown strike), beginning 5 pm of January 24. It has also announced to boycott the Republic Day celebrations in the District of Assam.  In a press communiqué, KPLT  ‘general secretary’ and ‘publicity in-charge’ of the organization, Pakler Ageng, stated that, “There is no justification in observing Republic Day in Karbi Anglong as Government has resorted to oppressive and suppressive policies to thwart the free will of the people. Therefore, all democratic values have lost their credibility in the District.”

In Assam, NDFB-PTF leadership is optimistic on the creation of Bodoland State as the Central Government is about to announce its decision on the demand for a separate Telangana State by January 28.

SFs arrested ATTF ‘chairman’ Ranjit Debbarma from an area near the Indo-Bangla border under Sidhai Police Station in Mohanpur subdivision of West Tripura District of Tripura.

With exactly a month left for the assembly elections in the State, cadres of GNLA have come out in the open to extend their support to prospective candidates in certain areas of Garo Hills in Meghalaya.  However, analytical intelligence studies carried out by security agencies have revealed that the terrorist group has not extended support to any particular political party.

Intelligence inputs about GNLA's activities came 20 days after the militant group attacked supporters of Saleng Sangma, a minister and sitting MLA who intends to contest the coming elections. The cadres, at the direction of their ‘area commander’ Hadeo, fired at them at Alangre village in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya, killing one of his three supporters.

As per information from the Police department, 10 companies of CPF will be deployed in Garo Hills area of Meghalaya from February 1. The State Government had sought 76 companies of CPF from the Centre. However, it was learnt that the projected strength will be deployed in a phased manner ahead of the polls. "There will be perceptible change on the ground after the additional forces are deployed in the militant-affected areas of Garo Hills," the top Police official added.

A suspected cadre of KPLT Bikrom Teron died after he and four others were allegedly thrashed by the public for extortion in an interior village in Assam’s Karbi Anglong District in the night. Teron and four other KPLT cadres — Donsingh Tokbi, Mangalsingh Signer, Mansingh Rangpi and Rensingh Tokbi — were caught by villagers while they were going to Donghap under Dokmoka Police station to extort money from.

The CRPF announced a 'Civic Action Programme' in the CPI-Maoist infested Lalgarh District of West Bengal, with an objective to effectively combat extremism and bridge the gap between the villagers and the administration.

The West Bengal Police arrested a suspected CPI-Maoist cadre, accused of killing a farmer, from Jhargram District of the State.

US ruled out the extradition of David Coleman Headley.

Two HM militants arrested on January 16 from Mumbai in Maharashtra were charged under the UAPA.

Pakistan-based terror outfits plan to carry out strikes on Republic Day to avenge the execution of Ajmal Kasab.

The newly set up branch of the NIA, Mumbai, Maharashtra, will continue to investigate terrorism cases related to Pune.

Andhra Pradesh Police decided to have more stringent checks at airports by the Customs and Airport Security to curb the flow of FICN in the State.

India expressed disappointment over the US' refusal to extradite David Coleman Headley.

UMEA Salman Khurshid sent out a strong message to Pakistan saying there cannot be "any form of closure" to the Mumbai attacks unless all perpetrators, including LeT ‘founder’ Hafiz Saeed, are brought to book.

January 24

Troops of 18 Sikh under 9 Sector AR recovered a suspected IED on National Highway-02 (Tiddim Road) from near Sangaiprou Chowk in Imphal West District of Manipur, informed a PRO, IGAR-S release adding that a suspected polythene bag was seen with wires jutting out while search of area was being carried out by the foot patrolling party.

After two militant suspects out of four slain in the Manipur’s Behiang shoot-out with troops of 39th AR on January 21 have been identified, one more has been identified. The third victim has been identified as Mutum Ihultamba alias Iboton (18).

The UNC Manipur has stated that the KSDC sponsored agitations should not be allowed in ‘Naga areas’.  According to the UNC, some sections of the people have been recalling time and again the ‘so called Kuki rebellion’ of 1917-19 and the 1990s ethnic cauldron to create a kind of artificial history and from there a political aspiration is to be based. “Such thing will not work,” asserted the UNC. Meanwhile, the KSDC sponsored public blockade has begun in the evening in Kuki inhabited areas.

The primary demands raised by both UPF and KNO, the two conglomerates of Kuki militant groups not only go against the tenets of the SoO pact but are untenable as well as impractical. While the UPF has been demanding a Hill Autonomous State for the Kukis living in Manipur, KNO has been urging for an exclusive Kuki State. However, the SoO pact signed between UPF, KNO, the State Government and the Government of India clearly laid down that the pact should not impinge upon the territorial integrity of Manipur.

CRPF jawan Yambel Darlong was killed and havildar Debnath Laskar of the Assam Police was seriously injured when the KPLT, a rebel group, fired at a joint team of Police and CRPF patrolling party at Engti gaon of Koilamati area under the Chokihola Police station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.

Army’s bomb disposal squad defused a ‘sophisticated and powerful’ IED suspected to have been planted by ULFA at Mangaldoi in Darrang District of Assam. The IED was planted just outside the sadar Police station on National Highway-52. Security forces have been put on high alert, apprehending strikes by the outfit ahead of Republic Day.

258 incidents of extremist violence were reported in 2012 and 53 insurgents were killed during the same period in Assam. Moreover, the number of civilians killed in extremist violence stood at 33 while four security personnel also lost their lives. Besides, 1174 insurgents were also captured. Further, 443 arms, 9320 rounds of ammunition, 110 improvised explosive devices and 163 grenades were recovered by the Security Forces. This was informed by ADGP-Law and Order, AP Rawat while talking to the media persons at Assam Police headquarters.  He also informed that over INR 110 million cash was recovered from across the State.

The senior Assam Police official also put the total number of extremist-related incidents violence in the last three years at 790. Moreover, in the last three years, the tally of arms and ammunition recovery stood at 1247 and 18764 rounds respectively.

Asked about the rising number of arms and explosive recovery, DGP, JN Choudhury said that the procurement of explosives has never been a problem. Dimapur and China has been the major sources of arms smuggling in the Assam, the DGP added. The DGP, said, the ULFA-ATF may be facing manpower crisis but there is “no shortage” of arsenal for the outfit. According to Choudhury, the seizure of a large number of Chinese grenades and IED in Assam in 2012 is an indicator that the group still has access to sophisticated arms and ammunition. According to Police records, a total of 163 grenades and 110 IEDs were seized in 2012 compared to 110 grenades and 89 IEDs seized in 2011. Similarly, the number of rounds of ammunition seized went up to 9,320 in 2012 from 5,544 rounds in 2011.

On the Maoist threat, he said there are 114 Maoists at present, who are mostly active in Upper Assam districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Dhemaji and are concentrating on mass mobilisation and creation of a support base.

Though the overall level of violence in Assam has come down, extortion by the militant groups remains a major cause of concern and according to a “very conservative estimate”, the militants managed to collect at least INR 270 million from the State in 2012.

Union Cabinet gave its nod to a proposed extradition treaty with Bangladesh paving the way for deportation of key ULFA militants jailed there, Government sources said.

The Mizoram Government will meet the HPC-D, ahead of the upcoming by-poll to the Chalfilh Assembly constituency. The two sides are scheduled to meet on January 31 to discuss the modalities of peace, an official source said. The first round was held in Silchar, Assam, on December 13, 2012.

A Tripura court, sent ATTF leader Ranjit Debbarma to 14 days of judicial custody, a day after he was arrested when pushed into the Indian territory by Bangladeshi authorities, Police said. Debbarma was facing Interpol’s red corner notice for a number of massacres and other crimes.  The Police presented him at the West Tripura’s District and sessions court, which sent him to 14–days of judicial custody. He will be interrogated by Police and intelligence officials.

Jaintia Hills Police arrested a senior cadre of the HNLC at Iawmusiang from his wife’s residence. The arrested cadre identified as Phyrnai Swer, holds the rank of a ‘lieutenant’ in the outfit. Sources informed that the Police received information that around 10 to 15 HNLC cadres recently crossed over to India from Muktapur area of Bangladesh with an aim to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations in the State.

ANVC-B said it would not support any political party during the elections of Meghalaya. In a statement, the ANVC leader, Rimpu N.Marak said that 2013 election will entirely depend on people’s decision. “People should choose their representative wisely for next five years, as it is our votes that will decide leaders of tomorrow. I appeal to the public to discourage corrupt means of campaigning and vote for visionary and responsible candidates who are vocal, focused and committed to the people’s cause”, Marak added.

NPP has alleged that the draft peace agreement signed by the Central and Meghalaya Government with the militant outfit ANVC was an ‘election oriented’ stunt.

A special operations team arrested one HNLC linkman identified as Manbhalang Jyrwa alias Man alias Sulfiyan Ali Hazarika after receiving a tip-off that he was operating from the Nongrim Hills locality of Meghalaya.

Police also arrested six other OGW, including a woman. They have been identified as Bakmenlang Kharpuri of Mawkhar Block 6, Goldy Khongwir, Lawanbiang Dohkrut and Jolene Hazel Khongwir of Wah-ingdoh Rai Mohan Lane, Stadpyrkhat Langstieh of Lum-shyiap, Golflinks and Phaiborlang Donshiew of Sngithiang, Mawprem. They have been accused of facilitating the HNLC and enabling its cadres to open fire at the Lumdiengjri Police Station on July 2, 2012, and the attempted HNLC flag-hoisting at Student’s Field, Jaiaw on November 5, 2012.

Imphal West Police Commandos arrested two militants belonging to KCP-MC, identified as Thongam Ningol Naorem Ongbi Shantibalaalias Abem alias Bembem Devi and Oinam Moita alias Omita alias Chanbi Devi (18), from near Pishum Lairembi in Imphal West District if Manipur.

Union cabinet gave its nod to a proposed extradition treaty with Bangladesh paving the way for deportation of key ULFA militants jailed there.

Law minister Ashwani Kumar said that any consideration of withdrawing the AFSPA will only be on its merit.

US federal court sentenced LeT operative David Coleman Headley aka Daood Gilani to 35 years in prison for his role in ISI-LeT sponsored attack on Mumbai (Maharashtra).

The BSF personnel recovered three landmines weighing three kilograms each in Malkangiri District of Odisha.

The Odisha Maobadi Party chief, Sabyasachi Panda issued an audiotape indicating his interest to come to the dialogue table.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Maoist-infested Bastar region in Chhattisgarh by SFs.

SFs busted a Maoist training camp in the forest of Pidiya village under Gangalur Police Station limits, in Bijapur District of Chattisgarh.

BSF arrested Bhupinder Singh from Dera Baba Nanak Sector of Gurdaspur District of Punjab and recovered one country made Pakistani pistol, two magazines, 15 rounds of ammunition, along with15 kilogram heroin valued at around INR 750 million in the international market.

Omar Abdullah said that gun has never been solution to any problem and stressed for Indo-Pak talks for resolving the political issue of J&K.

Elections to BDC in J&K would be held within next two-three months.

January 25

SFs arrested a trader running a shop in Rongjeng market of East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya for allegedly working for militants of the LAEF. Acting on information about the nexus between the trader and the militants, Rongjeng Police raided the shop and home of one Rajkishore Tiwari and recovered a large number of demand notes of the LAEF which was addressed to various businessmen of the area.

West Jaintia Hills Police arrested the vice president of KSU Laskein Circle from his residence at Looksi in the District of Meghalaya. Police sources have revealed that the KSU leader, Nangaibormi Sutnga, allegedly has close links with the HNLC. “He was in regular touch with HNLC publicity secretary Sainkupar Nongtraw through Facebook and also through phone calls,” the Police sources alleged.

Maoists set ablaze three road construction machines of a private construction company at Mahugao village in Lohardaga District of Jharkhand.

The interrogation of HM militant Faroquee Ahmed Gulam Hasan Naiku (arrested on January 22, 2013) has brought to the light the fund raising methods adopted by the HM for its anti-India operations.

US has virtually ruled out the possibility to extradite David Coleman Headley saying that the Headley "will serve in the United States".

J&K CM Omar Abdullah appealed to the separatist leaders of APHC to open talks with the Union Government and discuss political issues to resolve all issues.

A special Police party, on a combing operation, found an arms dump of CPI-Maoist concealed below boulders near a cave in Gangapur forest in Utnoor mandal in Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh.

January 26

The State Government has sanctioned eight new Police Stations in Udalguri District of Assam. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Thaneswar Malakar. The eight Police Stations will be set up at Bhairabkunda, Lalpani, Borobazar, Bhakatpara, Khagrabari, Goriajhar, Bhergaon and Amjuli.

Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary expressed grave concern over the growing influence of the GNLA in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills Districts. Mooshahary said that the law and order situation in the State has been stable and the internal security scenario is by and large satisfactory. Governor also appealed the ‘disgruntled elements’ to seek peaceful resolution of their demands through established democratic processes. The Governor observed that activities of the HNLC have seen a decline in the past few years due to constant pressure mounted by the State Police.

He also stated that the AFSPA must be replaced with an amended CrPC so that rights of both Security Forces and civilians are protected. Governor, Mooshahary further said that prolonged use of the AFSPA has alienated the civil society.

Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills District, Abhishek Bhagotia who is also the District Election Officer has issued an order to all arms license holders in the district to deposit their arms in the nearest police station within February 4.

After a gap of about two decades, the Union Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh unfurled the national tri-colour on Republic Day at Saranda in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, which was liberated from the Maoists in 2012.

Two suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist were killed in a blast while carrying explosives on a two-wheeler near Bhusuwa village at Ichak in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand.

The Maoists set on fire two earthmover vehicles at a road construction site in Pakhanjur area of Kanker District.

Chhattisgarh's tribal population in the Maoist affected Bastar region defied the Maoists dictates and celebrated the Republic Day (January 26), although the rebels blocked dozens of roads in forested interiors.

More than three dozen armed cadres of CPI-Maoist surrounded a construction site camp at Khaira in Jamui District of Bihar and abducted eight construction workers from the site.

A bomb explosion was reported on the Republic Day celebrations, with Governor Gurbachan Jagat appealing for peace in the troubled state. Separatist militants triggered an IED blast at Wangbal in Thoubal District of Manipur. No one was injured.

Plastic explosives were recovered from three youths who were targeting a power station in Assam’s Dhemaji District on Republic Day. They were caught and arrested following a chase. Three packets of plastic explosives, five packets of fuse wire, six fuses and daggers were found in their possession. The youths identified as Pranendra Wari, Nakesh Narzari and Hemkanta Narzari were targeting the NHPC at the Gerukamukh Dam Site. It was not known to which insurgent outfit they belonged to.

Unidentified militants lobbed and exploded a hand grenade at the residence of one Thokchom Nanao of Ereibak Food Industries at Langpok under Nambol Police station in Bishnupur District of Manipur at around 2pm. No casualties were reported in the explosion. 

A bomb said to be from the Second World War era was found while digging the ground at Mantripukhri under Heingang Police station in Imphal East District of Manipur by an excavator. Police bomb experts picked up the bomb and safely exploded it at Heingang hillock.      

Governor of Nagaland Nikhil Kumar has expressed his regret on the failure to settle the Naga political issue before the Assembly elections (scheduled to be held on February 23). Addressing the Republic Day (January 26) celebration in the State capital Kohima, Nikhil Kumar said it was a big regret that Naga solution could not be brought about before the State Assembly elections. He appealed to all sections of the Nagas to continue working for the peaceful settlement of the Naga political issue.

Two suspected GNLA cadres were lynched by an angry mob in Meghalaya ‘s South West Khasi Hills District. According to police, the cadres, who had demanded money from the coal quarry at a village in Nongkyllem in South West Khasi Hills were attacked by an irate mob, including the coal labourers.

At least eight low-intensity explosions were reported from two different Districts of Assam. While four explosions were reported Porabhata, Medattari, Airkata and Chirakuti in Dhubri District, another four were reported from Simlakandi, Jaleswar, Gornagar and Merakuchi in Goalpara District. One of the blast occurred near the house of Mainuddin Ahmed, AIUDF legislator, from Jaleswar.

Immediately after the explosions at Jaleswar, the villagers caught a motorcycle-borne man. Suspecting he was the one carrying bombs, the villagers lynched him. The man was later identified as Nazrul Islam Khan, a known criminal, from the neighbouring Dhubri District.

Customs officials seized FICNs worth INR 975,000 from Chullikulavan Abid at the airport in Kochi (Ernakulam District) of Kerala on board a Dubai-Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)-Kochi Emirates flight.

Pakistan’s Lieutenant General (retired) Shahid Aziz, who was then heading ISI’s Analysis Wing, said that there were no mujahideen but only regular soldiers who took part in the 1999 Kargil conflict.

The general shutdown called by APHC-G affected the normal life in j&K.

Bhandaria Police Station area in Garhwa District of Jharkhand celebrated the Republic Day of India (January 26) for the first time in 26 years.

Palamu Police forced five PLFI cadres to surrender at Jharkhand’s Guriyadamar village in Lesliganj Block of the District and recovered 10 country-made weapons from them.

January 27

IED was found near Khonghampat High School under Sekmai Police station in Imphal West District of Manipur at about 10am. The bomb put inside a bag weighed about 1.5 kilograms. The bomb was safely diffused.

A press release from the Media Co-ordinator of the CorCom, comprising of seven major rebel groups, has claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts in and around Imphal on January 25 and 26. It may be mentioned that four bombs had gone off on the eve of the Republic day (January 26) function: one at the 1st  Battalion MR  Campus another at a garbage dump near Keishamthong bridge a third one near the gate of the RDS school, Palace Compound and another at the Guwahati High Court complex in Chingmeirong of Manipur. It has also claimed responsibility for another bomb which went off near the gate of the 3^rd IRB at Wangbal in Thoubal District on January 26 at around 9am.

The KSDC sponsored agitation entered its third day in Manipur with a vehicle reportedly set ablaze along the Imphal-Jiri road (National Highway 37). KSDC information Secretary George Guite informed that their agitation will continue as long as the Central Government refuses to start a political dialogue with the Kuki militant outfits. The KSDC has started its ‘public blockade’ since January 24-evening in Kuki areas.

At least 21 vehicles including 11 four wheelers have been damaged during the public curfew imposed in Kuki inhabited areas of Manipur by KSDC registering a boycott of the Republic Day celebration in Manipur. Police sources, alleged that the vehicles were damaged by public curfew supporters at various parts of Churachandpur District where the stir affected mostly.

The agitating ADC has urged Governor Gurbachan Jagat to direct the Manipur Government to give autonomy and devolve powers to the council. About 156 irate members belonging to six District councils - Ukhrul, Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Chandel, and two in Senapati District including Sadar Hills - threatened to resign en-masse if their demands are not met. A 15-member delegation of the ADCCCM, led by its convener, Ngalangzar Malue, submitted a memorandum to the Governor on January 24 lamenting that no real powers have been devolved to the six councils so far.

Following the notification issued by DC Kohima, Nagaland, regarding deposit of fire arms at Police stations in view of the upcoming election, the office of SP Kohima in a press release requested all license holders to co-operate and voluntarily deposit the firearms at the Police station of their jurisdictions.

NDFB-RD has clarified that the outfit was not behind any extortion demands in Assam and cautioned the people not to give away to the fake demands made in the name of the outfit.

Reminding that the 4^th round of tripartite talk of the GoI, Government of Manipur  and the UNC on the demand for an Alternative Arrangement at Delhi on August 31, 2012, concluded with an announcement by the GoI that the next round of talk would be held very soon in a hill venue in the State, the UNC has urged the Centre to communicate the date for the 5^th round of tripartite talk on or before February 17, 2013, so that the democratic process of dialogue initiated by the GoI is brought to its logical conclusion.

The NSCN-K has reiterated its stand on the involvement of its rank and file with the coming assembly elections in Nagaland and has instructed them not to “move around in support or against any political parties.” a top NSCN-K, MIP official reminded that the ‘chairman’ of NSCN-K, S.S. Khaplang has issued an order stating that NSCN has “nothing to do with Indian election” and had advised them not to involve themselves in “support or against” any political party. The MIP official said that if any rank and file of NSCN-K was found involving in the “Indian election”, they would be penalized as per the Yezabo (regulations) of the organization. Any rank and file of NSCN-K venturing out of the camp in support or against any political party has been asked to return to their respective camps, added NSCN-K, MIP.

Imphal West District Police commandos arrested a militant belonging to KCP-Lamphel, identified as Heisnam Oinam Bijenti (42), from Thangal Bazar of the Imphal West District of Manipur.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde assured an official delegation led by a group of executive members of the Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong autonomous District councils that discussion on Autonomous State (Assam) will be done at the meeting of the state re-organisation committee, reports Nagaland Post. Creation of an autonomous State within Assam has been a long standing demand of the tribal population of the twin hill Districts.

The CRPF is exploring technology to fit their guns with GPS systems so that if the Maoists loot them, it will reveal their location and movements.

January 28

SFs arrested a businessman, identified as Sandip Roy Barman (49) alias Pantha, along with illegal arms, ammunition and an unspecified amount of Bangladesh currency from Jirania under Jirania Police Station in West Tripura District in Tripura. SFs also recovered a few letterheads of the NLFT. The arrestee is the elder brother of State Congress committee president, Sudip Roy Barman.

KSDC has temporarily suspended its indefinite public blockade that has been imposed in all the Kuki dominated areas of Manipur following an agreement reached between the State Government and the committee.

Leaders of KSDC met with the Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi Singh to bring a solution to end the stalemate, KSDC leaders said. The KSDC leaders said it has been decided to temporarily suspend its stir from January 28 after both the state and central Governments had given a positive response to its call for starting political dialogues with the two umbrella organizations of Kuki militants, KNO and UPF which are signatories to SoO involving both the Manipur and Central Governments. However, both sides did not disclose the official details of the meeting.

The Chairmen of the six Autonomous District Councils ADCs of Manipur called on Chief Minister and discussed about devolving more power to ADCs. After the meeting with ADC Chairmen, the Chief Minister held another meeting with Ministers and heads of departments and discussed the demand of ADCs.

Naga militant groups- NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and FGN have decided to stay away from the election to Nagaland State Assembly. According to UNC president L Adani, the ‘Naga Concordant’ formed by NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and FGN have decided to stay away from the Nagaland polls. The collective decision of the three armed groups has been already conveyed to the people of Nagaland. Even though NPF is an ardent supporter of the Indo-Naga peace process, there is no necessity to support NPF in the Nagaland State Assembly election, Adani said. NPF Manipur unit was set up to fight for the Indo-Naga peace process in the context of Manipur. For UNC too, there is no question of involving itself in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly election either directly or indirectly, Adani added.

SFs in an encounter killed a militant belonging to the ULFA-ATF at Upper Khardung in Goalpara District of Assam. Two troopers of the 19 Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army were also injured during the exchange of fire. The ULFA-ATF militant has been identified as Nayan Asom alias Babul Ali. SFs recovered a pistol and three magazines from his possession. Militants also lobbed grenades on SF personals during the encounter.

Police arrested Marikul alias Luttu Hazruddin Shaikh (29) and Mustafa Kismat Shaikh (40), both hailing from West Bengal, for allegedly possessing FICN worth a face value of INR 300,000 from Kherwadi in Bandra locality of Mumbai Suburban District of Maharashtra.

IM terrorist Fasih Mohammed sought bail from a trial court.

About eight kilograms of explosives were seized from a person, identified as Jalal Ali, a resident of Murshidabad District in West Bengal, from Sealdah railway station in Kolkata District.

Bus service between Poonch (Poonch District of J&K) – Rawlakote [(Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)], which was suspended by the Pakistani authorities in the aftermath of killing and mutilation of two Indian Army troopers by Pakistan Army personnel in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch District on January 8, resumed.

A 30-year-sportsman was killed and two others were injured after suspected CPI-Maoist cadres fired at them in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon District.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed an alleged ‘police informer’ in a busy market area at Harladih, 30 kilometers from the District headquarters of Giridih in Jharkhand.

PLFI, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, imposed ban on use of music systems during marriage function to protect tribal culture and traditional instruments in Jharkhand.

SFs unearthed a CPI-Maoist dump in Odisha's Rayagada District and recovered three land mines totally weighing 50 kilogram, along with several other items.

Despite a decline in Maoist activities in Maoist-hit Districts of Southern Odisha - Koraput, Malkangiri and Rayagada - in the past few months, security has been beefed up.

In a joint operation led by the Counter Insurgency Force and Police about eight kilograms of explosives and landmine-making equipment were recovered from a forest in Bagmundi Police Station area in Purulia District of West Bengal.

Police arrested five sympathisers of CPI-Maoist at Murliguda village of Bejjur mandal in Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh.

January 29

Suspected IM terrorist Danish Ansari has allegedly told his interrogators that IM ‘India Chief’ Yasin Bhatkal alias Shahrukh, was in the process of creating a "library module" which would have acted as the media wing of IM later.

IM operative Danish Ansari revealed during custodial interrogation that Nepal is now the biggest hub for IM operatives.

Hillary Clinton defended US decision to not extradite LeT operative David Coleman Headley to India, saying the sentence was as much a punishment as recognition of his help in the investigations.

IG BSF Jammu Frontier Rajeev Krishnan asserted that not a single incident of infiltration from Pakistan took place in the last six months along the IB in the Jammu region of J&K (districts sharing IB with Pakistan are Jammu, Samba and Kathua) due to vigil by the BSF.

FICN worth INR 510,650 was received by 14 branches of the ICICI Bank, located in 14 Districts of Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh, during the last three months.

CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a former member of Bodopada Panchayat Samiti suspecting him to be a Police informer in Malkangiri District of Odisha. 

A cache of arms were seized from a Maoist hideout in Musulmunda forest under Narayanpatna Police Station limits of Koraput District in Odisha by the CoBRA and DVF.

The Government is keen to set up a specialised organisation to implement critical infrastructure projects, particularly roads and bridges, in 82 Districts affected by LWE.

GNLA ‘chief’ Champion Sangma was booked under MPDA by the East Garo Hills District administration of Meghalaya. An official source said that the GNLA chief was booked under MPDA as per various provisions of law which include waging war against the country and also for heading a banned organization. The source added that the detention under MPDA was also due to the various criminal offences pending in the East Garo Hills District against the GNLA leader.

The MPDA detention came at a time when the court of the chief judicial magistrate is set to hear on January 30 a bail application of the GNLA leader in connection with his arrest in Pynursla in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.

Suspected ULFA-ATF militants blew up an oil pipeline at Makum in Tinsukia District of Assam.

Militants of NLFT have stepped up extortion activities in at least four Assembly constituencies - Kanchanpur, Chhawmanu, Raima Valley and Karbook - across Gomati, Dhalai and North Tripura Districts of Tripura.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said that Tripura is now almost free of the terrorist threat now. CM Manik Sarkar further added, "The militants have been weakened and isolated. They do not have any hideouts within the state but they have at least 19 to 21 camps in Bangladesh. We have the border fence keeping them out but at some places, the fence is yet to be erected. Militants have been terrorizing contractors so they cannot put up the fence. Our security forces are on alert and we have the support of the people too."

IB director PC Haldar will lead the Central team in the upcoming political dialogues between the Centre and Kuki militant groups under SoO. According to an informed source, consensus has been arrived at between the Central Government and the two umbrella organisations of Kuki militant groups namely UPF  and KNO on the appointment of PC Haldar as the interlocutor for the upcoming political dialogue. Public blockades were enforced in recent times by the Kuki State Demand Committee in pursuit of its demand for a political dialogue with Kuki SoO groups. Following assurance by the State authorities that the issue would be placed before the Centre, the Committee consequently decided to suspend its agitation.

Sources revealed that Government of Manipur is clearing the decks to facilitate talks between the State and Central Government representatives with UNC leaders with regard to the latter's demand for an Alternative Arrangement, pending a settlement to the Naga issue, for Nagas outside the State Government's ambit. In all probability the fifth round of talk with the UNC delegates will begin next month (February), said the source.

The PREPAK-Pro denied any link between the party and Khuraijam Kunjeshori Devi alias Iben (34) who was reportedly arrested by a combined team of Imphal East commandos and troops of 16th AR from Keibi Awang Leikai in Manipur.

NDFB–PTF and the PJACBM [a body supporting NDFB-PTF on Bodo State issue] strongly reacted on the allegations levelled by the ruling BTC leaders, blaming NDFB-PTF for rampant extortions and kidnapping in BTC areas of Assam.

January 30

Two children killed when they picked up an explosive device and then threw it or fiddled with it at village Bruen in Dera Mangota area of Rajouri District of J&K.

SFs neutralized a militant hideout at Qazi Mohalla in Sanjoit area of Mendhar in Poonch District of J&K.

Lieutenant General Om Prakash, GOC, 15th Corps, said the Army has increased patrolling to protect sarpanches and panches of J&K.

Terrorists who beheaded Indian soldier along LoC in J&K on January 8, was rewarded with PKR 500,000 by ISI, says MI report.

BSF has set up a high-level board for extensive scanning of the IB to detect existence of underground passages to facilitate militancy in India.

Indian Army has questioned the relevance of UNMOGIP.

MHA has asked J&K Government to review the security of separatist leaders in State.

Union Defence Minister A K Antony emphasised that relations with Pakistan should not be normalised in a haste.

Chairman of APMCC Vinod Pandit began a fast-unto-death in Porbandar (Porbandar District in Gujarat) demanding the Union Government and government in J&K to specify a time frame for resolving issues pertaining to Kashmiri Hindus.

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview said that if the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not visited the United States, the Pakistani Army would have conquered 300 square miles of India.

The Mumbai (Maharashtra) Crime Branch claims to have identified the Pakistan-based handler of arrested HM spy Faroquee Ahmed Gulam Naiku and has stepped up efforts to issue a Red Corner Notice for his arrest.

Bokaro Police sent three persons to jail after they were arrested from Pachmo village near Jhumra hills of Jharkhand for planting explosives which were triggered by the Maoists, on January 20, injuring 11 CRPF troopers.

All eight workers of a construction company, abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres from Badildih village of Jamui District in Bihar, on January 27, were released near Giddheswar Pahad.

During a mass gathering earlier this week at Potegaon in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, the senior Police officials unveiled their plans to take five villages in adoption for catalysing the developmental processes in such interior localities.

Southern Gadchiroli Divisional Committee of the CPI-Maoist criticised its former secretary Shekhar alias Mallaya and his wife Vijaya who surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh Government in 2012.

NNC has criticized the Nagaland Government for holding ‘sham’ elections and asserted that the polls did not “constitute” the settlement of “Indo-Naga” conflict. This was part of a resolution adopted during a meeting of the NNC central executive council held on January 24 in Kohima. NNC also resolved that it would continue to practice and adhere to the policy of non-violence in upholding the “democratically mandated plebiscite of 1951” by the Nagas “to continue to stay as an Independent nation.”  The State Assembly electrons are scheduled to be held on February 23.

Jailed GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion R. Sangma will appeal against his detention under the MPDA although his intention to contest in the ensuing Assembly elections in Meghalaya has not yet receded. West Garo Hills DC, Pravin Bakshi informed that the GNLA chairman Champion R Sangma has been booked under the MPDA, on the basis of cases registered against him in various police stations of the District.

With reference to a news report of January 30, under the caption, ‘Naga militant groups to stay away from polls’, the UNC clarified that the opinion of the UNC President, L. Adani was that all political parties in Nagaland are supportive of the Indo-Naga issue and Naga integration and therefore no particular party would merit exclusive support in Nagaland on that count as was the case with Nagas in Manipur.

A combined team of Thoubal District commandos and troops of 15 AR arrested a PULF cadre identified as Muhammad Rehan Sheikh alias Oni alias Onida while conducting a search operation at Tanjeng Litanpok of Manipur.

The Centre would definitely include the KSDC in the forthcoming talks with Kuki groups to resolve the grievances which are leading to blockades and many disturbances in Manipur. This was disclosed in an exclusive interview by Sh Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary (NE) of MHA.

MHA has released INR 13.57 billion to the State Government to counter- insurgency between the period 1990-91 to 2012 [up to December 18] and the amount was transferred to the State Government through Reserve Bank of India. This information came as a reply to a Right to Information Act (RTI) query by a State-based NGO, APW.

ULFA leader Anup Chetia's willingness on joining the ongoing peace process between ULFA-PTF and Central Government is yet to be received. Anup Chetia is the ‘General Secretary’ of ULFA and is presently jailed in Bangladesh.

Beginning of formal talks with the NDFB-RD will depend on the release of the chairman of the outfit, Ranjan Daimary on bail from Assam.

January 31

Sympathy for Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) philosophy with a likelihood to indulge in various violent activities is not sufficient ground to conclude that the accused are presently active members of the Maoist organisation, the Bombay High Court held while granting bail to four youths held from Pune in Maharashtra allegedly for their Maoist links.

Acting on a tip off, SFs seized 314 kilogram of explosives in Tamar Block of Ranchi District of Jharkhand.

An aide of Kundan Pahan, the South Chotanagpur ‘zonal commander’ of CPI-Maoist, was arrested from Silli-Rahe locality in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.

Maoists destroyed road construction equipment at Chhatariyatar village in Latehar District of Jharkhand.

Jharkhand Prastuti Committee, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, alleged that at least 17 to 20 top Maoist leaders operating in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha siphoned off a huge amount of party funds and spent it on their personal luxury.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including a bodyguard of Maoist-backed CMAS chief Nachika Linga, were arrested during an anti-Maoist operation in a forested area, on the outskirts of Podapadar, in Koraput District of Odisha.

According to the SIB of West Bengal, the CPI-Maoist cadres are again regrouping in Jungle Mahal region.

NSCN-IM leaders Isak Chisi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, expressed sadness over the way the outfit’s cadres are behaving. Thuingaleng Muivah made a direct reference to the present situation where it demands the members to take the right decision in order to save the Naga nation,” said a press communiqué issued by the NSCN-IM. Swu and Muivah were delivering speeches at the ‘34th NSCN Day’ celebration at Hebron, off Dimapur of Nagaland. NSCN was formed on January 31 in 1980 after spitting from NNC.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio charged the Centre with “ignoring” the Naga political issue and alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “never found time” to visit the State. “The Prime Minister has not visited our state in the past 10 years. He comes to Congress-ruled states of Assam and Manipur every alternate month but misses Nagaland,” Rio said.

The election manifesto of the ruling NPF was released by the party president, Shurhozelie Liezietsu, at its central office in Nagaland. The manifesto, which runs into 58 pages, makes the Naga political settlement the key issue for the February 23 assembly elections.

After several months of suspense, the Hmar militant outfit, HPC-D and the Government of Mizoram have signed the SoO in Aizawl. An official source informed. Mizoram Government team was led by Lalbiakzama, Joint Secretary, Home department, while the HPC-D delegation was led by Lalbeisei, the outfit's vice chairman.

Suspected GNLA militants targeted Jonathon Sangma, an Independent candidate contesting from Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya, during a public meeting held at Dawa Songgital in the same District.

Central Intelligence sources indicated that candidates, who have connections with GNLA can make use of the militant outfit by offering them cash and other incentives in this elections to target the opponents, which according to them needs to be prevented.

An exchange of gunfire between SFs and suspected NLFT militants was reported from at Rajasen Cherra in Dhalai District of Tripura. SFs recovered an AK-47 magazine containing 15 rounds from the spot.

MIP also said that it has received a letter from the NIA from its Assam’s Guwahati office and stated that NIA does not come under the purview of the Ceasefire Monitoring Cell and therefore it could not entertain such directive. NSCN-IM further alleged that 31 AR under Colonel Vikram Singh had ordered destruction/dismantling of the Hevito Battalion, Naga Army, New Chungtia on the pretext that the camp was totally illegal as it was against the CFGR and it poses threat to the local population, Mariani-Mokokchung highway and conduct of the assembly election. MIP asserted that this battalion has been in existent for more than 15 years and asked how it has become a threat after all these years.

Suspected militants belonging to the GNLA targeted a Government revenue collection point belonging to the DMR lobbing a hand grenade that failed to explode in North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. It is strongly suspected that the GNLA may have lobbed the grenade following non-compliance to their extortion demands by the department staff posted in the area.

The first batch of 10 companies of Central paramilitary forces has been dispatched to Garo Hills of Meghalaya on January 31 for election duty. The State had sought a total of 76 companies of paramilitary forces to maintain law and order during the polls which the Central Government has agreed to provide.

Unidentified persons left a hand grenade in front of a shop owned by one Sanatomba at the Bishnupur bazaar in Bishnupur District of Manipur. A bomb expert team exploded the grenade at Khwairakpam.

Unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade near a PHED Water Treatment Plant (reservoir) located inside the newly constructed Sericulture Department compound, Bidyanagar, Jiripam Sub Division in Imphal East District of Manipur. The assailants fled from the scene after lobbing the grenade near the workshed where workers of the water Treatment Plant were staying. The grenade was safely exploded by bomb experts.

In Assam, NDFB-PTF softens its stand on changing the Centre’s interlocutor, P.C.Haldar for the peace talks with the outfit. The next round of talks is scheduled to be held on February 28. The Bodo militant outfit had earlier demanded that the Centre should replace Haldar with a person of political background.

MHA -Joint Secretary in charge of North-east, Shambhu Singh said that the Government was not responsible for the slow pace of negotiation with the Bodo militant outfit. The tripartite talks were attended by officials of Assam Government, the NDFB-PTF, besides the MHA.

Two persons, Rabiul and Saharb, arrested when they went to deposit FICN at State Bank of India branch at Birhata in Burdwan (Burdwan District) of West Bengal.

Indias’ demand for extradition of David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana continues to stand and it would work with the US in taking the legal processes forward in the Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack cases.

In a meeting with the UMHA, Sushilkumar Shinde, in New Delhi, the Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah, called for withdrawal of CRPF battalions from law and order and Counter Insurgency Grid of the State.

CM Omar Abdullah also discussed matters pertaining to the sanction for deployment of additional 5,000 posts of SPOs in J&K on permanent basis as also enhancement of honorarium in favour of SPOs.

Colonel (retired) Ashfaq Hussain revealed that weeks before hostilities erupted between Indian and Pakistani troops in the Kargil sector in 1999, General Pervez Musharraf crossed the LoC in a helicopter and spent a night at a location 11 km inside Indian territory.

He further said Pakistani troops first intruded into the Indian side of the LoC on December 18, 1998.

In a meeting with the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh Omar Abdullah said that the Panchayat elections have raised expectations of the common man in the development share of the J&K and it was essential that Sarpanches and Panches get honorarium.

February 1

SFs killed a CPI-Maoist cadre at Hurwa forest in Khunti District of Jharkhand and recovered the body with arms and ammunition.

IAF has now decided to deploy four Garud commandos on each of its helicopters undertaking logistical duties in the ongoing anti-CPI-Maoist operations.

Police in Odisha’s Bargarh District busted a FICN manufacturing unit in Barpali town and arrested three persons, and seized materials used to print FICN.

A militant’s hideout was neutralized and huge quantity of ammunition and explosives were recovered from Gursai area in Poonch District of J&K.

Army detected and defused five Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Shikari Top village in Mahore area of Reasi District of J&K.

SF seized 2 empty rounds and 1 live round of AK-47 from a bag of walnuts during frisking at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch District

DGP Ashok Prasad asserted that J&K Police would take all measures to maintain complete and lasting peace in the State.

CorCom, of north-east based seven militant outfits, has said that the umbrella body has expelled UPPK from the membership of the group during a meeting between the CorCom and leaders of UPPK. The release said that the meeting was held on January 28 and 31 following which, the resolution of expelling UPPK was taken during the 6th meeting of the CorCom.

February 2

Two militant cadres were killed during an alleged gun fight between two factions of the United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) at a place in between Leikot and Longkai villages, under Nungba Police Station in Manipur.

Four cadres of the CPI-Maoist were arrested from Madded Police Station limits of Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh, during a search operation.

Manipur Police, sent additional personnel from its elite force Manipur Police Commando in Manipur’s border town Moreh (Chandel District) at the international border with Myanmar as intelligence inputs warns of clash among the underground groups.

The agitating KSDC has warned Manipur Government of re-launching its suspended public blockade in 'Kuki areas' if the Government fails to hold political dialogue with Kuki militants at the earliest. In pursuit of its demand for creation of a separate Kuki State within Manipur, the committee has been imposing a public blockade in 'Kuki inhabited areas' in the State for several days off and on since November 17, 2012.

February 3

SFs arrested four militants of Karbi militant formation, United Karbi Liberation Army (UKLA) from various hideouts in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.

According to latest Government report, at least 4834 militants of different outfits across seven states in North Eastern (NE) region were killed in counter-insurgency operations from 2001 to 2012.

AR has claimed that 45 cadres of UPPK surrendered. A press release issued by the PRO of HQs- IG AR (S) said that the final curtain to the long negotiations which started in November with UPPK was brought down today when 45 cadres with an array of weapons walked into the fold of peace process initiated by the Assam Rifles.

The international and national borders of three north-eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, which will see elections, will be sealed to check the smuggling of arms. The Election Commission has told the authorities to beef up border checks in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland.

NLFT militants have issued extortion demands in Khowai District. A letter bearing the letterhead of NLFT reached Training-in-charge of Digvijay Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Chebri of Tripura through India Post.

Manipur’s Imphal West District Police commandos arrested one militant, as Yumnam Rajesh alias Sanatomba (30), belonging to PREPAK from Singjamei Chingamakha Phuramakhong.

According to latest Government report, at least 4834 militants of different outfits across seven states in North Eastern (NE) region were killed in counter-insurgency operations from 2001 to 2012. During the period, at least 1909 militants were killed in Manipur, while 1777 were killed in Assam, 536 in Nagaland, 307 in Tripura, 105 in Arunachal Pradesh and 9 in Mizoram.

February 4

SFs arrested a KYKL-MDF cadre identified as Laishram Achou Singh from Changamdabi in Imphal East District of Manipur.

A constable of a Special Police party was injured in an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres, in the forest area along the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border near Pujarikanker in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. 

The Committee of Secretaries rejected a MHA plan to revive the proposal of deploying RR for static duties in LWE-infested areas.

A policeman was killed and four suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist were arrested after a Police team had a gunfight with the Maoists near Matrukha village in Jharkhand’s Giridih District.

CPI-Maoist is trying to strengthen its frontal organizations - Krantikari Kisan Sangh (KKS) and Nari Mukti Sangathan (NMS) - and bring more people close to the Maoist ideology in Tamar and Bundu areas of Jharkhand’s Ranchi District.

Deo Kumar Singh alias Arvindji, the CPI-Maoist central committee member and mastermind of Latehar encounter of January 7 is being considered for a promotion to the politbureau in the Maoist outfit.

Union Government has prohibited all the Naga factions in various phase of cease-fire agreements, not to carry arms and weapons between the last date of filing nominations and end of polling (February 7 to 23) in Nagaland.

NNC said it totally oppose and reject what it termed as the imposition of Indian elections in Nagaland.

NSCN-KK has cautioned it regional authorities against "using and tarnishing" the image of the organization during Nagaland’s assembly elections in their respective regions. NSCN-KK, 'Kilo kilonser' (Home Minister) Hothrong Yimchunger has also urged the regional authorities to pay more attention to defending political right of the Naga.

6 AR arrested one NSCN-KK cadre identified as one Tatar (MP) Kangnyu Konyak in Tizit area of Mon District of Nagaland.

BSF deployed in South West Garo Hills launched an operation and arrested a GNLA militant, identified as Chengbath Momin, from Mahendraganj of Meghalaya.

Suspected cadres of the CPI-Maoist killed a SPO Vinod Munda at Siridih village in Rahe block of Ranchi District in Jharkhand.

February 5

Suspected NSCN-K cadre identified as Pouthailung Gonmei (22), was slain in an encounter with AR personnel at Tamenglong District of Manipur.

Unidentified persons abducted the driver and the handyman of a Tata truck from along the National Highway 2 from a place about 2 kms south of the Saparmeina Police Station in Senapati District of Manipur.

SFs arrested a UNLF cadre identified as Salam Nanao alias Sanatomba from Irilbung Forest Office in Imphal East District in Manipur.

SFs had an encounter with members of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, after the extremists opened fire on the escort vehicle of Latehar SP Kranti Kant who was returning to the District headquarter after an operation at Herhanj in Balumath in Jharkhand.

Police exchanged fire with eight-member GNLA group lead by Williamnagar ‘deputy area commander‘, Marcuish had taken shelter inside a forest at Songsak Rongdol village in East Garo Hills District in Meghalaya.

Palamu District Police are planning to further neutralize Maoist splinter groups operative in the District of Jharkhand.

The crime branch of Guwahati city police and State police carried out a joint operation last night & arrested eight members of a criminal gang suspected to be behind the abduction of businessman Rajib Sharma at Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya

BSF troops arrested one illegal Bangladeshi immigrant identified as Md Rafiq (35), from Latangtilla in Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya and recovered INR 952 and two mobile phones with one Bangladeshi SIM from his possession.

ANVC-B leader, Rimpu Marak said that the cancellation of bails of ANVC-B cadres seems to be politically motivated to make the cadres into forced fugitives

An exchange of fire between 6 Assam Rifles and NDFB cadres near Lapa village under Tizit sub division in Mon District of Nagaland was reported. One NDFB cadre was arrested after the exchange of fire and explosives and one nozzle (muzzle) loading gun was seized.

Personnel of 17 and 19 Assam Rifles seized huge consignment of highly sophisticated weapons, made in Germany and Austria, from the possession of a suspected NSCN-IM cadre in a joint operation in Nagaland’s Kohima District.

NIA arrested an alleged IM operative, identified as Aftab Alam alias Farooq, who is reportedly an IED expert form an unspecified location.

NIA has claimed to have learned through the investigations that the executioners of 13/7 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts and the August 1, 2012, Pune explosions had stayed in a small village in Bihar's Darbhanga District for a year prior to the incident.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Sishu Mallick, and a close associate of Odisha Maobadi Party (OMP) chief, Sabyasachi Panda, surrendered before the Kandhamal Superintendent of Police (SP), JN Pankaj, at Phulbani of Odisha.

In a written statement dated January 16 CPI-Maoist has declared that it will continue with the tactic of planting bombs in the bodies of killed SF personnel like they did in Latehar in Jharkhand recently.

MHA has cleared the proposal to provide an Mi-17 helicopter to Andhra Pradesh's anti-Naxal force Greyhounds.

In a bid to speed up road construction in areas affected by Naxal violence, the Government has decided to fund dirt roads — and not just blacktop or metalled roads — under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Commandos of Thoubal District Police arrested two ‘lance corporals’ of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) during search operations in different areas in Thoubal District in Manipur.

Two garment traders, identified as Irshad Ahmed Bani and Faiyyaz Butt, were detained from a house near Neelam Talkies under Kotwali Police Station in Bihar’s Munger District for alleged terror links.

Police and District administrations across Nagaland have started taking measures to prevent armed violence during the assembly polls. So far, 1006 licensed arms have been deposited and seized and around 345 persons have been bounded under 107/116 CRPC from across the State as part of preventive action.

Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal has been shifted to the bomb- and bullet-proof yard which was built to protect the now hanged 26/11 attack’s perpetrator Ajmal Kasab.

Marking a major shift in its stand on infrastructure projects in forest areas, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has shot off a number of guidelines to all State Governments relaxing green norms for key infrastructure and public utility projects.

There was an exchange of fire between 6 Assam Rifles and NDFB cadres near Lapa village under Tizit sub division in Mon District of nagaland. One NDFB cadre was arrested after the exchange of fire and explosives and one nozzle (muzzle) loading gun was seized.

Personnel of 17 and 19 Assam Rifles seized huge consignment of highly sophisticated weapons, made in Germany and Austria, from the possession of a suspected NSCN-IM cadre after a joint operation conducted in the early hours of February 5 in Nagaland’s Kohima District. Recovered consignment included two AK 56 Rifles, three GSG-5 Rifles, one GSG-5 carbine and five .9mm Glock pistols along with 24 rounds of ammunition and INR 10,170 in cash.

February 6

Maoists set on fire four vehicles, used in road construction work, in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.

A fierce gunbattle broke out between SFs and GNLA militants at Bolchugre village in Songsak under East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya

Arrested GNLA ‘chairman’, Champion R Sangma has decided not contest the elections for the Meghalaya Assembly to be held on February 23.

An IED was found planted by unidentified persons at around 6:20 am near Lilong Bridge (towards Chajing turning point) under Singjamei Police station in Thoubal District of Manipur.

ZUF has expressed its anger over the killing of one of its cadres identified as one Corporal Khan alias Poukhanlung by Assam Rifles in Manipur’s Tamenglong. It was reported earlier that Poukhanlung was a suspected NSCN-K.

Manipur Government has received feelers from a Military Defence Force faction of KYKL desiring to return to the mainstream, said the CM Okram Ibobi Singh during a meeting with media persons. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh also hinted at entering into peace talks with the UPPK, which recently ‘turned in’ to the Assam Rifles

Manipur CM Okram ibobi Singh has claimed to have intimated to the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that Government of Manipur will have no objection to the Centre- NSCN-IM talks reaching an amicable solution on the vexed Naga political issue but will staunchly oppose any outcome that either threatens territorial integrity of Manipur or is detrimental to the State's interest.

Two persons, Mohammad Yousuf Khan and Abdul Rashid Rai, posing as militants, were arrested in Dooru area of Anantnag District of J&K for issuing threats to the people in the area.

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammed Sagar said that the J&K Government was actively considering recommendations proposed by different quarters in the Panchayati Raj Act (PRA). The arrestees were subsequently released.

In a joint operation, troops of 29 Assam Rifles along with Special Branch Dimapur arrested one person identified as Rengchoidoi Thanglem (44) along with five pistols and ten magazines from Blue hill bus station-Eros Line area, Dimapur District of Nagaland.

UPPK cadres who were `rescued` by a team of Thoubal commando team on February 3 had come from a camp which the outfit shares with the Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF) and the Katampur Liberation Organisation, KLO of Assam at Leipok of Tamu Sub-division of Myanmar, informed a reliable source.

Next round of talk to discuss the demand raised for an Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas of Manipur, outside the State Government and pending a settlement to the Indo-Naga talk has been scheduled on February 12 at Senapati District headquarters in Manipur.

The Union Minister for Finance, P. Chidambaram said that there was no consensus between the Union Government and the Army on the subject of AFSPA. On the issue of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Chidambaram said the Union was in favour of it while State Governments were opposed to it.

NSG DG Arvind Ranjan at NSG headquarters in Manesar (Haryana) said that ubiquitous weapon of terror, the IED continues to be the weapon of choice of the purveyors of terror and a formidable internal security challenge.

Forty-seven more members of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), a CPI-Maoist backed tribal organization based in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District of Odisha surrendered before the Police.

One PREPAK militant identified as Mutum Imotomba Singh was arrested at Bashikhong Kitna Panung in Imphal East District of Manipur. The arrested disclosed that he was working under the command of a ‘commander’ of the outfit named Rajen Babu alias Babu alias Kunba. Imotomba had extorted huge amount of money from different places under the instruction of the commander for their party fund.

Imphal West Police commando personnel arrested two KYKL militants identified as Keisham Meghanath and Thokchom Konan alias Mocha along with INR 30, 000 near the gate of Langol View Clinic in Manipur

A combined team of Imphal East commandos and 16 Assam Rifles arrested one cadre of KK Nganba faction of KCP-KK Nganba identified as Salam Jiten Meitei alias Temba alias Lemba alias Hinganba from Nongada Thongkhong near Waiting Shed in Manipur.

While expressing serious concern over the rising crimes against women, the PREPAK has slammed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 of Manipur which was approved by the President of India on February 3.

Rejecting Manipur’s Chief Minister Okram Ibobi’s contention that the UNC’s demand for an Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur, outside the State Government and pending a final settlement to the Naga political dialogue is not acceptable, the UNC said the Alternative Arrangement demand is raised only to the Centre. During a media conference the Chief Minister had stated that the Alternative Arrangement demand is unacceptable while adding that his Government would transfer powers to the local bodies in the hills by amending and enforcing the Autonomous District Council Act and Village Authority Act.

BSF troops deployed in Nokchi, West Garo Hills District in Meghalaya arrested an ULFA and NDFB linkman identified as Santok Koch (20) while he was trying to infiltrate into India. During preliminary questioning, the linkman confessed that he was working with ULFA and NDFB and facilitating trans-border movements of their cadres.

In Meghalaya BSF troops of Baghmara arrested two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants. The arrested persons were identified as Prabash Marak (37) and Samul Marak (45). The immigrants revealed that they intended to go to Nangalbibra coal mines area to work as labourers.

One person, identified as Salil Ansari resident of Nijamnagar locality in Ranchi District of Jharkhand, was arrested in area under the limits of Bowbazar Police Station of Kolkata District of West Bengal along with FICN worth INR 498,000.

Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Berry sentenced Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militant Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of INR 10,000 in a case pertaining to recovery of explosives. Rajoana was caught with explosives on December 22, 1995, in Rajpura of Patiala District in Punjab, and was subsequently booked under the explosive substances Act.

LeT, in a letter through regular post, threatened to carry out militant attacks in the city of Ahmadabad of Gujarat in western India.

A meeting of civil society organisations convened by ZRO at Aizawl in Aizawl District in Mizoram resolved to support the demand for creation of a Kuki State. Leaders of MSU, Mizoram Chiefs' Council, former MNF leaders, KSDC and other civil groups attended the meeting. KSDC is agitating for a separate Kuki State incorporating Kuki inhabited areas of Manipur.

In a joint operation, troops of 29 Assam Rifles along with Special Branch Dimapur arrested one person identified as Rengchoidoi Thanglem (44) along with five pistols and ten magazines from Blue hill bus station-Eros Line area, Dimapur District of Nagaland.

Troops of 31 Assam Rifles apprehended one NSCN-KK cadre identified as one Pungyau Phom along with one US Carbine M 30I and 10 live rounds in Longleng (District) Town of Nagaland.

Three intending candidates in Nagaland’s 29 Jangpetkong Assembly Constituency (AC) have appealed NSCN-IM to "clarify, deny or confirm" through the media whether there was "direct and active involvement" of its officials and armed cadres in the electioneering process under 29 Jangpetkong AC.

Two former militants are contesting elections for the upcoming Assembly elections if Tripura. A former militant leader belonging to ATPLO, Khagendra Jamatia, also a minister in Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's cabinet is contesting as a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate. In addition, Bijoy Kumar Hrankhwal 'chief' of former militant outfit, TNV will contest from Ambassa constituency in Dhalai District.

February 7

Two GNLA militants were killed, in a encounter with the SFs, along the Assam-Meghalaya border at Ambringkona under Boko Police Station of Kamrup (Rural) District of Assam.

SFs recovered four AK–56 Assault Rifles and four AK–56 magazines from Damsodiang Phai, Daiphai, under Maibong Police Station in Dima Hasao District of Assam

SFs arrested a suspected a MULTA militant from the heart of the Nagaon town in Nagaon District in Assam and recovered a pistol and live ammunition.

Two former militants are contesting elections for the upcoming Tripura Assembly elections. A former militant leader belonging to All Tripura Peoples Liberation Organisation (ATPLO), Khagendra Jamatia, is contesting as a CPI-M candidate and Bijoy Kumar Hrankhwal ‘chief’ of former militant outfit, Tripura National Volunteer (TNV) will contest from Ambassa constituency in Dhalai District.

SFs arrested, Kishan Agarwal, an owner of a garment shop at Tinsukia town’s Daily Bazar for collecting money on behalf of Anti-Talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-ATF) in Tinsukia District of Assam

Meghalaya Government has sought additional companies of paramilitary forces for deployment in Garo Hills following deterioration of law and order situation in certain pockets there. The State Chief Electoral Officer P Naik said that the State Government has sought for 91 companies of paramilitary forces for the upcoming Assembly elections. Earlier, the State Government had sought 73 companies of paramilitary forces to ensure a free and fair election. “We are concerned about certain pockets of Garo Hills where some incidents took place in the last few days,” Naik said. It may be recalled that last week militants entered the Williamnagar Jail premises and shot dead an assistant jailor and a warden.

Due to a spurt in militant activities unleashed by the GNLA in Garo Hills in Meghalaya, the region has become more vulnerable as compared to other Districts of the State and almost half of the polling stations in the State (1222 out of 2485) have been categorized as either sensitive or hyper sensitive.

Troops of 31 Assam Rifles apprehended one National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khole-Kitovi (NSCN-KK) cadre identified as one Pungyau Phom along with one US Carbine M 30I and 10 live rounds in Longleng (District) Town in Nagaland.

Two militants of the GNLA were killed, in a encounter with the SFs, along the Assam-Meghalaya border at Ambringkona under Boko Police Station of Kamrup (Rural) District of Assam.

SFs arrested a suspected a MULTA militant from the heart of the Nagaon town in Assam’s Nagaon District. A pistol and live ammunition were seized from him.

SFs arrested, Kishan Agarwal, an owner of a garment shop at Tinsukia town's Daily Bazar for collecting money on behalf of ULFA-ATF in Tinsukia District of Assam.

In Nagaland, three intending candidates in 29 Jangpetkong AC have appealed NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) to “clarify, deny or confirm” through the media whether there was “direct and active involvement” of its officials and armed cadres in the electioneering process under 29 Jangpetkong AC. In a joint press release, three intending candidates - Dr. Longrineken, Naga Peoples Front (NPF), E.T Sunep (Independent) and Dr. K. Chuba (Independent), claimed that some individual/s claiming to be senior officials and “armed cadres of NSCN (I-M)” along with village councils of Waromung, Dibuia, Mongchen, Chungliyimsen and Town Committee members, Sector Chairman and GBs of Mangkolemba Town were allegedly giving the “message that I. Imkong of Congress (I) was the “NSCN (I-M)’s official candidate.”

Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani led APHC-G has called for general shutdown on February 11 on the death anniversary of the hanged militant Mohammad Maqbool Butt in J&K.

Seeking to explain what happened during the anti-Naxal strikes on the January 18 in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma District, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne insisted that reports suggesting that six Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel abandoned a Police radio operator and fled the scene, leaving weapons behind, were wrong.

The Government has decided to move UAV base for anti-Naxal operations from Hyderabad to Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, closer to the ‘red corridor’ where SFs are engaged in a bloody battle with the LWEs.

Meghalaya Government has sought additional companies of paramilitary forces for deployment in Garo Hills following deterioration of law and order situation in certain pockets there. The State Chief Electoral Officer P Naik, on February 7, said that the State Government has sought for 91 companies of paramilitary forces for the upcoming Assembly elections. Earlier, the State Government had sought 73 companies of paramilitary forces to ensure a free and fair election. "We are concerned about certain pockets of Garo Hills where some incidents took place in the last few days," Naik said. It may be recalled that last week militants entered the Williamnagar Jail premises and shot dead an assistant jailor and a warden.

Due to a spurt in militant activities unleashed by the Garo national Liberation Army (GNLA) in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills, the region has become more vulnerable as compared to other Districts of the State and almost half of the polling stations in the State (1222 out of 2485) have been categorized as either sensitive or hyper sensitive.

February 8

All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi said the Congress wanted to settle the Naga insurgency issue soon and is committed in bringing an honourable and acceptable solution to all concerned parties, reports The Times of India. Addressing an election rally ahead of the February 23 assembly polls at Congress's bastion, Dimapur, she said that it was the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government that took the decision to invite NSCN leaders for the political dialogue. Sonia continued, "We now have the historic opportunity to resolve the Naga problem and this should not be lost. Congress is committed to take the peace talks forward and will ensure that a peace agreement is finalized sooner or later."

Dandapani Mohanty, who acted as an interlocutor between CPI-Maoist and the State Government during the high profile abductions of the then Malkangiri collector R Vineel Krishna in 2011 and Italians Paulo Bosusco and Claudio Colangelo in 2012, was arrested by Police from his residence at Shanti Nagar in Berhampur in Ganjam District of Odisha.

Forty more supporters of CMAS, a CPI-Maoist-backed tribal organization based in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District of Odisha, surrendered before the Police at Narayanpatna Police Station.

Fresh threat posters threatening Gram Panchayat members and asking them to resign or face consequences appeared in Wadpora village in Kupwara District of J&K.

Police arrested separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan from Pattan town in J&K’s Baramulla District and was remanded to judicial custody and sent to Central Jail Srinagar (Srinagar District) till February 11.

CPI-Maoist released all six abducted tractor drivers in a forest at Punadih village in Lakhisarai District of Bihar, hours after abducting them.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to NDFB-RD, identified as Mathura Basumatary (25) alias B Majumser, from Rangsaidham area of No -2 Amguri area under Basugaon Police Station of Chirang District of Assam.

Assam government has agreed to a probe by the CBI into the seizure of FICN by officials of the DRI, Guwahati from three accused persons arrested earlier on August 30, 2012. The vehicle was on its way from Malda District in West Bengal and FICN is reported to have been brought from Bangladesh.

SFs arrested five Maoist cadres who had set ablaze vehicles at Katekalyan in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, meanwhile a woman Maoist surrendered in Manpur area in Rajnandgaon District.

Fourteen families of Talajamaguda village under Bandhugaon Police Station in Koraput District who were not ready to bow down to pressure and threat of CMAS have left their village.

A hand written poster signed by Maoists was found in Pandu market area in Palamu District of Jharkhand.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a Sikshya Sahayak at Pathpani village in Nuapada District of Odisha suspecting him to be a Police informer. 

The MPA, [UNLF's MAC] greeted all the people of Manipur in addition to extending New Year wishes on the occasion of the outfit's 26th raising day.

34 militants of the UPPK are still at a camp in Eastern Nagaland areas of Myanmar after the 'rescue' of 44 UPPK cadres by a team of the Thoubal Police Commandos led by its OC Inspector M Sudhir on February 3 from Moreh in Manipur, informed a source.

Combined team of Manipur’s Imphal East and Imphal West police commandos arrested two KYKL cadres from Palace Compound in front of the HERICUN Office building, said a Police release. According to the release, the arrested persons have been identified as Muhammad Muhibur alias Inaocha (34) and Laishram Tiken Singh (28).

One KYKL cadre identified as Oinam Ranjit Singh alias Inao (35) was also arrested from his residence, the release said.

The MCP-M has said in a press release that it has postponed its February 11 midnight to February 12 midnight general strike against the malpractices of corruption inside the RIMS, until the outfit sends out another statement on the issue.

NSCN-IM made it clear that it would not abide by the directive of the CFMG which restricted the cadres and ID-card holders of NSCN-IM from carrying arms from February 7 to 23 in Nagaland. NSCN-IM further stated that as the directive issued was against the ceasefire agreement signed with the Centre.

Nagaland’s Wokha (District) Police arrested two persons identified as Mongthungo Kikon (31) and Ngangshithung Lotha (42) and seized a .22 pistol (country made) with 7 live rounds. Wokha Police informed that a Police team stopped the van where they were travelling in as it appeared to be moving in a suspicious manner at a point between Niroyo village and Wokha town.

Troops of 31 and 6 AR in two separate occasions arrested one NSCN-IM cadre. The militant was identified as 'major' Nungsangmanen of the NSCN-IM along with one 12 bore gun and nine live rounds was arrested.

NSCN-IM, Angami Region, has informed all its members, both from civil authority and military set up, to refrain from involving in the ensuing February 23 elections in Nagaland.

NNC/FGN, while reiterating that it has been opposing the imposition of Indian elections in Nagaland since its inception in 1952 reaffirmed that it would continue to oppose its stand on non-participation of 12th election scheduled on February 23.

NSCN-K rejected the Government of India's decision to prohibit all the Naga factions in various phase of cease-fire agreements, not to carry arms and weapons between the last date of filing nominations and end of polling (February 7 to 23) in Nagaland.

Altogether 1822 licensed arms were seized and bounded 460 persons under 107/116 CRPC from across Nagaland. Police sources informed that 38 unlicensed arms were also seized and were deposited in the Police station. The seizure report began from the date of the announcement of State general election 2013 till February 8.

District magistrate and collector of Tripura’s West Tripura District slapped charges on ATTF chief, Ranjit Debbarma under the NSA.

February 9

Parliament House attack (December 13, 2001) case convict Afzal Guru was hanged to death at Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi at 8am.

The state Government of Assam has agreed to a probe by the CBI into the seizure of FICN by officials of the DRI, Guwahati from three accused persons arrested earlier on August 30, 2012.

Top ranking Naxal leader Thakapalli Vasudev Rao alias Assannna alias Satish alias Sujit has entered Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

40 persons, including 23 Policemen, were injured in clashes that broke out between protesters and Police in several parts of Kashmir Valley after authorities imposed indefinite curfew in Srinagar City and other major towns of the Valley in J&K.

Pakistan violated ceasefire by firing on forward Indian posts in J&K’s Poonch District. "The Pakistan troops late this evening fired heavily on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch," sources said.

In West Bengal, Kolkata Police's STF arrested three gun-runners who have allegedly been supplying arms and ammunition to CPI-Maoist.

Two Maoist supporters, postmaster Sukhram Gop of Kedeng village and Rajesh Sahu of Prem Nagar in Chainpur Police Station of Gumla District of Jharkhand, were forwarded to judicial custody.

Odisha Maobadi Party chief, Sabyasachi Panda, criticised the arrest of Maoist interlocutor Dandapani Mohanty.

KYKL has warned that schools in Manipur which despise or neglect Manipuri language/subject would be shut down.

KNA-Karbi Anglong unit observed the 'Political Autonomy demand day' at its head office named Kuki-Kho in Manja near Diphu in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. The celebration was attended by all Kuki chiefs (Haosa), with other frontal Kuki organizations including KRA and UKDA.

Miscreant targeted the Singra weekly market under Boko PS in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) District and five houses of the market were damaged by fire.

Eight militants of the newly-formed outfit MPTF surrendered before SFs in Kokrajhar District of Assam.

SFs destroyed a training-cum-medical camp of Maoists at Ghatkal in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

SFs arrested two GNLA militants including the 'deputy area commander' of West Garo Hills and recovered arms and ammunition after an operation in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. Police recovered one AK-47 rifle, 55 rounds of live ammunition and communication equipments among others from the hide out of the militants.

February 10

State Government of Bihar has started collaborating with various Central agencies, including SSB, in a more comprehensive way to nab unscrupulous elements who keep pumping FICN into the State by taking various routes passing through Bihar-Nepal border.

A 16-year-old boy, Ubaid Mushtaq, injured in CRPF firing in Watergam area of Baramulla District of J&K in the evening of February 10 succumbed to his injuries late in that night. Ubaid along with five other men, were injured in Watergam area.

RBI launched a special financial literacy drive with the active support from SSB in the bordering areas of Bihar and Nepal to equip common people with sufficient skills so that they can distinguish FICN, particularly those in denominations of `500 and `1,000 efficiently.

Latehar Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Kuldeep Mahato, from Barwadih in Latehar District of Jharkhand.

Police and SFs unearthed arms and explosives hidden by Maoists in a dump at Palur village in Koraput District of Odisha.

A Maoist wanted in connection with several cases, identified as Xaviyar Lugun alias Willaim Lugun, surrendered before the Rourkela Police in Sundergarh District of Odisha.

A CPI-Maoist poster was found pasted on a hume pipe along the NH-57 near Sahajpal village under Baunsini PS limits in Boudh District of Odisha.

CEM of KAAC, Joy Ram Engleng appealed to KPLT militants to call off the indefinite Karbi Anglong District of Assam strike beginning from 5 p.m. of February 12. However, KPLT 'chairman' B.D. Sarpo Tungjang has dismissed the appeal and stated that, "we have acknowledged the public appeal but this is the time for asking for a separate state when government is mulling over the issue, why should we sit at home; it is better to live in our own land then in other people's house".

The Malang market near Boko in Kamrup (Rural) District of Assam was set ablaze by the miscreants.

Residents of Ganderbal area (Ganderbal District of J&K) claimed one Tariq Ahmad Bhat and two others jumped into the river when they were chased by SFs. One youth managed to swim ashore, residents said adding another was saved by some persons.

The Police spokesman said that five persons were injured in Watergam area of Baramulla District in J&K while "tackling" law and order situation.

Sporadic protests were also reported from some parts of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) and Kulgam District of J&K. However, there were no reports of anyone getting injured in the clashes with the Security Forces.

Curfew continued for second consecutive day in Srinagar and other major towns of J&K valley to prevent protests against Guru's hanging.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah said that he had no say in the execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru but warned of wider alienation and implications of the decision in long term across the Kashmir Valley.

Defence Minister A.K. Antony said that tension along the Indo-Pak border had largely reduced but the situation was not yet normal and it will depend on Pakistan’s action.

A 16-year-old boy, Ubaid Mushtaq, injured in CRPF firing in Watergam area of Baramulla District of J&K succumbed to his injuries.

Some unidentified persons placed a grenade in the courtyard of the residence of Thockchom Indrasing, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Bishnupur of Utlou Makha Leikai of Manipur.

SFs arrested two UPRA cadres identified as L Henkhup Kom alias Joshua and Lunneihao Telien from lKhurai Lamlong Bridge in Imphal East District in Manipur.

One KCP-MC militant, identified as Shrithan Awungshi alias Aboy was arrested by manipur’s Imphal West District Police Commando from near the MMTA, Minuthong.

The RPF has asserted that Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's statement, "if the Indian Army continues with its stubborn objection against all efforts to amend Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958, there is no point for the existence of a civilian Government" needs a collective discussion.

The UNLF has alleged that a special team of 44 AR Kasung post in close coordination with 24 Batallion AR deployed at Moreh (Chandel District) crossed inside Myanmar territory and conducted a sabotage operation by destroying a bridge at about 20 mile North of Tamu along Tamu-Minthar road of Myanmar, according to a report. To pass the blame to UNLF, the Indian saboteurs pasted a poster which read as "Long Live UNLF, Long Live Meghen, Kabaw Valley belongs to Manipur and not to Burmese Dogs", said a press release issued by the outfit's Senior Publicity Officer Ksh Yoiheiba.

Manipur’s Thoubal District Police arrested a militant belonging to KCP -Nando while conducting a search operation at Thoubal College Road. The militant was identified as Mohammad Islamuddin (38).

GNLA has blamed former Meghalaya’s DGP-Prisons, Kulbir Krishan for the death of Assistant Jailer Neil Warjri and Warder Sarai Sing Thabah at the hands of ANVC-B militants during the attack on Williamnagar jail on February 2.

On specific inputs regarding GNLA activities, the BSF troops deployed in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya launched an operation and arrested one GNLA cadre identified as Dawin N Sangma from Dangar.

On the information provided by the cadre, BSF troops along with Meghalaya Police carried out a joint operation late night and arrested another GNLA cadre identified as Suresh S Sangma (20) from Mawsynram and recovered a cell phone without SIM from his possession.

Troops of 29 AR along with a Police team recovered two country-made pistols, one Bolt Action Rifle and large quantities of ammunition and warlike stores from the house of one person who has been identified as 'major' Phuyeka of NSCN-KK in Niu Colony, Burma Camp in Dimapur District of Nagaland.

In Nagaland, one person identified as Kughahoto Aye, 'regional secretary' NSCN-KK Sumi Region, was arrested along with 7.65mm pistol and ammunition.

February 11

Troops of BSF South Bengal Frontier seized FICN worth INR 300,000 from the international border near Kaliachak in Malda District in West Bengal.

ATS declared that the two suspected 13/7 blasts bomb planters, Waqqas and Tabrez, are Indian nationals and not Pakistani residents, which the police suspected earlier. Moreover, the ATS said the duo also planted bombs at two places on Pune's Jangli Maharaj Road of Maharashtra.

Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal in his testimony to Maharashtra ATS, told that LeT 'commander' Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was worried that 26/11 might be too big an operation to handle. He also told the ATS that LeT operative David Coleman Headley had visited the camp where the 26/11 attackers were undergoing training in 2008.

Jundal revealed that Lakhvi, along with other handlers, watched the attack on TV at the control room in Karachi, provincial capital of Sindh. He took stock of the situation on November 27 and realised that the attack had gone out of control. Fearing that there would be more problems, Lakhvi directed the terrorists at Oberoi and Taj hotels to set the buildings afire.

Police fished out body of 14-year-old boy Zameer Ahmad Dar in Batwina in Ganderbal District of J&K. As reported earlier, one body was recovered on February 10.

There were reports of protests and clashes from across Kashmir Valley. Police and CRPF clashes with stone throwing protesters in several area in Sopore and Baramulla in Baramulla District, Srinagar city (Srinagar District), and Districts of Ganderbal, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Kulgam of J&K.

APHC-G chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has urged people to observe strike in J&K till Friday (February 15) against the curfew and killing of youth.

JKLF leader Yasin Malik shared the dais with November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed to mourn the execution of Afzal Guru in Islamabad in Pakistan.

On Malik's meeting with Saeed, Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said that he would look into this matter after getting details from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.

IG CRPF, Jammu Sector, J&K, G J Singh said that on the basis of intelligence inputs gathered it has been established that nearly 30 to 40 militants are operating in parts of Jammu region. Nearly 15 CRPF Battalions were presently deployed in Jammu zone while in Kashmir, their number is around 52.

A meeting of the central committee members of the ULFA-PTF was held at a private lodge in Dispur in Kamrup (Metro) District of Assam.

Unidentified miscreants on the eve of third phase of Panchayat (local self government institution) elections, set ablaze three Lower Primary (LP) schools namely Bordamal Kamarpara LP school, Goraimari LP School and Doroni LP School, all under PS in Assam’s Goalpara District.

Miscreants set ablaze a truck (WB-15-A- 9894) loaded with goods at Kharkhori under Chhaygaon PS and another truck (AS-01 P-9950) was also set on fire at Bodapara under Boko PS in Kamrup (rural) District of Assam.

About 500 activist of Rabha bodies have staged a road blockade at Dairang under Krishnai PS in an attempt to block the polling officials from moving to the polling centres by that road.

The Agriculture Office at Assam’s Dhudhnoi in Goalpara district was also set ablaze by the miscreants.

The RHJMC, an umbrella organisation of 34 groups, is opposing the holding of panchayat polls in RHAC areas. RHJMC are opposed to panchayat polls in the Rabha-Hasong area without holding RHAC election

A Maoist area committee leader, Satyavati alias Bhagya, was arrested along with another civilian, a Maoist sympathiser, identified as Vandanam Bangarayya, by Odisha Police at Rollagedda village in Gumma block of Malkangiri District.

The bail plea of Dandapani Mohanty was rejected by court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, R. Udaygiri, Odisha.

DGP Prakash Mishra justified the arrest of Jan Adhikar Manch convenor Dandapani Mohanty for his alleged Maoist links even as members of civil society sought his immediate release and dropping of 'false' criminal charges against the activist.

The CRPF narrowly escaped a CPI-Maoist attack on them, near Sirpur village in the jungle of Pendhri, in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. 

LWEs belonging to CPI-ML-Janashakti has again regrouped and returned by striking terror and killing a former Sarpanch, at Marupaka village of Vemulawada mandal in Andhra Pradesh.

A 2.5 kilograms RDX bomb planted by some unidentified persons near the Andro welcome gate under Yairipok Police station (Thoubal District) in Manipur was found.

A handyman and a driver of the truck abducted by some unidentified persons from near National Highway-2, M-Salung under the Sapermeina (Senapati District of Manipur) Police station on February 5 have been released along with a person who had also been abducted with the two. The three abducted have been identified as driver Ph. Nakho (28), second driver Llia (25) and Kivei (18).

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that 47 cadres including four women cadres of UPPK of Manipur gave up arms before the Manipur Police and Assam Rifles at the border town of Moreh in Manipur. "They deposited 37 weapons along with some RDX. The Ministry of Home Affairs facilitated their extrication from Myanmar. This is the first major valley based insurgent group to give up arms, and it is a welcome development," he said in his monthly report card for February 2013.

Ahead of the scheduled tripartite talk between the Manipur Government, Government of India and UNC at Senapati on February 12, Chief Minister O Ibobi held a meeting with officials of the MHA and State Government officials.

Unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at 'contractor' Pukhrambam Kumarjit's residence in Manipur’s Uripok Sinam Leikai. The hand grenade lobbed, however, failed to explode. Police have picked up the grenade.

SFs arrested two active members of KCP from near Manipur Sweet Hotel in Imphal West District of Manipur. The arrested militants were identified as Mohammad Firoz Ahmad (37) and Hanaskumar Tulija alias Poppy (60). Two mobile handsets and Rs 15,000 were seized from their possession.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to PREPAK-Pro identified as Oinam Amutombi alias Romesh alias Bullet (34), at Thangalawai Khongnang Makhong Ward No 1 in Bishnupur District.

Police in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya arrested a GNLA cadre and recovered a crude bomb from his possession. Police said that the militant identified as T. Sangma intended to throw the bomb in a market place.

SFs arrested a GNLA militant and an OWG of the outfit from an area near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya’s South West Garo Hills District. The GNLA militant was identified as Mariours N Sangma (26). A country-made gun and ammunition were recovered from Sangma's possession along with a mobile phone and camouflage uniforms.

SFs arrested one GNLA OWG identified as Jarbish A Sangma (19) in Ajangre of Meghalaya.

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio asserted he was willing to go to jail for the sake of the Naga people, stating he would continue to carry the voice of the Naga people.

Suspected NSCN-K militants killed one NSCN-KK militant, identified as 'Sergeant Major' Khekugha Sumi, at Shotomi village in Zunheboto District of Nagaland.

February 12

Maharashtra ATS announced a reward of INR 10,00,000 each to anyone giving information on elusive IM 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his 3 aides allegedly involved in several terror cases.

BSF recovered FICN amounting to around INR 750,000 from the Amritsar sector (Amritsar District) of Punjab along International Border.

Police arrested an imam (cleric) of a Kochi (Eranakulam District of Kerala)-based mosque and his assistant for possession of Pakistan-printed FICNs in denominations of INR 500, INR 100 and INR 20.

LeT operative Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal has not yet been taken into custody by the Maharashtra ATS for his role in the German Bakery (Pune, Maharashtra) blast of February 13, 2010.

Seven more persons were injured as protests continued for the fourth day. Curfew also continued for fourth consecutive day in Srinagar and other major towns of Kashmir Valley of J&K.

Isolated stone pelting and clashes were also reported from Districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam, Pulwama and Srinagar of J&K.

Eleven persons were killed and many injured when SFs opened fire to quell groups of protesters ransacking polling stations and preventing other voters from casting their ballots at several places in the RHAC areas in Goalpara District during the third and final phase of Panchayat in Assam.

Curfew was clamped in the areas under Assam’s Mornoi Police Station after fresh reports of group clashes between two communities were reported from Dhuptola area following killing of two persons who allegedly placed two hand bombs outside the polling station at Raikhashini Jawaharlal Nehru Vidyalaya.

Mob set ablaze a village under Assam’s Krishnai Police Station where around 60 houses were destroyed

According to official sources, the Goalpara District Assam recorded a peaceful polling of 60 percent at the 659 polling centres while polling could not take place at the rest 173 centres.

PM Manmohan Singh while addressing a conference of State Governors in New Delhi has said that LWE geographical spread in the country is showing a shrinking trend even though in Assam, it is expanding, which is "worrisome".

SFs killed a militant belonging to NDFB-IKS, identified as Pri Pri Mushahary, somewhere near the Ripu reserve forest under Kachugaon Police Station in Gossaigaon sub division of Kokrajahar District of Assam

The body of abducted businessman Raju Saha (30), of Dotma in Assams’ Kokrajhar District, was recovered from the approaching road to National Highway 31-C, about 150 meters from Serfanguri Police Station in the same District in the night. Local People suspect the hands of the NDFB-IKS behind the killing of Saha.

The AABYF condemned the killing and threatened the militant group involved in the killing and the government of dire consequence if effective measures are not taken immediately

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that there were clear signs of improvement in internal security situation in Jammu and Kashmir but admitted that a lot still needs to be done. He also asserted that India remained committed to good relations and peaceful existence with the neighbors.

Fake currencies of the US, UK and other South East Asian nations are also being circulated largely through private currency exchange centres targeting the people who exchange currencies before going on a foreign trip. Police have sounded an alert and advised the people, travelling abroad, to be wary of fake foreign currencies being pumped in by agents and private currency exchangers. The travellers have also been advised to exchange notes from the counters of nationalised banks.

In a an attempt to tackle the Maoist issue, the Odisha Government, submitted a INR 238 crore project for the development of the Hilly area in Nuapada District of Odisha.

PM Manmohan Singh while addressing a conference of State Governors in New Delhi has said that LWE’s geographical spread in the country is showing a shrinking trend even though in Assam, it is expanding, which is "worrisome".

A journalist, identified as Nemichand Jain, was killed by Maoist cadres at Tongapal in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

Miscreants set ablaze at least five voting centres and one sub-post office in Mirza under Kamrup (rural) District of Assam.

Maoists killed a villager in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, the Police said the villager was earlier associated with a grass root level Maoist organization but later he had surrendered before the Police.

Two tractors, a bike and a mixture machine were set ablaze by PLFI cadres at Pathakpagar under Tarhassi Police Station in Palamu District of Jharkhand. 

Bokaro District Police of Jharkhand have formed a Special Action Team to counter the Maoist attacks.

Accepting the Centre's proposal for the development of Sunabeda Sanctuary area, Odisha Government submitted an INR 2.38 billion project for the development of the Hilly Area in Nuapada District. 

One hundred and one supporters of CPI-Maoist backed tribal organisation, CMAS, surrendered at Narayanpatna Police Station in Koraput District of Odisha.

The fifth round of tripartite talks on the demand for an "alternative arrangement" for the Nagas in Manipur held at Senapati District, Manipur ended inconclusively, without any development to the demand raised by the UNC.

February 13

The Gorakhpur Police (in Uttar Pradesh), investigating the May 22, 2007 blasts in the city, has obtained the Allahabad High Court's permission for attachment of property of Mirza Shadab Baig, one of the accused belonging to IM who is absconding.

More FICN is flooding into the wallets of common man in Kochi, Kerala,  every day.

The Central Bank of Oman has issued advisory to Omanis and expatriates not to carry Indian currency. The bank said it was issuing the directive following the discovery of FICNs in Oman and other Gulf countries.

The Delhi Police seized FICNs worth INR 173 million in 2012. In 2011, the Delhi Police had seized INR 2.82 million.

At least eight persons, including six protesters and two Policemen, were injured as protesters clashed with the Police in SK Colony Janglant Mandi, Sheerpora, Lal Chowk and Lassibal areas of Anantnag town in Anantnag District of J&K.

Curfew was relaxed and lifted from parts of J&K’s Kashmir Valley while in other sensitive parts it remained strictly enforced for fifth consecutive day since its imposition on February 9.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was no ban imposed on publication of newspapers but the dailies had chosen not to print as curfew had made distribution impossible.

Security agencies seized four rusted rounds of AK-47 and one round of 12 bore gun from a bag of herbs during frisking at Chakan-Da-Bagh, in the same District.

Places of worship have become soft targets for fake currency rackets to carry out their operations. Kochi Police have launched a probe to track the details of people from other states who have been working in various places of worship in the city.

Ahead of the visit of the Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to Nuapada District of Odisha on February 16, Police unearthed four landmines at Barkot.

Death toll in violence during third phase of Panchayat polls in RHAC areas of Goalpara District of assam has risen to 20.

A 22-year-old woman Maoist cadre surrendered before the Police in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh, as she was fed up of "ill treatment" of women by senior cadres of the party.

A Special Team of armed Police continued combing operation in the forest areas near Cherupuzha village in Kannur District of Kerala, for the second day, following eyewitness accounts of the presence of CPI-Maoist cadres in the forest area on the Karnataka side.

Assam’s CM Tarun Gogoi revealed that 19 people lost their lives in the RHAC violence, of which six died in ethnic clashes. The violence has triggered an exodus of people from affected villages, forcing over 12,000 people to take shelter in 12 relief camps till February 13 afternoon, even as the Army has been continuing flag marches. There was no relaxation in the curfew clamped in Krishnai and Mornoi Police Station areas.

Two houses were set ablaze in fresh incidents on the outskirts of Goalpara town in Goalpara District of Assam. Two fire brigade personnel, who had gone there, also received bullet injuries.

Assam’s Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi termed the Rabha Accord as faulty.

Police in Kannur, Kasargod and Wayanad Districts of Kerala and their counterparts in the neighbouring Karnataka have been put on high alert following reports of threats of possible attacks on some of the Police Stations by Maoists.

The Charla Police in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh arrested three Maoist militia members and a courier, near Tippapuram.

SFs arrested three KCP-MC cadres, identified as Potsangbam Sanajaoba Singh, Huiningshungbam Rajesh Meitei and Sairem Rameshwor Singh from Ereima Lai Manak of Lamboikhul Mayai Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur.

A civilian identified as one Joseph Rongmei allegedly working at the behest of the NSCN-IM 'arrested' by the ZUF and detained for few days in Manipur was released on humanitarian grounds.

At least six militant cadres belonging to different outfits surrendered with arms to BSF authorities at the paramilitary force's 116 battalion complex near Loktak Lake in Bishnupur District.

Suspected NSCN-IM militants abducted a boy from Longkhum village in Mokokchung District of Nagaland. The boy is yet to be released. Situation in Alichen, Longkhum continues to remain tense.

Meghalaya will avail the services of 71 companies of central para-military forces for the Assembly elections, though the Election department had sought 76 companies. Only 10 companies of para military forces have been deployed, mostly in Garo Hills, for the law and order duty. The Chief Electoral Officer, P Naik told reporters that 61 companies of central paramilitary forces would arrive in the State after the Tripura elections on February 15. Naik hoped that the election would be free and fair since no militant group has boycotted the elections. The chief electoral officer, however, admitted that there were certain pockets in Garo Hills which are vulnerable that need attention.

Meghalaya Governor, RS Mooshahary while praising the State Government for the "commendable" job it has done in containing the activities of militant groups said law and order situation in the State is under control. Speaking at the two-day conference of Governors, Mooshahary said the State was fully geared up for the February 23 elections. "The activities of HNLC are on decline in Khasi-Jainita Hills," the Governor said adding the peace agreement with the Garo militant outfit ANVC would be signed shortly. "However, the increased activities of the GNLA and its growing influence in Garo Hills and parts of West Khasi Hills is a matter of concern," he added.

Nokpu village council has claimed that on February 10 its chairman was abducted from his house by what it termed as "some vested NSCN-IM leader" and took him to the residence of NPF party candidate of 30-Alongtaki Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung District.

Lotha Region of NNC has opposed the forth coming Nagaland’s Assembly Election stating that Nagas were not Indian and was not under the constitution of India.

NSCN-K has informed all responsible not to entertain any "advance taxation" for the year 2013-14 in Nagaland till further notice from the "higher authorities". An order issued by NSCN (K) president's office, through MIP, cautioned that anyone who had made "advance payments" would have to pay "double" as the "government" would not be held responsible for such payments.

February 14

Key 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks handler Abu Jundal has moved a Delhi court seeking discharge from the Jama Masjid (Delhi) blast case on the ground of 'illegal investigation and court proceedings.

Police recovered cache of explosives from a CPI-Maoist hideout, around Heso Forest area, in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.

Police arrested a Maoist cadre following a raid at Lodhi village under Gomia block of Bokaro District of Jharkhand.

The Dummugudem Police arrested two persons, including a CPI-Maoist militia member, at Arlagudem in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.

Army foiled an infiltration attempt by two militants in combat dress on the LoC in forward area of Lam in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District of J&K and killed one militant. One Army soldier, identified as Sepoy Major Singh was also injured.

Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts on LoC in Krishna Ghati sector of J&K’s Poonch District.

Troops of 63 Rashtriya Rifles and Police recovered a consignment of ammunition and explosives from Sarhuti Gala forests in Taryath area of Kalakote in Rajouri District in J&K.

A ‘zonal commander’ of CPI-Maoist, Raviji alias BKG, was arrested at Kothonda village in Palamu District of Jharkhand.

CPI-Maoist leader Arvindji, who had got IED planted in the abdomen of CRPF personnel in Latehar encounter, is cornered in the jungles of Jharkhand's Gumla District, along with 150 Maoists. 

Kerala Police personnel and specially trained commandos intensified their search operation on the Kerala-Karnataka border areas after confirming the presence of five CPI-Maoist cadres, including a woman, in the area.

A goodwill mission team of the APCC comprising several senior leaders, visiting the violence hit areas of Goalpara District in Assam, was attacked at the Rangagora Lower Primary School camp inmates.

Assam Government admitted that it is not constitutionally competent to exclude autonomous council areas from the Panchayat Act, yet it went ahead to promise this to the Rabhas 17 years ago.

The supporters Kokrajhar District committee of the ARSU during the 12-hour BTAD bandh (general strike) called by the same organisation set ablaze a car and a bike at Magurmari Rabha Basti in Assam’s Kokrajhar District.

Markets, shops, offices, banks, educational institutions remained closed and vehicles kept off the roads in the BTAD comprising Kokrajhar, Udalguri, Baksa and Chirang Districts of Assam. ABSU had also supported the bandh and observed a Black Day.

Unidentified miscreants triggered a blast at the high security area of Manipur’s Ukhrul Deputy Commisioner Bungalow, creating fear and apprehensions among the Ukhrul residents. No casualty, however, has been reported in the incident. No group or individuals have claimed hands in the incident so far.

An assistant driver of a truck received bullet injuries when some unidentified persons opened fire at the truck at Mawai junction under Kasom Khullen Police station in Ukhrul District of manipur. Police later recovered four spent cartridges of AK rifle ammunition from the spot, informed a source.

Manipur’s Imphal East District Police commandos arrested two UPPK cadres namely, Oinam Ibomcha alias Ronet (40) and Ningombam Doren (38) from Palace compound.

A team of Thoubal District Police arrested a militant belonging to KCP-KK Nganba identified as Sagolsem Hemchandra Singh (39), from his residence at Yairipok Laimanai Top Chingtha Arambam Leirak in Manipur.

A PIL Petition has been filed with an Imphal bench of Gauhati High Court against the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members of ADC of hill Districts i.e. Senapati, Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Ukhrul and Chandel of Mnipur who have been stationed by opening their offices at Imphal instead of working or/and staying at their District head quarters.

SFs arrested one militant belonging to RPF, the political wing of PLA identified as Yaithengbam Punshi Singh alias Iano in manipur’s Imphal East District.

A ‘commander’ of PULF, Abbas Khan, was arrested from Shakarpur area (East Delhi District) in Delhi for committing robbery and theft.

RPF cadre namely Thangjam Shanta Singh alias Lenin (41) was also arrested from his house in Pungdongbam Mayai Leikai of Manipur.

The MNRF has claimed that the firing incident at a truck in Ukhrul District of Manipur, which had left a handyman injured, was carried out by its cadres.

A press release from the MCP-M said that RIMS (Manipur) doctors referred their patients to other clinics for various laboratory tests concerning diagnosis and it has caused hardships to the poor patients. The party has the findings following the investigation by MCP-M into why patients have been referred to other clinics. The claim by doctors that most of the machines at RIIMS are in an inoperative condition turned out to be a conspiracy following further investigation, it alleged. The press release further appealed to the authority concerned to discharge their duties with sincerity.

Suspected GNLA militants shot dead a Nokma (village head) identified as Spinder Areng of Daribokgre near Nokrek Biosphere Reserve bordering East and West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya suspecting him to be a Police informer.

Miscreants set ablaze two vehicles in a road near Aolijen and Ungma in Mokokchung District of Nagaland. The incident happened after a particular candidate tried to enter the Longkhum village to declare his candidature.

The Mokokchung Police recovered a cache of arms and ammunitions at Sewak check gate at Nagaland’s Mokokchung town. Police recovered one.22 pistol with 8 live rounds and a .30 US Carbine with 10 live rounds.

February 15

A person, identified as Hazi Anees, has been sent to two years in jail by a Delhi Court for selling FICN printed in Pakistan. Additional Sessions Judge Nisha Saxena also slapped a fine of INR 70,000 on convict Hazi Anees.

Maharashtra ATS Nagpur subunit has put up posters of IM India 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal and three of his accomplices across the city, seeking information on these wanted terrorists for their alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Mumbai and Pune.

India's Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat said in Vancouver (Canada) that the "law of the land" could not have two yardsticks to deal with terror groups as this may cause divisions in India's secular society.

Two brothers were killed and a villager was injured during an encounter between the Police and the CPI-Maoist cadres in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Three PLFI cadres were killed by a mob of 100 villagers near Darntoli-Sanwariya villages in Gumla District of Jharkhand.

A CPI-Maoist ‘zonal commander’ of Santhal Parganas, including his wife Panmuni Murmu and Panchanan Mandal were arrested at Kathijoria village under Muffasil PS in Dumka District of Jharkhand. After his arrest, Rai guided the Police to neighbouring Jamtara District where three other Maoists were arrested.

A secret dump of CPI-Maoist was unearthed near Godapakali under Daringbadi Police Station limits in Kandhamal District of Odisha.

The MHA has convened a meeting of top Police and civil officials of States affected by CPI-Maoist violence on February 20 to review anti-Maoist operations and improve the efficacy of the strategies.

Three persons were killed and four seriously injured in clashes and Police firing at Hatsinghimari in Dhubri District of Assam, the second day of counting of votes for panchayat (village level local self Government institution) polls.

Counting was stopped and indefinite curfew clamped at Assam’s Hatsinghimari town, where the counting for panchayat polls under South Salmara-Mancachar subdivision was taking place. The administration also issued shoot-at-sight orders.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to KPLT, identified as Prabin Rongpi, from the Balipathar area under Bokajan Police Station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.

Two persons were injured and two vehicles damaged as suspected KPLT militants opened fire on NH 37 near Assam’s Kaziranga National Park in the night. The area falls under Kohora Police outpost in Golaghat District neighbouring Karbi Anglong.

Armed suspected militants abducted a young engineer of a private construction firm engaged by Power Grid Corporation of India from Betagaon in Baksa District of Assam.

SFs arrested two NDFB linkmen from Assam’s Chirang District.

PLA militants attacked AR personnel by exploding a powerful IED from which they had a narrow escape. The incident occurred near the main road along Manipur’s Uripok Kangchup Road, also known as Salam Pandol of Heibongpokpi under Lamsang Police station of Imphal West District. However no AR personnel sustained injuries as the IED exploded after AR vehicles went past.

The PLA, in a press release claimed that a Special warfare Group of the outfit was responsible for the bomb attack and further said that the pride of the IGAR-S on their success in bringing some armed groups to the negotiating table will be short lived and asserted that the surrendered militants cannot vilify the spirit of the revolutionaries and tarnish their spirit. It further added that PLA will not tire in its struggle to expel non-Manipuri soldiers from Manipur.

A team of Imphal East commandos also arrested one UNLF cadre identified as, Khaidem Premkumar alias Shangai Ningthou Meitei (33) from Nungaipokpi of Manipur. On verification, he stated that he joined UNLF in the year 2012 through his younger brother Toyamba and he was involved in the extortion of money from the general public, Government officials, private firms and through transportation of arms and ammunition.

A group of militants fired in the air at Williamnagar market in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya creating panic among the traders in the area. Police suspect the role of either ANVC-B or GNLA behind the Williamnagar market firing incident. The militants escaped probably crossing the Simsang River.

Personnel of 31 AR arrested one person and reportedly recovered arms and ammunition from his possession from a house in Entsungkong ward, Mangkolemba village in Mokokchung District of Nagaland.

31 Assam Rifles personnel reportedly recovered one country made pistol with magazine, four live rounds of pistol, one single barrel 12 bore gun, 10 live cartridges of 12 bore gun and 13 country made bombs from an abandoned house in Yaongyimsen village, Mokokchung District of Nagaland.

NPF candidate from Nagaland’s Suruhuto assembly constituency, Shetoyi Sumi has refuted the complaint lodged by Congress candidate from the same constituency, Kiyezhe Aye with the DC and RO Zunheboto District with regard to involvement of NSCN-K in the election process.NSCN-K dismissed the Congress candidate's allegation and described it as an insult to the outfit. Congress Candidate from Kiyezhe Aye stated that the appeal to impose 144 CrPc in the constituency was made sincerely and purely to ensure free and fair democratic election.

Huge cache of arms, ammunitions and local made explosives were seized by Police in Molongkimong Village, Mokokchung District of Nagaland during a routine patrolling/ frisking.

February 16

Seven persons were arrested on at Harihar in Devangere District of Karnataka for allegedly possessing FICN with a face value of INR 450,000.

Two African youths, identified as Prince Momo of Sierra Leone and Theophilus Luk Spirkile of Liberia were arrested, along with FICN INR 60, 000 from the New Market area of Kolkata (West Bengal) by STF of Kolkata Police

Fasih Mahmood, IM terrorist was charge sheeted for involvement in the September 19, 2010 Jama Masjid (Delhi) attack.

The November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack mastermind and LeT 'chief' Hafiz Mohammed Saeed has called upon people in Pakistan to unite against the enemies including the United States of America and India.

Indian security agencies suspect that JKLF 'chief' Yasin Malik may have secretly met Hafiz Saeed during his stay in Pakistan, apart from sharing the dais with him at a protest in Islamabad.

Three soldiers were injured in a land mine blast near the LoC in Mankote area of District Poonch in J&K.

A CPI-Maoist action squad member was arrested by joint forces of Police and paramilitary from Belpahari area in West Midnapore District of West Bengal.

A Police team from CPI-Maoist-affected Gondia District of Maharashtra was in Pune city to probe details of an organisation 'Green Future Foundation' suspected to be a front for the Maoists.

Malkangiri District of Odisha is all set to get at least six model Police Stations within next few months.

Four militants belonging to the ULFA-ATF, including a senior leader, surrendered before SFs in Tinsukia District of Assam.

Assam’s Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the situation in violence hit Goalpara District is now peaceful and the displaced people will be rehabilitated soon.

Odisha Loka Dal lodged an FIR at the Capital Police Station in Bhubaneswar demanding the arrest of Rajya Sabha member and Odisha Jan Morcha chief Pyarimohan Mohapatra under the NSA for his alleged link with the Maoists.

Union Government has decided to ask the CRPF to hire choppers in case of anti-CPI-Maoist operations.

An unidentified person suspected to be a militant lobbed a hand grenade at the Navjeevan Pharmacy at Thangal Bazaar in Imphal West Districtof Manipur, creating panic amongst bazaar goers. The grenade explosion partly damaged the pharmacy but there was no casualty.

Imphal West Police commandos arrested one sympathizer of KYKL identified as Tongbram Geetkumar Singh from near the gate of Family Court Lamphel Deputy Commisioner's office of Manipur.

February 17

A 21-year-old woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Rambai Mandavi, surrendered before the Police in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon District.

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru in his conversations with IM accused, Farooq alias Aftab Alam sympathized with the cause of IM and lamented that Kashmir did not have enough "courageous" men to earn it "azaadi".

Troops observed a major infiltration attempt on the LoC along Yunus Nullah in Hamirpur area of Balakote in Mendhar sector of Poonch District of J&K with reliable reports indicating that 3 to 4 militants had managed to sneak into Indian side after exchange of heavy firing with the Army for about four hours.

J&K Government has decided to set up a State Security Commission which will be headed by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to review security scenario in the State and frame policy guidelines under the proposed J&K Police Bill 2013.

KPLT temporarily suspended the indefinite Karbi Anglong bandh (shutdown strike) in Assam from 5 am February 18 in view of the HSLC examination. Meanwhile, the KPLT's general secretary further threatened that if the demand for a separate State is not voiced by the Member of Parliament (MP), Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) s and Member of Autonomous Council (MAC) s before March 15, the organization will again call an indefinite bandh from March 15.

AASU & members of the AATS staged a sit-in protest against the violence in Rabha Hasong areas near Raj Bhawan in Guwahati of Assam.

A Bangladeshi national, Aminul Islam, 35, was apprehended by the SFs from Panchughat of Dhubri town in Assam’s Dhubri District.

A team of the Manipur’s Imphal East commandos arrested a Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) woman cadre identified as Khundongbam Soibam Rita Devi from Kid English Academy gate.

KCP woman cadre identified as Sarangthem Sanasam Janeshwori Devi alias Jandobi was also arrested from her residence in Hiyanthang Mayai Leikai of Manipur.

one PREPAK cadre identified as Irungbam Brojen Meitei alias Tombi (27) was arrested from his residence in Tronglaobi Mayai Leikai of Manipur.

Union Minister for Defence A K Antony said the Government will take all measures to root out militancy from Meghalaya and other parts of the North East region.

Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills District administration has increased the presence of security personnel following the recovery of GNLA pamphlets from a roadside in Williamnagar in East Garo Hills District on February 16. East Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, Vijay Mantri, said, two additional companies of central paramilitary forces are already in Williamnagar to ensure that there is no disturbance by the GNLA during the election. There are as many as 69 hyper sensitive polling stations in the District and out of this around 40 per cent are under Williamnagar. Songsak and Rongjeng are the other vulnerable areas.

MBDPF led by A Sawibung has finally succeeded in bringing the issue of repatriation of Bru refugees from Tripura relief camps to Mizoram on the negotiating table with the State Government. Bruno Msha, general secretary of the Naisingpara (Tripura) camp-based MBDPF, said they received a letter from the State home department for talks to be held on February 21 in Aizawl (Mizoram) to deliberate on the impasse on the repatriation of refugees.

Two persons were seriously injured while two others sustained minor injuries when a "grenade" which was hurled at the residence of NCP candidate form 37 Tyui Assembly Constituency exploded in Wokha (District), near Wokha Town Baptist Church of Nagaland.

Troops of 21 AR arrested one 'major' Kiyelho of NSCN-KK from Kohima-Chozuba highway of Nagaland.

February 18

Police arrested Ajayan Manoor, accused and the alleged mastermind behind a secret meeting of suspected CPI-Maoist cadres at Mavelikara in the Alappuzha District of Kerala was arrested from his house at Manoor, near Muvattupuzha.

Kerala State Home Minister, Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, told the State Assembly about the Government’s intent to establish a New Action Force to deal with the threat of Maoists, whose presence in the State's Western Ghat forest area has been noticed.

A dozen persons, including CRPF personnel, were injured in fresh clashes that broke out in the morning in Pulwama town of Pulwama District of J&K.

Normalcy returned in Srinagar (J&K) and other major towns of Kashmir valley after it remained paralysed for nine days due to curfew and strikes in the aftermath of Gurus’ execution.

APHC-G led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for a three day general shutdown in J&K from February 20 demanding the return of body of Parliament House attack case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.

JKLF also called for complete shutdown in J&K on February 22, against the hanging of Afzal Guru and demanding the mortal remains of Afzal Guru.

J&K Government will set up a State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) to inquire into accusations related to misconduct by Police personnel in the State.

Ten LWEs surrendered before the Jharkhand Police in the presence of Zonal IG and other senior officers of the State in Khunti District. 

A satellite phone and a Chinese grenade were recovered from Nakathalgurie in Assam’s Tinsukia District, during an encounter between SFs and ULFA-ATF rebels.

NEC, a subsidiary of the Coal India Limited CIL, has been incurring a loss of nearly INR 10 million daily following the closure of Tikak colliery at Margherita in Tinsukia District of Assam bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The colliery was shut down in January after four workers of a private company engaged there were abducted by suspected Naga militants.

Extremists raided a camp of Siddharth Construction Company, engaged in building a road bridge on the Konar river on NH-33 in Morangi, Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand and assaulted workers before forcing them to halt work.

GNLA 'chief' Champion Sangma, who is currently booked under the MPDA, has lodged an FIR against the Director General (Prisons) Kulbir Krishan with an intention to bring out the 'truth' behind the Meghalaya’s Williamnagar jail attack in which Assistant Jailor Neil Warjri and Warder Sarai Singh Thabah were shot dead when a group of militants attacked the jail earlier this month.

The HNLC has called a 36-hour bandh (shut down strike) on Meghalaya assembly election day, i.e. February 23 to protest against the Indian political system.

Nagaland home minister Imkong L.Imchen was arrested along with cash amounting to INR 11 million, arms and ammunition and liquor at around 6.15 am near Longsa village in Wokha (District) town.

Y. Sulanthung H. Lotha, Congress candidate from 39 Sanis assembly constituency of Nagaland has been detained with cash amounting to INR 3, 70000 and a .22 pistol along with nine rounds, on February 18 late evening by Police personnel.

The Centre is working with various stakeholders to find out a "workable solution" to the vexed Naga political problem, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.

SFs arrested a NLFT militant, along with two collaborators of the banned outfit, at Kanchanpur motor stand in North Tripura District of Tripura. SFs recovered a cheque of INR 1.3 million and mobile phones from the trio. The arrested NLFT militant was identified as Paul Hrankhwal, while the collaborators were identified as Ashit Deb and Ratanjoy Reang of Ananda Bazar area.

February 19

Three tribals were killed by CPI-Maoist cadres at Lakkavaram forest area in G.K. Veedhi mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre allegedly involved in the killing of a forest department official, surrendered before Police in Dhenkanal District of Odisha.

Karnataka Anti-Naxal Force launched combing operations in the forests in Kodagu District and Kerala boundary, suspecting the presence of a team of six Naxals, chief of ANF, Alok Kumar, said in Madikeri.

Omar Abdullah said that J&K Government was working on the issue of providing honorarium and security cover to Gram Panchayat members. He said that comprehensive project for construction of Panchayat Houses in the State has been launched and is in progress on fast track.

Separately, restrictions were imposed on the assembly of people in Srinagar (District) city of J&K in wake of three day protests and strike called by APHC-G.

J&K’s High Court Bar Association has claimed that 2001 Parliament Attack case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru had turned down the offer of defending him by the Association, reports.

Hundred Eleven tribals deserted the CPI-Maoist backed CMAS in Koraput District of Odisha.

BSF South Bengal Frontier traced and seized a consignment of a total INR 50,000 FCIN in Sasani under Kaliachak Police Station of Malda District of West Bengal.

Five labourers, who were working in a road construction at Dampa Tiger Reserve on the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border under Mamit District of Tripura, were abducted by armed militants.

One hand grenade was found inside a kitchen garden on Imphal river bank at Singjamei Wangma Kshetri Leikai in Imphal East District of Manipur.

Four weeks after calling off its public blockade, the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) has again threatened to resume the public blockade with effect from mid-night of February 24 on the ground that the Government of India has failed to honour its assurance.

Alleging that the Government has been scheming to exterminate young and future generations of the Nation by importing/smuggling drugs into the State so as to keep it under perpetual alien rule, the Progressive faction of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-Pro) has declared that it would not forgive any drug smuggler in Manipur.

Manipur’s Imphal West Police commandos arrested two militants belonging to Raja group of KCP-MTF, from Imphal barrage in Oinam. The arrested persons have been identified as Heibokmayum Rafijuddin alias Abo and Muhammad Intiyas (22).

Delhi Police's Cyber Crime cell launched an awareness and safety campaign aimed at curbing rampant increase in cyber crimes, especially among minors. According to the Delhi Police, 245 cases of fake profile and 51 of defamation were filed in the year 2012 with majority of the victims being minors.

Police arrested five armed men from the Deberapar area under Mariani Police Station in Jorhat District of Assam.

Assam’s Chief Minister Gogoi accompanied by Home Secretary, GD Tripathi visited Goalpara District to take stock of the law and order situation and to meet the camp inmates who were affected by poll-related violence in Rabha Hasong areas.CM, Gogoi assured them that the Government would provide necessary protection and rehabilitate them soon. Altogether 434 houses were fully gutted in Matia and 165 in Balijana revenue circles of the District.

BSF troops of Mukamchera, deployed in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya arrested one Indian arms smuggler identified as Dilwart Sangma (27). He was arrested while he was trying to enter into Bangladesh from India. During the search, BSF sleuths recovered one revolver besides other items.

Special branch Dimapur, arrested a person with FICN worth INR 7,27,500 at Ghorapatty, Dimapur of Nagaland. The accused was identified as Sharafat Ali (32) of Nagoan, Assam. Sharafat was caught at around 12 noon while attempting to exchange the fake currency in exchange for genuine INR 500,000.

The NSCN-K, asked the Government as to why its cadres arrested with arms have been booked under NSA and why the same yardstick had not been applied on 'detained' Nagaland home minister Imkong L. Imchen. Imchen was detained after huge cash along with a cache of arms and ammunitions was found from his vehicle on February 18.

February 20

General shutdown called by APHC-G starting February 20 in J&K evoked mixed response on the first day, however, no reports of any significant clash or demonstration were reported.

Chairman of APHC-M Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that the execution of 2001 Parliament Attack case convict Muhammad Afzal Guru was for political gains.

Principal Sessions Judge Kathua (J&K), M K Hanjura acquitted one Gaya, an alleged guide of militants, and issued general arrest warrant against two Pakistani militants.

In connection with the global observance of International Mother Language day, the PREPAK has called upon the people of Manipur, particularly the scholars for relentless effort to preserve and promote the mother language

UKLF has clarified that it has been opposing the celebration of Zomi Nam Ni (Zomi National Day) at Sugnu, Chandel District of Manipur to prevent further disintegration and division among the CHIKIM (Chin-Kuki-Mizo tribe) families.

Hundred Thirteen tribals deserted the CPI-Maoist backed CMAS in Koraput District of Odisha.

Manipur government has denied appointment to Thounoujam Brinda, the daughter-in-law of United Nation Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘chairman’ Rajkumar Meghen, in Manipur Police Service (MPS) even after she cleared the test. The Government alleged that there was an FIR against her for being sympathetic towards the outfit.

A bomb blast close to Dimapur railway station in poll-bound Nagaland killed one person, Police said. Pradeep Thapa was going on his bike near the station when the bomb planted on the roadside suddenly went off killing him on the spot at 8 a.m. Police is trying to find out those behind the incident.

Assam Rifles troopers arrested a senior functionary of the NSCN-IM identified as 'colonel', Supo Meren from Hevito battalion located in New Chungtia in Mokokchung District of Nagaland, along with INR 280,000 in cash.

An unidentified GNLA militant was killed in an encounter with SFs at Dokapara under Lakhipur police station of Goalpara District of Assam. The Police recovered a 7.65mm US-made pistol, two magazines, seven rounds of ammunition, letter heads of GNLA and a bike from the victim, a police source in Lakhipur said.

Police Forces of the States of the North East region have decided to launch coordinated efforts to check the Maoist rebels from establishing strong roots in the region. The forces are also of the view that the peace talks with the militant groups, which have already signed cease- fire agreements, should be expedited.

A meeting of the heads of the Police Forces of the North East States, convened by the Union MHA, which concluded in Gangtok in Sikkim, discussed in detail the efforts by the Maoist rebels to establish roots in the North East region and observed that there is need for formulating strategies to check the growth of the Maoists and all the States decided to launch coordinated efforts in this regard. The meeting observed that though the militant groups have weakened in 2011 and 2012, in recent times, the level of violence has gone up, which is a matter of serious concern.

NIA on February 20 filed a chargesheet against 12 LeT militants in the Bangalore (Karnataka) NIA special court. Eleven of the 12 men were among the 15 arrested in late September 2012 for allegedly planning to kill select targets, including prominent personalities. The 12 militants have been charged under Sections 120 B read with 153 A (criminal conspiracy), 399 (preparing to commit dacoity), 18 read with 10, 13, 17 and 38 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967, and Section 3 read with 25 of the Arms Act 1959.

Ajaz Ahmed Mirza, 25, a junior research scientist in DRDO, and Mati-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, working with an English daily in Bangalore (Karnataka), are two of the 15 arrested who have not been charged. Bangalore Police said a supplementary chargesheet will be filed by the NIA in another fortnight against the rest of the accused.

Defence Minister A. K. Antony reviewed the security measures along the 7,500-km coastline put in place after the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai (Maharashtra), and asked the Coast Guard to hold joint exercises soon with Maharashtra and Gujarat Marine Police forces.

A powerful IED exploded near the Battalion Headquarter of the BSF at Luwangsangbam in Imphal East District of Manipur. However, no one was injured during the explosion.

February 21

Fifteen people were killed and 119 were injured, five of them critically in the twin blasts which happened in quick succession a little after 7 pm, about 100 metres apart in the Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District) of Andhra Pradesh.

SFs busted a CPI-Maoist camp in Hatimunda forest of Kandhamal District of Odisha and seized Maoist belongings.

The Union Minister of Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh, sanctioned INR 1.1 billion for development of 12 Panchayats located in CPI-Maoist-affected Sunabeda forest area of Nuapada District of Odisha.

A huge cache of protein powder, supplied to CPI-Maoist cadres, was seized in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.

Jharkhand Police is planning significant changes in the way anti-CPI-Maoist operations are carried out across the State.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested from Digha in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.

An encounter took place between SFs and Maoists under Herhanj Police Station area at Chuku of Lohardaga District of Jharkhand. 

Imphal West District Police commandos arrested two militants belonging to Progressive faction of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-Pro), identified as Naorem Roben Meitei (32) and Pukhrambam Sanatomba alias Sana Singh, from Yaiskul Yumnam Leikai, near Nambul Mapanof Manipur..

Terrorists of JeM and LeT were involved along with Pakistani soldiers in the killing of two Indian soldiers, one of whom was beheaded, in a cross LoC attack on January 8, 2013. This information was given by the officials of the Defence Ministry and the Army to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence.

BSF, recovered FICN INR 30,000 from the possession of one Adruf Mia (40), a resident of Bangladesh, while he was trying to infiltrate into India along the border near East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.

The Indian Navy commissioned an Indian Coast Guard Ship C-154, the New Generation of Arneson Surface Drive (ASD) Interceptor Boat (IB). The vessel is fitted with state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment and medium range armament.

ULFA-ATF militant, 'deputy commander-in-chief', Bijoy Das alias Bijoy Chinese, has come overground to join the peace process. Bijoy Chinese is also the eastern zone commander of ULFA-ATF, surfaced about a week ago and was with the SFs in Tinsukia District of Assam. Bijoy Chinese on February 21 told reporters in Tinsukia that he would join the ULFA-PTF soon. "It took me some time to return," he said, adding "More cadres of the anti-talks faction will join the pro-talks faction soon."

UDLF announced its "avowed intention" to return to the mainstream by surrendering arms. UDLF was formerly known as the UDLA operates mainly in parts of Karimganj and Hailakandi Districts of Assam. Spokesperson for the outfit, Rajesh Charki, said that the UDLF had declared that it would observe ceasefire for six months from yesterday and keep in abeyance all its insurgent operations.

In Assam ULFA-ATF' Vice Chairman' Paresh Baruah has switched off his entire mobile and satellite phones and shifted to Skype. This is the last bit of information intelligence agencies intercepted while eavesdropping on Baruah's conversations about a week ago.

A vehicle of Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry Department was attacked by the ‘protesters’ with stones Kulgam town (Kulgam District of J&K) resulting in injuries to two employees.

Chairman of APHC-M, Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was put under house arrest while curfew was clamped in many major towns of Kashmir valley (J&K) to prevent violence during the protest march following Friday prayers.

Taking strong note of the 36-hour bandh called by the HNLC to boycott the Assembly polls in Meghalaya, the Government has beefed up security to ensure peaceful elections. In addition to deployment of central armed forces, the BSF has also been asked to be in maximum 'alert' along the Indo-Bangla border.

The ANVC-B has asked the youths of the State of Manipur to vote for change.

BSF recovered FICN of INR 30,000 from the possession of one Adruf Mia (40), a resident of Bangladesh, while he was trying to infiltrate into India along the border near East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.

The meeting between MBDPF and Joint Secretary, Home Department of Mizoram, Lalbiakzama, scheduled on February 21 could not be held due to all India bandh (General strike), by various trade union bodies, on February 20-21.

February 22

CPI-Maoist cadres triggered a landmine blast killing eight persons - six Police personnel, one SPO and one civilian - at Majhauliya village in Gaya District of Bihar.

CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a hydraulic excavator at the remote Voddipeta village in Charla mandal in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh. 

CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a newly constructed health sub-centre building in Serendag village under Herhanj Police Station in Latehar District of Jharkhand.

Thirteen suspected CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested along with arms and ammunition and two hand grenades from Sehna Block of Lohardaga District of Jharkhand.

The District Judge II Court of Bokaro, Jharkhand, sentenced four Maoists, who were under trial since 2008, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.

A notorious CPI-Maoist cadre wanted in three murder cases was arrested by BSF personnel on the outskirts of Dumshil village under Narayanpatna Police Station limits in Koraput District of Odisha.

At least 12 persons including three SF personnel were injured in clashes between SF and protesters after the Friday prayer in various parts Kulgam, Bandipora and Kupwara Districts of J&K.

IGP, Kashmir Zone (J&K), Shiv Murari Sahai said curfew had been lifted from all areas on evening of February 22 and there would be no curfew for the next two days.

Six Gram Panchayat members resigned at a local Mosque after fresh militant threats in village Ayand Rawalpora of J&K’s Shopian District after three militants carrying weapons threatened them on February 20.

JKLF has called for general shutdown on Friday, March 1 in J&K.

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, ‘chief’ of Al Umar Mujahideen group has decided to revive an "armed struggle" in J&K while using PoK as the base for his organization.

The death toll in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) twin blasts of February 21, has increased to 16 and the initial probes have indicated involvement of Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports samaylive.com

According to an intelligence officer, the blasts were reportedly carried out by the IM ‘India chief’ Mohammed Zarar Sidibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal with some alleged help from two or three local people.

An IM militant arrested by the NIA earlier this month has revealed that the outfit still gets its supplies of explosives and detonators from south India.

Investigation in the case has extended to states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand as the role of IM was being suspected by probe agencies who got some "leads".

Unidentified men hurled two grenades at Belsiri under Missamari Police station in Sonitpur District of Assam. Five criminals came on two motorcycles hurled the first grenade at a shop but it did not explode and the second into a field, which exploded.

A NDFB militant identified as Simang Brahma, was arrested from Rowmari in Assam’s Chirang District in a joint operation by Police and the Army.

Speculation over the disappearance of Majoni Das, a teacher with Purva Bharati Educational Trust here, with ULFA-ATF claiming that she had joined the outfit. Majoni, a resident of Udaipur village under Demow police station in Sivasagar District, Assam, had been reported missing since February 10.

A release issued by the outfit's publicity secretary, Arunudoi Dohotia, claimed that Majoni, who is a human rights activist, writer and a patriot, "managed to escape the evil design of Assam’s Sivasagar police which had planned to eliminate her, arrived at an Ulfa camp and joined the outfit". Her family alleged that the Police were constantly harassing Majoni for her alleged links with a senior ULFA leader.

The RHJMF strongly objected to a draft of the list of villages for delimitation. The forum strongly objected to the draft that deleted the names of several villages from Goalpara and Kamrup Districts in Assam and did not maintain the contiguity of villages. ARSU president Tonkeswar Rabha alleged that five villages from Goalpara and 10 villages from Kamrup districts were found deleted from the draft list compared to the last draft published in 2005.

Preparations for the polls got under way following the publication of the draft of village councils and general council for delimitation on February 21 in all the block development offices, circle offices and offices of Goalpara and Kamrup deputy commissioners, an official source in Assam’s Goalpara said. The state election commission announced the polls to the Rabha Hasong Council in January

An encounter took place between suspected cadres of PLA and troops of Assam Rifles near Saibom village under Tengnoupal Police station in Chandel District of Manipur. However, there is no report of any casualty on either side.

A statement issued by Manipur’s Imphal East Superintendant of Police said Letkholal Khongsai alias Lalboi (38) and Seilal Haokip (37) were arrested along with an extortion note of Kuki National Army-India (KNA-I) duly signed by one Zeams Kuki.

KSDC has threatened to block entry of the Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar (BCIM) car rally inside ‘Kuki areas’ in Manipur during its indefinite public blockade scheduled to begin from midnight of February 24.

SFs arrested a lady OWG of PREPRAK-Pro while conducting a search operation at Angtha area in Thoubal District of Manipur.

ULFA-ATF ‘Vice president’ Paresh Baruah claimed that recent surrenders of a few senior members of the ULFA, including the surrender of ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Bijoy Chinese in Assam, would not affect the outfit.

In Assam, ULFA-ATF ‘Vice president’ Paresh Baruah claimed that recent surrenders of a few senior members of the ULFA, including the surrender of ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Bijoy Chinese, would not affect the outfit.

February 23

Bihar Police seized a mobile phone possibly belonging to CPI-Maoist cadres who triggered the landmine blast near a culvert at Majhaulia village in Gaya District, on February 22, killing eight persons including seven SFs.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested near Madanar village under Bayanar Police Station in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.

Maoist Commander Chamru Ram (45) was arrested by District Force from Mardapal Police Station area in Kondagaon District of Chhattisgarh.

SFs arrested a NDFB militant, identified as Moni Narjery, from the Misamari area of Sonitpur District of Assam. The arrested militant was arrested with a grenade. Narjery was a militant of NDFB's Sangbijit faction and was involved in February 22, 2013 grenade blast near Belsiri railway station.

SFs arrested an AANLA militant, identified as Sunil Munda (35), from Hathimara in Udalguri District of Assam.

DHD-N, which had signed a tripartite peace accord in New Delhi on October 8, 2012, will celebrate its formal "homecoming" on March 9 in Haflong. The 'chairman' DHD-N, Dilip Nunisa, on February 22 said that Assam’s CM Tarun Gogoi had agreed to be present on that day.

Ranchi District Police of Jharkhand arrested a CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Shivnath Munda, who is wanted in at least six cases of arson, loot and extortion.

Dubai, UAE, has emerged as the source from where the IM gets its funds to wage terror on Indian.

Over 1,400 instances of terror financing in India’s economic channels were red-flagged by intelligence and security agencies in 2012, according to a latest report of Ministry of Finance, indicating a 300 per cent jump in such suspicious transactions.

SFs arrested two men who were said to be cadres of KYKL-MDF, identified as Achouba and Nongpoknganba, when they came to meet Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Director on in Imphal of Manipur.

‘President’ of RPF Irengbam Chaoren appealed to people of all communities of Manipur to introspect whether "we would have faced the present grim situation had Manipur evolved into a full fledged modem State in the form of an independent country"

Meghalaya registered nearly 88 per cent turnout of voters in a peaceful poll conducted despite the boycott of the election by the Khasi Hills-based HNLC, and the threat from GNLA in some pockets of Garo Hills. The total percentage of polling in the 2008 Assembly election was 89.04 per cent.

February 24

The Special Commando Force of Kerala Police, Thunderbolt, conducted combing operations at Munderi forests in Malappuram District of Kerala, following fresh reports about sighting of an armed gang of CPI-Maoist cadres.

Police busted a manufacturing unit of FICN and arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in making and spreading counterfeit notes from Rau Railway Station (Indore District) of Madhya Pradesh.

A Pakistani national, identified as Mohammad Yusuf, coming to India through Thar Express has been arrested on his arrival at Munabao (Barmer District) Railway Station of Rajasthan for possessing FICN of INR 20,000 in denomination of INR 500.

Police arrested a local vendor, identified as Angad Kashiram Yadav, in Ranip area of Gujarat’s Ahmadabad District and seized 12 FICN with a face value of INR 12,000.

Special city Police teams grilled at least eight suspects in the blasts case and the leads are pointing to the involvement of LeT. Investigation further reveals that seeds of LeT were sown almost two decades ago by LeT militant Azam Ghouri who was killed by the Andhra Pradesh Police in an encounter in Karimnagar 13 years back.

Delhi Police launched an intensive search for Raju Bhai, an alleged IM operative linked to the Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts.

Andhra Pradesh CM G. Kishan Reddy, has received a letter, allegedly from LeT, claiming responsibility for blasts and threatening more attacks.

SFs arrested five persons, including two NDFB militants and three linkmen, from Koiemari in Baksa District of Assam. SFs recovered a .9mm pistol, six mobile sets and two bikes from the militants.

The NDFB-PTF threatened not to take part in the peace dialogue, being held for past seven years, with the Central Government unless it is held at the political level to resolve its demand for Bodoland state.

ULFA-ATF 'Vice-President', Paresh Barua said that he has not created any faction in the outfit and appealed to the media not to identify the organisation with him. In a statement emailed to media in Assam, Barua clarified that he was not the head of ULFA and was only a fellow official. "I cannot represent the organisation and instead Ulfa carries our identity. Our chairman, Abhijit Asom, is our head and we all function as per his directives," Barua said.

IM operative Syed Maqbool, who had helped his associates’ recce Dilsukhnagar in 2012, is said to have met two militants with Pakistan’s ISI links in Nellore (Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh) jail before he was arrested by the Delhi Police.

UMHA, Sushil Kumar Shinde reviewed the coastal security in the Sunderbans on the first day of his two-day visit to West Bengal, advising BSF officials to strengthen surveillance along the vulnerable riverine Indo-Bangladesh border.

UMHA, Sushil Kumar Shinde said the twin blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh on February 21, 2013) could be a "reaction" to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack convict Ajmal Kasab.

Asked whether the Centre would push for setting up of NCTC following the Hyderabad blast, he said, "I have told the Rajya Sabha that we will pursue the NCTC. Many states are still opposing. We have to do it."

Bashir Ahmad Wani, a Sarpanch of village Kalantra, was shot dead by unidentified militants in the evening of at his residence in Payeen locality of Kreeri area in Baramulla District of J&K.

Security Grid in J&K is not in its favour of returning the body of 2001 Parliament Attack case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru to his family fearing it may trigger widespread violent protests which might cause fatalities in the State.

President of KNO, P.S Haokip, presented his political road map to the people as well as its Suspension of Operation (SoO) partner, the UPF as the organization which he has commanded celebrated its 26th raising day at Mata Lambulane, an outskirts village along the Tipaimukh Roadin Manipur.

The KNO raising day celebration was attended by Calvin H from the ZRO as chief guest and Sanga Hmar from the Hmar peoples Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) both members of UPF in Manipur.

Senior Publicity Officer of the UNLF has alleged that the Indian Government is trying desperately with every possible way to undermine UNLF Chairman Sanayaima and 14 other cadres including two Central Committee members to negotiating terms.

Of the 197 cadres belonging to three militant groups who assembled at 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles recently and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre and the State.

One PREPAK militant, identified as Leishangthem Bobo Singh, was arrested by Imphal West Police Commandos from Jiri Parking area in Waheng Leikai in Imphal West District of Manipur.

NSCN-KK has out rightly refuted the allegations of its involvement in the electoral process in 32 Atoizu Assembly Constituency of Nagaland.

Centre has decided to act tough with insurgent groups in the Northeast and has decided that it will not sign agreements with insurgents as it was proving a futile exercise.

Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland have been told to tighten security on their international and inter-State borders ahead of the vote count in the three States on February 28.

Imphal East District Police commando arrested arms smuggler, identified as Kshetrimayum Umakanta Singh and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from his possession in Manipur.

Government is so far inactive regarding a proposal to regulate sale of explosive substances and stop their pilferage for close to six months now.  In July 2012, the Government had set up a committee with members from the ministries of Commerce and Home, Intelligence Bureau (IB), NIA and Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO) to suggest ways to regulate the sale and pilferage of explosives such as ammonium nitrate and gelatine sticks as well as detonators.

Centre has asked all State Governments to cancel licences of all manufacturers, transporters, importers and exporters of the widely used explosive who do not adhere to recently notified Ammonium Nitrate Rules, 2012.

February 25

A CPI-Maoist leader, R Sambi Reddy alias Prabhakar Reddy (44), was killed in an exchange of fire between the Police and the rebels in Gadchiroli forest area in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) City Police teams are set to launch manhunt for two Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants, identified as Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez, and Waqas alias Ahmed who were spotted in Hyderabad a few days prior to the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar on February 21, 2013.

Team of NIA officials questioned two prisoners- Obaidur Rehman and Mohammed Akram Pasha in the Bangalore (Karnataka) Central Jail which subsequently led to the Hyderabad Police picking up local resident Mohammed Rayeesuddin in connection with the Dilsukhnagar blasts.

Lanheiba Meitei, Chairman of the URF clarified that no one was threatened or forced to take part in the ‘home coming ceremony’ held at the 1^st Manipur Rifles’ Banquet hall on February 13.

Two NNC militants, identified as Luingam Haoram (37) and Elangbam Gyaneshwor Singh (49), along with two powerful IED at around 8.30am near the Uripok Cheirap Court in Imphal West District of Manipur.

A cadre of NSCN-K, identified as ‘2nd Lieutenant’ Kasheto Kinnimi, was killed after a gun fight with India Reserve Battalion (IRB) troopers near Aotsakili-Kithsakisa area under Zunheboto District of Nagaland.

However, NSCN-K, condemning the incident, refuted the reports that their cadres fired upon IRB troopers. They maintained that the IRB troopesr opened fire first and its cadres resorted to retaliatory firing. NSCN-K also accused IRB of blocking the road and laying the ambush on its cadres.

Violating the CFA, Pakistani troopers fired upon a patrol party of BSF along the LoC on Mandi sub-sector of forward Sawjian sector in Poonch District of J&K. However, no one was injured in the firing.

One live Avtomat Kalashnikova (AK) - 47 cartridge and a Compact Disc (CD) were seized from two Pakistani nationals at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing of Poonch District of J&K when they arrived here through the weekly bus service between India and Pakistan.

Two tribal students, identified as Sandeep Lohra and Mangal Khadia, were killed by PLFI cadres, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, at Koda-Pahan Toli under Sisai Police Station limits in Gumla District of Jharkhand.

In a joint operation launched after tip off, the Police and Army recovered arms and ammunition from the forests Kralsangri in Handwara locality of Kupwara District of J&K.

Various separatist and religious organizations from the State have formed a coordination committee, Muttahida Majlis-e-Mushawarat (Joint Consultative Council), after two meetings at an undisclosed location in Srinagar town (Srinagar District) of J&K. The committee comprise of both factions of APHC, APHC-G and APHC-M, JKLF, Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, JeI and DeM. The committee has called for a valley wide strike on February 27, February 28, March 1, and March 2.

IED blast occurred few meters away from Border Road Task Force (BRTF) headquarter gate in Manipur. However, no one was injured in the explosion.

A team of Imphal East District Police commandos arrested a PLA cadre, identified as Laimayum Jotin sharma alias Mocha (29), from near Nahabam Basketball ground of Manipur.A .9-mm pistol marked as Mauser Werke, made in USA, was recovered from his possession.

SFs of Red Shield Division launched search operation at Manipur’s Kadangban Part I area on February 25 which led to the arrest of one cadre of Progressive faction of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-PRO), identified as ‘Captain’ Yumkhangbai Shamjit Meitei (29). One .9-mm pistol and five live rounds were recovered from his possession.

Amidst stringent security measures taken up by the Indian security forces to prevent the celebration of the 2nd Foundation day of the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), the outfit observed its raising day on February 25 at their Tactical head quarter in Manipur.

The URF, Manipur, has said that a united voice against the Indian Army from the people of Manipur is due. The statement signed by its ‘secretary information and publicity’ A K Pibarel has said that the Indian security forces have been taking up several steps in order to quash the armed movement in Manipur and check the spread of its message.

Personnel of 31 Assam Rifles reportedly arrested two NSCN-IM cadres, identified as Alem Sashi and Bendang Yanger, along with arms and ammunition in Mokokchung District of Nagaland.

A truck driver from West Bengal, Mohidul Sheikh (36), was abducted by unidentified persons at Nangdolbari under Sidli Police Station in Chirang District on February 25.

SFs arrested two ULFA linkmen, Rahimuddin (18) and Baktar Ali (24), in Dhubri District.

The PJACBM has called a 100-hour strike in the BTAD and its adjoining tribal-dominated areas from February 28-midnight in protest against what it termed the State Government’s “lackadaisical” attitude towards the Bodoland issue.

State DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury  said that a section of the banned ULFA leaders were still “under illusion that establishing a ‘sovereign Assam’ was possible because of their ‘misconception’ about the colonial occupation of Indian State of Assam”.

The GNC, in a meeting held at Hudakona in Goalpara District, renamed itself as Garo National Union GNU. It strongly opposed the inclusion of villages dominated by Garo people in the RHAC area for which a draft was published on February 21 referring the delimitation of villages in Goalpara and Kamrup Districts.

Centre has decided to act tough with insurgent groups in the Northeast and has decided that it will not sign agreements with insurgents as it was proving a futile exercise.

February 26

SF shot dead one of the militants who were trying to infiltrate into the Indian side under the cover of Pakistani Army firing at Chitti Bakri in Keri sector of Rajouri District of J&K along the LoC.

Team of East Singhbhum and West Bengal Police launched a massive combing operation in Patamda-Ghatshila (East Singhbhum District) area along the West Bengal border to flush out the CPI-Maoist cadres feared to have come from the neighbouring State.

A powerful IED explosion at Churachandpur District of Manipur killed one Army trooper and a mine detector dog of the Army and left three persons injured. The IED was planted on the roadside at a place located between Khiang zang and Tollen village. RPF, the political wing of PLA, claimed the bomb attack saying that it was carried out by the “Special Warfare Team” of PLA.

IED weighing 1.50 kilogram was found at around 6:45 am near the gate of 25 BRTF headquarter which is closely located to Lamphel Police station of Manipur.

A combined team of Imphal East and Assam Rifles arrested three KCP-MTF cadres, identified as Ningthoujam Gogonbihari alias Inao, Leimapokpam Boy alias Sana Singh and Lisham Abung alias Sanatomba Singh, from Wangkhei Ayangpalli in Manipur.

An Anti-talks faction of ULFA militant lobbed a grenade at a Police team at Kenduguri bypass area in Jorhat in Jorhat District of Assam injuring two SF personnel.

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) recovered an IED during a normal security drill near Noonmati Refinery in Guwahati under Kamrup (metro) District of Assam. The explosives containing ammonium nitrate and ball bearings placed in a tin can, a detonator and some fuse wires were found inside a bag just outside the refinery’s boundary wall.

Two militants belonging to Muslim Protection Tiger Force of Assam (MPTFA) on February 26 surrendered along with arms and ammunition before the Intelligence Wing of the Army located at Chaprakata of Bongaigaon in presence of Kokrajhar Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) of Assam.

An official release stated that as many as 12,644 displaced people due to the Bodo-Muslim clashes in 2012 are still living in 20 relief camps. Of which 4615 are in Kokrajhar District of Assam, all of whom belonging to the minority community and 395 Bodo and 7634 minority people are living in camps in Chirang District.

A low-intensity blast reportedly occurred at Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Phek office complex (Phek District) of Nagaland in which one CRPF trooper suffered minor injury. It was suspected that some miscreants hurled the bomb in to the complex and fled.

BSF troops of Kuliang outpost in East Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya arrested six Bangladesh residents while they were trying to sneak into India. The arrested persons were identified as Bhurauddin, Tajuddin, Md Lakman Hussain, Samem Alam, Nanty Das and Juber Ahmed, all hailing from Sylhet in Bangladesh.

Police arrested one person, identified as Swatantra Jain, from Tikamgarh (Tikamgarh District) in Madhaya Pradesh on charges of circulating FICN.

The Delhi High Court sought response from the Delhi Police on the bail plea of alleged Naxal leader Kobad Ghandy, facing trial under the anti-terror law, on medical ground.

JeM allegedly threatened to blow up major railway stations and places of religious and tourist interest in Uttarakhand in retaliation to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Vital installations, including oil refineries and shipyards, have constantly been on terrorists' radar, with the Union Government admitting inputs to this effect.

After establishing their bases in rural areas of the country, including some places in Karnataka, CPI-Maoist is trying to move into the urban areas — in line with the objectives of 2007 Urban Perspective Plan (UPP).

NIA has found that not only are IM’s  Pune (Maharashtra) blast (August 1, 2012) module and LeT’s Bangalore-Hubli-Nanded terror module linked to each other, but the latter has even helped the IM accused conduct reconnaissance of Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh).

Further, NIA has moved a Delhi court seeking custody of two alleged IM operatives- Maqbool and Imran to interrogate them in connection with the twin blasts in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh.

Little effort had been made to address crippling shortages of capacity in the domestic intelligence service, the IB, or in State Police intelligence services.

A meeting held at Naisingpara Bru relief camp at Ananda bazaar in Kanchanpur in North Tripura District of Tripura, attended by 79 representatives from various NGOs and religious organizations demanded the safe passage for five abducted labourers.

February 27

Union Government said any decision on amending the AFSPA will be taken only after taking the ground realities of places it is in force into consideration and no time frame can be given on the issue of changing this legislation.

MoS for Home R.P.N. Singh said the Government has no plan to withdraw the Army from the State.

Pakistan based LeT has asked people to support recently formed coordination committee, Muttahida Majlis-e-Mushawarat (MMM).

Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu, has remanded four militants involved in killings of seven persons including four VDC members at Chakka Galiote, Panchari (Udhampur District) on November 30, 2001 to judicial custody.

Three Policemenwere injured in a landmine blast carried out by the CPI-Maoist in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.

Minister of State for Home Nankiram Kanwar said that in the last seven years, as many as 26 Police Personnel posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region committed suicide and 226 officials quit the force, the Government said.

February 28

KSDC has announced that it has suspended the indefinite public blockade in Manipur imposed since February 24, in view of the ongoing HSLC and HSSLC exams but with a pledge to launch other courses of agitation.

Imphal West Police commandos arrested one hardcore cadre of PREPAK-PRO militant identified as Heikrujam Dashubanta in front of the Singjamei Super Market of Manipur.

Imphal West Commandos arrested one sympathizer of PLA organization identified as Naorem James alias Methun from the western side of Manipur’s Khoyathong Pukhri Achouba.

In the aftermath of the PLA’s attack on SFs between S Kotlen and Torbung Bangla along Tidim road under Churachandpur Police station of Manipur on February 26 in which one trooper was killed and three others injured, the SFs have been threatening local villagers demanding handover of PLA cadres taking shelter there, the RPF, the political wing of PLA alleged.

In Assam, NDFB-PTF did not participate in a tripartite meeting in New Delhi, sticking to its stand of not participating in peace talks unless these are held at the highest political level.

Non-tribal and Garo bodies in Assam are determined not to allow any polls in the RHAC, if the villages with non-tribal majority were not excluded from the proposed draft delimitation of constituencies for the autonomous council. The RHAC polls are set be conducted on April 30.

SFs arrested a suspected militant of DNLF at Hatikhali in Dima Hasao District of Assam. The militant, identified as Son Khelma, was arrested when he came to collect extortion money from a bank in the area, police sources said.

One person, identified as Shamas Din, received serious injuries in land mine explosion in the forward area of Bhagyal Dhara area of Poonch District of J&K.

J&K Governor, Narinder Nath Vohra, militancy has progressively declined in the State and the footprint of SFs is being reduced gradually following an improvement in situation.

Normal life remained unaffected in J&K during the shutdown called by MMM, on February 27 and February 28 as shops, business establishments and offices remained open and traffic plied normally.

An engineer of the PGCL, abducted by suspected militants and taken to their camp in Bhutan, was released. SP Raju, hailing from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, arrived at Ghawra Chowk police station in Baksa District and informed the Police about his release. The engineer was abducted by suspected NDFB-IKS militants on February 15.

Union Home Ministry took three days to request Army for deployment, according to information collected under RTI by the CHRI. “Reports say major incidents of violence erupted on July 20 and the State government wrote to the MHA on July 21. The order for deployment of armed forces went out to the DGMO [Director-General Military Operations] by fax on July 24 at 9:22 p.m. There seems to be a gap of three days between the request for assistance and the order issued for deployment,” says CHRI programme coordinator (access to information programme) Venkatesh Nayak.

UHM, Sushil Kumar Shinde justified holding panchayat (local self governing body) elections in the RHAC area and the Police firing on “group of miscreants” in Goalpara District that killed 14 people. “The security forces had to resort to firing to control the violence at six places. This resulted in deaths of 14 persons. Other seven persons died due to ethnic clashes,” UHM, Shinde said.

A civilian, Nikul Paul (29), was injured when unidentified assailants fired at him at Nutunmati in Baksa District of Assam.

Two militants of MPTP, identified as Hafizul Rahman (32) and Moinul Hoque (27) surrendered at the Gossaigaon Police Station under Assam’s Kokrajhar District.

GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion Sangma’s ongoing trial in Meghalaya court is expected to take another six months for completion. The GNLA leader is currently lodged at the Shillong District jail under the MPDA. Champion Sangma was arrested on July 30, 2012 in East Khasi Hills District.

Troops of AR based in Assam’s Wokha District and NSCN-IM cadres were engaged in a gun-fight in Mekokla area, Wokha District. According highly placed sources, one person was reportedly killed in the gun-fight. It could not be ascertained as to whether the casualty was from the NSCN-IM or the Assam Rifles. The reason behind the encounter was not known till the time of filing the report.

March 1

Normal life was affected and a bike was set on fire on the first day of the 100-hour bandh (shutdown strike) called by the PJACB since midnight. The committee has called the bandh in the proposed Bodoland area, comprising BTAD and adjoining tribal-dominated areas, in protest against the State Government’s “lackadaisical” attitude towards their demand for a separate state under Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. The committee also wants the Centre to hold a dialogue with the NDFB-PTF at the highest political level.

 Joint secretary in the MHA, Shambhu Singh and former IB chief P.C. Haldar, who is the interlocutor in the ongoing Bodo peace process, visited Guwahati to hold discussions with State Government officials on the NDFB-PTF’s non-participation in February 28 talks.

NIA special judge, Samarjit Dey convicted DHD-J linkman, Samir Ahmed under Section 19 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] in NIA case number 02/2009. Ahmed was set free following the sentence, as he had already spent more than three years in prison during the investigation and trial of the case.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will attend the ‘home coming ceremony’ of DHD-N militants at Haflong in the same District on March 9. A MoS was signed between the Government and the outfit on October 8 2012.

State DGP J.N. Choudhury expressed hope that ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah will also return to the mainstream and join the peace process initiated by Arabinda Rajkhowa led ULFA-PTF. The DGP said Baruah might also join the peace talks at a later stage if he founds its progress favourable.

The former ‘chairman’ of the HNLC, Julias Kitbok Dorphang, who successfully made the transition from a rebel to a legislator in the State Assembly, has offered to mediate between the Government and the outfit if he is entrusted with the task. Dorphang, who is all set to support the Congress in Government formation on March 5, urged the HNLC to join the mainstream and exploit the window of opportunity for discussion with the State to resolve their grievances.

J&K government said despite the MMM call for valley-wide strike and protests on Friday, no restrictions of any kind of restrictions on movement of people will be imposed.

Six persons were reportedly injured when clashes broke out in the evening between protestors and SFs in different places of the State during the shutdown called by MMM. Normal life remained affected in J&K.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman of APHC-G addressed a protest rally held at J&K’s Shopian (District) township over phone. Geelani has been put under house arrest in New Delhi.

Firing from across the border was reported from Gagdiayal forward post in Mendhar belt of Poonch District along the LoC in J&K. It could not be ascertained whether the firing from Pakistani troopers or militant

A CPI-Maoist 'deputy commander' was killed in an exchange of fire with SFs in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Rupana Mandingi and Madhaba Habika of SKDC, were arrested by SF a combing operation in Narayanpatna area of Koraput District of Odisha.

Fleeing the violence which broke out after JeI vice-president Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death for his role in the 1971 atrocities, hundreds of Bangladeshis have poured into the border district of Malda in West Bengal.

Normal life was affected and a bike was set on fire on the first day of the 100-hour bandh (shutdown strike) called by the PJACB since midnight in Assam.

Joint secretary in the MHA, Shambhu Singh and former IB chief P.C. Haldar, who is the interlocutor in the ongoing Bodo peace process, visited Guwahati, Assam to hold discussions with State Government officials on the NDFB-PTF’s non-participation in February 28 talks.

NIA special judge, Samarjit Dey convicted DHD-J linkman, Samir Ahmed under Section 19 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] in NIA case number 02/2009. Ahmed was set free following the sentence, as he had already spent more than three years in prison during the investigation and trial of the case.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will attend the ‘home coming ceremony’ of DHD-N militants at Haflong in the same District (in Assam) on March 9. A MoS was signed between the Government and the outfit on October 8 2012.

Assam DGP J.N. Choudhury expressed hope that ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah will also return to the mainstream and join the peace process initiated by Arabinda Rajkhowa led ULFA-PTF. The DGP said Baruah might also join the peace talks at a later stage if he founds its progress favourable.

The former 'chairman' of the HNLC, Julias Kitbok Dorphang, who successfully made the transition from a rebel to a legislator in Meghalaya Assembly, has offered to mediate between the Government and the outfit if he is entrusted with the task.

March 2

Three militants belonging to the PREPAK were arrested along with explosive materials during a search operation by Police commandos from Bashikhong area in Imphal East of Manipur.

Security Forces arrested a PREPAK militant, Naorem Sanatomba Singh alias Nouton, in the civilian area of the villages of Sorok Atingbi and Lamkhai, Manipur.

NSCN-IM-Kyong region has condemned the action of 17 Assam rifles (17-AR) troopers based at Mekokla village under Wokha District in which one of its cadre, Ashan, Razapeyu, was killed on February 27.

Maharashtra ATS, in a joint operation with the Nampally Police in Karnataka, have detained a man, identified as Shaikh Aqueel in connection with the February 21, 2013 twin blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).

Two live landmines were recovered by BSF during anti-Maoist operation in Koraput District of Odisha.

Two Indian Reserve Police (IRP) personnel, who were on duty in Handwara town bus stand of Kupwara District in J&K, were shot dead by unidentified militants. No militant outfit has yet owned responsibility for the attack.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres surrendered before the Police in Bijapur District of Karnataka.

SFs arrested four PLFI cadres, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, from Ichak in Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand.

CPI-Maoist cadres beheaded a quack at Hudagada village in Seraikela-Kharswan District in Jharkhand.

Two hardcore CPI-Maoists cadres, identified as Umesh Singh and Sriram Thakur, were arrested and arms and explosives meant for ambushing a police team recovered from them in Rohtas District of Jharkhand.

NSCN-IM-Kyong region has condemned the action of 17 Assam rifles (17-AR) troopers based at Mekokla village under Wokha District, Nagaland in which one of its cadre, Ashan, Razapeyu, was killed on February 27.

March 3

Two persons, including a minor, were arrested for carrying four live non-electric detonators in ISBT-43 of Chandigarh.

Haryana Police arrested three persons, identified as Rishi Pal, Rahul and Jarnail Singh from Kaithal (Kaithal District) in Haryana on charges of printing and selling FICN.

An alleged terror operative located in Andhra Pradesh’s Hyderabad, Obaid-ur Rehman, is suspected to be the man who passed on information about the recce conducted by the IM duo Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan to their Saudi-based handlers

Syed Maqbool, an alleged IM operative told NIA in connection with Dilsukhnagar Blast that making a bomb was easy.

Police said that the two suspected IM operatives– Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan are believed to have scouted Begum Bazaar Chatri, Gujarati lane in Koti, the ISKCON Temple area and the GPO in Abids, besides Dilsukhnagar, in Hyderabad to execute the bomb blasts.

Post recent blasts in Hyderabad, the Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Police have started a headcount of migrant workers who have arrived in the city from other states.

Jharkhand Police arrested a hardcore Maoist from Kendwahi village of Latehar District.

There was no untoward incident reported during the day-long bandh (shut down) in Jharkhand called by PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist.

Suspected militants exploded a powerful IED near an under-construction building of the regional centre of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University at Makhan village in under Saparmeina Police Station in Senapati District, Manipur. Nobody was injured in the explosion and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.

Militant formation, ZUF had convened its general assembly on February 20 at the 'council headquarters' in Manipur and assigned Benjamin Pamei as the ZUF's 'home secretary', Himsin Kamei as the ZUF 'external affair secretary' and Dinhiam Kamei as the outfit's 'finance secretary'.

Two persons, identified as Santosh Sahu and Nilanchal Mallick, were arrested in Ganjam District of Odisha on the charge of supplying mobile phones and other accessories to a prisoner, suspected to be a Maoist.

March 4

Militants hurled a grenade towards the house of retired IGP, Zahoor Chasti, in Lal Bazar area of Srinagar in J&K. However, he escaped unhurt, as the grenade missed the intended target and exploded in the compound of his neighbour Qaisar Jamshed.

Defense Minister A K Antony told the Lok Sabha that there have been 188 instances of ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC between 2010 and 2012. Three Indian Army personnel were killed in these.

The intelligence wing of Rajasthan Police arrested an employee of MHA for alleged links with Sumer Khan, the computer-savvy spy arrested in February 2013 for allegedly leaking information on an Indian Air Force (IAF) exercise in Pokhran (Rajasthan).

NIA confirmed the arrest of Muhammad Manzar Imam, wanted in the Wagamon SIMI camp case, and a suspect in the February 21, 2013, Hyderabad twin blasts case.

Four Naxal cadres were arrested from Sircilla in Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly murdering their former comrade turned Congress leader last month (February, 2013).

Four CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested in Chaibasa of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.

Fear still looms large at Sanwariya village in Gumla District of Jharkhand where PLFI operatives threatened villagers with dire consequences after the residents lynched three of their cadres on February 13.

CPI-Maoist cadres have killed a man in Odisha’s Malkangiri District.

Odisha Government has asked the Centre to give more paramilitary personnel to strengthen its battle against the CPI-Maoist, at a meeting of extremism-affected States in New Delhi.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Palsu Nachika (25), was arrested during a joint operation of Police and BSF in Narayanpatna Police Station area of Koraput District of Odisha.

A Maoist, identified as Surendra Miniaka (30), was arrested from Barigaon forest area of Rayagada District in Odisha by personnel of CRPF and DVF.

A motorcycle and a goods carrier were set ablaze as the 100-hour proposed “Bodoland” bandh (general Shutdown) announced by the PJACBM from the midnight of February 28 paralysed life for the fourth consecutive day. Both the incidents were reported in Kokrajhar District in Assam.

BSF troopers arrested seven illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, who were working as coal miners at Umkiang in East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya. The troopers also seized a mobile phone with one Bangladesh SIM card and some cash in Indian and Bangladesh currency notes from the Bangladesh nationals.

The NRCF urged Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik to take immediate steps to exclude the villages dominated by non-tribals from the RHAC areas, which are scattered over Goalpara and Kamrup (Rural) Districts in Assam.

Police bomb experts recovered a powerful IED outside the northern fence of Hijam Yaicham Pat from Yaiskul in Imphal, Manipur.

Imphal West Police commandos arrested three KYKL militants identified as Konthoujam Open alias Ibomcha (42), Keisham Meghanath (46) and Thoudam Jibanlata Devi from Haobam Marak Kha-Imphal School area in Manipur.

Two youths suspected to be behind the explosion of a bomb at the Manipur campus of the Indira Gandhi Tribal University in Senapati District were detained by the villagers and handed over to the Police. They were identified as Ngangbam Romesh Singh (29) and Konsam Ibungo singh (32). Whether they belong to a militant group or not could not be confirmed as Police said, verification was on.

In a dramatic change of central forces' deployment in insurgency-hit Manipur, the Assam Rifles (AR) is likely to replace the Army in internal security operations.

March 5

One Tahir Latief Sofi was killed and two others were injured in Baramulla town (Baramulla District of J&K) in alleged SF's firing on violent protesters agitating against the suicide by a Kashmiri Student in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) on March 2.

Protests were reported from other parts of the State too, in which over a dozen of persons, including Police personnel, were injured.

Beginning night curfew has been imposed in different parts of J&K as a precautionary measure with the apprehension of law and order problem following the killing.

Death toll in February 21, 2013, Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District of Andhra Pradesh) bomb blast case rose to 17 when an injured person Amrutha Ravi (25) died while undergoing treatment at Yashoda Hospital. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the blasts so far.

Non-bailable warrants were issued by a Delhi Court against IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other operatives of the banned outfit in connection with the Dilsukhnagar blasts.

Kerala’s Ernakulam NIA Special Court remanded in judicial custody Muhammad Manzar Imam.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs R P N Singh informed the Lok Sabha that as many as 31 ISI backed espionage modules were neutralized across the country between January 1, 2010, and February 27, 2013, resulting in the arrest of 48 spies. Of the 38 Indians held for feeding information to the ISI, 10 were government officials.

NIA special court here remanded suspected SIMI operative Muhammad Manzar Imam to NIA custody till March 18, 2013.

During interrogation ISI agent Sumer Khan revealed details of his frequent trips to Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province of Pakistan in the last two years.

Surendra Kumar, the MHA employee arrested by Rajasthan Police on March 4, is said to have provided lookout circulars, list of Pakistani prisoners in India and visa details to Sumer, who in turn handed over them to his ISI handler in Pakistan.

Raising concern over Bihar's efforts to tackle Naxalism, the Centre revealed that three of its districts - Gaya, Jamui and Aurangabad - accounted for more than 60 percent of CPI-Maoist violence in 2012.

With the CPI-Maoist groups trying to strengthen their cadre by reviving Son-Ganga Vindhyachal Zonal Committee and by appointing Dilip Baitha of Gadhwa District in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh Police have decided to host an interstate coordination meeting with the Police of neighbouring states to finalise a strategy to foil this bid.

Assam Government clarified that contrary to rumours, the proposal to grant ST status to six communities had not been rejected by the RGI. It was still under the consideration of the RGI. The six communities involve Koch Rajbongshis, Tai Ahoms, Morans, Mottacks, Chutias and tea tribes.

WPT & BC Minister, Rajiv Lochan Pegu then informed Assam Assembly that the rumour that the RGI had rejected the proposal to grant ST status to the six communities was baseless.

Two militants of the NDFB-IKS, surrendered before the officers of the Red Horns Division of the Army and Police at Kokrajhar District, Assam.

ULFA-ATF has declared its slain leader ‘sergeant major’ Dilip Asom alias Rajen Saikia as ‘national martyrs’ of their revolution. The leader was killed in an encounter with Army at Diyun in Arunachal Pradesh on March 3.

Troops of 15 Assam Rifles (AR) arrested one OGW of KYKL identified as Puyam Budhijao from Manipur.

AR launched operation in Kairang area in Imphal East District, Manipur and arrested one KCP-Nando cadre identified as Muhammad Rame alias Ramejuddin.

A statement of the RPF, the political wing of PLA has claimed that its investigation have found that two personnel of the AR were killed and three others injured during an attack by a tactical command of the outfit on February 21 at Saibol village, Chandel District, Manipur. It has further said that the act of the AR to assault the nearby villagers after the attack is to create a rift among the people and the outfit.

The UPPK in a statement signed by its information & publicity officer ‘Major’ America has said that the outfit is preparing for a Peace talk with the Government of Manipur and Government of India.

A joint team of SFs arrested two PREPAK cadres from Yumnam Khunnou-Eshingthembi crossing and Mahabali Mamang, Palace Compound in Imphal East District, Manipur. 17 Chinese hand grenades and four demand notes were seized from them.

Reacting to newspaper reports about attacks on AR at Saibol village in Chandel District of Manipur by the PLA and the outfit's claim of killing two AR troops in another offensive, a AR statement dismissed the outfit's claim as false and fabricated.

BSF arrested seven Bangladeshi illegal immigrants from Sonapur Bridge in East Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya while they were trying to exfiltrate into Bangladesh.

Rh Raising, Executive member of the Steering Committee of the NSCN-IM, which is the highest decision making body, had stated that the Constitution of India has been the road-block to the Indo-Naga political solution.

March 6

Defying curfew in J&K, protesters clashed with SFs while protesting against the alleged killing of Tahir Latief Sofi by Army trooper in which at least 50 persons, including 20 Police personnel were injured.

Protest erupted after a protestor, identified as Tahir Latief Sofi, was killed in alleged firing by Army on March 5. He was participating in a demonstration called for one Kamran Mudarsi who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his University Hostel's residence in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) on March 2.

UMHA, Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the J&K government has made no formal request for revocation of AFSPA till date.

Police have arrested dozens of youth in different parts of J&K since March 5 for their alleged involvement in stone pelting incidents during mass protests of 2008, 2009 and 2010.

NSG has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the recent incident of one of its officers talking to an unauthorised person, suspected to be a Pakistani ISI agent.

U.P’s Gorakhpur Police attached the property of an alleged IM operative, Mirza Shadab Baig, belonging to Azamgarh who is wanted in numerous cases of serial blasts.

One woman was arrested from Kamalpur area of Kamrup Rural District IN Assam along with FICN of a face value of INR 25,000.

A former member of Galikonda 'area committee' of CPI-Maoist, Korra Singari alias Pulimi, who was leading a secret life after coming out of the party in 2011, surrendered at the G.K. Veedhi Police Station in Visakha Agency of Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh.

Police recovered a couple of landmines stuffed in tiffin boxes at Dunnevaripalle in Yerravaripalem mandal (administrative unit), Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh.

Two CPI-Maoist women cadres who are serving sentences at Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam central jail, in a note released said that women have played a far more strategic role in keeping many revolutionary and path-breaking movements alive by giving them a feminine and human touch.

BSF and Odisha Police personnel recovered a huge cache of explosives including three China-made hand grenades during a counter insurgency operation in Pindamali forests under Narayanpatna PS of Koraput District of Odisha.

Assam DGP J.N. Choudhary has warned that forces inimical to the state might try to carry out blasts during the Assembly session.

Non-Rabha and non-tribal organisations under NRCF strongly opposed the inclusion of respective villages in the RHAC in a rally held at Bhalukdubi lower primary school field near Goalpara District of Assam

ULFA-PTF is upset with the Centre’s handling of Anup Chetia’s deportation, as they want him to join the ongoing dialogue with the Central Government.

The NDFB-PTF has made it clear that it would not accept any alternative arrangement other than a separate State of Bodoland.

One woman was arrested from Kamalpur area of Kamrup Rural District, Assam along with FICN of a face value of INR 25,000.

40,626 Bangladeshis, who were declared as illegal migrants have evaded deportation over the years.  Assam Accord implementation Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, in a written reply to a question by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) legislator Keshab Mahanta informed the house.

ABSU has demanded issuance of Inner Line Permits (ILPs) for people coming from outside Assam to check the unabated influx of outsiders, mainly from Bangladesh.

The KNLF and its army wing KPA celebrated its 5th raising day at tactical headquarters at Munli, Manipur. The chairman of the organisation, Pelen Kuki, said, several Kuki revolutionary groups have been set up, but unfortunately, the spirit of their revolutionary movement became meaningless with signing of SoO with the Government, he added.  The chairman also appealed KNO and UPF not to be the puppets of the Indian Army instead to join hands for a glorious victory of the motherland.

Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat appealed to militants operating in the State to shun violence and participate in the peace process so that development work could be speeded up.

Majority of the Members of the MDCs have opposed the move to strengthen the KHADC on the basis of the proposed peace settlement between the Government and the ANVC. Moving a motion on the proposed peace agreement on the second day of the Budget Session, KHNAM MDC, Adelbert Nongrum said the Council should not accept the Government’s move. He argued that if the strengthening of the KHADC has to take place then it should be on the basis of the needs and aspirations of the people of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.

Special branch of Dimapur Police arrested the "commander in chief" and another cadre of DNLF, at PWD area Supply junction in Dimapur Distinct, Nagaland. The commander in chief was identified as Thairying Hakamausa alias Rohit Hakamausa alias Sujit Hakamausa (29) while his accomplice was identified as "private" Ujjal Thousan (26). Police recovered a 7.67 pistol, one magazine and five live rounds.

March 7

Protest and clashes between protesters and SFs amid curfew continued in various parts of J&K for the second consecutive day in which 40 persons, including SF troopers, received injuries.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani was placed under house arrest on after his return from New Delhi.

Police arrested two persons, C Dhanuskodi and P Periyapandi on charges of attempting to pass off FICN at Melur in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu.

Police arrested one Rajesh from Bandu Kheri village of Saharanpur District in U.P. and recovered FICN worth INR 350000 from his house, which was to be supplied in various cities of Haryana.

Five persons were arrested for allegedly circulating FICN from near Tadbund X road in Hyderabad Urban District of Andhra Pradesh. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Irfan, Yousuf Ali Somali, Shaik Khalid, Hassan Hamza and Mohammad Amjad Khan. The main accused Gouse is still absconding.

CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze the house of a top leader of a rival outfit, PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, at Talkasmar village in Jharkhand’s Palamau District.

After being evicted from Saranda forest in Jharkhand bordering Odisha and Jharkhand, the CPI-Maoist appears to be planning to regroup in Sundargarh District in Odisha, as a large group of cadres was apparently spotted in the area.

Mafat Lal alias Mehul, an accused in the Best Bakery case during 2002 Gujarat riots, was arrested by NIA in connection with October 11, 2007 Ajmer (Ajmer District, Rajasthan) Dargah mausoleum blast from Vadodara in Gujarat.

Police recovered arms and ammunition, including two German MP5 guns, one .32 bore revolver and 200 live cartridges from Tarn Taran District of Punjab on the basis of information provided by BKI militant Narain Singh Chaura.

SFs arrested two militants of APA, identified as Jermis Munda and Markush Munda, at Paharpur under Kumarikata Police Station in Baksa District of Assam. SFs recovered five rifles, two hand grenades, 45 detonators from their possession.

The negotiations between the Central Government and ULFA-PTF have reached a crucial stage with the militant leaders claiming that they have received positive vibes from the Government. “Yes, talks were successful”, Union Home Secretary, RK Singh later told newsmen.

Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi said that the level of insurgency has come down because of development. He further stated that doors of the Government are open for all, who sought solution of their problems through talks.

Publication of the final draft of villages of RHAC, scheduled to be published on March 8, will be delayed as numerous claims and objections are still being heard in Goalpara and Kamrup Districts of Assam.

The Registrar Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi High Court, discussed the issue of declaring the HNLC as an unlawful association. The tribunal will hear all the points brought before it and will then decide whether the ban imposed on the HNLC should be extended or not.Chokpot Police in South Garo Hills, Meghalaya arrested Somor D Sangma while he was collecting money from coal trucks in Jetra area.

The PREPAK in a statement wished the women of Manipur on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, 2013. The statement has further lamented the rapid increase in violence against women and denying of their rights.

The RPF, the political wing of PLA, in a statement by its publicity secretary Roben Khuman has greeted the womenfolk of the Manipur on the eve of the International Women’s Day.

The proposed political dialogue between the Government of India, Government of Manipur and Kuki rebel groups under SoO pact which has been deferred on more than one occasion because of the elections in three Northeastern States is likely to be set into motion very soon. 

After the NPF-led DAN has come back to power in Nagaland, the Government of Nagaland has geared up to exert more pressure on New Delhi to bring the protracted Indo-Naga peace talk to an amicable solution.

Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles seized 31 AK-47 assault rifles, one Singapore-made LMG and 1 US-made Browning automatic rifle, 809 rounds of ammunition and 32 magazines from a farmhouse near Lengpui Airport in Mizoram.

Mizoram Police's Superintendant of Police, CID (Crime), Joseph Lalchhuana, said acting on a tip off, they seized 23 AK-47 rifles, 1 LMG and 1 Browning rifle. Another seizure was made on March 8 after interrogation of the three arrested persons identified as Robi Chakma, Soboz Chakma and Moni Tripura, suspected to be members of a militant outfit in Bangladesh.

March 8

A former militant turned counter-insurgent, identified as Bashir Ahmad Gania, was first abducted from Kunzar locality of Tangmarg area of Baramulla District in J&K and later shot dead by unidentified militants. Unidentified gunmen had also killed his brother some time back.

Over 130 persons, including 77 Police and Para-military personnel, were injured as many protesters defied curfew after Friday prayers. At around 65 places in J&K there were stone pelting incidents while at around 40 places there were peaceful protests.

During the past few days 103 vehicles, including 20 civil, 35 Police, 45 CRPF and three Government suffered damage at the hands of miscreants in stone pelting at various places in areas falling under Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian of J&K.

FICN worth face value INR 46,500 was recovered as four persons, identified as Bharat Patel, Dalsukh Gadhiya, Vipul Patel and Vinu Rathwa, were arrested from Halol locality of Panchmahal District of Gujarat. Police said that the four accused had named one Dhanraj as the kingpin of the racket.

A group of PLFI cadres killed a former member of the outfit on NH-75 in Chanho block of Ranchi District of Jharkhand.

Two brothers from a village in Gajapati District of Odisha claimed that they were abducted by OMP and asked by the outfit's chief Sabyasachi Panda to work for his party.

The SC stayed a Calcutta High Court judgment directing West Bengal to treat arrested members of the CPI-ML as "political prisoners" by declaring the outfit a "political movement".

ULFA-ATF received a big jolt following surrendering of its 11 cadres before the Deputy Commissioner of Tinsukia (District), Assam at a brief function held at Tinsukia. The surrendered militants were identified as Monoranjan Gogoi alias Kanu alias Minto Asom, Dipen Saikia alias Raja Asom, Manik Dohotia alias Meghon Asom, Hayanta Saikia alias Joi Asom, Bulen Moran alias Devid Asom, Rantu Moran alias Ashim Asom, Mizo Gohain alias Andhi Asom, Hemkanta Changmai alias Jatin Khanka, Dhania Saikia alias Kancha, Dharmen Sonowal alias Janbha and Raju Moran alias Robit.

Bijoy Chinese, Deputy Chief and a close associate of Paresh Baruah, who recently surrendered had stated that a number of hardcore militants were waiting to surrender within a short time. The surrender was a part of the process, Assam Police claimed.

Five suspected NDFB-ATF cadres hatching a plan to abduct a bank employee from Guwahati city were arrested from the Christianbasti area of Assam. The arrested cadres have been identified as Gajen Boro alias Lenra, Sanjiv Swargiary alias Ranjal, Jita Boro, Mithuyal Basumatary and Vijay Ramchiary. All of them are from Baksa District.

Centre is likely to start the process of inter-ministerial deliberations to work out a package for the ULFA-PTF. The Centre’s latest move was conveyed to the team of pro-talk leaders at the tripartite meeting held in New Delhi on March 7. At the meeting, Union Home Secretary, R.K. Singh reviewed the progress so far made in talks with ULFA. After detailed discussion, it was decided to follow up on a few specific steps on some issues, said official sources.

SF recovered explosives with the arrest of one Gin Zamuan Simte. Altogether, 450 detonators, 165 Gelatin sticks, 50 meter of safety fuse and two 12 bore guns were recovered from Simte's possession, who along with the recoveries have been handed over to Imphal West Police station, Manipur.

March 9

J&K Police took the custody of Farooq Naiku, who was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch on January 16 along with Mohammed Talukdar for HM links. Police said that the scrutiny of Naiku's email reveals that he was in touch with two hardcore militants, Raees Mir and Carnal Choudhary.

Acting on a tip-off, the SOG of Surat Police arrested three from Surya Kiran Apartment in Surat city (Surat District) of Gujarat along with FICN worth INR 92,000. The arrestees have been identified as Baijnath Sahu, Shivshankar Sahu and Dobilal Sahu.

Miscreants blew up a Assam Government-run lower primary school at Kachurthal village under Ramnathpur Police station areas in  Hailakandi District near Mizoram border. Police said the blast was triggered by suspected Mizoram-based miscreants. However, there was no report of any loss of life.

The DHD, was disbanded. At the same time, Dilip Nunisa, the chief of the outfit, announced the formation of a new political party called Halali Progressive Groups (HPG) at a home-coming ceremony in Haflong, the headquarters of Dima Hasao District, Assam.

A prominent Hindu pilgrimage spot, the Baidyanath-Dham temple, situated in Jharkhand’s Deoghar District figured among eight other targets on the target list of IM, revealed Muhammad Manzar Iman, an IM operative who was arrested on March 3, 2013, during interrogation. Manzar Imam also divulged names of six aides from Ranchi and Ramgarh districts and confirmed the existence of IM sleeper cells in Jharkhand.

The UMHA has asked the Kerala Government to closely observe the activities of four organizations whose activities allegedly reflect the CPI-Maoist influence.

Three militants of ANVC-B were killed after an encounter between a team of Meghalaya Police and the rebels in Dobu Chitingbang village of East Garo Hills District.

Two women Maoist cadres were killed in a gun battle with Security Forces in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

The Maoist cadres set on fire the house of a PLFI 'area commander' Rahul Yadav in Manika in Latehar District of Jharkhand.

Unidentified persons kept a bomb at the residential gate of an Executive Engineer (EE) of the Social Welfare Department in the morning under Lamshang Police Station in Imphal West District, Manipur.

Manipur police arrested three Bangladeshi immigrants near Pallel check post, who had been staying in Manipur pretending to be Indian Muslim, while trying to proceed to Moreh from Imphal. According to Police, the accused have been identified as-- Muhammad Salau Rahman, Muhammad Rafigue Islam and Muhammad Manab Husain (24).

A combined team of Assam Rifles and Police, seized drugs worth INR 300000 and a country-made pistol from a Muslim youth at Lilong area in Thoubal District of Manipur.

The KRA-U  has said in a release that the KNO/KRA-U cabinets along with its Commander-in-Chief, SHT George and its members have conducted a warm welcome ceremony of those faction cadres of the merged UPF/KRA-U to their origin KNO/KRA-U at KNO/KRA-U general Head Quarter, somewhere in Sadar Hills in Senapati District in Manipur.

Tripura Police sent a three member's team to Aizawl in the morning following a major arms haul by Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles on March 8 near Aizawl airport.

Tripura Police sent a three member's team to Aizawl in the morning following a major arms haul by Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles on March 8 near Aizawl airport.

March 10

SF neutralized a militant hideout and recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation at Russowali Nullah area near Saldhar locality of Mahore tehsil of Reasi District of J&K.

Barring a few areas in Baramulla and Kupwara Districts, life returned to normalcy in most parts of the Kashmir valley. Curfew like restrictions remained in effect in Baramulla Seelu, Sangrama, Palhalan, Pattan and Sopore towns of Baramulla District and Lalpora and Lolab in Kupwara District. Sporadic incidents of stone pelting and clashes between SF and protesters were reported. However no one was reportedly injured.

In J&K, around 30 persons in total were arrested from Seelu, Sopore, Palhalan, Pattan, and Tangmarg areas in Baramulla District, Handwara, Lalpora, and Lolab localities of Kupwara District and Khudwani and Qaimouh of District Kulgam on charges of stone pelting.

MMM announced a fresh protest calendar, calling a general shutdown and 'civil curfew' on March 13 in J&K.

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was put under house arrest at his residence in J&K. Malik returned to India after spending one and half month in Pakistan.

J&K Police arrested four out of six accused on charges of attacking Riyaz Ahmad Khanday with stones during recent protest for defying a strike call given by separatists. Khanday succumbed to his injuries on March 11. DGP, Ashok Prasad, while warning of stern action against the stone-pelters, said that the recent protests in certain parts of the valley were being sponsored from across the border.

Two persons, identified as Rafi Ahmed and Nizamuddin, were arrested from Madiaon locality in Lucknow city (Lucknow District) of U.P along with FICN of face value INR 16,000.

The audio recording of May 1994, discloses conversation between Syed Arif (Pakistan smuggler and ISI agent), Taufiq Jallianwala (Pakistan smuggler-ISI agent) and Yakub Memon (Bombay resident, currently in jail after surrendering in 1994) suggests that the trio discussed about how to shelter India's most wanted Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan and how they helped him and his family change their identities in Pakistan.

Accusing the Assam Government of totally failing in updating the NRC, the AASU, demanded that both the State Government and the Centre take urgent initiative to implement the Assam Accord in its letter and spirit. The AASU will resort to a Statewide 30-hour fast from 6 am on March 19 at every District headquarters where a 30-member body of the AASU would take part.

Combined team of Thoubal commandos along with Pallel Police arrested three persons including a captain of NSCN-IM along with drugs from Pallel bazaar area in Chandel District, Manipur. The three arrested persons are identified as P R Shamsung Chothe (38), Wahengbam Deepak (38) and Yumnam Suresh Singh (27).  According to a Police source, PR Shamsung Chothe is reportedly a captain of the NSCN–IM.

The MCP-M has said in a press statement at Manipur that its central committee has decided in a meeting that the outfit’s district committee will be expanded to the regional level. It continued that the party’s administration will be under four regions with a central committee member with the regional committee being in charge of the region.

A day after Meghalaya Police shot dead three cadres of ANVC-B for their involvement in extortion on March 9; the militant outfit denied the Police claim that they were extorting money.

Nagaland’s new Home Minister G Kaito Aye said he would explore all the possible means that the Naga people come together so as to find logical solution to the longstanding Naga political problem.

Kaito made an appeal to all the militant people coming from outside Nagaland to vacate the State particularly the Dimapur areas for the larger interest of the Naga people in particular and the people in the region in general.

March 11

Riyaz Ahmad Khanday (24), who was injured in an attack by a group of 'protesters' throwing stones on vehicles on March 8, succumbed to his injuries in Srinagar (Srinagar District) of J&K.

In a major crackdown launched against stone pelters to prevent summer unrest similar to that of 2010, J&K Police have arrested a total of 338 persons on charges of pelting stones since the February 9, 2013, execution Afzal Guru.

A senior Police officer, expressing concern about the recent stone pelting incidents in the areas that were not affected by 2010 unrest, said that one of the major concerns is that large number of tourist vehicles were damaged and tourists beaten up by stone pelters in J&K’s Narbal and Mazhama (in Badgam District) and Kunzar areas (Baramulla District) along the Srinagar (Srinagar District) - Gulmarg (Baramulla District) road.

J&K  Government, under its amnesty scheme, has released 1,811 persons, mainly youth, involved in cases of stone-pelting in during 2010 summer unrest.

Police arrested three persons involved in a FICN from the railway station at Olavakode in Palakkad (Palakkad District) of Kerala. Police seized FICN worth INR 49,000 and a car from them.

Police arrested three persons involved in circulation of FICN and recovered FICN worth INR 55,000 at Kahnuwan Chowk, Gurdaspur (Gurdaspur District) of Punjab.

NIA approached Kerala’s Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate seeking permission to conduct a test identification parade of alleged SIMI cadre Mohammed Manzar Imam through two witnesses in the Wagamon (Idukki District, Kerala) SIMI secret camp case (2007).

Andhra Pradesh Police released sketches of a bicycle used in the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh).

Andhra Police have identified one of two persons caught on CCTV in a Dilsukhnagar cinema, as a sleeper terrorist-Tabrez of IM.

Senior Indian intelligence officials say that Pakistan-based operatives exported FICN amounting INR 25 billion into India in 2012 alone to fund terror and illegal activities. It is believed that the ISI is behind about 10 per cent of the counterfeit currency pushed into India and uses it to finance subversive activities against India. A large number of non-governmental organisations in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are being investigated by Indian authorities.

A member of the CPI-Maoist 'Galikonda Area Committee' was arrested at G K Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.

Mahatashtra Home Department informed the legislature that it spent INR 2.91 billion for construction of 10 fortified Police Stations in Naxal affected areas, besides capital outlay for road transport.

Police arrested two Maoist militia members, Gochekka Thadangi Bangru (30) and Thadangi Bheemayya (21), when they were travelling on a bike, during routine vehicle checks in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh.

Karimnagar District Police arrested two Maoists belonging to the neighbouring Chhattisgarh and recovered explosive material such as 20 gelatine slurry sticks, 20 detonators, 3 kilogram of ammonium and wires used for making landmines in Andhra Pradesh.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a sarpanch, identified as Suresh Tamu, of Bade Kameli village in Dantewada District of Chattisgarh.

The 'military head' of Odisha Maobadi Party, Pradip Majhi alias Govind (27), was killed in an exchange of fire with Police in Gajapati District of Odisha.

Two persons were injured in a bomb blast at a weekly market in Doiangmukh weekly market in Kheroni area of Karbi Anglong District in Asssam. Police have detained 15 persons for interrogation in connection with the blast and confirmed it as the handiwork of militants.

A bomb weighing one kilogram was recovered from a public bus at Bongaigaon bus stand near Lower Assam Hospital and Research Centre in Bongaigaon District, Assam. No one has been arrested yet in this connection and investigation is on. The bomb was defused later.

A total of 1,989 people have died in violence by militants and miscreants in the present BTAD areas since the movement for a separate State of Bodoland in 1987.

Further, only one accused out of the 426 has so far been punished. The trial of 49 cases has been completed, resulting in the acquittal of 48 and the rest of the cases are pending.

198 of the total 416 cases pending against the BLT had been withdrawn as on January 2012.

The next of kin of those killed in violence during 1987 to June 22, 2004 have been paid compensation of INR 100,000, and for those killed after June 22, 2004, an amount of INR 300,000 has been paid to the next of kin. A total of INR 19.80 crore has been spent in the compensation since 2007-08 till date.

SFs arrested two AANLA militants, Bhimsen Kerketa and John Basbech, from Gholapani near Uarimghat along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat District.

SFs arrested an illegal Bangladeshi migrant, identified as Ghulam Mustafa (45), from the char area of Khagrachar under Sukhchar Police Station in Dhubri District of Assam. SFs recovered FICN worth INR 298,000, in the denominations of INR 1000 and INR 500 from his possession.

AASAA-Karbi Anglong has accused Joy Ram Engleng led KAAC of extending "passive" support to certain persons of "doubtful motive" in grabbing land belonging to Adivasi community in various places of Karbi Anglong District, Assam.

Unidentified militants exploded a hand grenade, at the residence of Chandel ADC 'Chairman; Lhunkhosei Zou, located in Moreh Ward No III of Chandel District, Manipur. The brother-in-law of the Chairman, Dounglenzou (50), was injured in the attack. It is suspected that the attack might have been carried out by a Kuki militant group in connection with a monetary demand of INR 150,000.

Four militants of the KYKL have reportedly surrendered to Manipur Police. The surrendered militants were identified as 'Corporal' RK Ibungo alias Bishorjit (23), 'Lance Corporal' Ningthoujam Thoiba alias Gopen (25), Lance Corporal', Akoijam Jiten alias Ningjaba (27) and 'Sergeant' Akoijam Basanta alias Fighter (38).

About 200 militants active in Manipur have surrendered before the Government and many others will follow suit in the next three months, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said. One hundred and ninety-seven cadres of URF, KCP and two factions of KYKL laid down their arms on February 13.

The ANVC-B has demanded an inquiry into the recent killing of three of its cadres by Meghalaya Police for allegedly running an extortion racket.

In a statement issued in Shillong in East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya  ANVC-B said, "There should be an inquiry to this killing as the slain cadres were not caught in an act but were shot while they were cooking meal in a village.

Sources from the NSCN-IM said that it is not clear now when the next round of talks, which was earlier billed as the `may-be the last round of talks`, will happen. This comes after months of speculations on the early settlement of the Naga political problem before the Nagaland assembly elections.

March 12

Three persons, OGW of HM and JeM, were arrested in a case related to grenade attack on a bunker in General Bus Stand Kupwara (Kupwara District) of J&K on November 1, 2011, in which three civilians were injured.

SOG of the Western Railways arrested four persons along with FICN with a face value of INR 680,000 in Vadodara (Vadodara District) railway station in Gujarat.

Delhi Police CB arrested two persons from Bihar, carrying FICN with a face value of INR 400, 000, from an unidentified location in Delhi.

MoS for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh told Lok Sabha in a written reply, "As per available inputs from central intelligence and investigating agencies, some consignments of high quality FICN have been either directly or indirectly sourced by Pakistan via Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and UAE". He further added, "During the investigation of the case pertaining to the activities of David Coleman Headley and others, it was revealed that FICN were given to him for using these in India".

Maximum seizure of FICN with a face value of over INR 26.4 million was made from the India-Pakistan frontier compared to other land borders between 2010 and February, 2013, MoS for Home M. Ramachandran told Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Police suspect links between Sabarmati (Gujarat) Central Jail tunnel case (2013) and the Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blast case (February 21, 2013).

An unidentified Crime Branch official as saying, "Some members of Islami Chhatra Sangh [ICS], Bangladesh, had masterminded the Sabarmati jailbreak attempt. They were the ones who were pulling strings from across the border. This student organization is linked to a prominent Islamic organization of Bangladesh. The undertrials were planning to cross over into Bangladesh, undergo some more training, regroup and then return to India for more terror strikes."

IB is facing shortage of over 8,000 personnel due to unavailability of suitable candidates among other reasons, stated by MoS for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh.

A Special Task Force trooper was killed and another injured in a gun fight with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District of Chattisgarh.

Police arrested a tailor, identified as Jalil Ansari, from Dole village under Chinia Police Station area in Garhwa District of Jharkhand for stitching the uniforms of CPI-Maoist cadres and supplying it to them.

A group of 20-odd CPI-Maoist cadres razed the boundary wall of a school in Latehar District of Jharkhand when the students were attending their last period, apparently fearing that the building might be later used as a security camp.

PLFI strongholds like Khunti, Gumla, Latehar and Simdega Districts in Jharkhand remained completely affected due to an indefinite bandh called by the PLFI cadres against the arrest of one its cadres, Dinesh Patel.

Alert has been sounded in Maoist-hit areas of South Odisha following state-wide bandh called by Odisha Maobadi Party, led by Sabyasachi Panda, on March 14.

After eliminating top Odisha Maobadi Party leader Pradeep Majhi in an encounter, SFs intensified combing operation in border area of Ganjam and Gajapati districts of Odisha by inducting more forces.

A day after Police killed Pradeep Majhi, Odisha Maobadi Party chief, Sabyasachi Panda claimed that he (Pradeep) was arrested and killed in a fake encounter.

Assam’s Chirang District administration has begun the final phase of rehabilitation of the Bodo-Muslim ethnic clashes-affected people. At least 2,726 inmates are still taking shelter in five relief camps in the District.

Minister of State for Home Affairs M Ramachandran stated that insurgent groups in the Northeastern region are getting arms and ammunition from China.

A civilian driver, identified as Sukumar Das (32), was abducted by a group of suspected militants belonging to the NDFB-IKS near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur District. The daring abduction took place even though the driver was accompanied by three army troopers of the intelligence department from the Army base in Misamari.

Normal life was thrown out of gear in the border town of Moreh as several tribal organisations imposed a bandh (General Shutdown) against the grenade attack at the residence Chandel ADC Chairman Lhukhosei Zou in Moreh, Manipur.

The KNO/KNA accused a outfit named KPLF of launching a grenade attack on March 11 at the residence of Chandel ADC Chairman in Manipur. T Stephen, Under Secretary, information and publicity wing' of KNO/KNA added that as Moreh is the tactical headquarters of KNO/KNA and thus assault of any nature in the border township is taken as directed against their organization.

Conveying formation of a Peace Talk Committee with URF home secretary Puyam Ruhini as the Committee convenor, cadres of three armed groups who recently surrendered to the Government cautioned that they would resume military campaign in case the Government is non-committal to take forward the peace process. Speaking on behalf of the surrendered cadres at Manipur Press Club, URF's Ruhini, KYKL-MDF 'president' Meisnam Athouba and KCP-Lamphel's 'general secretary' Haobijam Dilip alias Taibanganba asserted that they would not hesitate in returning to the jungles for resuming the military offensive against the Government if plight of the surrendered cadres is not accorded importance.

Moreh commando team, carrying out intensified patrolling in the border town of Manipur in the backdrop of the bomb attack at the residence of ADC chairman in Chandel, detained an individual on suspicion near hong Kong Bazar for verification at. Identifying the detained person at Lalmalsawma (22), the source said frisking of the individual led to the recovery of one US-made .9 mm pistol (Baretta) with a magazine and two live rounds.

Suspected militants ambushed newly-elected MLA of Rongara-Siju, Rophul S Marak, on NH-62 near Dainadubi in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya while the legislator was on his way back to Tura from Shillong. However, there were no casualties in the incident.

A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into recent alleged killing of three cadres of the ANVC-B by the Meghalaya Police. The ANVC-B leaders and the villagers had cited foul play in the operations of the Police against the militants and termed the killings as 'fake encounter'. An official said that WCR Marak, the Extra Assistant Commissioner of Rongjeng (East Garo Hills District), will probe the killing of the ANVC-B cadres. The magisterial inquiry was ordered on March 12.

Mizoram Police said they have proof that the 33 sophisticated arms seized from a private farmhouse near Lengpui Airport in Aizawl District on March 7 and 8, were to be delivered to the PCJSS faction of Bangladeshi outfit Shanti Bahini. The person, who smuggled the arms into India through the porous Mizoram-Myanmar border, had reportedly gone back to Myanmar again and was hiding there, Lalchhuana said.

With abductors threatening to kill five labourers abducted from Dampa tiger reserve in Mamit District of Mizoram on February 19, a meeting chaired by State Home Minister R. Lalzirliana has demanded that they be released unconditionally. NLFT-BM militants are suspected to be behind the abduction.

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland, Dr S C Jamir said that no political settlement to the decades old Naga problem was possible 'without the people's knowledge and consent'. "Without people's knowledge and consent, final political settlement will be a far cry," he said.

One NSCN-IM cadre was arrested with regard to collection of "illegal tax from shop owners" at Golaghat road area in Dimapur District, Nagaland. Tax collection slips along with INR 90,800 were recovered from the cadre, identified as one Amok Ao.

March 13

Terrorists stormed a CRPF camp in Bemina area of the Srinagar city (Srinagar District), of J&K killing five troopers and injuring 10 others. The two fidayeen were also killed.

One person was killed in alleged firing by CRPF troopers. The incident happened when some SF personnel were rushed to SKIMS for donating blood to the victims of the fidayeen attack. SF personnel came under attack while returning as locals pelted stones upon their vehicle. To disperse the violent crowd, CRPF troopers allegedly opened fire in which two persons were injured. Later, one of them, Altaf Ahmad Wani, reportedly succumbed to injuries at SKIMS.

Police recovered 2 AK-47 rifles, 5 AK magazines, 60 AK rounds, 2 Chinese pistol, 2 pistol rounds, 1 UBGI, 3 UBGL grenades, 4 hand Grenades and 2 pouches from Bemina encounter site.

HM claimed the responsibility for the fidayeen attack. However, Government sources indicated that LeT is involved in the attack.

MHA had informed the J&K Government about a possible militant strike in Srinagar, almost 10 days ago.

Normal life in J&K was affected because of the general shutdown called by MMM.

Withdrawal of three CRPF battalions from J&K’s Kashmir Valley later this month could be put on hold for sometime in view of the Bemina fidayeen attack.

Amid exchange of fire along the IB at Muthianwala BOP in Ferozepur District of Punjab, BSF seized FICN worth INR 992,000 and 2-kilogram heroin.

Delhi court remanded suspected IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman custody of the NIA for seven days in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad blasts.

NIA has zeroed in on the roles of two persons, identified as Shihab and Shereef from Kerala, in the Thaliparamba (Kannur District) FICN case.

NIA team picked up eight persons from Chaurama village under Vasudevpura outpost in Munger District of Bihar and interrogated them for their alleged role in the Dilsukhnagar blasts case.

NIA and the Delhi police's Special Cell brought to light IM modules operating in Andhra Pradesh’s Hyderabad, which were never on the radar of state intelligence.

On the day of the twin blasts in Dilsukhnagar, the Delhi police had filed the charge sheet in the Pune blast case and declared that several IM and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were taking shelter in Hyderabad, Karnataka and Mumbai (Maharashtra).

Special NIA court remanded suspected IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody to probe the Dilsukhnagar blasts case.

Officials of Crime Branch and ATS met to discuss the implications of satellite phone use in the state in January 2013.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Nagdeo Ram, was arrested from Madhu Bigha village in Aurangabad District of Bihar. 

With fresh innovations in science and technology, human intelligence, has taken a backseat, SC Jha, Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau, said at the 43rd All India Police Science Congress held in Bihar’s capital Patna.

A STF trooper was killed and two other troopers were injured when CPI-Maoist cadres attacked them near Luru village of Gumla District of Jharkhand. A Maoist was also killed in the incident.

Police arrested six CPI-Maoist cadres, including a senior woman cadre, from Hazaribagh and Latehar Districts of Jharkhand.

CPI-Maoist cadres allegedly killed six villagers in a kangaroo court at Manmaru village in Saranda forest area in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum District.

A special team of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli District Police which was carrying out search operation near Mungner and Bodhin villages in Pendhri division near Chhattisgarh border came under fire from the cadres of the CPI-Maoist.

Nuapada District Police arrested a CPI-Maoist supporter among the villagers of Pathpani in Odisha who have been appealing to the district administration to relocate them in another village for fear of Maoists.

Equipment and goods used to manufacture claymore mines by CPI-Maoist were seized by SFs from Narikhilua jungle in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District in Odisha.

SFs arrested one militant of NDFB-IKS, identified as Phunka Narzary (19), from Oguri village under Bijni Police Station in Chirang District of Assam.

KPLT decided to postpone the indefinite period Karbi Anglong Bandh (General shutdown) in Assam

The RHAC elections scheduled for April 30 is likely to be delayed owing to the continuing process of preparing the final draft of villages and general councils for delimitation. Though the Assam election commission extended the date of publishing of the final draft from March 8 to 15, officials in Goalpara expressed their inability to complete the process within the deadline adds the report.

Suspected Adivasi militants abducted a schoolteacher, Lebi Tete, from his residence in Paharline Kuani village in Bogijan area under Golaghat Police Station in Golaghat District of Assam

The CPI-Maoist is in the process of appointing local area commanders in the Sonitpur District, Assam security agencies have ascertained. The next step would be the selection of cadres and their training to set up armed squads, sources revealed.

An antique bomb was found at Tera Tongbram Leikai in Imphal West District, Manipur adjacent to the southern fencing of SAI complex. Police bomb disposal squad retrieved the bomb and exploded it at a nearby safe place, Police said.

Troops of 27 Assam Rifles launched search operation at Sekmaijin area, Manipur leading to the arrest of a PREPAK cadre identified as Itomba alias Leirang (30). One .9mm pistol and a live round was recovered from him.

Dismissing the claims of UHM, Sushil Kumar Shinde, the URF has asserted that URF and its armed wing, the Manipur Army will never surrender, says to a report of March 13. Significantly, Shinde, during a media briefing at New Delhi on March 11 had asserted that cadres of the URF and a faction of the KYKL would be surrendering within three months time.

The next round of `tripartite talks` involving the UNC, the Government of India and the State Government of Manipur is likely to take place sometime in April or May. The Government of Manipur had reportedly submitted a list of development projects being supposedly implemented in the hill districts in the 5th `tripartite talk` held on February 12, 2013 to establish that it (Manipur government) has been doing enough in the hill districts or `tribal areas` with regard to the development projects.

BSF DG Subhash Joshi reviewed the security situation and the border management along the India-Bangladesh in Meghalaya.

Assam Rifles said that the biggest ever haul of weapons in Mizoram came from Myanmar. "The interrogation of the arrested people and investigation into the arms haul is under way," Director General Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said.

Five people, including three Bangladeshis and two Mizoram residents, were arrested in connection with the recovery near Lengpui airport in Mizoram. The State borders Myanmar and Bangladesh.

NSCN-K chairman, S.S. Khaplang has appointed Zaremo Lotha as the new chaplee kilonser (finance minister), in exercise of 'presidential powers', as per an Azha (order) issued in Nagaland. S.S. Khaplang through his 'Ministry of Information and Publicity (MIP)' stated that the new chaplee kilonser, Zaremo Lotha would exercise "financial administration" with immediate effect. The outgoingchaplee kilonser, Hokato Vusshe, has been directed to hand over the charges immediately.

March 14

Bashir Ahmad Mir, resident of Uri area in Baramulla District, a former militant and currently working for the security agencies, was arrested by the SOG of Police hours after the attack at Bemina. His mobile number was listed in a diary and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card recovered from the dead fidayeen after the encounter. Sources said that Mir had helped the fidayeen to enter Srinagar city from North J&K.

Based on Mir's inputs, Abu Talha alias Zubair Ahmad, a Pakistani militant was arrested from Chattabal area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District).

Police arrested one Pradeep Singh accused of providing logistic support to the fidayeen.

Another person was arrested from Shaheen Gunj area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) of J&K for his alleged role in providing logistics. He is a former militant from Palhalan area of Pattan in Baramulla District.

CRPF removed two of its oldest bunkers from Eidgah locality of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) of J&K. Adding the two bunkers a total of 46 such posts have been removed in last two-and-a-half years from Srinagar.

UMHA Sushilkumar Shinde said, "The killed terrorists are suspected to be of foreign origin...Although the responsibility for the incident was owned by an agent of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), the authenticity of the claim is yet to be ascertained."

Referring to the terror situation, he said, terrorist incidents in J&K had reduced.

National Assembly of Pakistan unanimously passed a resolution against hanging of Afzal Guru and called upon the UN and the international community to help Kashmiris and get their right to self-determination.

NIA arrested four suspects from Bihar’s Munger District in connection with the February 21 Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District) blasts.

NIA officially took over investigation into the February 21, 2013, Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) blasts case from Andhra Pradesh Police.

The use of a satellite phone in Gujarat has got the Ahmedabad Crime Branch and state ATS concerned.

NIA told the judge that the operatives had given conflicting statements to them during separate interrogations and needed to be interrogated together.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Lakhan Lal (38), was arrested in Chattisgarh’s Dhamtari District.

Police came under fire at Manmaru village of Bandgaon block of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, when they came to recover the six dead bodies and in the ensuing encounter four Maoists were injured.

Jharkhand Police conducted a survey regarding the number of active Maoists and criminals operating in the State, on the direction of the Central Government

SFs recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition belonging to CPI-Maoist from Lalgarh District in West Bengal.

The one-day State-wide bandh call given by Odisha Maobadi Party had almost no impact anywhere except in Mohana area of Gajapati District of Odisha.

SFs arrested one PREPAK cadre from Manipur’s Kairang Chingya Leikai along with a demand letter of the organization, said a release of SP, Imphal East. According to the release, the arrested person has been identified as Pukhrambam Amarjeet Singh (27).

An encounter between SFs and militants belonging to KPLT took place at Moujadar basti area under Borpathar Police Station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. SFs recovered an AK-47 rifle, one SLR, some incriminating documents and a motorcycle from the spot. However, no one was killed or arrested during the encounter.

The manpower shortage in Assam Police has risen sharply in recent years with 7,819 posts lying vacant in various ranks. In a written reply given during the ongoing assembly session, State environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said against a sanctioned strength of 72,461 posts, Assam Police has 64,642 personnel at present. Hussain replied on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds the Home Portfolio.

The BSF deployed in Meghalaya sector, which guards the 443-kilometer Indo-Bangla border along Meghalaya, has arrested as many as 44 Bangladeshi immigrants in 2013.

The BSF also arrested nine GNLA militants and seven linkmen in 2013 in Meghalaya.

Troops of 29 Assam Rifles arrested two NSCN cadres from Dimapur (Dimapur District), Nagaland in two separate incidents. One NSCN-Khole-Kitovi cadre, a 'lieutenant', who was also a 'commander' of Nuiland area, was arrested near area Murgipatti in Dimapur District along with one 7.65mm pistol, one magazine and six live rounds.

One person, identified as Muhammad Dilshad Alam (22) from Bihar, was arrested along with five 7.65 country made pistols and 10 empty magazines from Dimapur railway station in Nagaland.

March 15

Police Commissioner Alok Mittal inaugurated a new cybercrime cell at the Police office building in Sector 51 of Gurgaon city (Gurgaon District) of Haryana.

Tihar jail (in Delhi) authorities were directed by a special NIA court in Delhi to produce IM operatives Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan before it on March 16.

Police arrested a Nigerian national, identified as Carl Joseph Astusz, at Arihant College, in Pune District of Maharashtra for allegedly possessing and trying to circulate FICN.

Arrested militant Abu Talha alias Zubair Ahmad, a 'commander' of LeT, revealed that LeT had pushed in nine militants through the Uri sector along the LoC in J&K’s Baramulla District to carry out suicide attacks soon after the hanging of Afzal Guru.

Since December 2012, intelligence agencies have intercepted several radio communication of LeT to its sympathisers in the Kashmir valley directing to build capabilities to provide housing and other logistic support to terrorist who would cross over.

In addition, life remained affected in J&K due to curfew on March 14 and 15.

On the second day of Police operation to recover dead bodies of the villagers, security personnel spent much of the day fighting with Prasad Guru squad of the Maoists at Kudabeda village in Sonuwa area of the district in Jharkhand. An injured Maoist, identified as Dhanai, succumbed to injuries on way to the CRPF Lodhai camp.

Jharkhand’s Police team sent to recover the body of slain STF trooper, Manoj Bakhla, who was killed in the March 13 Gumla encounter, are yet to succeed.

Assam Minority Struggle Association staged a dharna (sit-in protest) in front of the Goalpara (Goalpara District of Assam) Deputy Commissioner's office to protest against the killings of non-Rabhas in the District.

A Police source in Goalpara District of Assam said that three person who were allegedly involved in March13's incident were arrested from the Uranpara-Rakhasani area of the District on March 14.

A 36-hour Goalpara (Goalpara District of Assam) bandh beginning from March 19 has been called by the NRCF in support of their demand to delete the names of non-Rabha and Garo villages from the draft of villages.

According to the Assam home department's records, in the year 2012, SFs recovered about 444 arms, 9,373 rounds of ammunition and 200 explosives from all corners of the state.

Assam’s Goalpara District topped the chart in arms recovery with a total of 123 arm recoveries in 2012.

Unidentified militants abducted three ginger traders from an area near Terang basti under Manja police station of Karbi Anglong District of Assam. According to information a group of five armed unidentified militants abducted the traders, Minu Basumatary, Pawgan Singson and Dulal Basumatary. Sources revealed that a huge sum (around INR 1.8 million) has been demanded from the relatives of the abducted persons.

13 youths from Charaideo Sub-Division in Sivasagar District, Assam have joined the ULFA-ATF a few days back.

RBNLF, a nondescript outfit, directed Congress legislator from Uoi constituency (Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya) Ngaitlang Dhar to quit his Assembly membership and also threatened him with dire consequences if he failed to do so. This was informed by Ri-Bhoi District SP V R S Reddy.

Three youths, including two minors from Athiabari in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, who went missing on March 8, are suspected to have joined the GNLA. Two minors and their friend Rechan M Sangma (19), all school dropouts from Athiabari, were last seen on March 8.

Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary said that the AFSPA, which is in force in some states of the country including Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir, should be scrapped. Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary further said that AFSPA is gender-biased.

Demanding a definite and positive solution to bring back peace and normalcy in Garo Hills a conglomerate of NGOs and Civil Societies took out a peace rally in the streets of Williamnagar in East Garo Hills, Meghalaya.

Outgoing Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar said that the NPF led DAN Government was committed to a speedy and Honourable resolution of the Naga political problem.

March 16

Police claimed to have busted a racket in Mohali (Mohali District) of Punjab involving FICN and narcotics and arrested five persons.

A Delhi Court remanded two alleged operatives of IM, Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan, to NIA custody for four days for questioning over the February 21, 2013, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts and also for confronting them with another alleged IM operative Obaid-ur-Rehman. The duo was arrested recently.

A Maoist carrying a head money of INR 5,000 was arrested during a search operation in Chattisgarh’s Bastar District.

A joint team of CRPF and Giridih Police arrested a top CPI-Maoist cadre, Chudka Manjhi alias Sheetal Manjhi, when his vehicle was stopped by Police at Pirtand in Jharkhand.

After four days of struggle, SFs succeeded in recovering the bodies of six villagers, who were killed by CPI-Maoist cadres at a jan adalat in Manmaru village, under Tebo Police Station of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.

An Assam Rifles trooper sustained minor injuries in an exchange of fire with NSCN-IM militants at Soha village near Deomali town in Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki informed the Assembly that more security personnel will be deployed in insurgency dominated Tirap, Changlang and Longding Districts of the State soon. 

Odisha Police raided the farm house of a person named Jali Pati at Kusanpalli village of Malkangiri District, and seized 592 gelatin sticks kept in three packets for Maoists.

Jharkhand’s Bokaro District Police recovered 97 detonators which were being carried illegally along with other explosives in a van from Ranchi to Pakur.

SFs stationed at Maibong in Dima Hasao, Assam recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, official sources said on March 16. The cache of arms included two .9 mm pistols with magazine, four 12 bore guns, four Chinese grenade, two radio sets, two IED and a few detonators which were hidden in an old water tank. Security sources suspected that the recovered arms belonged to DNLF.

SFs arrested an ULFA-ATF militant, identified as Amar Deka alias Abinash Asom (23), from Darrang District in Assam. SFs recovered a Chinese M-46 grenade and some incriminating documents from his possession.

SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Sanjeev Mushahary (28), from an undisclosed location in Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi expressed satisfaction over the dialogue between the Central Government and ULFA-PTF.

A team of Imphal East Police commandos arrested two PREPAK women cadres identified as Mayanglambam Victoria Devi (39) and Aribam Rita Devi (35) from Bamon Leikai Thangapat Mapal in Manipur. They were involved in extortion of money from the general public, Government officials, businessmen etc and transportation and of arms and ammunition from one place to another, it added.                       

SFs arrested one URF cadre identified as Heikrujam Joychandra Singh alias Joy (36) from Khurai Lamlong Bazaar in front of the Punshi Pharmacy in Manipur.

SFs arrested a DJNA militant, Thomas Daulagapu, from upper Mahandijua village under Manja Police Station in Karbi Anglong District of Assam.

BSF troops of Umsiyem Tent Post in East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya arrested one Bangladeshi FICN racketeer along with FICN having a face value of INR 40,000, Bangladeshi Taka 2060 and other items. He has been identified as Muhammad Azim, a resident of Sylhet Bangladesh. According to BSF, the seized FICN was being smuggled from Bangladesh and was meant for circulation in the Indian market.

Former militant leader Dilip Nunisa has launched a new political party in Dima Hasao District of Assam and started campaigning for the coming DHAC election. Nunisa announced the formation of the Dima Hasao Dal (DHD) in a public meeting held at Kalachand in the hill district.

The deputy kilonser (minister) of the NSCN-IM 'home affairs' in-charge of Zeliangrong Region, Lungchaibi has said that the Manipur Government or any concern authority must give priority and encourage the local contractors, registered societies or agencies to execute any kind of significant development work or contractual work or scheme.

Lieutenant General A.K. Sahni, General Officer Commanding (GOC, 3 Corps), said in Agartala, Tripura that India's borders with China and Myanmar are stable and peaceful and there are no immediate threats on these frontiers. "There are no immediate threats along these borders. These frontiers are stable and peaceful," Sahni told reporters. "We take corrective measures when we find any deficiencies along the borders. Some patches of border with Myanmar in Manipur are being fenced," he added.

NSCN-IM and NSCN-KK functionaries have left Nagaland for Chiang Mai, Thailand for another round of meet on reconciliation. JWG Convener Singson said that the Chiang Mai meeting would be the continuation of the reconciliation process.

Two NSCN-K cadres were arrested by 29 Assam Rifles personnel while collecting illegal tax from shop owners near Kalibari area in Dimapur District of Nagaland.

March 17

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a person at Kothi village in Bhamragad tehsil of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on suspicion of being a Police informer.

Five CPI-Maoist cadres have been arrested during an operation by Police and BSF troopers at Enhur village in Kanker District of Chattisgarh.

A huge cache of explosives, including 1,727 detonators and four mobile phones, was seized from a farm house during a raid by a joint team of BSF and local Police under Motu Police Station limits of Malkangiri District in Odisha.

Imphal West Police commandos arrested one KYKL cadre from Mana Ongkhol Mamang Leikai, Manipur. The arrested person has been identified as Koijam Nimai alias Angom Meitei (51).

The ZRO, which is in a SoO agreement with the Government, has demanded expedition of the peace process in Manipur so a political dialogue can be initiated soon.

Pradip Roy, a member of the KLO, and wanted in Godapani Pathak’s murder, was arrested by Bengal police from Kamakhyaguri in Jalpaiguri District in West Bengal a few days ago and was handed over to Bongaigaon Police. He is now being interrogated at Abhayapuri Police Station of the District since the past couple of days.

A KYKL activist, identified as Heisnam Mohari alias Loyalakpa, was arrested by a team of Imphal West District Police commandos from near Keishamthong Bridge, Manipur. A mobile handset was seized from his possession.

March 18

Normalcy returned to J&K as business establishments, schools, public transport remained operational. Curfew clamped since March 13 was lifted from most part of the State in the evening of March 16 barring old city area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District). Curfew from the old city areas were lifted on the morning of March 17.

Authorities imposed restrictions in Langate town of Kupwara District in J&K following fresh clashes between forces and protesters.

MMM announced fresh protest calendar for upcoming week. MMM has called for protest demonstrations on March 18 (today) and 19 and a complete shutdown on March 20 in J&K. It also asked to observe complete blackout in the evening on March 21.

DG CRPF Pranay Sahay said that CRPF will follow its existing SOP while rendering operational duties in J&K. The SOP mandate that one-third component of the force, when out on security and law and order duties, will have firearms and secure the rest of the squad who carry batons and riot-gears.

J&K Police arrested Merajudin Kawa in connection with the March 13 Bemina fidayeen attack in which 5 CRPF personnel were killed and 10 others sustained injuries.

Pakistan's UAV called 'Jasoos' have been spying on security arrangements and Army activities going on in the Indian side from the International Border of Pakistan adjoining Rajasthan.

CBI submitted the chargesheet before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Kerala against four Bangladesh natives in a case related to the seizure of high-grade FICN of INR 240,000.

Two commandos of Maharashtra’s Special Anti-Naxal Force, C-60, suffered bullet injuries in an encounter with Maoists in a village in Gondia District.

To add teeth to the counter-insurgency operations in Odisha, two more battalions of BSF reached Jeypore in Koraput District of Odisha.

A Maoist poster written in Odia appeared near Gudapada Chowk in Ainlapali gram panchayat under Baunsini Police Station limits of Boudh District in Odisha calling for Boudh bandh on March 20.

Police arrested Babban Vishwakarma near Untari Road railway station in Palamau District  of Jharkhand and recovered six country-made pistols. The accused has a history of trading in illegal arms and was jailed in 1999.

India asked Bangladesh to work out an action plan to flush out the remaining militant leaders of the Northeast region from that country.

GNC legislator, Clifford Marak questioned the Meghalaya Governor’s address on law and order situation while citing a few instances which contradicted the governor’s statement that law and order situation in the State was well-under control. Stating that militant activities are happening on a daily basis in Garo Hills, Marak lambasted the Police department for its inefficiency in ensuring safety and protection to the residents of Garo Hills.

Requesting Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma to immediately address the ANVC and GNLA crisis in Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Marak said, “Much confrontation is going on with GNLA cadres. I am not supporting, but common people are suffering because of it.”

The Union Government has given its nod to start updating of the NRC in seven Districts of Assam after violence marred the NRC pilot project in Barpeta District in 2010. The decision was taken after a meeting between the Centre and the State government held in New Delhi on Monday. The NRC would not be updated in Barpeta District this time but it would be updated in non–minority–dominated Districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagaon and Sonitpur, said Shambu Singh, Joint Secretary of Home Ministry (NE In–Charge).

March 19

Militants killed Suhail Ahmad Sofi at village Doabgah of Sopore locality in Baramulla District of J&K. Suhail was reportedly organizing a cricket tournament sponsored by Army in the area

At least 24 persons, including SF personnel, were injured in sectarian clashes Hakarmulla village (Budgam District). Claim to a piece of land by two rival sects led to clashes. Later persons from both the sects pelted stones on SF personnel who were rushed to the spot.

J&K Police confirmed that the two militants involved in March 13 Bemina fidayeen attack were Pakistan nationals. The duo, affiliated to LeT, has been identified as Saif and Haider, residents of Dera Ghazi Khan District and Multan District of Punjab province in Pakistan respectively.

SFs arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre and recovered 24 LPG cylinders, 18 pressure cookers and at least six kilogram of explosives from the jungles of Latehar District of Jharkhand.

Jharkhand Government changed a number of building plans, involving construction of double and multi-storey buildings, as Maoists, in the last few months, have targeted such buildings.

Jharkhand DGP, Rajeev Kumar, along with other senior officers of Police and the CRPF celebrated their supremacy in the Maoist-affected Jhumra area by having sweets.

At a time when the government is claiming to bring about development in Gomia block, Bokaro District in Jharkhand, especially in its Maoist-prone Jhumra hill and its surroundings, residents are wary about the completion of the projects owing to shortage of officials in key posts.

NIA, announced INR 1 million reward for information about the perpetrators of February 21, 2013 blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).

CPI-Maoist posters denouncing ‘Operation Green Hunt’ surfaced on the branches of several trees on either side of the road between Lakshmipuram-Madhavaraopeta in Bhadrachalam area of Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh.

CPI-Maoist leader Roopesh has, in an article in the new edition of Kerala’s Mathrubhumi weekly, confirmed that the rebels have formed a new guerrilla zone (special zonal committee) in south India.

STF arrested an arms smuggler, Saleem and seized four sophisticated pistols, a bike and mobile phones near Shivkuti in Allahabad District of Uttar Pradesh.

SF arrested a person on charges of possessing two country-made .22 pistols with two live rounds and magazines in the wee hours from his residence at Showuba in Dimapur District of Nagaland. According to Diphupar Police, the accused has been identified as one Chungmein Khiamnungan (35) who claimed to be “lieutenant” in NSCN-KK.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said the ANVC would be taken into confidence on any alteration being made to the original agreed Text of Settlement by the Cabinet. He, however, maintained that the Government cannot make the agreed Text of Settlement public since it is still under active consideration of the Union Cabinet.

The ANVC had demanded upgrade of the existing membership of the GHADC from 30 to 40 in Meghalaya. It had proposed that 35 members would be directly elected while five, comprising two ANVC members, two nokmas (village head) and one woman, would be nominated.

Maintaining that people could soon "take up arms for water" in Tura (West Garo Hills District) of Meghalaya, some legislators from Garo Hills have threatened to sit on a hunger strike outside the chief minister's office if the problem is not addressed immediately.

Police arrested two overground workers of ANVC–B identified as Lewin Marak and Pechong Marak – while they were collecting money from the merchants in Meghalaya. An amount of INR 2,270 and a cell phone were recovered from their possession.

A deserter of the NSCN-IM was reportedly shot dead by a suspected NSCN IM cadre at the east of Jora farm of KhukKha village near Komlathabi under Komlathabi Police station in Chandel District of Manipur. The deceased cadre has been identified as Saka Moson Khoubu Maring (40). According to the reliable source, Saka Moson had joined a newly formed NSCN faction, the UMLA, after deserting NSCN-IM.

A gun fight reportedly took place in Manipur on National Highway number- 37 along the Imphal- Jiribam road between a group of militants suspected to be of the ZUF and personnel of the 10 Assam Rifles on the Southern side of the Kotlan Assam Rifles post. There are no reports of any casualty on both sides. 

 A team of Imphal East commandos arrested a KCP-MC cadre identified as Khangembam Bigyajit Meitei alias Inao (23) from Kongpal Kongkham Leikai (Imphal East District of Manipur) in front of Tutu Pharmacy. A statement issued by Superintendant of Police (Imphal East) said that one mobile phone along with SIM was recovered from his possession.

A Policeman was injured when supporters of the 36-hour Goalpara District bandh (general strike) clashed with the Police at Pancharatna under Kharmuja Police outpost in Assam. Officer-in charge of Kharmuja Police Outpost, Marmuj Ali, was injured when nearly 500 strike supporters staging a blockade on the road allegedly attacked the SFs.

Six out of the seven districts, to be covered in first phase of NRC update, do not have the NRC of 1951 while the complete electoral rolls of 1966 and 1971 are available in only two Districts of Assam.

Three ginger traders, who were abducted by unidentified militants from Terang village in Karbi Anglong, Assam on March 15, escaped from the hideout of the militants.

A Police personal, Arfan Khan, was injured during the 36-hour Goalpara District (Assam) bandh (General strike).  nearly 1,200 rubber trees were felled by suspected non-Rabhas during the 36-hour Goalpara District bandh (General strike).

A general alert has been sounded to increase security cover of all the major religious institutions including temples in Assam following apprehension that any such temple may come under attack from extremists.

March 20

Normal life in J&K was affected due to the general shutdown called by newly formed coordination committee MMM. Sporadic incidents of stone pelting were reported from Bokrikadal and Batamaloo areas of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) in which one woman, identified as Faheem, was injured.

Three suspected IM operatives, who were interrogated by NIA for their alleged involvement in the February 21, 2013 blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), were remanded in judicial custody till April 3 by a Delhi court.

New Delhi court had also issued non-bailable warrants against IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other operatives of the banned outfit in connection with the Hyderabad blasts.

A suspected HM terrorist, identified as Liaqat Ali was arrested from Gorakhpur District in Uttar Pradesh. Based on his revelation, Delhi Police carried on raids in a hotel in Jama Masjid area of Chandni Chowk (North Delhi District) and recovered an AK-47 rifle and huge cache of explosives.

SOG arrested two men and seized two country-made pistols along with 20 live cartridges from them. Police said they arrested one of the accused on the basis of tip-off from Danteshwar in Vadodara District in Gujarat. The second arrest was made from New Sama area of the same District.

Odisha Government provided field-level forest officials guarding the Similipal Tiger Reserve with 45 guns and 750 bullets, following reports of a large number of hunters entering the Reserve. It comes after the Government took back these weapons from the forest personnel four years ago apparently fearing that Maoist cadres might snatch them away.

Maharashtra Government adopted a government resolution to hike by 50 per cent salary and dearness allowance of Police personnel serving in Naxal affected areas.

Two NSCN-KK cadres were reportedly killed near Okotso village in Wokha District, Nagaland. According to Superintendant of Police, Wokha, the incident was a result of infighting among the cadres from the same group over election related issue. The deceased have been identified as Isato and Ayeto.

NSCN-K has authorized ‘lieutenant general’ Nikki, ‘military supervisor’ of Western Nagaland, ‘Naga Army’ to collect all District level ‘taxes’ for Dimapur District and ‘taxes’ specified under ‘centre list’ for Zunheboto District for the fiscal year 2013-2014.

An unidentified person hurled a hand grenade at the residence of Haobam Rajendro, Special contractor of the PWD at Singjamei Chingamakha Meisnam Leikai under Singjamei Police station, Imphal West District, Manipur. Singjamei Police later came to the residence of Haobam Rajendro and picked up the hand grenade.

A huge cache of explosive materials, hidden at a place in Namching Keithelmanbi area in Imphal West District, Manipur were recovered by security forces upon the disclosure made by a KYKL militant, identified as Sougrakpam Surjit alias Ibungo, who was arrested from his residence at Singjamei Sougrakpam Leikai.  

The Centre acknowledged the fact that anti–national activities of CPI-Maoist in some Districts of the north–eastern States are posing a threat to internal security.

Union MoS for Home Affairs RPN Singh said, “The Assam–Arunachal border has emerged as another theatre for Maoist activities. The CPI (Maoist) are trying to establish organizational base in the Northeast with a view to forge relations with other insurgent groups to meet its military requirements.”

In a reply to a question raised by AGP Member of Parliament Birendra Prasad Baishya in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament), Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said that consensus on the definition of “Assamese people” and the criteria for reservation in the Parliament, State Legislature and local bodies could not be arrived at, and that the proposal had not reached its logical conclusion. Clause 6 of the 1985-Assam Accord provides constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to the “Assamese people” the State.

March 21

Three BSF troopers sustained critical injuries, one of which succumbed to his injuries later in the day, when their vehicles came under attack by unidentified militants in Rawalpora area of Srinagar city (Srinagar District) in J&K. Convoy of 8th Battalion of BSF came under attack by unidentified militants, who were riding a motorcycle, at Methain Bypass, in Chanpora locality of Srinagar city (Srinagar District). Two militant outfits, HM and JuM- splinter group of HM, have separately claimed responsibility of the attack.

Supreme Court of India upheld death penalty to March 12, 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts case (which killed 257 people and injured 700) mastermind Yakub Memon. The apex court reduced death sentence of 10 others to life imprisonment.

The Supreme Court on March 21 said "It is devastating to state that Pakistan being a member of the United Nations [UN], whose primary object is to maintain international peace and security, has infringed the recognized principles under international law which obligate all states to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from their territory and inflicting injuries to other states. A host state that has the capability to prevent a terrorist attack but fails to do so will inherently fail in fulfilling its duty under Article 2(4\ since terrorism amounts to force by definition."

Three people allegedly belonging to an inter-state gang involved in the supply of FICN were arrested by the Crime Branch in New Delhi. FICN valued INR 4, 00,000 were recovered from them. Among the three, two persons were arrested on March 11, from the Ajmeri Gate side of New Delhi Railway Station (New Delhi District). Based on their information, the third member was arrested on March 13 from an unspecified location.

A civilian was killed when around 40-50 armed cadres of CPI-Maoist attacked Chandpur village, under Dev P.S. in Bihar’s Aurangabad District and fired indiscriminately at the villagers.

CPI-Maoist claimed that a team of Policemen from Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh killed two women and raped five during a recent raid in the border villages of Bijapur District in Chattisgarh. 

A self-styled ‘area commander’, Rajesh Tiger of PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist was killed in an encounter in Tatitoli locality of Gumla District of Jharkhand.

More than 50 CPI-Maoist cadres demolished the house of one of their former ‘sub-zonal commanders’ Phulchand alias Praveel Manjhi at Jamnia village of Pek Panchayat in Jharkhand’s Bokaro District, branding him "corrupt and traitor".

Maoists set ablaze a bus after evicting passengers at Parsoum between Panki and Balumath in Palamu District of Jharkhand.

A 30-member Thunderbolt Commando team, along with forest department officials, carried out searches in Aralam and Kannavam forest areas of Kannur District following reports of presence of CPI-Maoist cadres in areas bordering Kerala and Karnataka.  

Kerala ADGP N. Shanker Reddy, visited the Police Stations in the eastern hill areas of Kannur District bordering Karnataka that are on high alert in the wake of reports of the presence of suspected Maoists.

A militant, identified as Dikki M Sangma alias Bandi of GNLA escaped from one of the outfit’s camps and surfaced in Jengjal (West Garo Hills District) of Meghalaya to surrender before the BSF.

Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary observed that at present, terrorism has disguised itself in the form of kidnapping and extortion which is turning into a sort of cottage industry, adding that this industry is growing every day.

Punjab Police neutralized a terror module by arresting three people, including the mother and sister of US-based KZF terrorist Balwinder Singh Possi. The third arrested person, Ranjit Singh Rana, is from Nurpur Jattan village in Hoshiarpur District.

NSCN-IM and NSCN-KK observed its 34^th and 33^rd ‘republic day’ respectively. NNC/FGN would be observing its republic day in Nagaland.

NSCN-IM’s ‘chairman’ Isak Chishi Swu in his speech on the occasion of 34th republic day said that approach to the “Indo-Naga” problem by both the Government of India and NSCN has changed from military to political but have not yielded “concrete results” so far.

On the occasion of NSCN-KK’s 33rd republic day, ‘President’ ‘general retd’ Khole Konyak expressed the belief that Nagas have a “common future” and said the signing of ‘covenant of reconciliation’ by the collective leaders was an outstanding accomplishment.

NNC/FGN ‘brigadier’ (retd)’, S. Singnya on the eve of its 58th republic day said his group would always view reconciliation as a means to strengthen the “national goal and vision.”

NNC/FGN said that “unauthorized persons/imposters” were collecting ‘taxes’ in the name of NNC/FGN by way of duplicating copies of FGN logo. In a statement, NNC/FGN informed all the business communities in Nagaland, particularly Kohima and Dimapur that all types of annual trade/commercial taxation for the fiscal year 2013-14 would be dealt with by the ministry of chaplee affairs and requested them inform not to entertain any person in the form of taxation till further order.

FGN president ‘general’ (retd) Viyalie Metha, on the occasion of 58^th ‘republic day’ has accused India of resorting to “fragmenting propaganda” in connivance with Myanmar to “break the fabric of Naga solidarity.”

NNC-NA ‘president’ M.Kiumukam has wished fellow Nagas, members of other factions and well-wishers a happy “Naga Republic Day.” In his message, NNC-NA ‘president’ appealed to the Nagas to maintain peace and harmony in the society.

Nagaland Home Minister G Kaito Aye, said arresting of cadres of various underground factions by State Police sometimes would not lead to desirable solution but suggested that they give them (cadres of various factions) counseling.

The ZUF has clarified that the exchange of fire Manipur’s near Kotlam village along National Highway-37 on March 20 took place between Assam Rifles troops and two of its expelled cadres.

Imphal West Police Commandos arrested two NSCN-IM militants from Manipur’s Heirangoithong and Hodam Leirak respectively. They have been identified as Lourembam Rohen alias Makak Singh (31) and Kshetrimayum Prem alias Premkumar alias PK Panmei (29).

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, “Given the rise in Maoist [CPI-Maoist] activities in upper Assam, we have decided to deploy more security forces”. On the issue of NRC update in Assam, Gogoi said, “Due to lots of problems with regard to NRC update in lower Assam, we have started the NRC update in upper Assam in the first phase.”

ULFA-PTF ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa stated India and Bangladesh are trying to find a way to get undivided ULFA ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetiaalias Golap Baruah out of the "protective custody" of Bangladesh court so that he can be extradited to India for participation in the ongoing peace talks.

Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain stated that the present Government in the State created around 25,000 posts in the State Police Department and around 8,000 posts in the department are lying vacant at present. Between 1,000 and 2,000 of these posts fall vacant annually due to superannuation of incumbent officers and staff, he said.

March 22

GOC 16 Corps Army Lieutenant General D. S. Hooda said 200 to 300 militants are waiting for an opportune moment to sneak into this side from across the LoC in J&K. Regarding AFSPA the GOC 16 Corps said “So far as Army is concerned we have already submitted our recommendations to the Government over the issue and it was now up to the Government to look into our recommendations before making any decision on it.”

Regarding the arrest of suspected HM militant, Sayyed Liyaqat Shah, J&K Police said "Liyaqat was fed-up in Pakistan. He was there since 1997 and had intentions to surrender before the Jammu and Kashmir Police after sneaking into India through Nepal, as is routine with stranded Kashmiri militants. Liyaqat had gone to Pakistan for arms training in the early 90's."

Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested five persons from Haddigodam area of Seoni District and seized a cache of 126 crude bombs, two country made revolvers 10 rounds, a sword and some literatures from their possession. Police is probing their link with leaders of banned outfit SIMI.

Special Cell sources said that HM militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah was planning a 26/11 rerun in Delhi. The targets were New Delhi’s Select Citywalk Shopping Mall and the Chandni Chowk Market, he has apparently told interrogators.

About 100 armed Maoists first got passengers alighted from a bus and then torched it at Kachanpur village, located at hilly terrain, under Dev P.S. in Aurangabad District of Bihar. 

Alarmed by reports of fresh illegal infiltration from Bangladesh triggered by the ongoing turmoil in the neighbouring country, India has alerted the border guarding force deployed along the international border. Sources said fencing work was sanctioned for 3,436 km of the 4,096-km border with Bangladesh and 2,525 km had been fenced. He said work was in progress for fencing on 365 km and the pending work was expected to be completed in a year or two.

Union Home Secretary, R K Singh, DG, CRPF, Pranay Sahay and a host of other officials visited Chak post in Manatu block in Palamu District in Jharkhand.

The Central Government is likely to set up a regional office of NIA in Jharkhand in the wake of growing terror activities in the State and frequent recovery of foreign-made weapons from the Maoist bastions.

SFs busted a camp of CPI-Maoist inside a forest near Gadapakali village in Kandhamal District of Odisha.

Two people, including an alleged militant of Bhindranwale Tigers Force (BTF) Kulbir Singh Assandh, were arrested by Punjab Police from near Sirhind of Fatehgarh Sahib District in connection with the Zirakpur drug haul case (February, 2013).

Strengthening its capability for anti-LWE operations, IAF will deploy a squadron of its latest Mi-17 V-5 helicopters in Nagpur (Maharashtra) to cater to the needs of extremism-hit States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri, said that steps will be taken to end the extortion drive of various militants and their overground workers in Garo Hills.

A trooper of the Assam Rifles was killed while another was injured in an IED blast triggered along the road side of Leirongthel Lamkhai under Yairipok Police Station in Thoubal District of Manipur.

The KNO accused the NSCN-IM of killing one Moshon Saka Maring, a deserter of NSCN-IM on March 19 in Manipur.

HPC-D, in a press statement in Manipur, has said that the outfit collectively reaffirms H Zosangbera as its ‘chairman’. It said, the council also collectively reaffirmed LT Hmar to continue his service as the Working Chairman of the HPC-D.

KLNLF observed its 19th raising day at its Diphu designated camp in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. 

The Central Government will soon offer a new rehabilitation package to the ULFA-PTF as the primary focus of the ongoing peace talks is rehabilitation of its members in Assam. The rehabilitation package will be a "constructive" one that will help its cadres lead a dignified life.

DG of BGB, Major General Aziz Ahmed said Dhaka would never allow its soil to be used against any anti–India activity. 

March 23

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said peace and security will be restored in J&K.

MMM while issuing fresh protest calendar on March 24 has called for complete shutdown in J&K on March 28.

Delhi Police Special Cell has recovered 75 contacts from mobile phone book of Sayyed Liyaqat Ali Shah, which are numbers of leaders and important operatives of Al-Badr, Al-Burq, Tehrik-e-Jihad and at least eight HM militants.

Delhi Police sources also claimed that apart from central intelligence agencies input on March 16, MAC of Home Ministry had also given an input on March 19, a day before Liyaqat Shah's arrest from Indo-Nepal border, that "Pak/PoK based terrorist alongwith others reached Nepal on March 19 from Pakistan.

Delhi Police Special Cell also released the portrait of one of the suspects, who had checked into the Hotel Haji Arafat in Jama Masjid. Special Cell is yet to trace the suspects and also if the plan to attack Delhi is still on or not.

Police arrested Sudarshan alias Srinivas, a top ranking CPI-Maoist leader, after a day-long search from an undisclosed location near Wyra town in Khammam District.

STF troopers busted a CPI-Maoist training camp in Abuzamad area of Narayanpur District of Chattisgarh and arrested six Maoists, including two women and a minor boy.

Manipur Police commandos of the Imphal West District arrested one militant each of the UNLF and RPF from Khuman Lampak near Dinku Road crossing and Thangal bazaar respectively. It identified the two as UNLF’s ‘corporal’ Thokchom Chon alias Nganthoi and RPF/PLA’s hardcore member Chongtham Oken Singh.

A Maoist cadre carrying a cash award of INR 17,000 on his head was arrested during a joint search operation in Chattisgarh ‘s Kondagaon District.

PLFI cadres killed a criminal of Paharichita alias Patrick Toppo gang near a petrol pump at Nagfeni village on the national Highway-23 under Sisai Police Station of Gumla District of Jharkhand.

Unidentified militants set ablaze a private truck at Yairipok area in Thoubal District of Manipur. The truck owner P Jiban Singh (32) said militant outfit PULF had demanded money from them some months back. The militants hijacked the truck which was en route to Machi village from Yairipok area on March 22 and the driver was let off.

NSCN-KK ‘president’ “General (retd.)” Khole Konyak has ordered indefinite suspension of three officials for “breaching” party discipline Clause C (6). According to NSCN-KK, the three officials, in February 19-21, 2013, on the eve of the State assembly elections, “secretly visited Suruhuto Camp of the Khaplang group in Sumi region without the knowledge and permission of the government.” 

NSCN-IM, Kohima town command, in a goodwill gesture released one ‘captain’ of the NSCN-K, identified as Yale Pochury “without any conditions” in presence of AYO and family members in Nagaland.

A CPI-Maoist cadre involved in several cases of violence including the killing of a CPI-M leader was arrested from Bankura District of West Bengal.

March 24

Suspected militants opened fire on a Police party killing one civilian, Abdul Rashid Dar, and injuring one SF trooper, Kishor Kumar of 16th Battalion IRP, at a busy Sunday Market in Sopore town (Baramulla District).

Foiling an infiltration bid, SF shot dead one militant when he tried to infiltrate into the Indian side of the border in Pokhra area of Nowshera Sector (Rajouri District) in J&K. PKR 2050, an I-card and some paper slips containing telephone numbers, were recovered from the slain militant.

Police in Bargarh District neutralized a racket that was manufacturing FICN in Gaiselet area of the District and arrested four persons and seized FICN with face value of INR 49,000.

A RBI study on FICN has observed that such notes have also begun to surface abroad, keeping pace with the convertible currencies.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres including a couple, surrendered before Khammam SP, AV Ranganath of Andhra Pradesh.

To strengthen the Andhra Pradesh Police machinery in the mandals along the Pranahita river bordering Maharashtra and also in Maoist-affected areas, Adilabad District Police have posted 101 constables in those Police Stations. 

Three CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested from Pedakavli village under Modakpal Police Station in Bijapur District of Odisha.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested by Jharkhand Police in Bundu town in Ranchi District for allegedly burning a truck. 

A former cadre of CPI-Maoist, identified as Naman Kandulna, was killed by his mates in Goeilkera area of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.

A hand grenade wrapped with paper was found left at the residence of Konsam Achouba, Deputy Ranger Forest Department at Poarabi Mayai Leikai under Lamlai Police station in Imphal East District, Manipur.

Troops of Jiribam, Manipur based Assam Rifles Battalion under the aegis of Haflong Based Assam Rifles Headquarters launched an operation on specific information and arrested one individual identified as Puiya Hmar on March 23. One AK 56 Rifle, one magazine and 5 rounds of live cartridges were recovered from him. His affiliations to any militant group could not be ascertained.

Commandos attached to Thoubal District Police of Manipur arrested two PREPAK-P from Sekmaijin area in Thoubal District. A .9mm pistol along with some rounds of ammunition and ‘letters demanding money from the public’ were allegedly recovered from the possession of the two.

A combined team of Thoubal Commando and personnel of 15 Assam rifle conducted a cordon and search operation at Manipur’s Chandrakhong and Leirongthel area and arrested one alleged PLA over ground worker identified as Koijam Gourahari Singh (55). According to the Police, the arrested person was also involved in the IED blast at Leirongthel Lamkahi in which one Assam Riffles personal died and other Assam rifle personal was injured.

The Imphal West District Police commandos arrested KYKL cadre identified as Gurumayum Boby Sharma from near Kasturi crossing, Thangal bazaar, Manipur.

The hurriedly done draft peace pact with the ANVC-B just prior to the Meghalaya Assembly elections, without asking the cadres to surrender their weapons in time, has resulted in extortion and formation of splinter groups. An official source said that the defect of the draft agreement lies in the fact that no deadline was given to the ANVC-B leaders to deposit their arms with the Police or keep them in joint custody as was done in the case of its parent group, ANVC.

SFs arrested two suspected linkmen of the NDFB-IKS, identified as Jotin Nazari and Putuli Nazari, near Koliabhomora Bridge in Sonitpur District, Assam. SFs recovered a pistol and five grenades from their possession. The husband-wife duo was on their way to Biswanath Chariali from Dimapur via Tezpur on a motorcycle.

The Army has got a ROV to tackle the IED planted by militants in Assam. "Designed by the DRDO, the ROV was tested in December and inducted in January," an Army Officer said.

The Central Government has ruled out general amnesty for the members of NDFB-RD, who have been charged with involvement in heinous crimes, including the serial blasts in the state on October 30, 2008.

CM Tarun Gogoi hailed the UC structure engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Assam as one of the best in the country and commended the role of the Army and other paramilitary forces in curbing insurgency.

March 25

J&K CM Omar Abdullah said that separatists do not want to deal with the government on political grounds and are indulged in arson though he had always dealt with them politically.

MHA has asked NIA to probe the circumstances of suspected HM operative Sayyed Liyaqat Ali Shah's arrest.

Union Government launched online Terrorist Information System (TIS) to aggregate states' terrorist data under a single platform to help agencies coordinate better.

Maharashtra ATS opposed the application filed by the accused of July 11, 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts case seeking to call three suspected members of terror outfit IM as witnesses.

Arunachal Pradesh’s NESO asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite the ongoing peace process with various rebel groups in India’s northeastern states. “The Indian government must demonstrate its sincerity and commitment to all the ongoing political dialogues with different armed groups operating in the Northeastern states,” NESO Chairman Samuel B Jyrwa said.

The CPI-Maoist organised a Jan Adalat (people’s court, a euphemism for Kangaroo Court) in Sherghati Sub-division of Gaya District of Bihar.  

Police intensified operations against PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, in their forest hideouts in Gumla District of Jharkhand.

An AR trooper was injured in an IED explosion occurred at a place between Konkan and Nambisa of Ukhrul District of Manipur bordering Myanmar at around 10.45 am. Meanwhile, claiming responsibility of the blast, UNLF spokesperson said that five AR Jawans were killed and some other Jawans were injured in the attack.

Adhering to the ideology propounded by KNF founder president Nehlun Kipgen, KNF-Nehlun has been striving to achieve the goals aspired by the late leader, the most important being creation of a Kukiland. Briefing media persons at their Daitwi base camp situated in Manipur along Indo-Myanmar border, KNF-N spokesman KS Elson said that Nehlun Kipgen set up KNF on March 18, 1987 in a village near the Indo-Myanmar border.

Mizoram Home minister R Lalzirliana, said the State Government wants to secure the release of five people abducted on February 19 last without paying ransom as demanded by the abductors. Stating this during question hour in the assembly, Lalzirliana said the government would not pay the ransom demanded by the Bru militants who abducted the five people from a poaching camp inside the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border Dampa Tiger Reserve.

The ongoing peace negotiations between the Mizoram Government and the HPC-D could not be resumed early due to abduction of five Mizos by the Bru militants on February 19, the State assembly was informed.

NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and NNC/FGN functionaries have returned to Nagaland after another round of meet on reconciliation at Chiang Mai, Thailand.

March 26

Seven J&K Police personnel sustained minor injuries when a grenade accidentally blasted at the arms and ammunition store in Parimpora Police Station in Srinagar city (Srinagar District).

Four persons, allegedly involved in printing and circulating FICN, were arrested from Maharashtra’s Thane District. FICN worth face value of INR 175,000 were recovered from them.

NIA arrested Muhammed Yousuf alias Shihab, accused in the Kerala’s Thaliparamba (Kannur District) FICN case from the IGI Airport in New Delhi (South West Delhi District) after being deported from UAE.

Five militants, three from the UNLF and one each from the PULF and the KCP-MC, surrendered before the BSF Inspector-General Sh. Anup Chand Thapliyal at 116 BSF battalion in Bishnupur District of Manipur.

One hand grenade was recovered near ABC godown gate at Khoyathong in Imphal West District. The grenade was retrieved and set it off safely by a bomb disposal squad of Manipur Police.

A press statement of the PIB, Defence Wing, has said that RPF/PLA ‘sergeant major’ Ningthoujam Leirenjao Singh alias Thouba was arrested by troops of Manipur’s Red Shield Division on the intervening night of March 23 – 24. It said that the individual has revealed important information on armed activities in the area of Imphal West and also led to the recovery of a 7.65 mm Pistol and a .22 Pistol along with 40 rounds of AK ammunition.

In Manipur, a 48-hour National Highway `total blockade` has been called from the midnight of March 27 by the AZSU-AMN, ZYF-AMN and ZSUM demanding the safe release of Alice Kamei, a class nine student of Grace Reach Academy. The student was abducted by some persons who claimed themselves to be from the RPF/PLA. Alice Kamei reportedly went missing since March 10, according to the three Zeliangrong organisations.

Three cadres of ZUF surrendered to the 5^th  AR with arms after a brief encounter at Dailong village in Tamenglong District of Manipur. The three surrendered cadres were identified as ‘sergeant major’ Champulong Gangmei RK (22) son of Jungamang Gangmei, ‘sergeant major’ Kaumei Kamei (23) son of Cahdaidi Kamei and ‘finance in-charge’ of ZUF ‘sergeant major ‘Chingkhuirei (20) son of Phungkelong.

Troops of 24-AR handed over four PLA militants to the Imphal Police Station after they were arrested during a counter insurgency operation at Chalktong village of Manipur’s Chandel District.  The arrested PLA cadres were identified as Wahengbam Rex Alias Abung (17) of Hiyanglam village, Mohammad Rajaoddin (23) of Yairipok Heitroipokpi, MK Rustam (25) of Yairipok and Mohammad Karim (17) of Keirao Mayai Leikai, police said.

RPF stated that Koijam Gourahari of Leirongthel Lamkhai (55) is not a cadre of the outfit. RPF further stated that AR by arresting the elderly man is venting its frustrations on the civil population following the bomb blast of March 23 at Thoubal District, Manipur, in which two AR personnel died.

Madhya Pradesh ATS heightened surveillance on the elements making finance available for banned outfit SIMI in Indore (Indore District) and Ujjain (Ujjain District) divisions.

March 27

A 16 year old boy, Maqsood Ahmad Mir, was injured in a littered explosive blast at village Danisayyidan along LoC in Uri area of J&K’s Baramulla District.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a team of SOG of Police in Imam Sahib area of Shopian District in J&K. No one was reportedly injured in the attack.

APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was released from house arrest at J&K in the night.

Defence establishment is apprehending a spurt in militant violence as Pakistan has increased its activity of pushing infiltrators into J&K. Three high-powered communication centres to facilitate a communication network between militants and their handlers have been activated inside PoK.

A parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs has recommended increased pressure on countries bordering the Northeastern region during trade discussions to close down Indian rebel training camps operating on their soil.

General (retired) Pervez Musharraf said that he was proud of the Kargil (Kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir) operation and blamed political class for squandering away a military victory.

A tribal youth, identified as Bandu Durga Pungati (27), was allegedly axed to death outside his house in Laheri village in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra by CPI-Maoist cadres on suspicion that he was a Police informer.

Police commandos of Imphal East and Imphal West District Police Stations nabbed five militants, belonging to PLA and KCP, during search operations at Keisamthong, Chasad Avenue, Thangal Bazar and Lamsang areas in the two Districts of Manipur, official sources said. The PLA militants were identified as Oinam Shayam, Thangman Haokip and Moirangthem Boinao. While, the arrested KCP militants were identified as Mayengbam Jiban and Sagolsem Thoithoi.

SFs arrested two PLA cadres at Sekmaijin area in Maniour’s Thoubal District. SFs recovered two hand grenades, five kilograms of explosive materials and other underground items from them.

The ANVC-B said that the outfit is waiting for Meghalaya Government to initiate the official procedure to work out the formalities for the ceasefire as was done in 2004 with its parent outfit, ANVC.

The outfit also took a dig at the MLA Clifford Marak who had moved a call attention motion in the Assembly about the extortion being carried out by the ANVC-B militants in his constituency, Chokpot (South Garo Hills) of Meghalaya.

BSF personnel arrested one Bangladeshi national, identified as Saikat Ali (65), from South Garo Hills District of Meghalaya while he was infiltrating from Bangladesh to India and on inspection BDTK 1188 was recovered from his possession.

A parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs has recommended increased pressure on countries bordering the Northeastern region during trade discussions to close down Indian rebel training camps operating on their soil.The Venkaiah Naidu-led department-related parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs stated in its report submitted on March that all trade discussions with the countries bordering states of the Northeast should include a clause demanding closure of rebel training camps being run on their soil.

The committee observed that despite adoption of various strategies to bring peace to the Northeast, an environment conducive to investments to ensure accelerated economic growth was yet to become a reality. “The need of the hour is to undertake confidence-building measures and employment generation, besides ensuring security and safety of human beings and their belongings,” it stated. The committee opined that counter-insurgency strategies in the Northeast should be multi-pronged and that Union development ministries along with the State Governments of the region could play effective roles in countering these insurgent groups.

NSCN-KK ‘camp commander’, “colonel” Yekuto Zhimo of Ghukiye designated camp said that one NSCN-K member identified as Hokato, son of Vinito hailing from Tazuhu village of Sumi Region, has been released unconditionally after thorough deliberation. In a press release, camp commander “col.” Yekuto Zhimo stated that the NSCN-K member was apprehended on February 11, 2013 from Zunheboto BOC at around 3 p.m. and was confined under their custody for two days despite killing their “brave cadre” on February 11, 2013 while undergoing medical treatment.

Chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group [with the NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)] and the Cease Fire Supervisory Board ( with NSCN-K and NSCN-KK) and former Chief of Staff of Dimapur, Nagaland-based 3 Corps Major .General (Retd) N.George  leaves the State on March 28 after one year and four months in office.

March 27-28

Ten cadres of CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter with TPC, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, near Lakramanda village of Chatra District in Jharkhand. 

March 28

MMM sponsored general shutdown witnessed mixed response in J&K. Baramulla and Sopore towns (Baramulla District) and Bandipora city (Bandipora District) reportedly observed complete shutdown. . Stray incidents of stone pelting were reported from many parts of old Srinagar (Srinagar District) including Safa Kadal and Kadi Kadal localities.

A TADA Court of J&K, presided by Sanjeev Gupta acquitted one Joginder Singh alias Doga, an alleged associate of militant Pritam Singh alias Billa after 21 years long investigation and trial as prosecution failed to connect the co-accused with the crime.

Three persons were arrested from Secunderabad railway station (Hyderabad District) of Andhra Pradesh on charges of possessing FICN amounting to a face value of INR 200,000.

Mizoram Additional CID-SB H L Thangzuala stated that five road construction workers, who were abducted on February 19 by a gang of miscreants from Mamit District along the Bangladesh border, were released and handed over to Mizo leaders in Bangladesh.

Mizorzm Chief Minister Lalthanhawla, while announcing the release of the five hostages, said no ransom was paid to the criminals to secure the release of the captives.

A SIT of the Crime Branch-Central Investigation Department (CB-CID) arrested one person in connection with pipe bomb planted in senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra (Public awareness tour) on October 27, 2011, from Madurai District of Tamil Nadu.

The Wyra Police of Khammam District in Andhra Pradesh announced the arrest of Orissa-based CPI-Maoist ‘commander’ Vimala alias Navya alias Kumari.

BSF troopers apprehended one Bangladeshi illegal immigrant identified as Mohamad Sarif Ahmed (24) from Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills District while he was trying to infiltrate from Bangladesh to India.

Three cadres belonging to Nagaland’s NSCN-KK have joined NSCN-K. In a statement, NSCN-K MIP said the cadres left their previous group “after losing faith in the leadership” and stating that they saw “no vision” for the future of Nagas. The three cadres are ‘captain’ Asang Konyak, ‘sergeant’ Tongmeth Konyak and ‘chaplee’ Aying Konyak.

Nagaland’s National Hoho reaffirmed the leadership of NSCN-IM ‘chairman’ Isak Chishi Swu and NSCN-IM ‘general secretary’ Thuingaleng Muivah retrospectively with effect from January 21, 2011. NSCN-IM also passed a budget of INR 11 million for the 2013-14.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) of Tamil Nadu Police has got a cyber crime wing, The new group will help GRP, which is now dependent on the cyber unit of Chennai and state Police.

Three of the four IM terror operatives suspected to be involved in the Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts of February 21, 2013 have fled to Calcutta (West Bengal), according to security sources. The four IM operatives the NIA has zeroed in on are Yasin Bhatkal, Asadullah Aktar alias Tabrej, Waquer alias Ahmed and Tahsin alias Hasan.

Commandos of Thoubal District Police carried out frisking and checking at Pallel (Chandel District of Manipur) near the Police check post and arrested a cadre of UNLF, identified as Ayekpam Leishemba alias Mayokngamba alias Khaphei. SFs also arrested a KYKL cadre, identified as Mutum Dinesh Singh, from Nobrang area.

March 29

At least 24 persons received injuries in ‘protests’ which erupted after the congregational Friday prayers at J&K’s old Srinagar area (Srinagar District), Baramulla town (Baramulla District) and Islamabad area (Anantnag District).

FICN with total face value of INR 15,000 were detected among the remittances received at SBI’s branch at Udumalpet locality of Tirupur District of Tamil Nadu.

NIA uploaded photographs of key suspects in February 21 Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad Urban District) blasts case on its official portal.

Four CPI-Maoist militias including a commander of a militia group surrendered before the DIG, BSF, Akhileswar Singh at the BSF camp in Koraput District, Odisha.

A member of Galikonda area committee of CPI-Maoist, identified as M. Bhaskara Rao and four militia members were arrested by G.K. Veedhi Police in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Gemmeli Sadayi alias Sadhana (26), carrying a reward of INR 400 thousand surrendered before Andhra Pradesh’s  Visakhapatnam District Police.

A CPI-Maoist cadre involved in the attack on Jharkhand's former Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari was arrested from Gondgada village under Ranka Police Station limits of Garwah District, Jharkhand.

Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam said that elaborate security arrangements have been made along the railway track construction sites between Tupul near Imphal and Jiribam sub-division to ensure completion of the railway project in time. The State Cabinet, last week, decided to set up six new Police Stations to provide security for the rail project. "Of the six new Police Stations, three will exclusively be set up at Khongsang, Awang Khul and Keimai along the Imphal-Silchar highway," Gaikhangam said.

MNRF cadre, identified as AS Ngaihairing was arrested by a team of 15 Assam Rifles during an operation at Sambrei village under Yairipok Police Station of Thoubal District of Manipur.

PLA cadre, identified as Ningthoujam Amitkumar Singh (27) of Phayeng Chingtaba village of Manipur’s Imphal West District was arrested by a team of 30 Assam Rifles during a raid in his residence.

Three Maoists, identified as Jugal Kendruka, Sugriva Nachika and Jibita Kendruka, were arrested during a joint operation by personnel of Odisha’s Koraput District Police and SOG in Dumsil area under Narayanpatna Police Station limits.

SFs arrested two NSCN-IM cadres, identified as Silai Pansha and Wangsiang Wansha, from Longding Niru village in Longding District of Arunachal Pradesh.

Three Maoists, identified as Jugal Kendruka, Sugriva Nachika and Jibita Kendruka, were arrested during a joint operation by personnel of Odisha’s Koraput District Police and SOG in Dumsil area under Narayanpatna Police Station limits.

MNRF cadre, identified as AS Ngaihairing was arrested by a team of 15 Assam Rifles during an operation at Sambrei village under Yairipok Police Station of Thoubal District, Manipur.

PLA cadre, identified as Ningthoujam Amitkumar Singh (27) of Phayeng Chingtaba village of Imphal West District, Manipur was arrested by a team of 30 Assam Rifles during a raid in his residence. One country made .9 mm pistol and a hand grenade were recovered from him, the Police said.

A city sessions court in Ahmedabad, Gujarat convicted three persons for running a FICN racket. The court, however, acquitted 12 other accused. After the trial, additional sessions judge D.Y. Malik found three persons guilty, but did not find enough evidence against the rest.

March 30

Suspected HM militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah was remanded in 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court.

Malkangiri District Police believe that few CPI-Maoist cadres could be injured in an encounter that took place inside a forest near Tekguda, about 55 kilometres from Malkangiri, under Kalimela Police limits in Odisha.

Rayagada District Voluntary Force (DVF) and CRPF personnel unearthed three landmines which had been planted by Maoists in Kalyansinghpur Police Station area. Each of the landmines weighed around five kilograms. It was suspected that these landmines had been planted by the Maoists led by Nikhil and Bunty, who are active in Rayagada District of Odisha.

BSF troopers apprehended two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants identified as Manash Sangma (52) and Ashish Sangma (30) while they were infiltrating from Bangladesh to India in Baghmara of South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya.

With the improvement of relations between India and Bangladesh, the ties between the border guarding forces of both the countries have also improved considerably and coordinated patrolling by the BSF and BGB has started, which is a major positive in border management. BSF sources elaborated that the personnel of the BSF and BGB jointly identified the vulnerable stretches along the Indo-Bangla border based on infiltration, movement of criminals etc and coordinated patrolling is carried out in those areas.

An IED fitted in a cooking gas cylinder exploded at the residence of a businessman in Imphal East District in Manipur. According to police report the IED went off at the main entrance of Thokchom Jotin Singh (48) of Kongpal Kongkham Leikai under Porompat Police station of Imphal East District. No casualty was reported in the explosion which Police suspected monetary demand behind the blast.

A KNO militant, identified as Hengangam Kuki (27), was arrested from Koite village of Churachandpur District of Manipur. A .9 mm pistol along with a magazine loaded with nine live rounds of 9 mm ammunition was recovered from his possession.

A KNF cadre identified as Jarath alias Mimin Kipgen (28) was arrested from Manidhara village under Kangpokpi Police station of Senapati District in Manipur.

Security Forces arrested one person and recovered firearms from his possession at Super market area in Dimapur District, Nagaland.  One 7.65 pistol, one magazine and six live rounds and drugs were recovered from the possession of the arrested person

NSCN-K Education Kilonser (minister) ‘major (retd.)’, Kewongkhum Yimchunger has reaffirmed that the six tribes namely Konyak, Chang, Sangtam, Yimchunger, Khiamniungan and Phom [from frontier Nagaland or Eastern Nagaland peoples’ Organization (ENPO) jurisdiction] were still “firm on its struggle.”

Malkangiri Police believe that few Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres could be injured in an encounter that took place inside a forest near Tekguda, about 55 kilometres from Malkangiri, under Kalimela Police limits of the same District of Odisha.

DVF and CRPF personnel unearthed three landmines which had been planted by Maoists in Kalyansinghpur Police Station area, Odisha. Each of the landmines was weighing around five kilograms. It was suspected that these landmines had been planted by the Maoists led by Nikhil and Bunty, who are active in Rayagada District. 

An improvised explosive device fitted in a cooking gas cylinder exploded at the residence of a businessman in Imphal East District, Manipur. According to police report the IED went off at the main entrance of Thokchom Jotin Singh (48) of Kongpal Kongkham Leikai under Porompat Police station of Imphal East District. No casualty was reported in the explosion which Police suspected monetary demand behind the blast.

A KNO militant, identified as Hengangam Kuki (27), was arrested from Koite village of Churachandpur District of Manipur. A .9 mm pistol along with a magazine loaded with nine live rounds of 9 mm ammunition was recovered from his possession.

A KNF cadre identified as Jarath alias Mimin Kipgen (28) was arrested from Manidhara village under Kangpokpi Police station of Senapati District, Manipur. One .9 mm pistol with magazine and 31 live rounds of .9 mm ammunition were recovered from his possession, Police added.

Police neutralized a militant hideout and recovered cache of arms and ammunition from Doorimal Gambheer Mughlan area of Rajouri District, J&K. Recoveries include four Chinese grenades, two AK magazines, 27 AK rounds, one wireless set, one Antenna and a radio.

Security Forces arrested one person and recovered firearms from his possession at Super market area in Dimapur District of Nagaland. One 7.65 pistol, one magazine and six live rounds and drugs were recovered from the possession of the arrested person

NSCN-K Education Kilonser (minister) ‘major (retd.)’, Kewongkhum Yimchunger has reaffirmed that the six tribes namely Konyak, Chang, Sangtam, Yimchunger, Khiamniungan and Phom [from frontier Nagaland or Eastern Nagaland peoples’ Organization (ENPO) jurisdiction] were still “firm on its struggle.”

One Zubair Ahmad was arrested on March 30 from Bonabazar locality of Shopian town (Shopian District of J&K) on charges of inciting violence and pelting stones on the Security Forces (SF). Following the arrest shutdown was observed in the town on March 31. Minor clashes between youth and SF erupted and incidents of stone pelting were reported during the protest demonstrations against the arrest.

With the improvement of relations between India and Bangladesh, the ties between the border guarding forces of both the countries have also improved considerably and coordinated patrolling by the BSF and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has started, which is a major positive in border management.

Video footage, captured on a CCTV camera of the Patrakar Bhavan in Pune shows three youths arriving on a motorbike and pasting posters, which the Police believe were released by the CPI-Maoist. These posters, suspected to have been put up by the ‘Maharashtra State Committee’ of the CPI-Maoist, were placed at prominent and strategic locations across the city, including the entrance of Patrakar Bhavan in Navi Peth, Garware College, S P College, Shramik Bhavan, Swargate junction, Shaniwar Wada, Balgandharva as well as the Shivajinagar court.

Gadchiroli District Police have started “Campaign Nav Jeevan (New Life)” to appeal to the Maoists from tribal Districts of Maharashtra to surrender by reaching out to their families. Under this campaign, the Police will meet the families of Maoist cadres with gifts and assurance of safe surrender for their kin, informed the Gadchiroli Police.

March 31

The magisterial probe into the attack on Williamnagar jail (Meghalaya), which resulted in the death of two jail staff, has failed to pinpoint which militant group was involved in the crime. Assistant Jailor Neil Warjri and Warder Sarai Sing Thabah were killed in the attack by a gang of militants on the night of February 2.

SFs, in an encounter, killed a GNLA militant near the Khashi Ghaghra area under Krishnai Police Station in Goalpara District, Assam. The slain militant was identified as Khowak Marak. While, another GNLA militant identified as Niksrang Sangma was injured in the same incident.

SFs recovered an IED, suspected to be planted by NDFB militants, from a connecting road between Kanyakuchi and Saljhar Township under Rangjuli Police Station in the Goalpara District, Assam

Members of FTVFA at a press conference in Guwahati city (Assam) urged the Government, the judiciary and the public to stand by the victims of the October 30, 2008 serial blasts and pleaded that NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary, who masterminded the serial blasts in the state, is not released on bail.

A man, identified as Mohammad Alam, has been arrested for circulating FICN from Trilokpuri in East Delhi District, New Delhi "Most of these notes were smeared with gulal and hence not easily identifiable. The accused wanted to circulate these notes among auto drivers and local shopkeepers. Most of these notes were of high quality and seem to have entered India through Bangladesh," said a source.

MMM, an amalgam of various separatist and religious organizations in J&K, issued fresh protest calendar. It has asked people to hold protest demonstrations on April 5 after the congregational Friday prayers and observe complete shutdown on April 6.

The magisterial probe into the attack on Williamnagar jail (Meghalaya), which resulted in the death of two jail staff, has failed to pinpoint which militant group was involved in the crime. Assistant Jailor Neil Warjri and Warder Sarai Sing Thabah were killed in the attack by a gang of militants on the night of February 2. The findings revealed that the primary target of the attackers was assistant jailor Warjri and not Thabah. Soon after the incident, the Police claimed that it was the handiwork of GNLA. Later, Police confirmed that the attack was carried out by breakaway faction of ANVC-B led by its commander Senbirth Marak alias Norok.

However, the probe report, does not clearly point out which group was involved in the attack as it said that Police should investigate into the matter further.

After several run-ins with Indian Air Force (IAF), CRPF has floated bids to hire private choppers for anti-Naxal operations. CRPF will, however, assume no responsibility if the choppers come under fire from the insurgents.

Protests erupted against the arrest one Zubair Ahmed on charges of inciting violence and pelting stones. In addition, Police arrested one more youth, identified as Haseeb Ahmad Gania, on charges of stone pelting. Police also arrested an active worker of Syed Ali Shah Geelani led All Party Hurriyat Conference-Geelani (APHC-G) from Zainapora area of Shopian township (Shopian District of J&K) for inciting people to violence.

Incidents of bomb being placed and gun shooting incidents related to unidentified militant groups in the midst of the Yaosang (holi) festival held for five days from March 27 to 31 occurred at three different places of Manipur.

BSF troopers arrested an ISI agent, identified as Rasel Mia (30), from Bishalgarh area in Sipahijala District of Tripura bordering Bangladesh. Later, he was handed over to the Police

Assam Rifles personnel along with Nagaland Police arrested one Laljang Singson in Inbung village (Athibung) of Peren District, Nagaland. According to a statement by AR, the arrest was followed by recovery of a foreign made pistol with magazine and live rounds. Laljang was reportedly brandishing the “weapon and threatening” the villagers in Inbung village.

Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA) is reportedly inciting anti-India sentiments while pushing recruits into this side of the border.

Comparing the Indian military operating in Manipur with mafia and drug cartels, the UNLF has alleged that the recent claim of BSF about surrender of five militant cadres to them was another chapter of the fake surrender drama.

April 1

Clashes between ‘protesters’ and SF continued for second consecutive day in which at least six persons sustained injuries in Shopian District, J&K. ‘Protesters’ pelted stone on Police and CRPF personnel near (Shopian) District Hospital, Shopian Police Station, Bun Bazar and Gagran areas of the Shopian town.

‘chairman’ of APHC-M, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and several other ‘leaders’ of the outfit have been put under house arrest starting April 1 when they tried to visit the house of Mohammad Afzal Guru in J&K.

A cadre of the PLFI, a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist, was arrested by Police from Asro village, under Sisai Police Station area in Gumla District, Jharkhand. Dayanand Yadav was arrested along with a pistol, four bullets, a motorcycle, and three mobile sets.

Three persons were arrested from Chotki Sidhwara under Gomia Police Station during anti-Maoist operation in the forests situated in the foothills of Jhumra in Bokaro District of Jharkhand. The arrested persons have been identified as Daulat Mahto and Gulab Mahto, both of whom are brothers, besides one Dhaneshwar Mahto. They are residents of Chotki Sidhawara.

Sources said the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) is holding about 25 Maoist cadres captive after the earlier reported gun battle (on March 27-28, 2013) with Maoists in Chatra District (Jharkhand) where at least 10 Maoists were killed. Among them (Maoists) are Chhotu Das, ‘sub-zonal commander’ and an IED expert, Sanjeet Yadav and Neeru Yadav, both ‘area commanders’.

Jharkhand home department has formed a dedicated force to protect vital industries threatened by Maoist insurgency. Called the State Industrial Security Force, its personnel have been specially trained to deal with Left-wing extremists and smaller, local criminal gangs involved in violence and extortion.

Three cadres of CPI-Maoist were arrested from the forests of Chintanpalli village in Toynar area in Bijpaur District, Chhattisgarh by a joint contingent of Chhattisgarh Armed Forces and District Police. The trio - Vijja Telam (40), Mudma Vande (35) and Mudma Pandu (42) - were active members of ‘National Park Area Committee’ of Maoists and involved in cases of attempt to murder and arson, he said.

a Maoist carrying a reward of INR 3,000 on his head was arrested during a search operation along the border of Kanker and Rajnandgaon Districts of Chhattisgarh. Talwar Boga (30) was arrested by a joint team of Kanker District force and BSF personnel from Jakke village.

Two cadres of the Songbijit faction of NDFB, identified as Thaijan (Tamaran) Brahma and Baitu (Kamishar) Brahma, were arrested from Basbari Market in a joint operation by Security Forces (SFs) based at Panbari in Dhubri District, Assam. One US-made automatic pistol, two magazines, 11 rounds of live ammunition, one hand grenade along with a fuse, INR 25,000 in cash, two mobile phones, photos and documents were recovered from them. 

Assam Police arrested a man, identified as Biswanath Chandra Chauhan (35), along with a handmade gun from his residence at Balagaon under Kokrajhar Police Station in Kokrajhar District.

Government accorded a special category status to Maoist-affected Tinsukia District (Assam) to tackle Left-wing extremism and militancy. The Government has constituted a 13-member high-powered committee headed by Power and Industry Minister Pradyut Bordoloi (MLA from the District) with senior officers from several departments, including Commissioner (Upper Assam division) and Deputy Commissioner of Tinsukia District, to prepare a special all-round developmental plan that will focus on infrastructure development and avenues of employment generation. The plan will be named Integrated District Action Plan.

Government has cleared a plan to deploy more troops, choppers and drones to revamp the nationally-coordinated offensive against CPI-Maoist violence launched in 2009. The MHA has sent a note to the Cabinet Committee on Security in this regard. A panel headed by cabinet secretary AK Seth has already cleared a plan to assign 14 Indian Air Force choppers - recalled recently from United Nations peacekeeping operations - to anti-Maoist operations.

David Luvson, ‘public relation officer (PRO)’ of the NSCN-K was shot dead by suspected cadres of the NSCN-IM at Aziuram road, which is 3 kilometers away from the old Tamenglong under Tamenglong District, Manipur.

A one hour encounter reportedly took place between suspected ZUF cadres and combined troops of the 6/8 Gurkha Riffles and 10 Assam Riffles at a place between Khoupum and Kenjang under Tamenglong District of Manipur. According to sources, one suspected militant was gunned down during the gun fight. The dead body of the cadre has been and recovered but no arms and ammunition were found.

Unidentified persons fired some rounds of bullets at the residence of Amina Fatum, Vice-chairperson of Sammurou Nagar Panchayat near Lairangkhong of Lilong Haoreibi Makha Leikai in Thoubal District, Manipur. But no member of the family sustained injuries in the incident.

Suspected breakaway faction of ANVC-B militants numbering around 12 shot dead one Benjamin Marak of Rongbingre in Williamnagar while the deceased was on a picnic along with his brother and friend at Mrik Wari along the Simsang River in East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya.

Concerned over the recent rape and murder of a girl at 12^th Mile area of Ri-Bhoi District, the Khasi Students Union (KSU, northern border area), has demanded the Mukul Sangma Government to take steps in order to check influx in Meghalaya. Alleging that unabated inflow of Bangladeshi migrants is taking place through the Jarabad-Sonapur route to 8 Mile in Jaintia Hills, the KSU said there are no infiltration check gates along the route to restrict the entry of the foreigners. The Union members also detained around 24 suspected Bangladeshi migrants from Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi on April 1 evening.

11 Maoists were freed by the TPC on April1 following the freedom to five Maoists on March 31. These sixteen are amongst the 25 that were captured by the TPC after a fierce fight between these two groups on March 27-28 over the supremacy issue. Police sources say that efforts are being made for the release of the remaining nine Maoists.

Around 2,000 personnel of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) have now been deployed by the Centre for anti-Maoist operations in Jharkhand. "The Centre, through the Union Home Ministry, has decided to step up operations and usher development works in the state which is under President's rule at present," security sources said.

Four tehsils (revenue units) of Maharashtra’s Gondia District -- Gondia, Goregaon, Tiroda and Amgaon, which were removed from the list of Maoist-affected areas on February 4, have again been included in the list. This was announced in State Council.

UMHA Sushilkumar Shinde and MoS for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh assured a delegation of Members of Parliament and other political leaders that the Government was considering setting up fast track courts for “early disposal” of terror cases against Muslim youth.

Maoists abducted three civilians - Sabhash Gavade, Gagan Gawade and Vijay Madavi - from Daldal Kuhi village under Salekasa tehsil (revenue unit) in Gondia District, Maharashtra.

Maoists ransacked and hurled bombs at a liquor manufacturing unit at Dangia village in Balangir District, Odisha. Police said around 25 to 30 armed Maoists barged into the unit after 9 pm and hurled at least two crude bombs. As the panicked staff fled, they destroyed the liquor and torched the premises. The Maoists left behind some posters demanding closure of all liquor-making units and right prices for minor forest produces.

A PIB-DW release said that arms and ammunition were recovered from a deserted USRA militant from Chongkhajao area in Manipur. The release added that the effort led to recovery of one AK-56 Rifle with magazine, one G-3 Rifle with two magazines, two Italian made pistols and 37 live rounds from a Jhoom hut.

Self-radicalized youth ‘seething with a sense of injustice to Muslims’ are reaching out to the jihadi outfits to volunteer to work for them. Interrogation of IM and LeT operatives in connection with the February 21, 2013, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts has brought out what security and intelligence agency call the "deeply worrying trend", where terror groups are able to find recruits without having to work really hard.

Mizoram Government passed a resolution which will pave the way for setting up of a Territorial Army (Home and Hearth) to strengthen security within the State.

April 2

NLFT militants abducted a woman chairperson of an elected village committee, Bhagyarani Tripura (27), along with an elected member from Malda Kumar Roajapara village under Ganganagar Police Station in Dhalai District, Tripura. The other victim was identified as Debendra Tripura (45). “The militants abducted the two because part of the border in Malda Kumar Roajapara is still unfenced.

Three deserted trucks were found by Police near Khantlang border outpost under Bhangmun Police Station in of North Tripura District. The Police said the drivers had been abducted and taken across the border to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. The drivers are still unidentified but an inquiry is on.

Violent protests and clashes between ‘protesters’ and SF continued for third consecutive day against the arrest of two youths from Shopian township of Shopian District, J&K on March 30-31. The duo has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for inciting violence and pelting stones.

Police managed to rescue Jagdish Chandra Das, an employee at the Assam Secretariat, from Orang more than a month after he was abducted from Guwahati. Das was abducted on February 26 from Jalukbari area after which he was taken to Udalguri and then to Orang where he was kept in captivity. The abductors had demanded INR 10 million from his family. The arrested persons were identified as Rupsingh Teron, Jagdish Basumatary, Rongpi Boro, Abani Boro, Indrajeet Boro, Deepak Kumar Boro and Suren Basumatary. Jagdish Basumatary is a member of Ex-Bodo Liberation Tigers Welfare Society,”

Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre hailing from Gaurgada village in Ranka Police Station area in Garhwa District, Jharkhand from his house. The Maoist, Murari Bhuiyan, was an expert in planting landmines, said police. A country-made pistol and cartridges of .315 bore were also recovered from him.

In Bokaro, Jharlhand, Police arrested a Maoist and recovered explosives from him on Budgadda-Pek road of Upperghat area in Nawadih. Mangla Manjhi alias Mangra was the fourth rebel picked up in the past 48 hours. Mangla is a fresh recruit in the red outfit and was going to hand over the explosives to other cadres. Five kilograms of explosives and 10 pieces of detonators were seized from Mangla which he was carrying in a bag.

Two cultural activists, who according to the Maharashtra ATS have suspected links with CPI-Maoist, surrendered at Nariman Point’s Inox junction near Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. Those surrendered were identified as Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali. ATS sources said Sheetal was the ‘president’ and backbone of the Pune-based ‘leftist cultural group’ Kabir Kala Manch, which was formed in 2002 after the Gujarat riots.

Assam Government said that it will not interfere in judicial matters of cases involving leaders and cadres of militant groups engaged in peace talks. Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development Rockybul Hussain informed the Assembly that while the State Government gave full support to talks between the Centre and militant groups, it was up to the judiciary to decide bail pleas and related issues of arrested militants.

Some Maoists reportedly opened fire on a police patrol team near Malewada village in Kurkheda division of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. The Gadchiroli Police confirmed the firing. There was no report of casualty from either side.

Alleging that he was a Police informer, CPI-Maoist cadres shot dead a tribal Sarpanch, Bhagaban Kirsani (38), in Malkangiri District of Odisha. His bullet ridden body was located on the outskirts of Kurmanur village under Kalimela Police Station limits the morning.  Kirsani happened to be the Sarpanch of Kurmanur Panchayat of Kalimela block.

Four Maoists were arrested from the hills of Kongepangur village under Bande Police Station area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh during a joint search operation.

A two-storey building used as a panchayat office was blown up by cadres of the CPI-Maoist at Seeram village in Lohardagga District of Jharkhand. Police said three IEDs were used for the blast.

TPC released 23 of the 25 CPI-Maoist cadres who were taken hostage after the encounter in Chatra District, Jharkhand on March 27-28. Police sources said the Maoists were freed and handed over to their families at different places after they promised not to join the organization. However, one Police officer said the TPC had not released two Maoists as their family members could not reach the place.

A combined team of Thoubal commandos and troops of 15 AR arrested one cadre of KYKL, identified as Moirangthem Ibomcha alias German alias Momocha, while conducting a search operation at Irong village in Thoubal District, Manipur. One Chinese made hand grenade along with two kilograms of explosive with detonators were recovered from his possession, it stated.

Emphasizing its focus on development, the ‘Anti-Corruption’ Mobile Team of the KNO has released key reforms for the public and the society. According to a statement issued by the ‘Public Relations secretary’ of KNO, Helien Kipgen, the four points binding reforms included that no chief/individuals/Govt officials should pay, offer, demand or accept bribe for exchange of favour or benefits.

Posters and pamphlets, in the name of CPI-Maoist, asking the tribals to boycott the local body polls were seen at Busiput, Rudakota and a few other places under Munchingput Police Station limits in Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.

Ranjan Sil (22), son of a businessman of Chapor town in Dhubri District, Assam was released by militants in Kokrajhar town in Kokrajhar District. Ranjan was abducted by suspected militants of Birsa Commando Force (BCF) from Choibari tea garden in Dhubri District on March 27.

Government Railway Police (GRP) claimed that they have arrested a proclaimed offender facing trial for cheating and possessing FICN. ASI Devinder Pal Singh said that Jalandhar resident Mukesh Gupta had absconded on January 10, 2013, while he was out on bail. He was traced in Kapurthala jail (Kapurthala District) by a GRP team.

Meghalaya High Court issued notice to the Central and the State Governments on petition filed by jailed GNLA chief Champion R. Sangma challenging his detention under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA). Sangma, who is in the Shillong jail, was booked under MPDA for waging war against India’s sovereignty. 

Criminal Mohammad Ashraf Ismail Nagori, arrested near central bus depot in Surat (Surat District), Gujarat along with his six aides with arms and ammunition, is suspected to be linked to sleeper cells of IM.

Three drivers allegedly abducted by NLFT militants were identified as Swapan Chandra Das of Pillak Baikhora, Nitish Gosh of Fulchari, Kamalpur and Gita Reang. The incident occurred near Amar Border Outpost (BOP) in North Tripura District of Tripura.

Intending to equip States before launching a fight to finish war against the CPI-Maoist, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to the Union Home Ministry's plan to raise anti-Naxal special forces in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh on the lines of Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh and sanctioned additional fund for the purpose.

Personnel of 18 Assam Rifles (AR) under aegis of 6 Sector, Inspector General AR-North (IGAR-North) in a joint operation with Nagaland Police arrested three suspected militant cadres from Songluh village (Athibung), Peren District.

Assam Rifles personnel arrested two NSCN-KK cadres from Chakabama Road, Kohima, Nagaland. In a statement, AR said the cadres have been identified as ‘corporal’ Nothuto and ‘lance corporal’ Kecha. 01 x 9 mm pistol, 01 x magazine and 08 x live rounds and 01 x 7.65 mm pistol, 01 x magazine and 07 live rounds were recovered from their possession respectively. 

April 3

Two activists of the Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) — Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali — who staged a ‘satyagraha’ outside the Maharashtra Assembly on April 2 were sent to custody by a Mazagaon court following their arrest by the Mumbai Police. Mali was sent to police custody till April 10 and Sathe to judicial custody till April 17, their counsel Mihir Desai said.

CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a Police Station at Pamed, located in one of the remote locations in Bijapur District of Chattisgarh. Police sources said the Maoists triggered a blast about a kilometre from the Police Station and later opened indiscriminate fire at the Police Station, forcing the SFs personnel to retaliate.

Top leader Paparao who allegedly masterminded the Tadmetla massacre that claimed the lives of 75 CRPF jawans has quit the movement. "We have received inputs that Maoist leader Paparao has left the movement and run away from Jagargunda area of Bijapur district with his wife."

Public Works department of Chhattisgarh has undertaken the task of constructing 49 roads of 1,970km in the Maoist-affected Districts in State. INR 27.19 billion have been approved for this construction under a Special Action Plan.

SFs arrested two suspected Maoists, identified as Binu Munda and Ramchandra Munda, from the Garuapiri forests in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The duo allegedly guided the Maoists through jungles as they moved from Jhumra in Bokaro to Saranda in West Singhbhum.

Moreh (Chandel District of Manipur) post Commando personnel arrested two persons said to be cadres of KYKL They are identified as ‘corporal’ Wahengbam Premananda alias Ranjan alias Epu and Corporal Loukrakpam Ebungo alias. The duo was arrested from an area of Moreh (Chandel District) bordering Myanmar.

Team of Thoubal District Police commando at Yairipok post and 15 Assam Rifles arrested a PLA cadre, identified as Waikhom Sunil Meitei, from Leirongthel Pitra under Yairipok Police Station, Manipur.

Police arrested seven persons, including five militants of Rabha National Liberation Front (RNLF) [formerly known as Rabha Viper Army] and two arms dealers of Meghalaya from Rani in Kamrup District and Byrnihat (Assam-Meghalaya border) respectively.

Golaghat Police apprehended eight youths from Morongi in the District of Assam. They were allegedly on their way to join ULFA.

Police arrested an ULFA cadre, identified as Karuna Milli, with Lalit Konwar from Sissimukh-Machkhowa in Dhemaji District, Assam and recovered arms and ammunition from him.

At least seven militant groups will attend a meeting to be hosted by ULFA-PTF on the threat posed by illegal migration to Assam’s ethnic communities at the group’s designated camp in Kakopathar in Tinsukia District on April 7.

The court of the District and sessions judge, Kamrup, Assam asked CBI to file its views on NDFB-RD chief Ranjan Daimary’s plea for grant of absolute bail and reduction of the bail amount from the current INR 500,000. The bureau has been given time till April 10, the next date of hearing of Daimary’s bail plea, to do so.

Naga National Council-Non Accordist’s (NNC-NA), ‘2nd brigade commander’ LXK Achumi has reshuffled ‘Naga Army’ region and unit commanders with effect from April 3.

Nagaland Home minister, G. Kaito, urged neighbouring States to curb the movement of armed cadres belonging to various groups into Nagaland from their respective states of origin. He disclosed that certain armed groups from neighbouring States were operating and making their base in Dimapur. The home minister also reminded that some of them had been arrested from Dimapur earlier.

The special MCOCA Court started recording the deposition of co-founder of IM, Mohammed Sadiq Israr Sheikh, in the July 11, 2006, Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial train blasts case.

Senior CPI-M leader and editor of party mouthpiece in Tripura Daily Desher Katha Gautam Das stated that militants are active in northern parts of the State. Gautam Das said, “Outlawed militant outfits were also active in three subs-divisions - Kanchanpur, Longtharai Valley and Gandachara - all in northern Tripura, before and during the elections. But due to the alertness of the people and security forces, they could not do anything violent.” The CPI-M leader disclosed this after the party held a two-day summit in Agartala on March 31-April 1.

Violent protests and shutdown continued for fourth consecutive day against the arrest of two youths from Shopian town (Shopian District), J&K on March 30-31. The duo has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for inciting violence and pelting stones.

In reply to a question of Professor Chaman Lal Gupta, the J&K government in J&K Legislative Assembly said that 241 ex-militants have returned with their family members from Pakistan and PoK via Nepal and other routes till February 2013.

NSCN-K ‘chairman’, S.S. Khaplang has strongly condemned the killing of David alias Loveson, the member of Central Council Member (Member of Parliament of the NSCN-K), by NSCN-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) in Tamenglong District, of Manipur.

Accusing 44 Assam Rifles (AR) personnel posted at Kasung Post in Manipur’s Kasom-Khullen area of killing an innocent villager, identified as Zaw Myo, of Phayang in Myanmar after torturing, the UNLF has called upon the ethnic brethren as well as neighbouring nations, especially Myanmar to condemn India’s ‘excesses’ against indigenous people.

Demanding immediate and safe release of 14-year-old Alice Kamei, sit-in-protests were staged at different Zeliangrong villages of Imphal East and Imphal West Districts of Manipur. Alice Kamei has been missing since March 10 from the boarding of Grace Reach Academy in Hiyanglam with her senior mate Sanahanbi Khaidem.

UKLF said that that the organization observed the 18^th Raising Day at its Head Quarter at Nazareth Muvanphoi Camp on March 29 in Chandel District, Manipur. The UKLF extends its best wishes to all citizens of the state for peace and harmony in the society.

RPF has said in a statement that the outfit and its armed wing PLA is not related in any way with Chongtham Oken (43) who was reportedly arrested by Imphal West District Police commandos on March 23 from near the Thangal Bazar, Manipur.

In a written reply to a query from K Liantlinga of the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) in the Mizoram Assembly in Aizawl, the State Home Minister said the Government did not have any knowledge of the presence of rebel groups and there were no training camps being organised by them. Replying to another question, the minister said 237 arms and 6,345 rounds of ammunition were seized by the State Police during the present Congress government since 2009.

A vessel ‘MSV Yusufi’ coming from Dubai, suspected to be carrying a Thuraya satellite phone, was intercepted at 35 nautical miles off Mumbai (Maharashtra), and five persons on board were taken into custody, Coast Guard officials said.

Foreigners Tribunal (FT) of Goalpara (Goalpara District in Assam) has disposed 59 cases in the month of March and has found seven illegal migrants residing in the State.

Two senior cadres, belonging to Sabyasachi Panda’s Odisha Maobadi Party (OMP), were arrested from the jungle area near Talapatnam village in Ganjam District of Odisha. Some firearms, ammunition, explosives, detonators, fuse wires, a motorbike and INR 399,000 were seized from the ’Commander’ of OMP’s women wing, K Anita alias Kalari Majhi and Bikram Mallick after their arrest.

Police investigations into the arrest of seven militants, including Mohammad Ashraf Ismail Nagori, along with 11 pistols and 62 cartridges on April 2 from Surat District in Gujarat have established a link between the underworld and terror groups.

A probe commissioned by the Supreme Court has held security forces guilty of killing seven persons, including a 12-year-old boy, in six fake encounters in Manipur during 2009-10.

DG of BSF, Subhash Joshi, along with other senior BSF officers concluded a two–day visit of Karimganj and Mizoram border. The purpose of the visit was to review the security scenario and border management on the Indo–Bangladesh border in both the sectors. The DG revealed that 90 per cent of fencing was complete and the remaining portion would also be completed soon.

PREPAK-Pro has denied any connection whatsoever between the party and Abe Kom (47) and Thoibi Kom (36) who were reportedly arrested by Thoubal commandos during a search operation at Kakching Bazar in Thoubal District, Manipur.

April 4

Seven cadres of CPI-Maoist were killed in an encounter with the Police in Bhamragad division of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra. According to the office of ASP Aheri division, Police have recovered four bodies and said that three more Maoists may have been killed in the encounter.

Five personnel of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) were killed on April 4 when cadre of the CPI-Maoist opened fire at a village market in Chainpur in Gumla District along Jharkhand’s western border with Chhattisgarh. Two villagers were also reported to have been shot dead but the Government officials did not confirm this.

Assam Police arrested four persons from Guwahati city in Kamrup (metro) District and recovered eight .32 bore pistols from them. According to the Police, the Bihar residents were carrying the arms to Dimapur in Nagaland. The four were identified as Nuri Begum, Ayesha Ali Khan, Chandni Begum and Mohammed Firoze.

The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) warned All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badaruddin Ajmal asking to him not to pose fresh hurdles in the proposed updating of the National Register of Citizenship (NRC) in Assam.

Sabroom Police arrested three suspected ATTF cadres from Baishnavpur border outpost area in South Tripura District, Tripura. FICN worth INR 150,000 was recovered from them. The trio was identified as Manoj Debbarma, Ratan Sadhan Jamatia and Kumaribala.

Police are still clueless about the five persons who were abducted from two places in North Tripura and Dhalai Districts of Tripura on April 2.

Acting on a specific intelligence input, special patrolling party of BSF deployed in South West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya arrested one Bangladeshi illegal immigrant, identified as Badal Hajong (23), while he was trying to exfiltrate into Bangladesh from India. The BSF recovered a knife and cash from his possession.

Special patrolling party of BSF deployed in South West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya arrested two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants, identified as Muhammad Phukan (24) and Saddam Hussain (16), while they were trying to infiltrate into India from Bangladesh

KSU and Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) Mawshynrut Circle under the leadership of Arkhelos Diengngan and Sranly Rongrin ‘arrested’ around 140 illegal migrants at Riangdo. The migrants were on their way to Shallang (West Khasi Hills in Meghalaya) in five vehicles, when members of the KSU and FKJGP stopped them. While two vehicles escaped, two Tata Sumos and a bus were halted by the student body members.

KSU president Daniel Khyriem on April 4 asked the Meghalaya Government to implement the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the State at the earliest.

Registrar Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi High Court, fixed April 14 as the date for arguments regarding extension of the ban on the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC). Official sources informed that the date of argument was fixed after completion of the two-day hearing. The Tribunal will decide whether the ban imposed on the HNLC should be extended or not after the completion of the arguments, official sources added.

A hard core cadre of the CPI-Maoist, Bhagaban Urlaka alias Dibakar, who surrendered before Rayagada SP Rajesh Pandit in the night of April 3 revealed alleged child exploitation by the CPI-Maoist. Dibakar revealed the recent efforts of Maoists to recruit gullible minor girls from remote areas. Maoists were using terror tactics to recruit and provide weapon training to these minor girls.

Dimapur Police arrested a cadre of KLO from a hotel in Dimapur town (Dimapur District), Nagaland along with another recruit of KLO. Cash amounting to INR 18,000, two mobile phones, driving license and train tickets were recovered and seized from their possession.

NSCN-IM ‘ministry of chaplee affairs’ has informed that collection of 1% tax out of 5% tax from the contractors in ‘Southern Nagalim’ (Nagaland) would cease with immediate effect. In a press release, ‘chaplee affairs secretary’ M. Daniel Lotha stated that all forms of harassment has been banned while collecting ‘tax’ form local vendors of all local products including garden and forest products, indigenous livestock etc. with immediate effect.

NIA charge-sheeted Abu Jundal, one of the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks, accusing him of recruiting men for the LeT. NIA submitted its charge-sheet before Patiala House Court (New Delhi) against Jundal, whose actual name is Sayed Zabiuddin, under various sections of the IPC and UAPA.

LeT issued fresh threats to Panches and Sarpanches that they would face dire consequences if they did not resign from their posts.  Girls were also asked to follow strict "Islamic dress code" in the threatening posters which appeared in village Aharipal of Pulwama District, J&K. The posters were signed by one Abdullah Mujahid who claimed to be the LeT ‘commander’ for Jammu and Kashmir.

Normalcy returned to Shopian town (Shopian District), J&K as the District authorities released two detained youths.

Inputs suggest that terrorist organizations, including IM, may target Indian Premier League (IPL) matches taking place in New Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. IM may take help of other Pakistan-based terror outfits like LeT in the attack.

CPI-Maoist has formed its own elite training 'institute' in the Dandakaranya forests, to transform tribal cadres into Communist professionals equipped to handle tasks related to the Central Committee, the outfit's apex decision-making body.

Maharashtra Government is ready to hold talks with those involved in Naxal activities, and also their sympathisers, state Home Minister R R Patil said in Mumbai.

Gadchiroli Police recovered five bodies of Naxals who were shot dead in an encounter near Bhatpar village on the Maharashtra–Chhattisgarh border in Bhamragad division of Gadchiroli District.

Thangal Union president Houmei Khangba (57) was abducted by some unidentified persons from his residence located at Tumnoupokpi village, Senapati District, Manipur. Houmei Khangba is also secretary of the Tumnoupokpi Village Authority. The abductors were clad in plain clothes and heavily armed.

RPF denied abducting Alice Kamei of Bishnupur District of Manipur as alleged by her relatives and the Zeliangrong community. The RPF said she joined the party voluntarily in March.

SFs arrested two suspected NDFB-IKS cadres, during operations, in the foothills area of Misamari in Sonitpur District, Assam. The two arrested militants were identified as Prem Surin (26 yrs) and Kathimal Mushahary (45 yrs). SFs recovered two country made rifles, one barrel of country made rifle and one butt of a rifle.

Militant outfit KPLT demanded INR 300,000, as extortion money, from former president of Axom Xahitya Xabha (AXX), Rong Bong Terang in Assam.

BSF troops of 156 Battalion deployed in South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya arrested one FICN racketeer identified as Nodil D Sangma near village Miringipara on April 4. During search, party recovered FICN face value INR 8,000 from his possession.

A vehicle checking party of BOP Kuliang deployed in East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya arrested one Bangladeshi illegal immigrant identified as Mohammad Jolil.  

Vehicle checking party of BOP Umkiang, Meghalaya recovered one Country made gun.

A self-styled top ‘commander’ of CPI-Maoist, Duburu Kanta, and five of his associates surrendered without arms before the BSF in Koraput District of Odisha. Kanta was active Narayanpatna-based Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), a Maoist front organisation, and involved in extremist activities for the last 12 years.

Reports suggest Dawood Ibrahim's cash is deposited in Nassau (The Bahamas) branch of Bank of Baroda. Cash from Afghanistan-Pakistan based terror groups, being handled by Dawood, has been traced to The Bahamas and is lying at the Nassau branch of Bank of Baroda.

April 5

At least nine persons were injured in clashes that broke out between ‘protesters’ and SFs after Friday prayers in Srinagar and Baramulla Districts of J&K. Reports said that soon after the Friday prayers youth pelted stones on Police and CRPF in Saraf Kadal area of Srinagar leading to the clashes that left three persons injured. ‘Protesters’ also pelted stones on Police and CRPF at several places in Baramulla District. Six persons were injured in the clashes that followed.

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has reiterated his wish for phase-wise revocation of AFSPA.

SFs foiled a CPI-Maoist bid to trigger a landmine blast, recovering 100 IEDs and six pressure cooker bombs from Chanderia-Pichhulia road under Dumaria Police Station area in Gaya District of Bihar.

SFs recovered two powerful bombs from two places in Manipur’s Imphal West and Ukhrul Districts. According to reports, SFs recovered a bomb weighing two kilograms from a roadside culvert near Merakhong area under Patsoi Police station in Imphal West District. Security personnel recovered another bomb from Litan area on Imphal-Ukhrul road in Ukhrul District. Later bomb squad teams defused the bombs.

Committee for Implementation of Inner Line Permit System (CIILPS) said it would resume its stir for implementation of the ILP system in Manipur to protect identities of the indigenous people. 

SFs arrested three persons from a village in Khag area of Budgam District of J&K and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. The arrested persons were identified as Bashir Ahmad Wani, Abdul Rahim Dar and Ali Mohammad Khan.

All Assam Surrendered ULFA Samiti reiterated its demand that ULFA-ATF 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Baruah be brought to the talks table to find an amicable solution. To reach to a concrete solution, the Assam Government must bring Paresh Baruah into the talks.

Task Force Police arrested two persons, identified as Mohammed Arif and Inam-ul-Haq with FICN in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500, amounting to total INR 5.90 lakh in Hyderabad city. Two other accused are at large.

KHADC stepped in to urge Assam to stop illegal activities along the border as the inter-state boundary row between Meghalaya and its neighbour continues unabated.

A NIA court issued production warrants for April 25 against suspected terrorist of LeT and one of the masterminds of 26/11 Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack, Abu Jundal.

Ninety four (94) per cent of fresh recruits of LeT see J&K as a fighting front and hail mostly from Pakistan's Punjab Province from families having links with the powerful army and intelligence network, according to a US report on Military Academy in West Point. LeT training has historically occurred in PoK capital Muzaffarabad and in Afghanistan. Together, these two locations have accounted for 75 per cent of LeT militant training over time.

Amid uncertainty and division within the Government over the fate of its ambitious anti-terror body National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Centre has left it out of the agenda of the forthcoming Chief Ministers' conference and preferred to focus on other matters relating to public order and policing.

A team of NIA headed by Sunil Kumar is in Ahmadabad city (Gujarat) for questioning accused of Ahmadabad serial blasts, and to conduct an independent investigation in the city. The team, suspects the role of Gujarat module of IM in Hyderabad twin blasts.

SF recovered a bomb planted by unidentified militants from Phandi Line Lower Primary School in Sonitpur District, Assam The school has remained closed since then.

April 6

Maoists blew up railway tracks in Latehar District, Jharkhand about 100km from Ranchi, about half-an-hour before the scheduled passage of the Rajdhani Express from the Barwadih railway station located on the CIC section of the Dhanbad division under the South Eastern Railway, with no report of casualty.

Syed Salahuddin said that the outfit will carry out ‘activities’ in the border areas of the J&K during mass agitations. He also added that the abrupt surge in militant activities in Srinagar (Srinagar District) and other towns was to remind the establishment, forces and others that militants were always capable to strike anywhere and anytime. Salahuddin also said that about 120 youth had returned to J&K under Rehabilitation Policy. 

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has approached CNN-IBN seeking details into the report and has sought a copy of the CD.

Union Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram had assured that officials will look at the CD of the story and take action as required. Bank of Baroda, however, has denied any involvement in the alleged transfer of Dawood Ibrahim’s funds.

CPI-Maoist blew up part of a railway track between Chhipadohar and Hehegerha railway stations in Latehar District of Jharkhand.

In Chainpur in Jharkhand’s Gumla District, Maoists opened fire on the Chainpur Police Station but no one was injured.

In Harihargunj in Palamu District, Jharkhand 80 km from the district headquarters, an IED was triggered at the block development office building.

CPI-Maoist blew up a railway track between Hajipur and Sarai stations in Vaishali District (also known as Hajipur), hitting train services in Bihar.

SFs recovered a cache of arms and ammunition was hidden in the Nutan Basti locality of Dima Hasao District, Assam. The recovered weapons included three country-made revolvers, 973 rounds of ammunition, 100 gelatine sticks, 40 detonators, an IED and two grenades.

CPI-Maoists under the banner of ‘Krishak Sramik Mahasamiti’  have become active in the tea estates of Rupacherra, Sonacherra, Amranagar, Chintibil and others in South Assam Districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. The report identifies a Maoist activist Sridhar as office bearer of Krishak Sabha of Cachar District for spreading the Maoist ideology.

SFs arrested three NLFT militants, Swapan Jara, Bikash Jara and Manoj Debbarma, all in their mid-twenties from Radhanagar bus stop in Agartala in West Tripura District, Tripura.

Several employees’ and teachers’ associations have urged the government to tighten security so that they can go to their places of work in the interior areas of Tripura.

Haryana Police arrested a B. Tech student, identified as Rajesh on charges of possessing and using FICN from Karnal Railway Station in Karnal (Karnal District). Rajesh’s accomplice Ankit was still at large. FICN was recovered from Rajesh’s house in Shanti Nagar locality of Karnal.

NIA investigation has revealed that LeT plans to use local youths for terror activities in India for concealing its own footprints.

NIA probe into Jundal has led the agency to recover INR 2.65 million cash for a house in Beed Distrist of Maharashtra. The house belonging to one Nizamuddin was raided by the NIA, which, along with the money, recovered a pen drive and a hard disk.

A local court in Surat, Gujarat has extended the Police remand of Mohammad Ashraf Ismail Nagori, Abdul Samad alias Malbari Gulam Moiyuddin Shaikh and Sunil alias Shankar Sutar Chauhan till April 7 evening.

A CAG report, tabled in the Kerala Assembly recently, warns in no uncertain terms about the consequences of ignoring or underestimating the dangers posed by lax coastal security.

An un-named senior official of MHA stated, "Operatives based in the UK, Germany and North America, who are members of the BKI and its front organisations, are transferring huge amounts of monetary resources to BKI sleeper cells in Punjab and other places”. Besides the ISI of Pakistan, it has close ties with the terror network of Dawood Ibrahim.

The intelligence information shared by US with India prevented certain sensitive targets like Chabad House and Osho Ashram in Pune (Maharashtra) from being targeted and instead left the terrorists with no alternative but to go after a soft target (German Bakery) during the Pune bombing of February 13, 2010, reveals Wikileaks release.

Four CRPF personnel were injured while defusing a bomb in Gaya District of Bihar.

Hundred Maoists blew up part of a power Sub-station under Khaira Police Station limits in Jamui District of Bihar.

Maoists set ablaze an Airtel mobile tower under Kutumba Police Station area in Aurangabad District of Bihar.

About 25-30 Maoists attacked the premises of Saaj Infracon, a Patna-based company, and briefly took around 10-15 labourers hostage in Muzaffarpur District of Bihar.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, including two women, were arrested in separate search operations in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Two aides of Sabyasachi Panda, the head of OMP, were arrested from Talapatama jungle near Badagada in Ganjam District of Odisha.

Two militants of the ULFA-ATF were killed in an encounter with SFs at Bordoloni village in Dibrugarh District of Assam. SFs recovered a Germany made Heckler & Koch (HK) 33 assault rifle, one 9 mm pistol, two grenades, five magazines and a few Ulfa letterheads from the encounter site.

Ghulam Mohammed Lone, a senior activist of ruling NC and Sarpanch of village Koulpora (Pulwama District), J&K was shot dead by unknown militants at his residence. DIG South Kashmir said it appeared that the militant, who shot the Sarpanch dead, was a local militant.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to NNC- FGN from Kelelo area in Haflong town of Dima Hasao District, Assam. The militant was identified as sergeant, Songbambe Kuame alias Nimpeu of Kohima based 3rd Battalion of NNC-FGN.

SFs detected a remote controlled IED near Khangabok of Thoubal District, Manipur. Remote control circuit and battery were recovered along with the explosive.

Police commandos of Thoubal District arrested one Bikash Naorem from Kakching in Thoubal District, Manipur along with 45 rounds of ammunition and some extortion letters.

Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma, who met the Union Home Ministry officials in Delhi during his recent visit to discuss the peace pact with the ANVC, said that the matter is at an advanced stage.

Meghalaya CM stressed on the need for a comprehensive and institutionalized mechanism to address the issue of illegal immigrants infiltrating into the State.

Two motorcycle borne suspected militants abducted the teenage son of a grocery trader from the Assam side of Mendipather town adjoining North Garo Hills District of Meghalaya reportedly to demand ransom from the father.

Personnel of special branch Dimapur arrested an arm dealer identified as Hussain Ahmed (24) from Karimkanj, Assam and recovered two fire arms at Old Golaghat bus station, near Blue hill station in Dimapur District, Nagaland.

NSCN-KK, Lotha region has informed the public, village council chairmen and secretaries under 37 and 38 assembly constituencies of Nagaland not to pay any taxes without the knowledge of the concerned authority.

NNC-NA has terminated one “deputy kilonser”, (deputy minister), Neochi Chang alias M.N Chang, of Chang region as per the order of “higher authority” for his “unscrupulous activities” contradictory to NNC-NA Government in Nagaland.

Officers of the Gurgaon Police (Haryana) attended a training session on cyber security and crime detection organised by the National Association of Software Companies (Nasscom) Experts from Nasscom spoke to officials on aspects of high-end cyber crime fighting techniques, forensics and investigation.

Rajeshwar Prasad, a constable with the CRPF, who was injured while defusing a bomb planted by CPI-Maoist in Gaya District of Bihar succumbed to his injuries.

Assam Government has decided to learn from Maoist-hit States to tackle the menace making inroads in Tinsukia District. Deputy commissioner S.S. Meenakshi Sundaram said  that Tinsukia officials would be sent to States like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha to get first-hand knowledge of the development plans being implemented in the rural areas of these states.

Manipur Government told the Supreme Court that it would respond to Justice N Santosh Hegde committee’s report on extra–judicial killings by security forces in Manipur.

HNLC cadre, identified as Banpyrkhat Langstieh alias Pyntngen, surrendered before the East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) Superintendent of Police, M Kharkrang.

The NGOs of Meghalaya sought an explanation from the Chief Minister on the recommendations made by the HLC on influx in 2012 on implementation of ILP to check influx in Meghalaya.

Meghalaya’s Home Minister Roshan Warjri said that the magisterial probe into the killing of three ANVC-B cadres on March 9 will be completed within 30 days.

The Meghalaya High Court directed the State Government to file its counter affidavit within four weeks with regards to the order of the West Garo Hills District Magistrate in January, 2013 for booking GNLA chairman Champion Sangma under the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA), 1995.

SFs apprehended two surrendered KLA militants, while they were removing nuts and bolts of the railway track, from Migrendisa in Dima Hasao District, Assam. The duo was identified as Paojamin and Paominlem.

The CorCom of six militant outfits- the KCP, KYKL, PREPAK, PREPAK-Pro, RPF and the UNLF has declared that it would boycott the forthcoming visit of India's President in Manipur and subsequently announced a 26 hour general strike.

IGP Jammu zone, Rajesh Kumar said that six Districts in Jammu region of J&K are free of militancy but Police was strengthening Security Grid in Jammu City (Jammu District) and peripheries to prevent any untoward incident. Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Doda, Reasi and Udhampur Districts were completely rid of militancy.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah said his Government would continue its efforts to get travel advisories lifted by the US and other countries to attract tourists

FICN of INR 1 million, stacked in 20 bundles of INR 500 denomination notes, were seized from a person, identified as Pramod Sah in Muzaffarpur (Muzaffarpur District), Bihar.

A Pakistani national and ISI agent Mohammad Masroor alias Manzoor Ansari, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS near the Indo-Nepal border here in August 2008, was awarded life imprisonment by a local court in Bahraich (Bahraich District).

Punjab Government before the Supreme Court stated, "Security environment in the state of Punjab continues to be problematic" The statement was made by Secretary (Home) Samir Kumar while justifying deployment of a large number of state Police personnel for VVIP security.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague described India as an important partner in the fight against cyber terrorism while, announcing the launch a new Global Centre for Cyber Security and Capacity Building based at the University of Oxford.

Sandeep Madhi alias Sunil, a CPI-Maoist cadre who had served as the personal bodyguard of Maoist leader Ramkrishna alias RK surrendered before Malkangiri Police, Odisha.  

Four Maoists and 200 activists of CMAS surrendered in separate incidents in Koraput District of Odisha.

A Dantewada District Court acquitted all the 13 accused due to lack of evidence in a Maoist attack case in 2010 in which 33 people including security personnel were killed when Naxals blew up a bus in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

The bodies of a civilian and a Manipur Police commando, suspected to have been killed by militants, were recovered from a Manipur village along the Myanmar border. Police said the hands of the deceased were tied and they had been tortured and then shot to death.

SFs arrested two ULFA linkmen, identified as Paniram Gogoi and Haren Gogoi, from Tingkhong 2 No. Dhadumia Gaon under Rajgarh Police Station in Dibrugarh District, Assam

The ULFA-ATF warned singers and artistes in State against singing Hindi songs during Rongali Bihu celebrations in Assam.

CBI opposed any relaxation in the conditions it had prescribed for releasing NDFB-RD ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary on bail.

Supreme Court directed Central and Assam Government & the EC to submit written response within three weeks explaining the reasons for the delay in updating National Register for Citizens (NRC) since 2009.

RPF/PLA has made a frontal attack against Manipur Police for staging ‘fake encounters’ and defaming innocent persons.

SFs arrested a surrendered HNLC militant, Banpyrkhat Langstieh alias Pyntngen, for his suspected involvement in some criminal cases. Langstieh had surrendered before East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) Superintendent of Police M Kharkrang on April 9.

IG of BSF [Meghalaya Frontier], Sudesh Kumar sought the cooperation of the border residents in tackling the activities of militants including GNLA, Breakaway faction of ANVC-B and also smugglers.

Objecting to the deployment of armed forces and other issues in Mizoram, the ZORO - an organization fighting for the unification of all Mizos - submitted a memorandum to the President stating that several decisions taken by the Centre and State Government, without consulting the Mizo people, be revoked.

NNC-NA, ‘forest department’, has informed all business establishments in and around Dimapur (Nagaland) not to entertain any individual or groups in the name of NNC (NA) without the knowledge of its ‘central forest secretary’.

Jailed NSCN-IM leader Anthony Shing alias Shimray, “head of foreign affairs” has alleged that he was illegally confined for a week and threatened with “fake encounter” after being arrested on September 27, 2010.   However, dismissing the allegations as false, former NIA director-general Sharad Sinha, who took over as member, NHRC, said, “Not just false, absolutely false”. Anthony Shimray has been charged with crimes like money laundering and arms peddling, in cahoots with the Chinese.

NSCN-KK (Nagaland) home secretary office has suspended one ‘Assistant Political Officer’ (APO) Mhanchan Odyuo for indulging in “activities detrimental to the Government”.

SF neutralized a militant hideout and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition during an operation launched since April 8 after reports of militant movement in the Rajwar forest of Kupwara District, J&K.

J&K Police defused a live RL shell in an orchid in Sogam area in the Kupwara District.

Twelve Pakistani nationals, including four men, three women and five minor children, were arrested from Harlakhi areas of Madhubani District along the India-Nepal border by the Shashatra Seema Bal for trying to enter India without valid travel documents.

A MHA report says that the internal security situation in State of J&K has shown distinct improvement. There has been a decline in terrorism related violence, however, infiltration attempts are on the rise from across Pakistan, MHA’s Annual Report 2012-13 reads. The report further said that so far, these terror incidents have claimed 13,861 civilians and 4,822 security personnel (till December 2012).

Union Defense Minister A K Antony said the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC in J&K were a matter of serious concern. He said, “This kind of occasional ceasefire violations and firing is a serious concern, because even though violence level in Kashmir has come down compared to the past, infiltration attempts are increasing.”

The Coast Guard activated the first air enclave in Bhubaneswar, Odisha to provide security to Odisha's coast and the exclusive economic zones. An offshore patrol vessel has been based at Paradip (Jagatsinghapur District) and two interceptor crafts will join the fleet in the future to ensure increased operational capability in the coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha. The enclave will provide support to recently inducted Coast Guard surveillance Dornier aircrafts equipped with advanced and sophisticated navigational and communication sensors and equipment for response to pollution, search and rescue, maritime reconnaissance and for coastal security.

NIA announced rewards for those passing on information about operatives of the 12 outlawed IM leaders. An amount of INR 1 million is on offer for information leading to the arrest of each of the IM operatives. They include Hyderabadi Mohsin Ismail Chaudhary alias Syeed of Saroornagar (currently living in Maharashtra), Mohammad Riyaz alias Riyaz Bhatkal, his brother Mohammad Iqbal alias Iqbal Bhatkal and Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, last three being from Karnataka. Other wanted IM operatives include Mohammad Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, Amir Reza Khan alias Parvez, both from Bihar, Shahnawaz Alam, a doctor, Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Ariz Khan alias Junaid, Mohammad Sajid alias Bada Sajid, Mohammad Khalid and Mirza Shadaab Baig, all from Uttar Pradesh.

NIA suspects the existence of some sleeper cells in Gujarat, especially in Ahmedabad city.

NIA brought an alleged cadre of the SIMI, identified as Abu Gilani, from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad. Gilani was arrested by the Gujarat Police for his alleged role in the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts.

NIA filed charge-sheet against three persons, including a Bangladeshi national, for allegedly raising terror fund for the banned outfit HM through circulation of FICN in J&K. The Court subsequently issued a non-bailable warrant against the absconding Bangladeshi national Shafiq-ul.

SFs exchanged fire with the Maoists in a brief encounter in Tadgunda jungle under Etapalli Sub-Division of Gadchiroli District of Chhattisgarh.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Rajendra Ram, was arrested from Pipra village in East Champaran District of Bihar.

Central Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, suffered huge losses due to bandhs called by CPI-Maoist and other LWE groups in Jharkhand in the 2012-13 fiscal that ended on March 31.

A former CPI-Maoist Sub-zonal commander, Sohan Bhuiyan, has gone missing from the premises of the Hazaribag District and Sessions Court.

The Court of Kamrup District, Assam and Sessions Judge granted bail to NDFB-RD ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary, the prime accused, in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts in the State. 

Unidentified persons abducted a student, Oinam Shyamananda alias Tomba Singh (20) of Thangmeiband Hijam Leikai, Manipur for ransom. Oinam was missing since April 6 and the missing report lodged to the police by his family.

AZSU, ZYF and ZSUM will enforce a total bandh (shutdown) along NH 2 and NH-37, in Manipur, from April 21 demanding the safe release of school girl Alice Kamei. In the custody of the proscribed RPF/PLA since March 10.

BSF arrested two FICN racketeers identified as Almas Faroq (18) and Mohd Bhutto Miya (35) hailing from Sherpur District of Bangladesh near the border pillar at South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The BSF recovered FICN valued at INR 8,500 and Bangladeshi taka 8,349, 400 and two cell phones.

The magisterial probe report into the incident of February 2 in which an assistant jailor and warder were killed could not establish which militant group was involved in the attack, but it only said that they were armed militants.

Meghalaya Home (Jail) Minister Roshan Warjri said eight to ten armed miscreants were responsible for the incident on February 2. The Police first blamed GNLA for the attack and subsequently put the responsibility on ANVC-B saying the attack was led by Singbirth N Marak alias Norok but now the Government is claiming that they were ‘unidentified armed miscreants’.

The Meghalaya Assembly was however told that the Police are still hunting for the “unidentified” armed men who were behind the incident.

The ANVC-B said that the outfit is trying to bring back Singbirth N Marak alias Norok into the outfit for enabling him to participate in the peace pact. Norok had gone into hiding after he was accused of being involved in the Williamnagar jail (Meghalaya) incident which led to the death of the two jail staff.

AR has formed specially trained commando teams comprising some select personnel from its ranks for carrying out operations against insurgents in Assam, Mizoram and Tripura. The training of these commando teams called “Fast and Intense Strike Teams (FISTs)” was carried out at 21 Sector Assam Rifles CIBS Teliamura in Tripura. The report further notes that 16 such teams will now be operating in Tripura under the 21 Sector AR.

Of a dozen persons detained by Bihar Police at Madhubani District along India-Nepal border on April 10, one person, Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, was stated to be close associate of HM ‘supremo’ and UJC ‘chief’ Syed Salahuddin. However, they appeared to have fallen apart as Salahuddin was opposed to return plan of Dar.

Indian Intelligence agencies are worried that some of the militants, though not active now, could be used by the militants present in J&K to revive the dying militancy. Moreover, most of the militants were returning with Pakistani wives, who could also pose a security risk at some stage.

CPI-Maoist cadres blasted around seven wings of a building of the State Irrigation Department in Aurangabad District of Bihar.

Bihar Government proposed to set up 242 armed fighting companies of Police in the State. Among the proposed 242 companies, 44 will be a dedicated force to deal with rioting while the remaining will be engaged in operations against the Maoists and organized crime.

The MHA asked the State Governments to consider not prosecuting surrendering Naxalites and set up fast-track courts for speedy trials as part of a strategy to woo the extremists to lay down their arms and join the mainstream.

Jharkhand is planning to hold a meeting of Naxal affected States – West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh - in Kolkata, to chart out new co-ordination strategies to flush out the LWEs, who are already reeling under internal strife and facing alienation from rural masses.

The Central Government has identified 26 districts in the country as highly Naxal affected with 80 per cent violence in the last three years being reported from there.

The Government has decided to specially recruit 7350 men for paramilitary forces from 26 Districts of India which are worst affected by LWE violence.

SFs killed two GNLA militants at Koksi Nengsat village under Songsak Police Station in East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. While, an ‘area commander’ of the GNLA had a narrow escape, officials said.

ULFA-PTF is optimistic that undivided ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia, who is currently in a jail in Bangladesh, will reach Assam and join the peace talks by Assamese New Year in 2014.

SFs arrested a KLO militant, Deep Sarkar, at Bhaibazar under Golokganj Police Station in Dhubri District, Assam.

CVC of Kohima District, nagaland condemned the action of NSCN-K for “continually harassing and threatening” the workers of Thepfüsatuo Rio, a Class-I contractor who was undertaking developmental works at the Mimi-Khonga-Hakumuthi sector in Kiphire District.

Bihar Police handed over four Kashmiri militants, or former militants, their Pakistani wives and children to a team of J&K Police at Madhubani District, where they had been captured on April 10 after crossing into the Indian Territory from Indo-Nepal border.

A team of ATS took the headmaster of a school in Pakur District, Jharkhand on six days transit remand in connection with a FICN case that was registered in Gujarat five years ago.

Supreme Court declined to commute the death sentence of KLF terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, found guilty of killing nine and injuring 17 others in Delhi in a bomb attack on September 11, 1993.

Assam EC said that if differences regarding delimitation of seats for RHAC are resolved amicably then polls to the council could be conducted by the middle of May.

Assam EC also issued notifications for the DHAC, which covers the whole of Dima Hasao District. Polling for the 28 seats in DHAC would be held on May 20 and counting would be taken up on May 24. The EC has declared all the 200 polling stations in Dima Hasao as sensitive, while 78 among them have been categorised as hyper-sensitive.

A ‘commander’ of NLFT-BM, Sanjit Tripura (32) alias Saka, laid down arms before the Police in Gandacherra in Dhalai District, Tripura. Earlier, Sanjit Tripura escaped from NLFT-BM hideout in Bangladesh and contacted with local Police authorities and expressed his desire to bid adieu to the arms.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres, a Policeman and two villagers were killed in an encounter between Maoists and Commandos of an anti-Naxal unit, C-60, in a forest of Dhanora in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

Police recovered an explosive material dump of CPI-Maoist in the forests of Borlagudem village of Mahamuttaram mandal in Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh.

BSF and Odisha Police personnel busted an arms manufacturing unit of CPI-Maoist in a dense forest of Narayanpatna block in Koraput District of Odisha.

SFs arrested a GNLA militant, identified as Olman K. Marak, in Khardang of Goalpara District, Assam.

Liyaqat Shah was produced in a special NIA court which extended his judicial remand till April 25, 2013 after a magisterial court refused to hear the matter on the grounds that his case has been transferred to NIA.

Six member NIA team questioned Liyaqat Shah’s brother Inayat Shah, first wife Ameena Begum and his third wife Akhtar-un-Nisa. According to Liyaqat’s family, he had been planning to surrender ever since J&K CM Omar Abdullah announced the rehabilitation policy in 2010, but had to wait because he worked as a labourer in Pakistan and didn’t have enough money to fund his return.

Officiating GOC, 25 Infantry Division, Brigadier JK Tiwari asserted that militancy has been wiped out from Rajouri and Poonch Districts of J&K. However, IGP Jammu zone, Rajesh Kumar had earlier observed, “There was some movement of militants in Kishtwar and Ramban Districts and boundaries lines of twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.

Two CRPF troopers were grievously injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

An aide of Sabyasachi Panda, the Chief of OMP, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, was arrested from Richaguda forest under Badagarh Police Station limits in Ganjam District of Odisha.

A minor boy was injured when an IED targeted on the SFs exploded in Thoubal District, Manipur.

An IED planted by militants went off along the roadside at Phaikhojang village near the international border with Myanmar under Singhat Police Station of Churachandpur District of Manipur while a patrolling party of troops of 39 AR was passing the area at around 9.30 am. In the blast one trooper was injured.  

SFs arrested a militant of PREPAK-PRO, identified as Gurumayum Ibomcha Sharma, from Kwakeithel in Imphal West District, Manipur. SFs recovered eight hand grenades from the militant.

Police neutralized a HM module and arrested two persons on charges of reviving militancy from village Banderpora in Srigufwara locality of Anantnag District, J&K. The arrestees have been identified as Muhammad Amin Khanday, a Panchayat member and a released HM militant Mohammad Abbas Sheikh. Two other active HM militants fled under the cover of darkness.

Army has launched search operation to find out unexploded mortar shells from firing by Pakistani troops around village Churanda in Uri sector (Baramulla District) along the LoC in J&K.

Joint Monitoring Group to monitor the implementation of the SoO signed between the Mizoram Government and the HPC-D would hold a meeting on April 19. The meeting would deliberate on the date and place for resumption of talks between the Mizoram government and the Hmar outfit and also discuss the observance of the bilateral SoO signed between the two parties on January 31 in Aizawl.

Thoubal District (Manipur) Police commandos arrested three KCP cadres while conducting a search operation at Lilong Nungei near Community Hall.

The armed URF, Manipur, has announced general strike in all the hill areas of Manipur from 6am of April 15 till the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee leaves the State.

Zeliangrong organisations have sought the intervention of President of India Pranab Mukherjee in the case of Alice Kamei, who is allegedly in the custody of RPF/PLA. Alice Kamei has been held captive by the RPF/PLA since March 10.

A massive public rally is being planned on April 19 in Imphal, Manipur demanding the safe release of school girl Alice Kamei from the custody of the RPF/PLA.The plan to hold the rally was resolved at the April 12 public meeting held at Majorkhul Community Hall, Imphal.

The UNC and KSO also demand Alice Kamei’s release.

Suspected NSCN-IM militants abducted two Manipur Government teachers in Wokha District for not paying “24 per cent net salary deduction” to the group. The two teachers, unidentified at the time of filing this report, are both said to be teachers in the government primary schools at Hanku and Niropen villages.

The Crime Branch arrested the kingpin of the Indo-Nepal international fake currency racket, identified as Nagina Prasad, from Bettiah of West Champaran District, Bihar. FICN with a face value of INR 55,000 has been recovered from the accused.

Two people, including a Pakistani national, were given life imprisonment by the Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) sessions court for their role in the 1996 Modinagar blast which claimed 16 lives and left 48 injured.

Contrary to the claims of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in the Meghalaya Assembly that the peace pact with the ANVC was at an advanced stage, in-charge of North East in MHA, Joint Secretary Shambhu Singh said that the peace process would take more time to complete.

Two GNLA cadres who were killed in the earlier reported encounter in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya have been identified by their relatives as Sarbit Ch Marak alias Nangrepa and Nanggan A Sangmaalias Imra.

‘Secretary’ (trade & commerce) of ‘Southern Zone’ of NSCN-K informed that all the transporters of Nagaland within the Zone to clear “annual taxation” for the year 2013-14 within 10 days.

NSCN-K ‘military finance in-charge’ of Dimapur, Nagaland informed all business establishment and departments that “some vested” interests/persons were “collecting and extorting” in the name of NSCN-K. It added that any establishment or department entertaining others without the knowledge of NSCN-K would be doing so at their own risk.

Four Maoists abducted the Station Master of Kamlur Railway Station, located on the KK Line in between Kirandul and Bhansi Railway Stations, some 110 kilometres from Bastar Divisional Headquarters Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.

According to an official document, the Maoists have been able to create a 'corridor' between jurisdictions of two of their committees by penetrating into three Districts of eastern Chhattisgarh and consolidating in as many Districts of western Odisha.

Suspected KPLT militants shot dead a Sarkari Gaonbura (Government recognized village headman), Sarat Teron (60), in Teron Gaon village under Deothar Police Outpost in Bokajan Sub-Division of Karbi Anglong District, Assam.

PLA claimed responsibility for the twin bomb attacks in Churachandpur and Thoubal Districts on April 14 ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee’s arrival in Manipur.

Two GNLA cadres along with an overground female collaborator were arrested from Selsella region of West Garo Hills, Meghalaya while travelling in an auto rickshaw to meet another cadre, identified as Togak.

NSCN-K issued a clarification and cautioned those organizations condemning the “high handedness” of ‘Naga Army-Mobile V’ under the command of ‘colonel’ Kurecho. CVC of Kohima District, Nagaland had earlier condemned NSCN-K for “continually harassing and threatening” the workers of Thepfüsatuo Rio, a Class-I contractor who was undertaking developmental works at the Mimi-Khonga-Hakumuthi sector in Kiphire District.

A SPO, belonging to Mukurdom under Bhejji Police Station limits of Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, who was earlier abducted by CPI-Maoist cadres on March 13, was killed by the rebels.

The alleged torture by Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh cadres forced a wanted CPI-Maoist member, identified as Bighna Jagaranga (22) alias Ramesh, to surrender before the Police in Rayagada District of Odisha.

Odisha Police busted an illegal arm manufacturing unit in a dense forest of Nabarangpur District, Odisha.

The Union Government asked the Sates to implement various recommendations of the second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) to improve policing.

IM operative Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, the lone arrested accused in the German Bakery blast (February 13, 2010) that killed 17 and injured 64 people, was convicted by a sessions court in Pune (Maharashtra) for criminal conspiracy, murder and other charges.

Maharashtra ATS said that German Bakery blast was the first act of terror in which the Pakistan-based LeT coordinated with IM.

Maharashtra Government said Pakistan-based terrorists were training women as fidayeen attackers, possibly to strike important cities including Mumbai and Pune.

MMM asked people of J&K to hold protests after Friday congressional prayers.

JKLF ‘chairman’ Yasin Malik has been released from house arrest in Srinagar District, J&K. A JKLF spokesperson confirming the report said that he will address a press conference on April 16.

MoS for Home Sajad Ahmed Kichloo reiterated the J&K Government’s demand for phased withdrawal of AFSPA.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said that government is taking all necessary steps to introduce reforms in the justice delivery system, including the State Police hierarchy. Tuki said that he has informed the MHA that the state government has already taken action to implement the recommendations made by the Second ARC.

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi speaking  at  the ‘Chief Ministers' conference in New Delhi said that there was a declining trend in militant violence in the State. CM, Tarun Gogoi said, “In the past few years, there has been a declining trend of militant violence and talks are on with several militant outfits. However, it would be over-optimistic to declare that the nightmare of militant violence is over ".

UNC has urged the President of India to expedite the process of ‘Alternative Arrangement’ for Nagas of Manipur outside the Government of Manipur.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi pointed to growing activities of the CPI-Maoist in Assam and citing tough terrain asked the Centre to explore the feasibility of deploying UAV in the State.

A combined team of Imphal East District Police commandos and troops of 16 AR arrested a PREPAK cadre identified as Laishram Dhananjoy alias Joy Singh from Keibi Heikak Mapal Makha Leikai in Imphal East District, Manipur. One 36 HE hand grenade was recovered from his possession.

ANVC-B denied the news that one of its members had abandoned the outfit to float a new outfit of his own in Meghalaya. Chairman of ANVC-B, Rimpu Marak said, the news about Norok X Momin floating a new outfit called the UALA is totally false.  

Eight CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with SFs in the forest area of Puarti village in Sukma District, Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh State Home Minister, Nanki Ram Kawar, while addressing the Chief Ministers’ conference said in New Delhi that with the help of two-pronged strategy – security to people and development of backward region – the Chhattisgarh Government has succeeded in containing the Maoist violence.

SFs recovered the dead bodies of nine CPI-Maoist cadres killed in Sukma encounter, Chhattisgarh.

A Maoist cadre, identified as Devi Singh, surrendered before Rajnandgaon Police, Chhattisgarh alleging exploitation and neglect by his superiors.

Fearing a possible influx of CPI-Maoist cadres into Odisha following an encounter between the Maoists and a joint team of CRPF personnel and Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh in bordering Chhattisgarh, security has been beefed up in Maoist-hit Malkangiri District, Odisha.

Two youth, identified as Ashiq Hussain, 25 and Akhter Hussain, 21, from Keshwan locality of Kishtwar District of J&K, who had fled their houses almost a week ago to join militant ranks, surrendered before Police.

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik said the withdrawal of NATO troopers from Afghanistan can allure youth of J&K to gun.

MoS for Home Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo informed that 1858 government and private buildings in the state of J&K are under the occupation of the Security Forces (SF). However, till now, as many as 1,425 out of the total 3,283 such buildings have been vacated. He also added that 54 static bunkers have been removed from public places in Srinagar till date.

DG of J&K Police Ashok Prasad strongly advocated AFSPA like legal cover for Police if it was to fight militancy independently.

SFs arrested a person, who was travelling from Tuensang to Dimapur in a Nagaland State Transport bus, along with arms in Karbi Anglong District. SFs recovered five .22 calibre Chinese-made pistols from him.

NDFB-RD ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary has claimed that the CBI’s allegation of his involvement in the October 30, 2008, serial blasts in Assam was based on “supposition and probabilities” and not on facts. According to Daimary, who was granted bail in the serial blasts case on April 11, the CBI has not been able to establish any prima facie case against him and the allegations in the chargesheet were “false, concocted and fabricated”.

Despite the crackdown by the Government of Bangladesh, a majority of the active militant groups of the North East are still maintaining bases in the neighbouring country and in fact, a few of the ultra groups are even giving training to the new recruits in the bases in that country.

Sources revealed that the NDFB-IKS has a strong presence in Bangladesh, particularly in the Khagrachari area and according to information available with the security agencies at least 30 to 40 members of the outfit are staying in the area.

A GNLA militant, identified as Tibat S Sangma alias Jeron, abandoned his ‘sentry post’ at a camp deep inside West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya to surrender before Police officials at Dobu in East Garo Hills. He handed over a 7.65 pistol along with two magazines and seven rounds of ammunition along with two demand letter pads of the GNLA.

 The claims of ANVC-B chairman, Rimpu N Marak that his former ‘action commander’ Norrok X Momin remains with his outfit has been dismissed by Norrok himself who has gone on to form the UALA in Meghalaya.

One suspected GNLA cadre, identified as Aspin G Sangma (30), was arrested from Shallang in West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya. Sangma was carrying demand notes to distribute among all the coal traders and shop owners in Shallang market to raise funds for the outfit, a reliable source said.

A day after nine Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with SFs in Sukma District, members of the outfit fired at a BSF helicopter while it was evacuating Greyhounds personnel from Battiguda in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Five hundred tribals belonging to CMAS in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District, Odisha deserted the organisation and openly supported the Police.

OMP leader Sabyasachi Panda's wife, Mili Panda, met Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, sparking speculation over his possible surrender.

17 people, including 11 Policemen, were injured in a bomb blast barely 50 metres from the BJP party office in Bangalore, Karnataka. UMHA called the blast a terrorist attack.

A pipe bomb is believed to have been placed in the bike. UMHA pointed to an IM signature in targeting crowds gathered at the BJP office for ticket distribution ahead of May 5th Karnataka election.

BSF IG Frontier, Aditya Mishra commented, "Several bursts of AK 47 rifle were fired and Pakistan Rangers didn't come to know , the cross border smuggling operations seems to be impossible without tactical support of Pak Rangers….No effective efforts have been taken by Pakistan Rangers so far to check cross border smuggling”.

SF apprehended Qari Naved alias Fahad Ullah, the ‘divisional commander’ of LeT outfit from Sopore town of Baramulla District, J&K.

Police arrested three Police personnel and a hotel owner on charges of running a FICN racket in J&K. FICN with a face value of INR 200,000 was recovered from their possession.

DIG North Kashmir JP Singh said, "Investigations have revealed that fake currency notes had come from PaK via Keran area in Kupwara District of J&K.

Central Agencies are closely monitoring the movements of ULFA-ATF leader Paresh Baruah and analyzing his statements in the media to pick up hints the elusive militant leader may have dropped, expressing his interest to join the peace process. The Centre believes that Baruah would join the peace process sooner or later.

A letter sent to 13 States, by the MHA on CPI-Maoist efforts to expand to new areas primarily northeast. The letter states that CPI-Maoist had around one hundred cadres, including 25 to 30 armed, in Assam and with Mahesh, a Central Committee member from the Rabha community appearing to be in charge.

In a search operation carried by the AR Battalion based in Jibiram (Imphal East District, Manipur), under the aegis of Haflong Based Assam Rifles Headquarters, arrested one Puithang Hmar (37). One 9mm pistol with one magazine and 03 live rounds of bullets were also recovered from his possession. Hmar was later handed over to Jiribam Police and a FIR was also lodged against him.

ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu N Marak said that the decision of Norrok X Momin to form the UALA in Meghalaya is his own personal prerogative. Marak said,” He should take responsibility for his cadres even as we tried to get him back for the peace settlement.”

Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri assured the House that she would order an inquiry into the arrest of former HNLC cadre identified as Banpyrkhat Langstieh alias Pyntngen who had surrendered before East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police M Kharkrang on April 8.

State Home minister Roshan Warjri said the GNLA, with support from Assam-based militant groups, had become a “potent force, comprising a large number of cadres, including active overground workers, adequate firepower, organizational capacity and command leadership”.

A trucker was killed and two trucks were set ablaze by armed militants along the Imphal-Jiribam highway. Police said militants armed with sophisticated weapons first set ablaze a stranded truck loaded with cement bags at Charoi Pandongba in Sadar Hills of Senapati District of manipur and then again stopped an Imphal-bound rice-loaded truck and set it on fire. The rebels opened fire at the driver and handyman of the second truck, before leaving. The driver, Sorokhaibam Babu of Samurou in Imphal West District was hit and died on way to an Imphal hospital. His helper Lalhmunthang, escaped unhurt. The Police suspect the militants were Nagas but could not name any group.

Anger burst forth on the streets with residents of Samurou blocking traffic on the Imphal-Thoubal Road in the Samurou area on April 18. They formed a joint action committee and announced a 48-hour statewide strike while transporters called a 24-hour statewide strike, both from midnight of April 18.

ZUF has strongly condemned the killing of a truck driver along the National Highway by armed persons in Manipur.

SF arrested one PREPAK cadre, identified as Nongthombam Dinesh Meitei alias Epacha alias Pitingkon around 10.15 am from Keibi Khunou near waiting shed in Imphal East District, manipur. One Chinese hand grenade and one .32 pistol with magazine having three live rounds were recovered from his possession.

The NSCN-IM, Zeliangrong Region (Makuilongdi) has issued an order prohibiting the ‘substitute culture’ in Manipur Government schools and Primary Health Centres and Sub-Primary Health Centres with immediate effect. The outfit said, deputing substitutes in educational institutes and primary health centres has become a culture and system.

The AMSU while observing the ‘33rd Realisation Day’ vowed to revive the movement against influx into Manipur to preserve the identity of the indigenous population.

BSF troopers of Outpost Nokchi, in West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, arrested one Bangladeshi liquor smuggler while he was trying to infiltrate into India from Bangladesh. The smuggler has been identified as Mohamad Imam Ali. He hails from Sherpur District of Bangladesh.

The ties between the Assam based ULFA and the Meghalaya based GNLA have gone a step further from providing logistical support to jointly participating in training inside the jungles of Garo hills in Meghalaya, revealed a former GNLA cadre, Tibat Sangma alias Jeron who surrendered on April 16.

A contractor from Nagaland, Thepfüsatuo Rio disclosed that he was asked to pay INR 20 million within 15 days, in lieu with a contract for a road construction project, by the “commander, mobile V Naga Army” of NSCN-K or else face dire consequences.

A trooper of Andhra Pradesh's anti-Naxal force 'Greyhounds' was killed in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in the jungles of Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh.

A passenger bus escaped a landmine blast triggered by LWEs in Maoist-hit Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh.

Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Ayub Ali alias Khan, during a raid at Gewal Bigha, in Gaya District of Bihar.  

Acting on a tip off, the STF of Kolkata Police, West Bengal, arrested two senior CPI-Maoist leaders, identified as Sabyasachi Goswami alias Kishore and Zakir Hussain, from Jadavpur area in Kolkata.

FICN totaling INR 590 million was seized in 2012 according to latest figures released by enforcement agencies and banking channels. This is a sharp increase from a total FICN seizure of INR 26 million in 2011.

IM operative Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, who as reported earlier was convicted by a Sessions Court in Pune (Maharashtra), for criminal conspiracy, murder and other charges, was awarded death penalty in the German Bakery blast case of February 13, 2010, which killed 17 and wounded 64.

Goa’s beaches were targets of suspected LeT militant Nasir Raizuddin, being tried for the Bangalore (Karnataka) serial blasts of July 25, 2008; Wikileaks has claimed citing a recently declassified US diplomatic cable.

Based on information provided by Fahad Ullah, SF in an encounter shot dead  one of two militants, Shabir Ahmad Sheikh alias Tameem alias Sufiyan, who were hiding in an orchard at village Wagub in Sopore area of the Baramulla District, J&K. Hilal Molvi alias Khalid managed to escape from the area by taking advantage of people working in the orchards.

2 AK rifles, 5 AK magazines, 2 Pistols, 5 grenades, 150 AK and pistol rounds in total were recovered from the possession of the arrested and the dead militant.

SFs arrested two OGW of PULF identified as Altaf Hussian (32), and Nur Zamal (26), from Jiribam in Imphal East District of Manipur. SFs recovered one extortion note (Quantity 80), one mobile handset Nokia, driving license and cash INR 330 were recovered from their possessions.

One UNLF cadre, identified as M Rojer Meitei alias Tomba alias Thougaingamba (27) was arrested by SFs from his residence near DAV School, Sangakpham in Imphal East District of Manipur.

The NSCN-K, Southern Zone, while strongly condemning the truck driver killing incident in Manipur on April 17, has vowed to unearth the identities of those responsible persons or outfit for the killing.

The ZUF has accused the NSCN-IM of killing the truck driver.

Nagaland Government is trying to get Adinno Phizo, ‘president’ of NNC and daughter of A.Z. Phizo, back to the state from her exile in the UK, after the recent death of her brother and NNC leader Kevilevor Phizo due to cardiac arrest.

Four CPI-Maoist cadres, three of them carrying reward on their head, were arrested during separate search operations in Bastar region, Chhattisgarh.

According to the latest statistics prepared by MHA on Naxal violence, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar together account for over 80 percent of the violence across the country.

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways wants adequate deployment of CAPFs and close coordination of District and State level officials to take up road works in at least seven Naxal affected Districts in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested by a Joint Police team during a search operation at Mundipal Handapal village of Mardapal Police Station limits in Kondagaon District, Chhattisgarh.

CPI-Maoist cadres abducted a trader accusing him of being a Police informer in Malkangiri District, Odisha.

15-20 Maoists cadres managed to give SFs a slip during a raid by the latter in the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada District, Odisha.

Hanif Mohammed alias Tiger Hanif, An aide of Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in connection with two bomb attacks in Gujarat in 1993 and absconding in Britain, has lost his appeal in a UK High Court against extradition to India.

Syed Sahabbudhin and Darvish Moideen, two accused in October 27, 2011 case relating to planting of a Pipe Bomb, have filed bail applications before the Madras High Court Bench in Tamil Nadu.

Preliminary forensic reports suggest that the bomb used in the Bangalore (Karnataka) blast of April 17, 2013 is similar to the ones used near Jama Masjid in New Delhi on September 19, 2010, Zaveri Bazar, Mumbai (Maharashtra) on July 13, 2011 and also in the twin blasts in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) on February 21, 2013

12 militants and OGW of LeT were arrested from Sopore area (Baramulla District of J&K) in raids conducted by the SF on information provided by Fahad Ullah.

Reports said that LeT leadership suspected the involvement of Fahad Ullah in the killing of 9 militants who were killed by the SF different localities of Sopore in the state of J&K during a 6 day long operation in December 2012.

Shabir Ahmad Sheikh, who was killed in Sopore encounter on April 18 was buried in his native village Palhalan Pattan in Baramulla District, J&K. After the burial the villagers resorted to violence including stone pelting and set ablaze a Gypsy along the NH at Palhalan area in the District. However, no person was reportedly injured in the incidents.

Police arrested two LeT militants in J&K and recovered one grenade and a pistol from them. The arrestees have been identified as Ahamd, resident of Anantnag (Anantnag District) and Mushtaq Ahmad, resident of Qaimo locality in Kulgam District.

Preparations to hold the ensuing panchayat election in troubled Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh have begun on a war-footing.

An Inspector of a commando unit of Assam Police, identified as Lohit Sonowal, two hardcore militants of the ULFA-ATF and a civilian were killed in an encounter at Kordoiguri village in Tinsukia District. The militants killed in the encounter were identified as Raktajeet Hazarika and Ananta Moran.

UKDA observed its 4th raising day at Immanuel Peace camp located in Saigang village in Karbi Anglong District, Assam.

The ZRO, said it strongly condemns the intrusion of about seven armed cadres of UNLF at L Kanan village under Singngat sub-division in Churachandpur District, Manipur on April 13 at around 6.30 pm who allegedly tortured innocent villagers besides preventing them from attending Church.  

Thoubal District (Manipur) Police commandos arrested another KYKL cadre while conducting search operation at Kakching Lamkhai. Identifying the cadre as Shiremayum Rakesh Sharma alias Ibungo (22), a statement issued by the Thoubal Police claimed to have recovered one mobile handset with SIM from his possession.

ANVC-B has alleged nexus between the newly floated militant outfit UALA headed by Norrok X Momin-former action commander of ANVC-B, AIGU and the GNU in not allowing the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council to function through proper election. In a statement issued on April 19, ANVC-B chairman Rimpu Marak said, “UALA support to Garo National Union and All India Garo Union of Assam against the autonomous council election needs to be closely examined.”

NIA searched four Districts of Bihar for Tahseen Akhtar, allegedly a member of the IM involved in terrorist strikes in the country.

Terror groups like LeT are increasingly turning tech-savvy. Sources claim that this trend started post November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack and picked up rapidly. The LeT handlers, based either in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, reportedly use internet-based communication, either voice or text, for recruitment since it is possible to maintain anonymity and use codes to communicate.

Two powerful IEDs were recovered from the complex of RIMS in Imphal West District, Manipur. The IEDs, each weighing two kilograms, were attached to two mobile phones. The bombs were later defused at a safe place. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the incident as yet.

Two KYKL cadres were arrested by a team of Imphal East District (Manipur) commandos from Singjamei Kakwa Bazar near SSU Club. A Police statement identified the two KYKL cadres as Salam Meiraba Singh (19) and Leiphrakpam Ajit Meitei (23) both from Kakwa Leiphrakpam Leikai, Imphal West.

The UTLA has urged the Government of India as well as Government of Manipur to declare Sadar Hills as full fledged District at the earliest and also to expedite the process for creation of Jiribam District by clubbing together some neglected remote villages of Churachandpur and Tamenglong Districts.

In an exclusive interview in Hebron, NSCN-IM Ato Kilonser (Prime Minister) Thuingaleng Muivah asserted that the issue raised by other Naga political groups to reveal the points under negotiations with the government of India was “too simple a logic for difficult politics”.

Tripura IGP Nepal Das claimed that due to the current political turmoil in Bangladesh and logistics trouble in the State, NLFT is in a state of serious crisis for its survival, leading to surrender of its cadres. He said almost 90 per cent of NLFT cadres had already laid down arms before security forces in the last two years and the administration was in the process of eradicating militancy from the state. "The common people in interior locations created mass resistance against the militants and they lost complete support base in Tripura," said Das.

Referring to latest surrender of NLFT cadre Sanjit Tripura, a resident of Kanchanpur, Das claimed it was clear case of Police's success. "Police compelled Sanjit to surrender and reveal all information about NLFT's plan of action in Tripura," IGP Das said, adding that the State has become a model in the country in combating insurgency and successful implementation of rehabilitation package.

The CorCom, umbrella body of six militant outfits based in Manipur, while remembering the sacrifices of the forefathers of Manipur during the Khongjom war or the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891 has praised their sacrifices. It further appealed to the people of Manipur to remember the sacrifices of the forefathers on the Anglo-Manipur Khongjom war Memorial Day on April 23.

CPI-Maoist cadres abducted a panchayat secretary identified as Lakpati Dansena and beat him to death in the forests of Karramal in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh.

CPI-Maoist cadres triggered four can bombs targetting a community centre at Nawa Toli in Pesrar block of Lohardaga District, Jharkhand.

A CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Trinath Golori alias Chandra (35), wanted in several cases, was arrested from Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri District, Odisha.

The body of Greyhounds Reserve Inspector G.V. Prasad, who was killed by CPI-Maoist cadres as retaliation to the April 16 encounter near Puvarthi forest area in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, was left abandoned by the Maoists near Kavurugatta village under Pamedu Police Station limits in Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh.

Fayaz Ahmad Dar, driver of former Minister in the current Government of J&K, was arrested from Jammu city (Jammu District) for being part of LeT module which came into light after the arrest of outfits’ ‘divisional commander’ Fahad Ullah. Based on the information provided an AK-47 rifle and one magazine were recovered from his residence in Alsafa Colony, Sopore township of Baramulla District.

Reports suggests that the LeT leadership in PoK has directed their new recruits not to contact Pakistani militants already ‘operating’ in J&K as they might be under the radar of SFs.

SFs arrested a SULFA militant, Bipul Chandra Roy, at Daobhangi in Dhubri District, Assam. Roy had come to collect extortion money from a person named Abdul Samad Molla of Silaipar in the District.

One MR trooper, Rifleman Longjam Sachin (27), was killed while 10 people including MR personnel and two PWD engineers sustained injuries in an ambush by some unidentified militants at a spot in between Khudengthabi and Kwatha Lamkhai along NH-2 in Chandel District of Manipur. Suspected militants triggered three IED blasts, at the ambush site, which was followed by gunfire.

Another bomb blast left two CRPF troopers and six civilians injured at Sekmai in Imphal West District, Manipur.

SFs busted a makeshift camp of the GNLA that was being used to treat injured cadres and a large quantity of medicines seized from Rongjeng area in East Garo Hills Districts, Meghalaya.

The NSCN-K has informed that no department, “particularly Education and Medical”, can be exempted from the ‘tax’ bracket. Further, ANSTA on April 21 directed all its members to refrain paying tax being collected by the Naga underground groups as the matter is ‘under negotiation’.

FICN worth INR 42,410 in several denominations were seized by Police from three persons, including a salesman of a Model wine shop, at CTI crossing in Govindnagar Police area of Kanpur Nagar District in Kanpur City, Uttar Pradesh.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani ‘chairman’ of APHC-G asked people of J&K to boycott forthcoming elections. He also asked people to ostracize mainstream parties as they are the biggest hurdle in the ‘Kashmir struggle’.

Jharkhand DGP blamed the presence of a number of splinter groups for the increasing number of incidents of Naxal violence in the first quarter of 2013.

Top officials of CRPF have informed the MHA about the regrouping of the CPI-Maoist in West Bengal.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to NSCN-K, Haihingbe Jeme, from Boro Haflong locality in Dima Hasao District, Assam. Ammunition and explosive material were also seized from him. SFs recovered one hand grenade, two live rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and 10 detonators from the militant.

The militant groups, NDFB and KLO are calling business persons and demanding money from them in Dhubri District since last week. The KLO has been demanding huge amounts of money from businessmen in Chagolia and Golokganj areas of the District.

Hagrama Mohilary, chairman of BTC said that is hopeful of the reunion of the two factions of the NDFB and a positive outcome of the peace talks.

Reacting to the statements of some politicians and high-ranking officers of the Manipur Government which reportedly dubbed attacks on Security Forces as dastardly and asserted that violence could not bring any kind of solution as reported in some sections of media on April 22, the RPF in a statement issued by the outfit’s Publicity Secretary, Roben Khuman maintained that RPF and PLA have never committed any cowardly act in the course of the ongoing liberation movement.

CFGR between the Government of India and Nagaland’s NSCN-KK would be reviewed either late May or early June. This was disclosed by NSCN-KK CFSB supervisor C. Singson. Singson led a team comprising of six NSCN-KK functionaries to Delhi for a meeting with representatives of the GoI. At the meeting, representatives of both sides decided to extend the cease fire by another year.

Investment in the State has been badly affected because of militancy despite efforts being made to attract investors, while many non-Naga businessmen have fled the State for fear of their lives.  The representative of the MHA said many projects were abandoned by contractors because of rampant extortion by the militants.

The All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association has directed its members not to attend their classes from April 24 as a mark of resentment against the abduction of two Government primary school teachers in Wokha District on April 12 by the cadres of the NSCN-IM. They were abducted from Hanku and Nitropen villages for not paying “tax”.

There are now at least seven militant groups in the state — NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK, NSCN-K, NNC-FGN-Adinno, NNC-Hozheto, NNC-V. Nagi and FGN-Singya.

Oil tanker driver, identified as Surjit, who was abducted by some suspected armed militants from Kohima.

MHA, Government of India and the NSCN-K have jointly agreed to extend the current period of cease fire, which is to expire on April 28, 2013, for a further of one year.

J&K Police arrested Feroze Ahmad Dar, a LeT terrorist, for the earlier reported killing a youth inside a mosque near Sopore in Baramulla district on March 19. Sopore SP Imtiyaz Hussian said Feroze Ahmad Dar had allegedly chased and killed Suhail Ahmad Sofi at the behest of LeT ‘commander’ Fahadullah for being an informer.

Flags of LeT and Pakistan surfaced at the Hariparbat Fort situated at Rainawari locality in Srinagar city (Srinagar District, J&K) which houses a CRPF camp. Graffiti like "Welcome Taliban" and "Go India Go Back" were also found to be painted on the walls of the Fort.

Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo clarified that the Fayaz Ahmad, driver of former Minister in the current Government in J&K who was arrested for being part of LeT module, is not a SPO as reported earlier.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the Minister of Defense A K Antony said that a total of 168 militants were shot dead by the SF in the last two years. In 2012, 73 terrorists were shot dead, 10 of them were neutralized along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K. The remaining 63 were killed by the SFs in the hinterland. In 2011, 95 militants were killed.

Twenty five CPI-Maoist cadres, including a ‘commander’ and two ‘deputy commanders’, village committees and sympathisers, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police, G. Srinivas, Visakhapatnam Rural, Andhra Pradesh.

A Chandigarh Court deferred the Burail Jail break (intervening night of January 21-22, 2004) Case till August 12, 2013. The case involves BKI terrorist Paramjit Singh Bheora, who is also convicted in the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination case.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Rajdoot, capable of several tasks, including surveillance, interdiction, search and rescue and medical evacuation, was commissioned in Kolkata, West Bengal.

8,750 kg of illegal ammonium nitrate were seized from Nagal village in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. Along with explosives, 25 detonators, 75-meter fuse wires, 21-meter safety fuse wires and five boosters were also recovered.

Thousands of people belonging to several non-Mising organisations took out a rally in Sivasagar District, Assam protesting the inclusion of non-Mising-dominated villages in the MAC.

Incidents of protests against the earlier reported death of Puna Moran, a civilian killed in an encounter between SFs and ULFA-ATF militants on April 19, were reported from Dibrugarh and Tinsukia District.

Assam Governor J. B. Patnaik asked State Government officials to take urgent steps for speedy development in Sadiya sub-division of Tinsukia District in order to fight Naxalism [Left Wing Extremism]. Patnaik said Sadiya was the most deprived and underdeveloped sub-division of the State.

According to DTO sources, the District transport officer of Sonitpur, Joshu Kumar Doley, received an extortion letter from ULFA-ATF militants. The letter, demanding INR 1 million, was sent from Tinsukia and signed by one Rupankar Gohain alias Rupankar Asom. Doley has informed the Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner about the letter.

The RPF, the political wing of the PLA, has claimed that the attacks on a joint team of eight MR personnel and PWD officials between Khudengthabi and Kwatha Lamkhai and CRPF troops at Sekmai, Manipur on April 21 were carried out by special teams of the PLA.

ANSAM has lambasted the State Government for not extending any effort to secure the release school girl Alice Kamei from RPF who was in their custody since March 10.

Teaching staff and medical officers of RIMS staged a sit in protest at the institute’s premises against planting of explosives within the campus a couple of days back.

The Kuki Chiefs’ Association- Chandel District and the KPF raised strong objection against the assertion of the ATSUM that Molnoi village of Pallel is a part of Thoubal District, not Chandel District.

After facing defeat in the February 23 State Assembly polls, a Samajwadi Party candidate has allegedly joined the GNLA, a senior Meghalaya Police said. Rapiush Ch. Sangma (33), who had contested from Rongjeng constituency under East Garo Hills District, joined the GNLA soon after the counting of votes, which were held on February 28.  

GNLA militants burnt a shop and fired at people in North Garo Hills District. In the incident, one truck driver, identified as Mahadeb Saha, and his helper, Oniras Rabha, both of Nogorbeta in Kamrup District in Assam, were injured.

The BSF of Border Outpost Chandaboi deployed in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya arrested one person, identified as Nalini Marak, with FICN worth INR 20,000. Along with the FICN, the BSF team also recovered INR 113 and a mobile phone along with an Indian SIM, from his possession. The seized FICN was being smuggled from Bangladesh and was meant for circulation in the Indian market.

The BSF deployed in Nokchi, West Garo Hills District, arrested one Bangladeshi smuggler, identified as Pradeep Barman of Sherpur District in Bangladesh.

At least six youth were detained for questioning in regard to the hoisting of Pakistani and LeT flags on April 22 outside Hariparbat Fort at Rainawari locality in Srinagar city (Srinagar District, J&K) that is closed for public and houses a CRPF camp.

262 ex-militants have returned to India via the Nepal border since 2010, the Lok Sabha was informed. “As per Rehabilitation Policy notified by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in 2010, Joint Check Post at Wagah (Attari), Salamabad, Chakan-da Bagh crossing on the LoC [Line of Control] besides, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi have been designated as routes for ex-militants of J and K who had crossed over to PoK [Pakistan occupied Kashmir] /Pakistan but have given up militant activities due to change of heart and are willing to return to the state. However, no ex-militant has been able to access these routes for return so far. The ex-militants have been coming back via Nepal border because there is no visa regime between India and Nepal for Indian citizen. As per report of J and K police, in the past three years, from 2010 to 2012 and the current year up to April 10, 262 ex-militants have returned via Nepal.”

Tamil Nadu Police arrested three people for their alleged involvement in April 17, 2013, Bangalore (Karnataka) bomb blast.

Police claim to have cracked the case of supply of FICN produced in Pakistan with the arrest of nine people in Ghaziabad (Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh). FICN worth INR 700,000 have also been seized from the accused. Those arrested had been supplying FICN to India via the Nepal and Bangladesh border.

Sahibabad (Ghaziabad District) Police also seized FICN worth INR 50,000. The accused were arrested from Defence Colony area.

Investigators probing the April 17, 2013, Bangalore (Karnataka) blast are on the lookout for two suspects, Ismail and Raja Mohammad, now considered the prime accused. Police said the suspects had bought the motorbike for INR 7,500 from Vellore on April 15, two days before the blast.

NIA is likely to question the three men arrested for possible clues to the February 21, 2013, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) blasts.

Ranchi District Police of Jharkhand arrested a ‘zonal commander’ of the CPI-Maoist Nirmal Horo alias Nirdesh Horo alias Ignesh Horo from Bariyatu locality in the city along with one of his aides, Sanjay Hooter.

A 36-hour bandh called by the All Assam Moran Students' Union paralyzed lives in upper Assam Districts. In Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Sivasagar Districts, educational institutions, banks and business establishments remained closed while vehicles remained off the road.

Tripartite talks will be held in Dispur on April 24 between representatives of RHJMC, non-Rabha groups and the State Government regarding the RHAC election.

S–CHTF in a memorandum submitted to the Minister of Welfare of Plains Tribe and Backward Community Department, Government of Assam, through the Sub–Divisional Officer (Civil), Lakhipur Sub–Division, Cachar, demanded immediate implementation of the rehabilitation package for the surrendered militants of the outfit and reconstitution of the Barak Valley Hill Tribes’ Development Council. The reconstitution is to be done with members selected by the CHTF.

The BVHTDC was formed by the State Government after 417 militants of the CHTF surrendered on March 18, 1996.

A goods-laden truck was set ablaze by suspected blockade supporters in between Khongnem and Karong villages of Senapati District, Manipur. The miscreants are yet to be identified but it is pertinent to note that the Zeliangrong Youth Front, All Zeliangrong Students' Union and Zeliangrong Students' Union, Manipur are enforcing blockade on the National Highways demanding safe and early release of school-girl Alice Kamei who is in the custody of the RPF/PLA.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, while addressing Khongjom Day function at Khebaching in Thoubal District to commemorate the Anglo-Manipuri war of 1891, slammed militant violence in the State, questioning whether the militants enjoyed the mandate of the people in carrying out violent activities.

Four Railways officials who were engaged in the construction of railway line tunnel have been abducted by unknown miscreants. They were abducted from the work site of tunnel number 2 near Thembipung in Tamenglong District.

Oil tanker driver, identified as Surjit, who was abducted by some suspected armed militants from Kohima on April 21 was released near Kohima, Nagaland. Surjit was abducted in connection with a demand served on all oil tankers to pay INR 8000 to INR 10,000 each. He was released following the cease work strike by tanker drivers to protest the abduction. Hinting that the armed militants might be cadres of NSCN-K, the individual who secured the released of Surjit confided that the militant group warned of dire consequences if their monetary demand is not fulfilled.

NSCN-IM has submitted a fresh proposal to the Centre for a greater autonomy. “We have demanded greater autonomy without giving up on our demands for independence and sovereignty,” a senior NSCN-IM functionary said.

Army set up a camp in village Hergam Wuyan at the outskirts of Srinagar city (Srinagar District, J&K), to put pressures on militants in the area where they have been re-grouping for past one year after increased pressure in North Kashmir.

Principal Sessions Judge, Jammu, Kartar Singh acquitted alleged HM militant and his supporter as prosecution failed to prove its case against them. They were arrested on December 26, 2004, from Sungli area of Bhaderwah in Doda District of J&K along with arms ammunition and other incriminating material including election identity card under the seal and signature of Assistant Electoral Registration Officer Doda.

A person, Iqrar Mohammed Nisar Ansari, was caught by SBI officials in Ahmadabad city (Ahmadabad District, Gujarat) along with FICN worth INR 5,000. According to Maninagar Police, Ansari, had come to SBI’s branch near Apsara Cinema in Pushpakunj Kakaria area of Ahmadabad city to deposit INR 40,000 in currency notes of INR 500 denomination.

The special TADA court in Valsad (Valsad District, Gujarat) acquitted four persons in the 1993 RDX landing case for want of evidence. Special judge M F Saiyed acquitted Ijju Shaikh, Mammu Mia Panju Mia, Mustafa Majnu and Amir Ali Bandukhwala, who were accused of being involved in the RDX landing off Tatawadi coast in Fansa village of Umargaon taluka in Valsad District.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed two persons, suspecting them to be Police informers, in Malkangiri District, Odisha.

Maoists set ablaze a mobile phone tower in Malkangiri District.

Kanker SP of Chhattisgarh said a joint Police party of BSF and District Police arrested two Maoists, during a search operation from Amagaon village under Tadoki Police Station limits of the District.

Narayanpur District Police of Chhattisgarh arrested a Maoist from Temrugaon under Benur Police Station limits.

A joint Police party of District Police (Bijapur) (Chhattisgarh), CISF and CRPF arrested a Maoist from the jungles of Muttapur under the limits of Madded Police Station.

CRPF troopers had a narrow escape as Maoists ambushed a search party in Bijapur District.

Jhargram District Police of West Bengal arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres and recovered skeletal remains of three persons from them.

CPI-Maoist cadres abducted five labourers engaged in road construction in Jamui district of Bihar but released three of them early on April 25.

The election to the RHAC which was scheduled to be held on April 30, is likely to be delayed. A meeting of the cabinet sub–committee on RHAC election was held in Guwahati, Assam. The meeting, in which representatives of Rabha and non–Rabha organizations had taken part, was presided over by State Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Prithvi Majhi. After the meeting, Majhi said, “There are some problems due to which the RHAC polls cannot be conducted soon. More discussions are needed with Rabha and non–Rabha organizations. Hence the polls will be delayed.”

Seven cadres KCP-MC, including their ‘Army Chief’, Laishram Guru alias Gunamani, have laid down arms to join the peace parleys with the Central and Manipur Governments. It was announced by the General Secretary of KCP-Lamphel, Taibang Nganba alias Dilip at a press conference held at Manipur Press Club. Along with ammunition, the cadres surrendered two AK rifles, one carbine and four pistols, Dilip added. Saying that KCP-Taibang Nganba and KCP-City Meitei are currently on peace talks with the Government, KCP-Pakhanglakpa is also ready to commence peace parleys.

greeting the people of Kangleipak (Manipur), ‘Western south East Asia’ and CorCom (a group of six militant groups) associates on the eve of its 19^th foundation day, ‘chairman’ of KYKL, N Oken has issued a call to all the leaders of revolutionary groups that time has come for thorough introspection and initiate appropriate measures for reviving the armed movement in the region.

NHRA appealed to all Naga militant factions to understand the plight of hotels and restaurant in Nagaland. The NHRA in a statement said, compared to other states/cities, “we are nowhere near to them in terms of income.” In this regard, NHRA urged all factions to be considerate while collecting ‘taxes’.

As per the directive of high authority, Zhenito Awomi, ‘finance kilonser’, NNC-NA has been stripped of finance portfolio with immediate effect for indulging in “financial misappropriation” and activities that was “detrimental” to the organization.

In a joint operation, 29 Assam Rifles and Police personnel rescued three local women from an “illegal Detention Centre of the NSCN-IM” in Ao Kashiram area, Dimapur District.

Two Government teachers of Wokha District, Nagaland who were reportedly taken into captive on April 12 “for not paying annual ‘tax’” on time by NSCN-IM cadres were released.

A report submitted by the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) states that Northeastern region witnessed an overall increase in violence with Assam and Manipur accounted for the bulk of incidents. The report also finds the level of violence in Meghalaya and Nagaland higher than the previous year while Tripura, Mizoram and Sikkim remained large peaceful. The report shows that the incidence of violence has risen from 627 in 2011 to 1,025 in 2012 which was 773 in 2010 and 1,297 incidents in 2009.The report further states that 3,562 militants were either arrested or killed or surrendered in the region.

The parliamentary panel has contended that socio-economic development may be the key solution to the ills of the region.

SF arrested two OGW of militants along with four IEDs from Kokernag area in Anantnag District in J&K. Police said that this is the third militant module that was busted in District during this month.

Two AK-47 Rifles, six Magazines and 180 rounds of ammunition of the PSOs of a NC leader Farooq Ahmad Sheikh in Anantnag District, J&K have gone missing from NC leader’s highly guarded house. According to reports, three AK-47 and one Insas Rifles were issued to four PSOs of the NC leader and two of them have gone missing.

A special NIA in New Delhi court issued fresh production warrant for May 30, 2013 against suspected LeT terrorist and one of the masterminds of November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack, Abu Jundal, who was charge sheeted by the probe agency for allegedly recruiting youths for the terror outfit.

Terrorist organisations like IM have agents in Kerala to source two-wheelers which are used to plant bombs and trigger blasts in various parts of India.

Two engines of a goods train derailed in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh after suspected Naxalites removed the fishplates from tracks on Jagdalpur -Vishakhapatnam route.

A woman CPI-Maoist cadre, who was working for the Bansadhara Division of the Maoists (Nikhil Group), surrendered before the Rayagada Superintendent of Police, Odisha.

CPI-Maoist cadres slit the throat of an accountant of a construction company near Paisraha village in Jamui District, Bihar and set ablaze three vehicles of the company. 

KLNLF ‘publicity -in-charge’ Rajak Dera alleged that on April 22 KPLT militants attacked the house of KLNLF ‘sergeant major’ Mukesh Rongphar in Assam. Rajak Dera said that no one was injured during the attack. Rajak Dera further urged KPLT to stop engaging in factional fights and come to the negotiating table.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to NDFB-IKS, from Balapara in Chirang District.

The BSF troopers have caught 243 Bangladeshis between 2008 and 2011 along the border of Cachar and Karimganj Districts in the State.

A senior Police official said that the involvement of militants in rhino poaching had been confirmed with the interception of messages between the KPLT militants and poachers. “KPLT militants have been supplying arms to the poachers,” the official said in the meeting of top officials from Golaghat, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Sonitpur Districts in Kaziranga

Troops of 19 Assam Rifles arrested one NSCN-K cadre, identified as one Khresakhuyi Sapou Chakhesang near Jail colony area, Kohima District, Nagaland One 9m pistol was also recovered from the cadre. 

The MCP-M has expanded their operative system in Manipur by adding another special region in addition to the existing four regions. A statement of MCP-M signed by its publicity and propaganda secretary, Nonglen Meitei said that the newly added Region 5 (special) would be led by Comrade N. Nganba Meitei as the regional bureau-in-charge.

A Joint Action Committee has been formed in connection with the reported abduction of a driver from Lilong who was reportedly abducted from a place in between Maram and Senapati (District) on April 21.

KYKL celebrated its 19th raising day on April 25.

Newly formed KNF-N attacked the official residence of Manipur’s Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Ngamthang Haokip with a hand grenade. However, the grenade did not explode. ‘’Publicity Secretary of KNF-N, Gou Vaiphei told  over the phone that the attack was carried out as the Minister turned down the request of the outfit to extend monetary help. The ‘publicity secretary’ further warned that the outfit would not only carry out other attacks in future but also take the life of the Minister if he fails to extend monetary help to the outfit.

Imphal West Police commandos arrested three militants of UKRA from near Kasturi Bridge and Khuyathong Pukhri Mapal near Bus Stand. The arrested militants were identified as Khwairakpam Sanatomba Singh (43), ‘Sergeant’ Ngamgouneo Kilong (21) and Thongkhohao Taothong (19). One 9mm pistol, along with a magazine loaded with three rounds, was recovered and seized from the possession of Ngamgouneo Kilong.

A report submitted by the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) states that Northeastern region witnessed an overall increase in violence with Assam and Manipur accounted for the bulk of incidents. The report also finds the level of violence in Meghalaya and Nagaland higher than the previous year while Tripura, Mizoram and Sikkim remained large peaceful. The report shows that the incidence of violence has risen from 627 in 2011 to 1,025 in 2012 which was 773 in 2010 and 1,297 incidents in 2009.The report further states that 3,562 militants were either arrested or killed or surrendered in the region.

The parliamentary panel has contended that socio-economic development may be the key solution to the ills of the region.

SFs raided an illegal gun factory at Dewsaw near Tynger, Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya and arrested one Kashmilin Konjir (62), the gun manufacturer on April 25. The Police also seized two Single Barrel Breech Loading (SBBL) barrels and one SBBL barrel with butt used for gun making.

The GNLA has ruled out any large scale surrender but said it is still open to talks. Ruling out surrender, the militant outfit reiterated conditional talks with the Government on the demand for a separate state for Garos.

Militants in the evening laid ambush and killed four Police personnel near Haigam locality along the Sopore-Kupwara road in Baramulla District of J&K. 

Baleeg-ud-Din, ‘spokesperson’ of HM, through a phone call to a local new agency has claimed responsibility of the attack. Militants took away three AK-47 rifles from the slain troopers. 

A local Sarpanch Ghulam Muhammad Mir has been arrested in this case as he was the one who made a phone call to the Police post informing about the presence of some thieves in the area.

Police arrested JKLF ‘chairman’ Mohammad Yasin Malik along with several of his associates at Mirgund locality in Pattan area of Baramulla District, J&K when he was on his way to Sopore to lead a protest rally back in response to the call for protests after Friday congregational prayers given by MMM.

Seven persons were arrested from Sipara bridge under Beur Police Station area in Patna, Bihar for possessing FICN worth INR 573,000. Two of them belong to West Bengal. There were two Bangladeshis among seven arrested.

Authorities have arrested one person identified as Mehbood and seized 500kg ammonium nitrate, used recently to carry out blasts (April 17, 2013) in Bangalore (Karnataka), 2013 from Kolar District of the state. The team seized 25 bags, each containing 20kg ammonium nitrate, and arrested one person named Mehboob from Kolar District.

A Delhi Court sent suspected HM militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah to NIA’s custody for five days. Sources said that NIA contended it needed to take Shah to Sunauli border, one of India-Nepal crossing points near Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, from where he was allegedly arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police on March 20, 2013.

The Gadchiroli-based Western Regional Committee of the CPI-Maoist has announced that it would participate in a nationwide bandh call given by the Central Regional Bureau on April 27. 

Police officials from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh discussed ways to counter Naxal movement through better coordination.

Nine CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested at Barhki Pakahi village under Lakhaura Police Station limits in East Champaran District of Bihar.

Assam Police arrested a CPI-Maoist ‘central committee member’ Aklanta Rabha (41) alias Maheshji and Siraj Rabha (35) alias Bijoy Rabha, a Jharkhand-based central training instructor from Jorabat area in Kamrup District.

The Police later arrested Aklanta’s wife, Rekha Rani, from Goalpara District for allegedly helping her husband to procure mobile phone SIM cards under fictitious names. A .22 pistol, six rounds of ammunition and seven mobile phone SIM cards were recovered from Aklanta, while 240 rounds of ammunition were found on Siraj.

SFs recovered a .303 rifle along with a silencer from a poacher, Borsing Tisso, in Ketoterang village in Karbi Anglong District. The poacher has further confessed that the rifle and the silencer were given to him by the militant group KPLT, he has not yet revealed when and who gave him the weapon.

 Police of Mankhurd Area (Greater Mumbai District, Maharashtra) arrested a gang of five persons involved in making of FICN of INR 100 denominations valued at INR 770,000. Police have seized INR 645,000 of FICN from the arrested five.

Two Policemen, including a SHO, were killed in a nearly-hour-long gunfight with CPI-Maoist after a Police patrol was attacked by the rebels in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District.

PLFI cadres killed a journalist in Khunti District of Jharkhand.

Two Maoist cadres, who had set on fire bamboo depots, were arrested by BSF in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh.

Two hardcore Maoist cadres, including a woman, surrendered before the Nabarangpur SP, Brajesh Rai, in Odisha.

Liquid explosives weighing around 30 kilograms were recovered from a forest in the Maoist dominated Topadihi area along Odisha-Jharkhand border during a combing operation by Rourkela Police of Sundergarh District, DVF and CRPF personnel.

SFs arrested three women from the Bhalukdubi area of Goalpara District, Assam for helping the CPI-Maoist duo of Aklanta Rabha and Siraj Rabha. The CPI-Maoist duo was, earlier, arrested on April 26.

IGP-CWR said CPI (Maoist) leaders are now propagating their ideology in the rural areas along the Assam-Meghalaya border. "Both the leaders have confessed that they were heading to Khasi Hills in Meghalaya to organize underground meetings with local communities there. Already, five to six such meetings have been conducted between the Khasis and Maoist leaders," said L R Bishnoi, IGP-CWR.

CM Tarun Gogoi said the presence of CPI-Maoist in the State is growing."It is a fact that Maoists activities are growing in the state and we have been updating the Centre on this. Here, there is a very thin line between Maoists and other militant outfits. Almost all of them seem to be working in cooperation," said, CM Gogoi.

SFs arrested a UNLF militant, identified as ‘Lance Corporal’ Moirangthem Premchandra Singh alias Ahing (30) from an undisclosed location in Manipur. The militant was later handed over to Kumbi police station for further investigation.

UNC appealed to the Central Government to immediately intervene and secure the release of Alice Kamei, minor girl, allegedly held captive by RPF/PLA since March 10.

Assam Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Police on the April 19 shootout between ULFA-ATF cadres and SFs in which four people were killed in Tinsukia District, an official said.

CPI-Maoist is eyeing aggrieved Khasi people from grossly underdeveloped Assam-Meghalaya inter-state boundary areas to facilitate outfits entry into Meghalaya.

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kokrajhar, Assam clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC in the Duramari area of Kokrajhar District following tension between Muslims and Bodos over a plot of Government land.

SF arrested K Ginsuanlian cadre of Zomi Revolutionary Front (ZRF) in Churachandpur District, Manipur.

Banned insurgent outfits are still active in Tripura, DGP Sanjay Sinha said Addressing a programme organized by the 6th Battalion Tripura State Rifles (TSR) headquarters at East Ramchandraghat under Khowai District, the DGP further stated that the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) has got at least 20 hideouts in neighbouring Bangladesh.

Two Assam Rifles (AR) personnel were injured when three IED, planted at a roadside by unidentified militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East District, Manipur.  The three IEDs exploded simultaneously by using remote-controlled device when personnel of 40^th AR battalion were passing through the area. The injured AR troopers were identified as, Anand Singh (Havildar) and Jakir Husain (driver).

A secret arms dump belonging to the Maoists was recovered during a joint operation by SFs in Mundigaon forest near Katingia of Kandhamal District of Odisha.

The MHA has set a 2014 deadline to complete fencing along the India-Bangladesh border. This was revealed in a report tabled by a parliamentary panel attached to MHA during the current session of Parliament. The report said Union home secretary R.K. Singh had given the panel an assurance in this regard in the last week of March 2013.

As the focus of security agencies, has been to neutralize the activities of LeT in Sopore town (Baramulla District) of J&K, it is the Kashmir’s oldest militant outfit HM which can prove to be a bigger threat in the coming times, says sources.

NIA team took him to Sunauli broder, one of the crossing points on the India-Nepal border in Maharajganj District of Uttar Pradesh. In the afternoon, the officials took him to the check-post of the Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) and quizzed him.

During the Dandakaranya bandh called by the Maoists in protest against the killing of some of the top leaders of the organisation by SFs in Bijapur a few days back, the Maoist insurgents virtually went on the rampage in Dantewada area and removed rail track, set ablaze a pokelane machine working in the mines of National Mineral Development Corporation and choked the Dantewada-Kirandul Road with felling trees.

Suspected CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a Gram Panchayat in Godalwahi village in Dhanora Division of Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.

Maoists on opened fire on a CRPF and District Police team near Jarawandi forest under Etapalli Division.

The call for Gadchiroli District bandh given by the Western Regional Committee (WRC) of CPI-Maoist did not have much impact.

Tension prevailed in Muniguda area of Rayagada District, Odisha following appearance of CPI-Maoist posters.

URF has announced that it has started 'checking' infrastructure and education system followed in all educational institutions of Manipur starting from primary level up to university level.

One civilian was killed while another sustained bullet injuries when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at them at Banderchara under Salakati outpost in Kokrajhar District, Assam.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Williamnagar District jail in East Garo Hills District in the night There was, however, no report of any casualty.

Sustained interrogation of the arrested LeT 'divisional commander' Fahd Ullah reveals that militants have changed strategy in J&K and are fanning out in South Kashmir region instead of concentrating into north Kashmir region.

DGP Ashok Prasad said Fahd Ullah revealed that 13 foreign militants of LeT sneaked into south Kashmir in November 2012.

Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in a gun battle with SFs in Latehar District, Jharkhand.

A leader of the ruling BJP was shot dead by CPI-Maoist cadres in Katekalyan region of Dantewada District, Chattisgarh.

Over half a dozen CPI-Maoist cadres attacked a bridge construction site and set ablaze four machines near Baldahiya River in Jahangirpur village in Jehanabad District, Bihar.

Fifteen sarpanches14 samiti, 31 ward members and three Zilla Parishad) members under Kalimela panchayat samiti have tendered their resignation at Kalimela block office in Malkangiri District, Odisha.

Two persons were killed and 10 others injured in the Moilapathar area near Raikhashini Pahar under Goalpara Police Station in Goalpara District, Assam when Police allegedly fired on a frenzied mob that went out of control following recovery of a body in the early hours.

ULFA-ATF militant, Jagat Bhuyan alias Madan, surrendered along with arms and ammunition in Jorhat District, Assam.

Altogether 28 organisations warned the Assam Government of a serious consequence if the non-Mising villages and people are made to live under the MAC.

Based on complaints filed by a businessman, the Ri Bhoi Police, Meghalaya arrested four sympathizers of GNLA, on charges of extortion.

Government wants the GNLA to first eschew violence before initiating talks with them.

KYKL cadre Maibam Ibomcha, who was involved in extortion activities, was arrested along with arms by the Manipur Police commandos in Awang Leikinthabi area in Imphal West District. Manipur.

Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar said the cease-fire between the Government of India and Naga political groups was only "temporary cessation of hostility" and that everyone needed to contribute so as restore and bring permanent peace in the state.

Four labourers of Coastal Project Limited, engaged in construction of Jiri-Tupul railway, who were abducted by unidentified gunmen on April 23, were released unharmed.

UNLF has claimed that the bomb attack near Ngariyan village along Yairipok-Andro road which left two Assam Rifles personnel injured on April 28 was carried out by a small demolition team of its armed wing, the Manipur People's Army (MPA).

UKRA has denied having any relations with Ngamgouneo Kilong and two others, identified as Kh Sanatomba and Thongkhohao Touthang, who were arrested by Imphal West District Police commandos near Kasturi Bridge, Manipur few days back. A statement issued by SBB Kom, 'information and publicity secretary' of UKRA said that Ngamgouneo Kilong was once a cadre of the outfit.

NSCN-K have strongly opposed the Government's decision to recognise the Mao community (of Senapati District of Manipur) in Nagaland till integration and sovereignty issues is settled with the Centre.

Several second rung leaders of the KPLT escaped unhurt after a long gun-battle with a SFs in Tikoklangso village in Karbi Anglong, Assam.

Core committee for Bru repatriation has tentatively set the last week of May to shift the Mizoram Brus to their original homes from a camp in Tripura.

A five-day cyber-safe campaign was officially started by Gurgaon Police, Haryana. Twelve schools under the Gurgaon Progressive Schools Council (GPSC) have been roped in for the first phase of the campaign that aims at sensitising students about threats of cyber crimes.

HM through threat posters pasted on electric poles and notice boards in mosques in Sopore (Baramulla District of J&K) has warned women and girls to keep away from latest fashion or dire consequences.

BSF arrested two Pakistani nationals, including a suspected ISI agent, along IB in Samba sector (Samba District). Mudassar was arrested by the BSF troopers between Pillar Nos. 330 and 331 at Chak Dulma in Rajpura area of Ghagwal in Samba. And Hashim was arrested from Nursery Post at forward area of Kamore in Ramgarh sector of Samba District. BSF recovered one pen and one electric testor from his possession.

SSP Samba Israr Khan said that movement of nine militants in two groups has been observed across Samba sector during the past few days and they could try to infiltrate into the Indian side.

A former terrorist involved in the 1995 serial blasts and a bank robber accompanying him were arrested near the Sonipat (Sonipat District, Haryana) border.

A 'militia commander', four 'militia members' and a 'village committee member' of the CPI-Maoist surrendered before Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) Superintendent of Police G. Srinivas.

Operations against the CPI-Maoist in Jharkhand will continue to end their mindless violence, says a senior CRPF official.

Two CPI-Maoist militia members, involved in murder, arson and other insurgency related crimes, were arrested by Narayanpur District Police.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, involved in several murders, who was also a close aide of 'central committee member' Modem Balkrishna, was arrested at Meraguri village in Kotgarh Police Station area of Kandhamal District, Odisha.

One more dead body was recovered from near the jungle of Moilaputa in Goalpara District, Assam, taking the death toll to five. The body was identified as that of one Jayanta Rabha of Dohikata under the Matia revenue circle in Goalpara. However, the charred body recovered on April 29 could not be identified.

An indefinite BTAD bandh called by the BTC, Bengali Youth Students Federation, which began at 6 am in protest against the firing at Bandanchara in Kokrajhar District on April 28 paralysed life in the region.

MK Preshow Shimray, a MLA representing Chingai Assembly Constituency, Manipur had an escape when unidentified persons fired and triggered a blast targeted at his convoy near Kuivakazo village in Ukhrul District.

A day after staff and students of Lamlai High School, Pungdongbam staged a sit-in protest against extortion and threats to educational institutions, a hand grenade was found placed at the doorstep of the Headmaster of Lamlai High School under Lamlai Police station in Imphal East District.

ATS filed a chargesheet before the MCOCA Court in Pune (Maharashtra) blast case of August 1, 2012. IM had planned to carry out blasts at the Yerawada Jail and Pune Court to avenge the murder of Qateel Siddiqui, an IM operative who was killed by inmates in the jail on June 8, 2012.

Special NIA court gave NIA an extension of 20 days, a day before the deadline to file the supplementary charge sheet in Malegaon blast (September 8, 2006) case was to end.

Addressing the Unified Commanders' Conference, Defence Minister A. K. Antony said, "The capability of Pakistani Taliban to strike at will at innocent public and strategic targets is worrisome."

Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh, in answer to a question in the Lok Sabha said, "In reaction to Guru's execution, representatives of nine terrorist outfits aligned to the United Jehad Council, including LeT, JeM, and HM, organised a conference February 13 in Islamabad [Pakistan] where the participants reiterated their resolve to set up jehad in India. The chief of LeT had a meeting with the top LeT commanders to plan big attacks to the iconic places in India…"

Analysts said that India currently has around 22,000 certified cyber security professionals, which is significantly lesser than the requirement of 77,000 personnel.

India has suffered losses of approximately USD 8 billion due to cyber-crime in 2011 and an estimated 14,392 websites in the country were hacked in 2012.

Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh told Lok Sabha since 2008-09 till 2012-13, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has hired 7,221 persons and 19,231 were trained by the organisation.

SF detected and defused a powerful IED at Shalteng along Srinagar-Baramulla road in Srinagar District hours before movement of J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

Sources indicated that there are around 6 trained active militants of HM outfit are operating in Sopore area of Baramulla District. These militants are being supervised by their top 'commander' Qayoom Najar.

GOC, 16 Corps Lieutenant General D.S Hooda said that there were nearly 200 militants camping at the launching pads across the LoC awaiting to sneak into this side of border.

Security has been increased in Punjab following reports of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal being in the hit-list of terror group LeT.

CPI-Maoist in Assam received training in handling of weapons in Jharkhand and jungles of Arunachal Pradesh and efforts are on by the rebels to spread their bases to other parts of the North East region.

In Assam, ULFA-ATF led by Paresh Baruah has changed its name and now the outfit will be known as the ULFA-Independent (ULFA-I).

A North Eastern Frontier Railway (NEF) employee, Biswajit Debnath (32), was abducted, on duty, by unidentified armed persons from Cachar District, Assam. The abductors later demanded a ransom of INR 10 million.

Two remote controlled IED weighing 6.5 kilograms each were recovered by 16 Assam Rifles of 10 Sector near Seijang along Imphal Ukhrul road, Manipur and destroyed by a bomb disposal squad.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were killed in an encounter with SFs in Narayanpur District, Chattisgarh.

CPI-Maoist cadres have abducted at least three persons, including an elected panchayat representative, at Mahupadar village under Mathili Police Station limits in Malkangiri District, Odisha.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Mathew Jagaranga, was arrested from his hideout at Meragudi village under Kotagarh Police Station, during a joint combing operation by CRPF, District Voluntary Force (DVF) and local Police, in Brahmanigaon area of Kandhamal District.

A 35-year-old tribal man, identified as Alem Sammaiah, was shot dead by suspected CPI-Maoist cadres in the forest area near Narsingapeta in Chinturu mandal (administrative unit) of Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh.

On the occasion of the International Workers' Day PREPAK has called upon all the people of Manipur to nurture a healthy work culture for a self-reliant economy.

RPF declared on the occasion of the International Workers' Day that in order to escape the neo-liberalization policies of India set by its capitalist class and its market economy and put into motion a vibrant economy of Manipur, all the indigenous communities of Manipur need to take a firm resolution and wage the war of liberation collectively.

SFs recovered a cache of illegal arms and ammunition from the house of NSCN-IM deputy kilonser ''ministry of trade and transport, Kahoi Swu located in Nuton Basti in Dimapur, nagaland.

NSF and the ENSF in Nagaland have resolved not to allow any form of 'tax' imposition on educational institutions especially teachers within their respective jurisdictions.

Kilo kilonser Federal Government of Nagaland Zaleo said that there was only one Naga National Council (NNC) which belong to the Nagas and that there was "no room" for NNC Accordists and Non-Accordists.

GNLA came upfront and issued notifications in some part of Shallang in West Khasi Hills as well as a tollgate at Songsak in East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya calling a bandh of 15 days at Shallang from May 1 to 15.

Unidentified assailant killed a man, Rabiram Rabha, & injured his wife at Dariduri Tilapara area under Baguan Police Station in Goalpara District, Assam taking the toll in the trouble-torn District to six.

The confessions of Rajendra Chaudhry and Tejaram Parmar, accused in the Mecca Masjid (Andhra Pradesh) blast case of May 16 2007, revealed that they conducted a recce of the mosque and other places in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) three months before they carried out the attack.

Andhra Pradesh DGP V. Dinesh Reddy said that the Andhra Pradesh government gives utmost priority to coastal security to meet any security challenge through the sea route

The central government has designated additional sessions judge P. V. Savaikar as the special judge to conduct the trial into the Margao (South Goa District) blast (October 16, 2009) case, which will now be heard at the South Goa sessions court at Margao, Goa.

SF recovered a cache of arms and explosives from Chatru area of Kishtwar District, J&K. The recoveries effected from the cache included two .303 Rifle, one 12 Bore Rifle, one country made Rifle, 4 UBGL grenades, 50 rounds PIKA belt, 71 rounds of AK 47 Rifle, 2 magazines of AK 47 Rifle and 1 magazine of 7.62 LMG.

A team of SSB intercepted and arrested eight persons, including two former militants, along with their Pakistani wives and four children from Maharajaganj area (Maharajaganj District) in Uttar Pradesh along the India-Nepal border.

DGP Ashok Prasad claimed that April 26, 2013, Haigam (Baramulla District) ambush in which four J&K Police personnel were shot dead was carried by a local group of militants belonging to HM outfit.

SF neutralized a militant hideout and recovered a cache of ammunition and explosive material at General Area Chatru in Kishtwar District. Four rifles were recovered from the hideout.

A division bench of the Assam Human Rights Commission issued a notice to State Chief Secretary N.K. Das, seeking a probe into the violence at Goalpara and submit a report in 45 days.

ULFA-ATF also known as (ULFA-Independent) blamed State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for inviting dubious chit fund companies who duped investors and demanded that he ensures that they are paid back their dues.

Jailed CPI-Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested for setting up a base of CPI-Maoist in New Delhi sought bail from the Delhi High Court on the ground that he has already been granted the relief by Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court in a case.

Optimistic of bringing the CPI-Maoist menace under control to a great extent in Odisha soon, DGP Prakash Mishra appealed to the president of Maoist-backed Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), Nachika Linga, to surrender.

An anti-extremist training school along with a hub for SOG were all set to be established at Koraput soon and land for the same was selected near the railway station in the town, DGP Mishra said in the press meet at Koraput.

The CPI-Maoist has stepped up their expansion drive in western Odisha and the trijunction of Karnataka-Tamil Nadu-Kerala, a latest assessment by the MHA has revealed,

The Chhattisgarh High Court reserved its judgement on the bail application of Malti alias K S Priya, who was convicted for her alleged involvement in Naxal activities.

The Gaya District Civil and Police officials organized Janata Durbars (public hearing) in Sewra and Lutua villages in the Naxal affected Imamganj Police Station area of the District in Bihar.

The MHA has raised concern over CPI-Maoist terror training camps organised to impart military training for new recruits and planning of special operations against Security Forces in at least seven Maoist-infested States.

NNC-Non Accordist (NNC-NA) has reacted to the press statement which appeared in a local daily issued by Zaleo, Kilo kilonser, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN), saying that there is only one NNC which belong to the Nagas. It stated that with signing of the Shillong accord on November 11, 1975, the NNC was fragmented and presently there were many groups spearheading the Naga National Movement for self determination and NNC-NA being among the said groups.

Drawing attention to news reports over the purported move of the State Government for considering Mao tribe as the 18th Scheduled Tribe of Nagaland and subsequent reaction against it ,the State home department asserted that said the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Government had not made any "move or decision" on the issue.

NSCN-IM said it was investigating into the April 19 incident in which former speaker of Eastern Naga Students' Federation (ENSF), Throngso Yimchunger was physically assaulted.

The security of the Kochi District (Kerala) Court Complex which includes, NIA and CBI courts, have been increased following an alert issued by the Intelligence Wing.

India wants Pakistan to hold a high-level investigation into the allegations that the jail attack on late Indian spy and prisoner Sarabjit Singh was planned in advance by some LeT linked elements to avenge the hanging of LeT's Ajmal Kasab and JeM's Afzal Guru by the Indian government.

The NIA on filed a chargesheet before the Ernakulam NIA special court against Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and three others in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) FICN case.

Dawood Ibrahim and his network of bogus hawala firms, spread across India, have been covertly financing IM's network in India, said sources in the central agencies and counter-terrorism units investigating blast cases across the country.

At least two militants suspected to be shot dead by the SF in an operation at Gatyali Behak locality in Rajwar forest area of Handwara (Kupwara District), J*K.

Army troopers apprehended a Pakistani national on May 2 from Kancha Post in Nowshera sector of Rajouri District along LoC and recovered FICN worth INR 30,000, used for playing by the children, from his possession besides some other documents.

A roadblock was enforced at Kangpokpi in Senapati District, Manipur against the arrest of a KNF-P cadre, which is a party to the tripartite SoO agreement, by the Police.

SFs recovered a huge cache of explosives and Maoist belongings during a combing operation at Narayanpatna in Koraput District, Odisha.

Plans are on to intensify anti-Maoist operation in cut off area of Chitrakonda reservoir, which is a major Maoist stronghold in Malkangiri District.

A suspected CPI-Maoist cadre, absconding for nearly five years after release on bail, surrendered at the Judicial Magistrate court in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Kerala CM Oommen Chandy said that his government was willing to permit the NIA take over the probe into the alleged seizure of weapons from an arms training centre of the Popular Front of India (PFI) at Narath, near Kannur (Kannur District), on April 23, 2013,

At least five persons were injured when some unidentified persons attacked a bakery by lobbing an explosive at Chingmeirong Mamang Awang Leikai in Imphal East District, Manipur.

Denouncing the life attempt on Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), M K Preshow, by unidentified gunmen in Ukhrul District few days back, the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) urged the concerned groups/individuals to come out in public over the matter.

3rd anniversary of the 'martyrdom' of late Neli Chakho and late Dikho Loshuo would be observed on May 6 at Martyrs' Park, Mao Gate (Senapati District) at 11 am under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC).

SFs arrested fifteen cadres belonging to NDFB-IKS from Namtola, on the Assam-Nagaland border in Sivasagar District, Assam.

Three suspected GNLA militants and recovered a 7.6 pistol with two live cartridges under Dudhnoi Police Station in Goalpara District.

Residents of Margherita town in Tinsukia District nabbed a suspected NSCN-IM militant, Sumit Mech, with an AK-47 rifle and a foreign-made semi- automatic rifle and handed him over to Police.

NNC, information and publicity wing in a press release stated that the (Nagaland) Government has expelled "major" Alex Achumi from the NNC Army wing because of his "anti- activity" against the functioning of the parent body, NNC, misappropriation of fund and indiscipline.

An alleged IM cadre, identified as Usman alias Shahid Nagori and a prime suspect in the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case was arrested from Nagori Mohallah from near Topkhana area of Ujjain (Ujjain District) by Madhya Pradesh Police.

A man, identified as Lateef Siddiqui was awarded 10 years in jail for printing FICN from Bahraich (Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh). A penalty of INR 10,000 was also imposed on him.

The Bangalore Police have claimed that two persons, arrested and remanded for alleged involvement in two incidents in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), were involved in the April 17, 2013, Bangalore (Karnataka) blast. M Asgar Ali was arrested on May 2.

A Delhi court issued a production warrant for suspected LeT terrorist Abu Jundal in connection with the September 19, 2010, Jama Masjid blast case.

The Delhi High Court upheld a trial court order sentencing three JeM terrorists Noor Mohammad Tantre, Pervaiz Ahmed Mir, and Faroz Ahmed Bhat to life imprisonment under the POTA for plotting a terror attack in Delhi, while reducing life terms of two other accused Atiq-uz-Zama and Raees-uz-Zama to 11-year jail.

Of the two militants suspected to be dead following an encounter in Rajwar forest area of Handwara (Kupwara District of J&K) on May 2, the body of one of them was recovered by the SF. An AK-47 rifle and 2 magazines were also recovered from the encounter site.

A remote controlled IED weighing approx 5 kilograms was recovered by 27 Assam Rifles near Soura village.

Two people, identified as Jayanti Gohil and his son Ramesh Gohil accused in the Best Bakery (Gujarat) case of 2002 and also wanted in the 2007 Ajmer Sharif (Rajasthan) blast case were arrested by the NIA and the city police in a joint operation near the Vadodra city.

Eight organisations have called a 12-hour Goalpara District, Assam, bandh to protest against the killing of two persons at Moilaputa near Goalpara town on April 29 and the subsequent police inaction.

CPI-Maoist cadres have killed a village panchayat member in Mathili area of Malkangiri District.

A powerful blast reportedly of an IED took place near the Main Gate of the RIMS complex next to the Parking Shed located outside the complex. The incident took place leaving some portion of the retaining wall and the windows and doors of an electric power house of RIMS located next to the wall damaged. However, there are no reports of any casualty in the blast.

Bomb experts of 27 Assam Rifles safely disposed off an IED weighing about 2 kilograms planted on the road stretch between Kakching Lamkhai and Khunou Tabi Ching along the Imphal-Moreh road under Thoubal District.

Two cadres of Kesho-Meitei faction of KCP-Kesho Meitei have been arrested by Imphal West commandos from near Little Master English School Samurou. A press release issued by Imphal West SPJayanta identified the arrested cadres as Phijam Amuba alias Amu (58) and Moirangthem Khoirom Manju (33).

A cadre of UNLF Army No 886 (Batch No 13) identified as 'Sergeant major' Salam Kunjabihari alias Tharoiba, surrendered to the Security Forces with one .22mm Rifle with Magazine". The individual revealed that he joined UNLF outfit in 2000 and was actively involved in money collection for the banned outfit from Kumbi area of Bishnupur District. Security Forces (SFs) recovered two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from an abandoned house at Bhetagaon village in Chirang District.

The arrest of 15 new male recruits of the I K Songbijit faction of NDFB-IKS in Sivasagar District, on May 3, while they were on their way to Myanmar for training has taken intelligence agencies by surprise, for the outfit's Myanmar-based leadership had asked for only female recruits.

The All BTC ABBYSF met State Home Secretary, Gyanandra Tripathi and submitted a memorandum, describing him of the problems faced by Hindu Bengalis living in the BTAD. In the memorandum, ABBYSF expressed concern over rise in extortion, abduction and killing of Hindu Bengalis in the BTAD by militant groups, including KLO, an Adivasi militant outfit.

Security Forces (SFs) recovered arms and ammunition from a forest hideout of militants in Rafiabad area of Baramulla District. The recoveries made from the hideout included an AK-56 rifle, 120 rounds of ammunition, one grenade, five wireless sets and a pistol.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres were arrested during a joint search operation in a jungle in Bijapur District.

NLFT-BM looks set to intensify abduction and extortion bid to tide over its financial 'crisis'. According to highly places sources, NLFT-BM leaders had a meeting at an undisclosed location in Bangladesh and finalised the future plan for revival of the outfit. In the meeting, rebel leaders had expressed serious concern over the severe financial crunch over the past one year with plans to resort kidnapping in remote areas to receive huge ransom. Further, NLFT-BM would also engage in drug smuggling and arms business to earn money in order to revive the outlawed organization.

Sources said, the NLFT-BM, which has around 150 cadres has been failing to pay salary to its cadres for the past one year leading to unrest among lower cadres. In spite of adverse situation, the outlawed group has been able to recruit 15-20 cadres and they are getting arms training.

NLFT 'chairman' Biswamohan Debbarma has left Bangladesh following the arrest of ATTF 'president' Ranjit Debbarma by Bangladeshi agencies. There are indications Biswamohan is now staying in Myanmar states the report.

Additional Superintendent of Police of Mamit District, Sang Zoala, visited the refugee camps on May 4, held discussions with MDBPF president Saibuanga on beginning the process of repatriation from the last week of this month.

A welding unit of Maoists which used to manufacture IED was unearthed by SFs in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District.

A trader from Chokpot bazaar in South Garo Hills was shot dead by suspected GNLA militants during a botched kidnapping attempt on in the morning. The incident occurred approximately a hundred yards from Chokpot police station.

The Union Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by the Prime Minister is examining the final peace settlement with the ANVC and the ANVC-B. A State Home department official said that after the clearance from the Political Affairs Committee, the matter will be brought to the Union Cabinet for consideration. "We hope to get a favorable outcome from the Centre within a month," the official added.

It was in January in Shillong, ahead of the Assembly elections in the State, that the Government had signed a draft peace pact with both the ANVC and the ANVC-B. The outcome of the meet was that the Government and the ANVC mutually agreed to strengthen and expand the GHADC after the militant outfit had scaled down from their earlier demands of formation of a separate Garo state and also constitution of GAC in line with BTC.

A powerful IED blast took place near the Main Gate of the RIMS complex next to the Parking Shed located outside the complex. However, there are no reports of any casualty in the blast.

A press release of the ZRF has clarified that the ZRF is no longer under the fold of the KNO since long, according to a report. It said, the ZRF is one of the constituent members of the UPF ever since it left KNO and that the outfit is also one of the signatories of the Suspension of Operation with the Government.

CPI-Maoist cadres' bid to blow up a Police patrolling party in Chatra District was foiled as SFs recovered five powerful IEDs planted beneath a road.

SFs arrested a NDFB linkman, Dibakar Deka, from National Highway (NH) 31 under Rangiya Police Station in Kamrup (rural) District. SFs recovered a 7.62 revolver, four rounds of live cartridges, a mobile set and some SIM cards from his possession.

SFs recovered arms and ammunition from Sopore township of Baramulla, after receiving a tip off, Police said. The recoveries made included an AK 56 rifle, two AK 56 magazines, 120 rounds of AK 47 ammunition, one 9-mm pistol, one 9-mm pistol magazines, one hand grenade and five hand held radio sets.

Baramulla Police arrested a LeT militant, Muzaffar Ahmad Lone, son of Abdul Rahim, resident of Raipora in Palhallan. "Muzaffar is involved in case FIR No. 207/2012, under Section 302 RPC, 7/25 I.A Act of police station Pattan for the killing of Sarpanch of village Palhallan.

SFs cordoned off Maloora village in the outskirts of Srinagar (Srinagar District) following inputs about the movement of two suspected militants in the area.

CPI-Maoist has formed a women wing called Biplabi Mahila Sangathan in Malkangiri District of Odisha in its endeavour to woo the local people and particularly women.

The Naga Hoho, the apex body of the Nagas has opposed the formation of any exclusive organisation that would be detrimental to the unity of the Nagas. The Hoho has accused some State politicians of a nexus with some people to create a divide in Naga society. A source in the Naga Hoho alleged that former finance minister and veteran Naga politician K. Therie and former Nagaland Assembly Speaker Z. Lohe were trying to create a division by trying to form a new organisation — Nagaland Tribal Council.

Shahid Nagori arrested and accused in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) blast of July 26, 2008 told Police that he had attended several terrorist training camps and had recruited many naive youths into the IM.

K. Therie said the Nagas of the State had been suppressed by Nagas from outside the state and flayed chief minister Neiphiu Rio for working against the wishes of the people of the state. “We should have our own organisation. Why should we be prevented from forming a separate organisation?” the Congress leader said. He said he could not see any valid reason why the Naga Hoho should go against people who are trying to form an organisation exclusively for the Nagas of Nagaland. “We are virtually suppressed people now,” he said, adding that the Nagas of Manipur were pursuing their own goals. He said having a separate organisation could help to express their aspirations to the Centre and the State Government. “Let Nagas of Nagaland determine their own future,” he said.

Imphal West District Police commandos, in two separate incidents arrested two cadres of KYKL from Paona Bazar near Pratap Talkies and Ahallup Kontha Makha Leikai respectively. A statement issued by Imphal West Police identified the KYKL duo as Mayanglambam Mahesh alias Kiran alias Athouba Singh (25) and Kongjengbam Ibohal Singh (29). One M-20 pistol along with magazine with one live round was seized from the possession of M Mahesh alias Kiran alias Athouba Singh, it added.

A PLA/RPF cadre identified as Oinam Samananda Singh alias Kauba (30) was arrested by Thoubal District Police while conducting frisking and checking at Wangoo Lamkhai, Thoubal Police statement said.

a press statement signed by Ksh.Yoiheiba Senior Publicity Officer of the UNLF has refuted the news report of one ‘Sergeant Major’ Salam Kunjabihari alias Tharoiba surrendering along with an M-22 riffle saying it is part of the ongoing fake drama being carried out as propaganda by the Security Forces.

The MCP-M, in a press release claimed its hand in the bomb explosion at the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) campus saying it is a part of its “class struggle.” It alleged that the doctors at RIMS are not performing their duty properly as a result of which, many poor people like farmers and laborers had to suffer a lot. While demanding resignation from the Director accusing him of not performing his duty well, the outfit has also announced a general strike on May 17 from 5 am to 5 pm.

CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a private guest house and a culvert in Bhimbundh forest in Munger District of Bihar.

A hardcore CPI-Maoist cadre was arrested from a village in Rafiganj area of Aurangabad District, Bihar.

In the run-up to their two-day bandh call from May 10, the CPI-Maoist cadres blew up a panchayat office in Malkangiri District of Odisha.

The Army neutralized a militant hideout and recovered large cache of arms and explosives in Khandi belt of Mahore area in Reasi District.

Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh said that the MHA has received comments of all stakeholders on the subject and the improved procedures will be out in a few days. Singh said J&K Police will now come and escort these militants from the border to the State and they will also carry out background checks of these individuals. Over 260 ex-militants have returned to J&K via Nepal.

Five more persons have been arrested in a joint operation by Bangalore city Police and Tamil Nadu Police in connection with the April 17, 2013 blast in Bangalore (Karnataka).

Crime branch sleuths in Ahmedabad arrested two persons, identified as Rajvir Singh Jat and Jaiprakash Kesari with INR 5, 00, 000 worth of FICN printed in Bangladesh.

Punjab Police have seized INR 5.4 lakh in FICN and arrested one person, identified as Wes Abdul Mehmood, a resident of West Bengal, from an undisclosed location.

A manager of a coal export company operating from Gasuapara in South Garo Hills near the international border with Bangladesh was abducted by suspected GNLA militants who came disguised as laborers in the night. “We have identified the group as that of GNLA area commander Pangkam who sent his cadres under one Odek to kidnap the coal company’s manager,” indicated District Superintendant of Police, Davis Nestell R Marak.

The ANVC-B has asked the State and the Central Government to expedite the final peace settlement with the outfit and all its breakaway factions, according to a report of May 8. ANVC-B leader Rimpu Marak said that the delay in finalizing the peace pact may lead to the possibility of emergence of other militant outfits. “The earlier the solution, the better it is for ensuring peace in the State,” he said. It may be mentioned that Norrok X Momin, who was earlier a part of the ANVC-B, deserted the outfit and formed the UALA recently. The Union Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by the Prime Minister is currently examining the final peace settlement.

A Chinese hand grenade was found in front of a saw mill in Sagoband Ingudam Leirak under Imphal Police station along the Imphal-Jiribam road in Imphal West District at around 6 am. Bomb experts of the Police exploded it safely.

Another Chinese hand grenade tightly wrapped in plastic was found near Ibudhou Meijrao Lakpa Community hall of Irom Meijrao under Wangoi Police station in the same district at around 11 am. and was safely exploded by bomb experts of the Police.

the third anniversary of the death of late Loshou and Chakho was organized on May 6 at the Martyr’s Park at Mao gate (Senapati District), informed a press statement of the UNC. Neli Chakho Mao and Daikho Loshou Mao were killed during firing by State Forces during the impasse over the matter of the entry of Thuingaleng Muivah, General Secretary of NSCN-IM into the State on May 6, 2010.

A deserter of the UTLA, identified as Thanglemang alias Mamang has been arrested by troops of Assam Rifles from Churachandpur District and handed over to the Police in Imphal with arms and ammunitions recovered from him on May 6. Mamang was one of the three cadres of the outfit who had deserted its designated camp of the group located at New Phaisat in Churachandpur with arms on January 25.

Following special operations led by top level officials of the Manipur Police department some months back to detect illegal foreigners in the State, 23 persons have been given two years conviction. However, the fate of other illegal foreigners being kept in judicial custody is still uncertain. According to a reliable source, a total of 48 illegal foreigners are being kept at Imphal Central Jail. The source further said that most of the foreigners being kept in judicial custody are Bangladesh nationals.

On receiving information that the Government has decided to shift the cadres of the KYKL-MDF presently lodged with the 20th Assam Rifles camp at Chandel Headquarter to the Khongjom area of Thoubal District, locals of Khongjom and surrounding villages in Thoubal have resolved to strongly stand against the decision of the Government. It is learnt that the Government has decided to shift 25 cadres of the KYKL-MDF presently lodged at Chandel as the first phase to the 15th Assam Rifles Camp at Khongjom.

People of Chandel head quarter had been staging sit in protest since May 6 declaring that valley based  armed cadres who had publicly announced that they have entered the `peace process` cannot be stationed at the District and should be shifted to some other place at the earliest.

Interrogation of arrested CPI-Maoist militant, Aklanta Rabha alias Maheshji, has revealed that  Maoist have succeeded in making inroads into Barak valley in Assam. CPI-Maoist ‘central committee member’, Maheshji, along with a central training instructor in Jharkhand, Siraj Rabha, was arrested by Police recently in Kamrup District. Barak Valley, comprising the three districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi, shares inter-state borders with Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram and an international border with Bangladesh.

The plan of CPI-Maoist to form a women's group in Assam has been hit after Police succeeded to arrest top CPI-Maoist leader Aklanta Rabha's wife Rekha Rani Raha alias Sonpahi in Goalpara on April 27. "Rekha revealed that she was acting as an overground member of CPI (Maoist). She had formed an organization called Nari Mukti Sangha to fight against social discrepancy towards backward classes and was propagating the Maoist ideology among women in particular. She confessed that she had managed to recruit at least seven to eight women Maoist cadres in Goalpara and Kamrup districts," said a Policeman.  Aklanta Rabha was arrested on April 26 in the State.

A Home Ministry official said that the Mizoram government has agreed to resume the rehabilitation of over 40,000 Bru tribals who had sought refuge in Tripura for about 16 years. "Mizoram government's core committee on refugee repatriation headed by Parliamentary Secretary for Home Lalrinmawia Ralte last week held a meeting and decided to resume return of refugees this month-end," a Mizoram home department official told . The official said: "The core committee has asked the District administration of the Mizoram's Mamit district to finalise the schedule of the return after discussion with counterparts in Tripura." The official said the MHA has asked the Mizoram to re-start the stalled rehabilitation of refugees, in coordination with Tripura.

Majority of Bru refugees in North Tripura District are still reluctant to return to Mizoram even as Mizoram and Tripura Governments, as instructed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, would soon resume the repatriation process.  President of MBDPF, A Sawibung said no one in the relief camps, including the MBDPF leaders, were informed about the proposal for fresh repatriation.

Majority of Bru refugees staying in seven relief camps in Kanchanpur sub-division of North Tripura District are still reluctant to return to Mizoram even as Mizoram and Tripura governments, as instructed by the MHA, would soon resume the repatriation process.

President of MBDPF, A Sawibung said no one in the relief camps, including the MBDPF leaders, was informed about the proposal for fresh repatriation."We have not received any official information on the matter, but learned through news reports that the meeting of Core Committee on Bru Repatriation held in Aizawl discussed the resumption of repatriation recently ".He said while a few families might be willing to return to Mizoram, majority of them would not want to be repatriated. He said the monsoon would set in during the last part of May, when the Mizoram government decided to commence the repatriation, making the terrain difficult and transportation almost impossible."The time for starting jhum cultivation was over and we would be facing a famine-like situation this year," added the MBDPF, president.

The NSG held a day-long seminar on "Counter Terrorism" at its Manesar (Gurgaon District, Haryana) campus, and while speaking on the occasion, Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh, said terror activities across India have jumped by 20 per cent while terror-related casualties have increased by 30 per cent. The Home Secretary said "religious fundamentalism" was a major threat to the country and has increasingly started finding its place among the educated in society.

In the last one month, as many as 11 persons have been arrested for allegedly operating a "local" FICN racket in Maharashtra, with its kingpin being a Pune-based real estate agent. Police said the suspects printed FICN at Nashik (Nashik District) and planned to circulate it in the tribal and rural belts of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli Districts, the areas infested by Naxals.

Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh said that India's challenge to fight terrorism will increase when the NATO and allied forces pull out from Afghanistan in 2014. Singh said, "Our challenge will be further when withdrawal of NATO forces takes place from Afghanistan. The problems will multiply. All the terrorists, Taliban etc, will turn their focus towards us." While referring to IM, Singh said it's difficult to detect the movement of these terrorists because "they (IM terrorists) move in ones and twos and have local linkages and places for shelter within the country".

Two Jammu businessmen, identified as Mushtaq and Iqbal, arrested on November 27, 2006 near Old Delhi Railway Station and jailed for seven years over charges of terrorism, were acquitted by the Delhi High Court.

The BSF in the morning foiled an infiltration attempt of militants backed by Pakistani Rangers’ firing along the International Border in Ramgarh sector of Samba District by neutralizing the group of militants that was trying to enter into the Indian Territory. Two groups of nine militants were reportedly moving on Pakistan side across Samba sector for the past few days awaiting an opportunity to sneak into this side.

Army launched an operation near the LoC in Budnal forests of Kupwara District after the movement of 4-5 militants was observed in the area.

Security Forces arrested four persons, including a Policeman posted as security guard at a hotel where Move employees of Srinagar Civil Secretariat have been accommodated. “One Pistol, one Pistol magazine, 2 SLR magazines, 50 SLR, three mobiles, one SIM card, and one pouch was recovered from the arrested persons”, sources added.

The Government said only one displaced Kashmiri Pandit family has so far returned to the Valley while 4,522 families continue to live in four camps in Jammu.

The Central Government will soon issue a new set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Kashmiri militants, who want to return to India through the Nepal border to surrender under a special scheme.

A CPI-Maoist cadre involved in the abduction of Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka in March 2012 and wanted in at least 15 murders, including two in Andhra Pradesh, was arrested in Rayagada District of Odisha.

Two youths accused of promoting Naxal ideology - Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaychor- wanted by the Maharashtra ATS since 2011 were arrested by the State Police.

Handwritten pamphlets, released in the name of Korukonda Dalam of CPI-Maoist and other tribal organisations, were found in Mampa area of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh.

The Central Government informed the Lok Sabha that the CPI-Maoist cadres were manufacturing improvised hand grenades and rocket propelled grenades in their arms manufacturing units in Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand.

In response to another question, the Minister informed the House that 532 companies (53,200 personnel) of Central Armed Police Forces were deployed in Maoist-affected states, including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha.

Naxalites are gearing up to hold the 10th Congress of the CPI-Maoist during the monsoon in 2013.

CPI-Maoist cadres abducted three more persons, including a Sarpanch in Mathili Police Station area of Malkangiri District, Odisha.

A 21-year-old CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Goodar Bhuiyan alias Mahender, undergoing treatment at an abandoned house near Pandra in Ranchi District, Jharkhand was arrested by Palamu District Police.

Police recovered a huge arms and ammunition dump belonging to the CPI-Maoist in the forests of Narsingapur village of Adavi Mutharam mandal in Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh.

Police recovered a huge quantity of groceries from a forest under Bargarh District’s Boden Police Station limits after an exchange of fire with CPI-Maoist cadres.

An infiltration attempt was foiled by the BSF in the Samba area. "Around 5 AM, BSF personnel observed one person trying to cross over into Indian territory, taking cover of sarkanda  in Ballard forward area (in Samba District)", DIG BSF J. S. Oberoi said.

NSCN-K has expressed serious concern over reports of groups and individuals seeking and levying “tax/donations” in and around Dimapur District in the name of NSCN-K. In a statement, NSCN-K ‘military in-charge’ ‘lieutenant colonel’ Akaho Sumi directed all business establishments, individuals and the general public not to entertain demands from individuals or groups claiming to be from the NSCN-K without the approval of the designated authorities from the ‘military (finance).

KNO/KNA has decreed that the Transport Contractors intending to transport food grains and sugar from FCI depots to various PDCs on Sadar Hills routes must take the approval/consent from the outfit. Negligence in this regard would not be tolerated at any cost, said a press release issued by the outfit.

On the occasion of the third anniversary of the "martyrdom" of two Naga students who were killed in Police firing at Mao Gate on May 6, 2010, the UNC has reaffirmed its call for an alternative administrative arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur. On May 6, 2010, a large number of rallyists were denouncing the State Government's decision to prevent NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah from visiting Somdal, his ancestral village in Ukhrul District.

The UCM and AMUCO have decided to jointly observe the June 18 anniversary at Kekrupat in Imphal West District from 2013. 18 protesters were killed while several others sustained injuries while protesting the Bangkok declaration of the Government of India and NSCN-IM granting ceasefire without territorial limits on June 18, 2001. The UCM had since then observed the day separately as ‘The Great June Uprising’ while the same day had been observed as ‘Unity Day’ by the AMUCO.

SFs in an encounter killed a militant, Tenkhenlo Rengma (27), belonging to the NRHPF, formed in 2012, at Kaham Rengso hill under Chowkihola Police Station in Karbi Anglong District. The SFs recovered one .9mm pistol, one AK-47 rifle, two hand grenades and huge cache of assorted ammunition besides 112 rounds of 303 bolt action rifle, 61 rounds of self loading rifle, 59 rounds of AK-56 rifle and 14 rounds of .9mm weapon and a solar operated set for charging communication devices from the camp. SFs raided the camp initially thought that the cadres belonged to KPLT. The NRHPF seeks a regional council for the Rengma tribes living in eastern Bokajan subdivision of the District. The outfit’s identity was established from some documents found in the camp.

NBSS blocked NH-52 in Sonitpur District for three hours, demanding exclusion of 19 villages dominated by non-Bodos from Udalguri District in the BTAD. The Samiti said the 19 villages fall under Borcholla Assembly constituency of Sonitpur District and were included in the BTAD. NBSS, ‘president’, Gulam Mustafa Ahmed said people were not safe in the BTAD area of Udalguri. He further alleged that there was a plan to include several villages from Pachnoi in Sonitpur District to Jonai in Dhemaji District in the proposed Bodoland, which would do considerable harm to the non-Bodo people.

Two Guwahati based TV channels, NE TV and News Time Assam, identified Mukul Hazarika, an Assamese physician based in London, as Abhijeet Asom, the ‘chairman ‘ of the ULFA-ATF/ULFA-Independent. ADGP-SB Khagen Sarma said, "It's known to us that Hazarika was in close contact with ULFA hardliners for a long time. But it's difficult to say that whether he is Abhijit Asom."

The newly elected president of Ex United Peoples Democratic Society, Kangjang Terang, on May 6 volunteered his service to mediate between the KPLT and MHA if needed. He has appealed to the KPLT to come over ground and negotiate their grievances.

Mizoram Government has resorted to what it termed as “self-repatriation” approach to take back the Bru refugees languishing in North Tripura for 16 years.  A meeting of District level core committee on Bru repatriation and settlement at Mamit on May 7 chaired by Deputy Commissioner, V Lalremthanga discussed the ‘self-repatriation’ exercise scheduled to begin from the last week of May. The first phase of the “self-repatriation” is meant for genuine Mizoram citizens in Asapara and Naisingpara who are “willing” to return.

Official sources said the MHA has asked the Mizoram to re-start the stalled rehabilitation of refugees, in coordination with Tripura. According to an official report of the MHA, the Central Government had sanctioned INR 178.6 million to the Mizoram Government during the past two years for the rehabilitation of refugees in their original areas in Mamit District.

The MZP, the apex Mizo student body, has advised the Mizoram Government not to undertake the repatriation of Bru refugees, proposed to begin by the end of May, unless the refugees promise in writing that they are willing to return to Mizoram. The MZP leaders, while addressing a press conference in Aizawl, said that the Brus migrated from Mizoram to Tripura and settled in the North Tripura District of their own will and refused to return despite the concerted efforts of the Centre and the Mizoram Government.

Government has taken several steps to protect its websites, but firewalls and other measures did not prevent hackers to hack its websites over 1,000 times since 2010,. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, R.P.N. Singh informed the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) that a total of 303, 308, 371 and 48 Government websites belonging to various ministries and departments were hacked during 2010, 2011, 2012 and up to March 2013, respectively.

Constable Parshu Markam of CAF was killed and three others were injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

Odisha and Chhattisgarh Police have seized around eight kilograms explosives besides a 50 metre wire, clothes and posters, belonging to the CPI-Maoist, from a makeshift camp during a joint combing operation, in Dharambandha forest in Sunabeda District, Odisha.

The Unified Command of Odisha, headed by the State Chief Secretary, met in Bhubaneswar to take stock of the situation and chalk out strategies for containing CPI-Maoist perpetrated violence in Malkangiri District of Odisha.

Suspected cadres of PLFI shot dead two persons at Bartoli under Kamdara Police Station of Gumla District of Jharkhand.

The Director General of Police in Jharkhand has vowed to visit the Maoist-affected areas frequently in the State, where the Maoists have killed over 400 SFs in the past 12 years.

The Army operation against a group of around 7-8 heavily armed militants believed to be recently infiltrated from the PoK through snow covered mountains in Kupwara District continued for second day.

Six Sri Lankan nationals were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi for carrying FICN of INR 28,000 face value.

In contrast to the recent statement issued by a top functionary of the NSCN-K opposing the inclusion of Rongmei and Mao tribes as STs of Nagaland, NSCN-K kilonser (minister), Wangtin Naga, on May 8, maintained that the group has “nothing to do with the issue”. He said NSCN-K neither supported nor opposed the recognition of the two tribes as STs of Nagaland. In an exclusive interview, Wangtin pointed out that NSCN-K had only one political objective-- “Naga sovereignty”. He however said “recognition of the two tribes should be deliberated and discussed between the State Government and Nagas”.

ENPO has resolved to oppose the inclusion/recognition of Mao and Rongmei tribes in Nagaland. In a statement, ENPO president Pongom Khiam said the decision was taken during the ENPO executive committee meeting held on May 4.

Reacting to Naga Hoho, the apex body of the Nagas’ statement opposing the formation of NTC, ENPO also clarified that it had “never endorsed” the Naga Hoho nor it took a decision on the matter.

The occasion of World Red Cross Day (May 8), State Governor Ashwani Kumar has called for peace and “control of weapons” in the State and throughout the world.

Consequent upon the expiry of 48-hours deadline extension to the NSCN-IM to hand over the April 19 culprits, ENPO have declared “Non-cooperation” to the NSCN-IM with immediate effect. This declaration, ENPO said comes as per the decision of the central executive, federating organizations and frontal organizations meeting held on May 4, 2013 in Kohima. The ‘non-cooperation’ call was in connection with the assault on former ENSF Speaker by some NSCN-IM cadres.

ZB-N, and ZSUN have issued a clarification with regard to recognition of Rongmei tribe. ZB-N secretary, Azeu Namcyn Hau and ZSUN president, Penam in a release stated the Rongmei was not recognized as a whole, but to those who settled prior to 1963 in Nagaland.

State Police claimed to have picked up veteran ‘central committee’ member of CPI-Maoist Anukul Chandra Naskar alias Pareshda (65)   from Cachar District. He had joined the organisation in 1967 and became a member of its central committee in 1985. He was made a Politburo member in 2004. He looked after the outfit’s eastern wing, comprising West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. The development comes close on the heels of the arrest of CPI (Maoist) ‘central committee’ member Aklanta Rabha and another Maoist leader Siraj Rabha alias Dipesh on April 26.

The SC directed the Centre to finalize the modalities for updating the NRC in the state by July 16. The RGI recently gave its nod to update the document in seven Districts, but no schedule has been announced yet. While hearing a writ petition filed by an NGO, APW, Justices Ranjan Gogoi and HL Gokhale also directed the Central Government to submit the modalities along with forms before the court on July 16. The court said that it will monitor the whole process.

 The Central Government told the SC that it had decided to fix January 1, 1966, as the cut-off date for inclusion of citizens’ names in the NRC to prevent illegal migrants from staying on in Assam.

Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help expedite the NRC update process to fulfil the consensus arrived at in the May 2005 tripartite meeting involving the AASU.

The NESO met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and pressed for updating the NRC across the state in a single phase instead of three phases as proposed by the government.

The Government has found evidence that terrorist camps were being run on Indian soil by banned SIMI and right wing majoritarian groups. Minister of State for Home Affairs, R.P.N. Singh informed Rajya Sabha) that in two cases investigated by NIA, evidence has come that training camps were organised by SIMI and right wing majoritarian groups or their cadres.

The investigative cable, WikiLeaks revealed that LeT was behind February 18, 2007 Samjhauta Express blast. It revealed that LeT’s Arif Qasmani was behind Samjhauta Express bombings, According to the WikiLeaks.

Government approved the National Cyber Security Policy that aims to create a secure computing environment in the country and build capacities to strengthen the current set up with focus on manpower training.

KLO militants fired at adjoining labour camps in Assam -West Bengal border Districts of Dhubri-Cooch Behar injuring two labourers. Later, one of the labourers, Monowar Hussain (22), succumbed to his injuries on May 10 the other one identified as Dadhimohan Roy is undergoing treatment in Dhubri.

Two young Naxal sympathisers, including a school girl, were arrested from Kaika village of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh Government has extended the ban on CPI-Maoist and its six frontal organisations by one more year.

A top-ranking CPI-Maoist leader Marpu Venkataramana alias Jagadish was arrested by the District Police at Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.

A combined team of Bishnupur District Police commandos and troops of 18th Sikh Regiment arrested a KYKL cadre identified as Maibam Bijoy during a search operation conducted at Phoijing Kaboklei Mini Bazar in Bishnupur District. On interrogation, it was revealed that he was involved in the extortion and serving monetary demand notes to Pradhans, Members of Gram Panchayats (village level local self-government), general public, Government officials of Nambol area, said a press release issued by Bishnupur Superintendant of Police, Th Radheshyam.

Police arrested six extortionists including a ULFA-PTF member Manoj Rajbongshi alias Anupam, for demanding money from a Government official in Guwahati in Kamrup (metro). He joined the ULFA-PTF a few years ago and masterminded the extortion racket, said city SSP A P Tiwari. The other five members have been identified as Bhaskar Singha of Noonmati sector one, Sanjib Das of Sonapur in Nalbari district, Sunil Das of Sualkuchi, Krishna Barman of Banekuchi in Nalbari District and Hemen Deka of Noonmati area were known as bad elements.

DGP, JN Choudhury observed that maintaining law and order in the state should be a national issue as any disturbance in the State affects communication to the entire North East region. He further said that with the implementation of the Look East policy of the Government of India, the importance of Assam would increase further. Centre should provide help to the Government of Assam to increase the number of police stations, Choudhury added. The DGP revealed that at present, the strength of the Police in Assam is much less than what is required and the State has 330 police stations to cover 80,000 square kilometre area, while, ideally there should be one police station to cover an area of 150 to 200 square kilometre and one in 100 square kilometre in the sixth schedule areas. This will increase the presence of civil police on the ground and it will be of great help in dealing with problems like ethnic tensions, he said.

Suspected KLO militants fired at adjoining labour camps in Assam -West Bengal border Districts of Dhubri-Cooch Behar injuring two labourers . Later, one of the labourers, Monowar Hussain (22), succumbed to his injuries on May 10 the other one identified as Dadhimohan Roy is undergoing treatment in Dhubri.

Police sources and eyewitnesses said four militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, came on two motorbikes without number plates around 8.30pm and opened fire on a labour camp at Bouserkuti under Golokganj police station in Dhubri District of Assam and then on a camp at Mansai in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal. The labourers were hired by Guwahati-based construction, Hi-Tech Company, to construct a bridge over the Raidak River, which flows along the inter-state border.

An intelligence source said the KLO had demanded a huge amount of money from Hi-Tech but the company reportedly did not cough it up, leading to the attack.

The house of Dima Hasao District Congress party President, Mohendra Kemprai, was attacked in an autonomous council poll related violence injuring three persons in the District. The incident occurred in Hamri constituency of DHAC, elections for which are to be held on May 20. Police is investigating the incident and search operation has been launched for the attackers. Kemprai had filed an FIR against five persons, three senior leaders of the DHD-J / BW and two junior members. In the same constituency earlier on May 8, assailants had damaged a vehicle of Independent candidate Debolal Gorlosa who has lodged an FIR with the police regarding the incident.

Arrested ULFA-PTF member Manoj Rajbongshi alias Anupam confessed that he along with three others, had triggered a crude bomb explosion in Chandmari area of Guwahati city on April 29 to create a fear psychosis. The ULFA-PTF member was arrested on charges of extortion May 9.

SFs arrested a person, John Haokip, who was about to launch a Kuki militant group on the behest of NSCN-IM, in Karbi Anglong District.

Bijapur Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Som (28), from the jungles of Pamalvaya village.

The two-day bandh call given by the Maoists in Malkangiri and Koraput Districts from evoked lukewarm response on the first day.

Gumla District Police of Jharkhand arrested five PLFI sympathizers from Basia Police Station area of the District.

Security Forces arrested two persons suspected to be responsible for the  IED blast of February 26, 2013 at Tualbung village along the Tiddim Road in the suburbs of Lamka town in Churachandpur District. They were identified as Lalthanglian alias Kancha and Wangjam Shanti Kumar alias Maimu both cadres of UNLF.Based on Haokip’s revelation, SFs on May 10 recovered two SLR s.

A Barmer resident, identified as Roshan Khan was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan for the past 3 to 4 years. Officials said some strategically important documents were recovered from his house. According to sources, Roshan lives in Mathurani village in Gadara Police Station area in Barmer.

Army patrol recovered a 5 kg explosive material in a paint box from a forward location in Mendhar area of Poonch District.

Stepping up the agitation for implementation of the ILP  in Manipur by May 31, a powerful local committee, said no non-Manipuri would be allowed to enter the State between June 1 and June 5. This would be the first phase of the agitation and in the second phase, no non-Manipuri would be allowed even in localities from June 6 to June 10.

Announcing this, the spokesman of JCILP, Sapamacha Jadumani said, “We are not against non-Manipuris but we urge the Centre and state government to implement the ILP system in Manipur to protect the separate identities of the indigenous people in the region.” The State assembly had already passed a resolution some months ago asking the Centre to implement ILP in the state, official and JCILP sources said. While official sources said the Centre has been asked to take further action, JCILP sources said the matter has not been clearly placed before the union home ministry and as a result the ministry has failed to take any concrete steps.

The Union cabinet has approved the appointment of Gulshan Rai, as the cyber security coordinator.

Union Minister of State for Home, Mullapally Ramachandran informed the Parliament that the subject (Dawood Ibrahim) has not been located so far and the extradition process would be initiated once his location is known.

Kerala Government decided to hand over the investigation into the case related to the seizure of weapons from a training camp of PFI at Narath in Kannur District to the NIA.

Militants killed a mosque's Imam (Prayer leader), a Police officer and a farmer in three separate incidents in Pulwama District. HM ‘spokesman’ Baleeg-u-Din claimed responsibility for the attack on Police Officer.

Speaking on the continuing operation of SFs to arrest OMP leader Sabyasachi Panda, Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra said he was confident that the operation would be successful in the near future.

A group of about 15 armed members of Galikonda area committee of the CPI-Maoist blasted a coffee godown of Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation at Pedavalasa in GK Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam District.

Police arrested two persons, Sulfikar Ali (22) and Shabeer (24), for their suspected involvement in the April 17, 2013 bomb blast in front of the BJP office in Bangalore, from Kecheri near Kunnamkulam in Thrissur District.

A secret camp of CPI-Maoist was unearthed during a joint operation by the personnel of DVF, SOG, CRPF, and District Police inside Pakidi forest near Srirampur in Kandhamal District of Odisha.

The CPI-Maoists threatened a gram rakhi, Bansa Bag, of Barekabahali village in Nuapada District of Odisha of dire consequence, through posters, for acting as a Police informer.

The CPI-Maoist has asked Sabyasachi Panda, the OMP leader, who was expelled from the outfit in August 2012, to return cash, goods, and arms of the parent organization.

SFs arrested one of Haokip associate, Pradip Das (30), from Amrajan near Sukanjan under Bokajan police station of Karbi Anglong.“We have reports that Haokip attended the Dimapur meeting [with NSCN-IM] and was entrusted with the task of floating a new Kuki rebel outfit. Pradip is reportedly a close associate of Haokip and is assisting him in the mission,” the Police Source said. According to the source, work on floating the Kuki group was in the preliminary stage and the youths had only been provided some weapons to start the groundwork. The outfit was yet to get a name, he added.

SFs arrested a youth, Sanjib Hasnu, from Pub Gajalipar area, on the charge of extortion of money in the name of KPLT from different businessmen in the District.

SFs recovered arms, explosives and ammunition, smuggled from Pakistan, at Sabra Gali forests across the fencing on the LoC at Balakote sector in Mendhar area of Poonch District.

Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary has admitted that Maoists are trying to establish themselves in India’s northeastern States, even as he said situation in the Northeast has largely improved. “The Assam government had received few indications that Maoists are trying to establish a foothold. The plain areas along the Meghalaya-Assam border could be vulnerable to Maoists,” Mooshahary said. The Assam government, which had also formed a Task Force to combat the Maoists, had found that there are 181 Maoist cadres in the state. It includes women cadres.

Stating that the situation in the Northeast has largely improved, Mooshahary, who was also the former chief of the Border Security Force, said, “The region, barring Manipur have improved a lot in the law and order front, and the current trend in the region is towards peace.” Mooshahary, however, urged the State government in the region to improve governance and fight against corruption, eradicate poverty and provide employment avenues.

Unidentified militants abducted a supervisor, Kalyan Kundu (45) of a Kolkata-based private company, UC Consultation, from Bengtol in Chirang District.

Four Policemen were killed and another was injured in two separate attacks by suspected cadres of CPI-Maoist in Bastar and Sukma Districts of Chhattisgarh.

A cadre and a sympathizer of the PLFI, including self-styled area commander Sunil Topno, were arrested from Torpo in Khunti District of Jharkhand.

Army soldiers detected and defused a 15-kilogram IED planted by militants in Handwara area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara District.

SFs recovered arms, explosives and ammunition, smuggled from Pakistan, at Sabra Gali forests across the fencing on the LoC at Balakote sector in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch District.

Meanwhile, SFs recovered arms, explosives and ammunition, smuggled from Pakistan, at Sabra Gali forests across the fencing on the Line of Control (LoC) at Balakote sector in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch District. According to sources, the recoveries included four AK-47 rifles, four pistols, seven radio sets, one Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), one UBGL grenade, 1019 AK rounds, three mobile handsets, one power Improvised Explosive Device (IED) with remote control, eight AK magazines, five pistol magazines and a also large quantity of eatables.

ULFA-ATF / ULFA-Independent, in an email statement, said some people were collecting money in their name in the Districts of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh without their knowledge.

The GNC, one of organizations representing the Garo tribe in the State, stated that an autonomous council should be created by including Garo-dominated villages of the State, which at present fall under the RHAC. GNC ‘working president’ Tharman Momin claimed that there are 359 Garo-dominated villages in the Kamrup (rural) and Goalpara Districts that are included in the RHAC."Along with the 359 Garo-dominated villages, we also want to include 24 Khasi-dominated villages in the two districts in the exclusive autonomous council for the Garos of Assam. GNC has been asking for an autonomous council for the Garos for a long time, and the state government should consider our demand seriously," Momin said. GNC has vehemently opposed the demand of GHSMC, a Meghalaya based organisation, of including a few villages of Kamrup (rural) and Goalpara in their proposed  ‘Garoland’.

DGP, JN Choudhury stated that though the level of violence involving the militant groups has come down, growing ethnic tension in different parts of Assam has become a matter of serious concern. Meanwhile, over 60,000 cases are pending in different Police Stations of the State, which is another major area of concern for the Assam Police.

DGP, Choudhary, said that with majority of the militant groups having come forward for talks with the Government, the level of violence has come down and only the anti-talk faction of the ULFA-ATF, NDFB-IKS, KPLT etc are active in the State now. However, these groups do not have all Assam footprints. But extortions by the NDFB-RD/ NDFB-IKS remain an area of concern, the DGP said.

Choudhury admitted that the growing ethnic tensions are a matter of concern as in recent times, the Kokrajhar and Goalpara areas of the State witnessed serious ethnic disturbances and long-term strategies would have to be taken to deal with the problem. He said that efforts are on to increase the number of Police Stations to improve civil policing and the State Government has already sought financial assistance from the Centre for setting up of new police stations.

The DGP pointed out that of late, the mobs have become more and more aggressive and dealing with such mobs is a major problem as the Supreme Court also gave clear-cut guidelines on the use of force.

CPI-Maoist cadres dragged Banshilal Gota (40), the elder brother of former Salwa Judum leader Chinnaram Gota, out of his house and then strangled him to death in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

SFs found the decomposed body of a woman, suspected to be a CPI-Maoist cadre, inside the forest near Sindhesur village in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

Army has intensified vigil along the LoC after reports of militants using snow covered mountain passes for infiltration in Kupwara District.

12 militants have infiltrated from Macchil sector of the Kupwara District where the mountain passes have not opened up yet.

Six militants might have infiltrated through Nowgam sector on May 1.

Around 800 highly trained militants are waiting at the launch pads across the LoC ready to infiltrate.

NSCN-K has notified that despite repeated reminders, some people were reportedly collecting huge amounts of money from different departments. In a statement, NSCN-K said that henceforth no monetary transaction in the name of NSCN-K would be allowed without the knowledge of the kilonser (minister) and ‘secretary of chaplee affairs’. “All information slips or any other directions issued in the name of NSCN (K) stands invalid”, said NSCN-K.

Firoz alias Hamza Abdul Hameed Sayyed, arrested in August 1, 2012, Pune's Junglee Maharaj (JM) Road blasts case, regularly exchanged e-mails and chatted in code with fugitive IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal and Fayyaz Kagzi and hatched a conspiracy, Maharashtra ATS has said in its 3,587-page chargesheet.

Police arrested five youths on charges of impersonating as cadres of ULFA-ATF and trying to extort over phone, in Bongaigaon District. The arrested persons were identified as Bikram Pradhan [arrested on May 12], Sukumar Barman, Shankar Boro, Mohendra Roy and Krishna Kanta Bhaumik [rest arrested on May 13].

GNLA militants threatened to kill Congress legislator from Raksamgre in West Garo Hills District, Limison Sangma, if he does not pay an amount of INR 500,000 by May 18. The legislator informed that it was on May 12 that the GNLA ‘area commander’, Rang Dat, sent him an SMS asking him to pay the amount by May 14, failing which the militant threatened to kill him. The militant also sent another text message on May 13 reminding him to pay the amount by May 14 and after getting no response, the deadline was extended to May 18 through another text message sent on May 14. The legislator said that he has taken up the matter with Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and also informed the local Police station about the issue. Limison said that in 2012, on three occasions, the GNLA had sent demand notes to him asking to pay an amount ranging from INR five million to INR 500,000.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed and two SFs were injured in an encounter under Kuchai Police Station limits in Saraikela Kharsawa District of Jharkhand.

A Maoist leader, suspected to have played an important role in Latehar encounter in January 2013, and his female friend were arrested in Ranchi District of Jharkhand.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed and one trooper got injured in an encounter between the Maoists and SFs in the forest of Seraikela-Kharswan District, Jharkhand.

Police arrested a CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Nelson Cherba, wanted in at least seven cases of violence from Posaita forests under Manoharpur Police Station of West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand.

One Lalit Hatibaruah was arrested at Margherita in Tinsukia District for attempting to extort money from a businessman Ranjit Singh of the area posing as an ULFA-ATF.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh underscored the need to maintain peace and harmony among all the communities in the State while speaking on "Changing contours of Manipur and way ahead" at a seminar organized by the Army's Red Shield Division at its Leimakhong headquarters near Imphal on May 13. He said tackling militancy and bringing development to the doorstep of people has to be a two-way process wherein people should take the responsibility to restore peace and development will follow. "Security forces especially the Army and the Assam Rifles, central paramilitary forces along with the state players do play an important role in restoring peace," he added.

Unspecified number of school children had a narrow escape after suspected GNLA fired indiscriminately to avoid arrest in South Garo Hills District. According to Police, based on specific inputs, it was known that transaction of money was going to take place between GNLA militants and a businessman at Rongding Awe School playground. When Police reached the spot, heavily armed militants opened fire indiscriminately and the GNLA cadres managed to escape. However, Police arrested a businessman who was supposed to hand over the money to the militants. “We have arrested Uttam Marak, the businessman from the playground, who was alleged to handover over Rs 3 lakh to the GNLA area commander Rakkam D Shira,” Police said. Police have booked him under various sections of the UAPA.

NNC issued a notification to all the regional councils to observe the “62nd Naga National Plebiscite Day” on May 16.

The coastal security arrangements in Kerala, mainly along Thiruvananthapuram, are not up to standard and cannot effectively thwart possible infiltration bid by terrorists.The drawbacks in the existing coastal security system came to the fore after officers of the Indian Navy, coast guard, Police and other government agencies analyzed the outcome of Gemini-2, the recently concluded second edition of coastal defence drill held for Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands.

Body of an unidentified person suspected to be killed by CPI-Maoist cadres was found along a road in MV90 village area under Kalimela Police Station limits of Malkangiri District, Odisha.

SFs recovered an IED planted inside the jungle around two kilometers from Pachangi village in Narayanpatna block of Koraput District, Odisha.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde begged to differ with cabinet colleague, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, on inclusion of two or more CPI-Maoist-affected Districts in the Centre's special development scheme.

Maoist cadres ‘raided’ the house of a SPO in Ambilabeda village under Chitrokonda Police Station in Malkangiri District of Odisha and threatened him to quit the job.

CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze two cement mixer machines and vehicles at a culvert construction site at village Bhavanitola in Ambagarh chowki in Rajnandgaon District, Chhattisgarh.

Army recovered an IED planted by militants in Kupwara District bringing the number of explosive devices recovered on the highway during past two weeks to three.

ULFA-ATF/ ULFA-Independent criticized the Assam Government for conferring the Srimanta Sankardev Award for the year 2008 on to veteran film personality Sharmila Tagore. In an email statement issued by Arunodoi Asom, ‘publicity secretary’ of (ULFA-ATF/ ULFA-I) said, "Selecting Bollywood actor Sharmila Tagore alias Begum Ayesha Sultana for the prestigious award is an insult to the Vaishnavite saint in whose honour the award was constituted. The actor has made no contribution to spreading the aura and ideologies of the saint. How could Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi select her for the award?"

AASA of Assam staged a rally at the Industrial Training Institute field in Bongaigaon District. AASA said if the Adivasis did not get ST status before the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the community would boycott the polls.

AAMSU staged a demonstration in front of the Dhubri and Goalpara Deputy Commissioners’ offices demanding a judicial inquiry into the Police firing at Rakhasini in Goalpara and Baghmari in Biswanath Chariali on April 29-30. AAMSU also demanded the rehabilitation of people displaced in the BTAD violence in 2012.

Supreme council of the UPLF has called for a 36-hour Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao Districts strike beginning from 5 am of May 17. UPLF is demanding immediate creation of separate state comprising the Karbi and Dimasa areas of India under the provision of Article 244(A) of Indian constitution. UPLF come into existence on January 4, with an aim to create a separate Dimasa Karbi-Anchal State comprising the Hill Districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.

Heavily armed unidentified group of people numbering 10 to 15 believed to be cadres of the NDFB are demanding heavy extortion from coalmines supervisors, commonly known as sordar, in the mineral rich East Jaintia Hills District, according to a report of May 15. Reliable sources informed that the suspected NDFB militants have issued several receipt slips to coalmine supervisors in East Jaintia Hills particularly in Sohkymphor area. “The receipt slips were issued to them (sordar) instead of demand notes and they were asked to pay the amount mentioned in the receipt slip or face abduction,” the sources informed.

 ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu N Marak has sought immediate intervention of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in resolving various issues in Garo Hills which according to the outfit needed immediate attention and departmental ramification. In a communiqué sent to the Chief Minister, Marak said, “The drawbacks of each department in providing adequate facilities to the people can undoubtedly be assumed as the failure of the government.”

NIA has commissioned the ILI to study terror cases of last few years to see where the efforts of investigating agencies were falling short.

An Anti-Naxal Force trooper was injured in firing by a group of CPI-Maoist cadres during a combing operation in Chikmagalur District, Karnataka.

Three BSF camps were established in Kalimela area of Malkangiri District, Odisha. 

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that there has been decline in percentage of terrorist related violence by 36 per cent during the year 2012 as compared to the year 2011.

Principal Sessions Judge Jammu, Kartar Singh, rejected the bail application of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant and agent of ISI, Tanveer Ahmed.

UKDA has claimed that they are dismayed over the Government’s backtrack attitude on the peace proposal of Kuki community of Karbi Anglong District. UKDA ‘general secretary’, Alex Kuki said the government had assured that the cadres will be provided the necessary needs during their stay inside the designated camp, but in reality Government has done “little”. According to UKDA ‘defence secretary ‘, Martin Kuki Government assistance of INR 300,000 to 150 cadres hardly solved the problems of the defenceless Kuki youths inside the designated camp. UKDA demanded police protection and humanitarian aid.

ASM, ITPF and NDFB-PTF have asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to instruct the State government to identify and detect foreigners before updating the NRC.

SFs arrested a ‘district committee’ member of CPI-Maoist, Kavita Rabha (31), was arrested from Odalbakra area in Kamrup District. SFs recovered two desktops, one hard disc, three pen drives, 15 Compact Disks, two cell phones and some incriminating documents including Maoist literature from her rented house. IGP-CWR Dr LR Bishnoi stated that Kavita was entrusted with the job of printing Maoist literature and circulating them, besides maintaining of accounts. Kavita Rabha is the wife of Anukul Naskar alias Paresh, a senior CPI-Maoist leader, who was arrested from Cachar District by Assam Police on May 7, 2013.

Based on Kavita Rabha’s revelations, Ranchi (Jharkhand) Police arrested Prasanna alias Pranab, who is the elder brother of Kavita and a hardcore Maoist. Later in the day, Kavita Rabha’s younger brother Rajiv Rabha was also detained from Hajo in Kamrup District.

Thousands of students lead by KSU came on street demanding stern action against KPLT for serving extortion notice to a cleric of a Christian missionary school in Dokmoka in Karbi Anglong District. According to Police, the KPLT served two extortion notices on May 7 and 11 May to Bronson Sangma, principal of Church of Christ English School.

The KRA-A has registered its opposition to the proposed formation of a new Kuki underground group in the State by vested Kukis in collusion with some Rengma Nagas of Karbi Anglong recently. A statement issued by the ‘information secretary’ of KRA-A, Chungngam Lhangum alias Rex cautioned all concerned never to be misled by one Letjang Thangeo and his comrades while also urging the people not to associate with them. KRA-A pledged that it would never allow Letjang Thangeo and his comrades to carry out the evil design while also warning him of facing dire consequence if he continues to spread rumours, confusion, etc.

Militants triggered an IED explosion at Wangjing Heitupokpi, 10 kilometres east of the Thoubal Police Station in Thoubal District, at around 4.45pm, targeting a team of BSF. However, no BSF personnel sustained injuries in the incident. The IED was planted on the southern portion of the road opposite Okram Leirak between Heirok Part-I and Wangjing Heitupokpi.

A powerful IED was found planted at the roadside of Pukhao-Shantipur under Sagolmang police station of Imphal East District at around 10am. The IED was diffused.

A press release from Superintendent of Police, Imphal West District, said that Singjamei Police team arrested a cadre of PLA, identified as Chongtham Suresh Singh alias Birla alias Phubangamba, from Meitei Lamkhai near Canchipur on May 15.

MHA Sushil Kumar Shinde said that four UPPK cadres surrendered before Assam Rifles (AR) at Sunrise Ground in Moreh area of Chandel District on April 17. The Minister said in his opening statement at the monthly press conference of MHA at New Delhi.

GNLA has denied its role in sending text messages to Congress legislator Limison Sangma. Sangma had lodged a complaint with the Police that the ‘area commander’ of GNLA Rang Dat was involved in sending text message to him demanding INR 500000. However, the ‘political secretary’ of GNLA, Bikdot Nikjang said that Rang Dat was not an ‘area commander’ but only a cadre of the outfit. According to Nikjang, the text messages demanding money could have been sent by some other criminals. The militant leader also claimed that the ‘GNLA does not demand money from people but only asks for donations’.

The GNLA has announced that its ‘anti-corruption wing’ will ensure that corruption is eradicated from Garo Hills. The ‘political secretary’ of GNLA, Bikdot Nikjang, on May 15, alleged that all corruptions start with the MLAs and “to check corruption, we have formed an expert team and we will follow our own anti-corruption law”. The GNLA leader also asked all the 24 Garo Hills legislators to learn from HSPDP leader, HS Lyngdoh for his continued demand for a separate Khasi-Jaintia State. The militant leader asked the Garo Hills politicians and others to join hands in their fight for a separate Garo State.

An assortment of weapons, including pistols designed to be identical to factory made, were seized in West Garo Hills District. A Police patrol party arrested a group of five local men who were crossing into Mukdangra village of Garobadha shortly after 9 pm. Two shot guns, a single and double barrel rifle, along with five live cartridges, as well as INR 20000, which is suspected to have been extorted from villagers, was recovered from them. The arrested men were identified as Willipson Ch Marak (25), Silsang B Sangma (23), Bicky Ch Marak (32), Rangsil A Sangma (27) and Jubil N Marak (32).

A former ‘commander’ of the ANVC-B Singbirth Marak alias Norrok X Momin has claimed that he was witness to the handing over of three sophisticated weapons to the outfit by Meghalaya Police in East Garo Hills District several months ago to take on the GNLA outfit. Norrok, who is presently the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the newly formed Garo outfit UALA, ‘dared’ Meghalaya Police and the ANVC-B leadership to prove their innocence into the alleged allegiance. “Then Circle Inspector of Williamnagar, TC Chacko, had handed over two AK-56 and one AK-47 rifles to Rimpu Marak when he was part of the main ANVC and we were witness to it. These weapons were then handed over to ANVC-B ‘commander-in-chief’ Mukosh and remains with him in Moskhoila area,” alleged Norrok X Momin in an exclusive statement. He also said that the entire dealing had the ‘blessings’ of the Government which focused on eliminating the GNLA while on the other hand allowed the ANVC-B to thrive by indulging in extortion that continues to this day.

The NIA opposed the bail plea of suspected HM militant Liyaqat Shah in a Delhi court which allowed it to take his DNA samples.

A TPC cadre, identified as Ashish Sao, was arrested, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ranchi District of Jharkhand since May 15.

 SFs recovered around 1500 detonators from a house in Koderma District of Jharkhand.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Gobardhan Singh alias Muna (28), was arrested on charges of extortion in Bhatachhatar forest area under Moroda Police Station limit in Mayurbhanj District of Odisha.

97 supporters of CMAS and Maoists from Palaput village of Narayanpatna block in Koraput District of Odisha parted ways with the Maoist organisation.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi assured the AASU that the exercise of updating the NRC throughout the State would be done at the earliest. AASU raised the demand of conducting the NRC exercise throughout state at ‘one go’ before 2014 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) Election.

troops of Jiribam based Assam Rifles Battalion under the aegis of Haflong Based Assam Rifles Headquarters launched an operation on specific information and arrested two cadres of Robert Singson faction of UTLA, identified as PRO, Thangjangan alias Nganbom, ‘Army Number 1047’ and ‘Army Number 0333’ Hencha alias William from Ngahmunphai village in Tamenglong District.  One .32 mm Pistol, one magazine, five live rounds and one mobile handset were recovered from the individuals, said a press release of the 22 Assam Rifles.

A sit in protest was staged against the May 15 bomb explosion at Heirok Part-I Hetuppokpi by locals of the area.

the Joint Committee on ILP System and the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System of Student Unions, on May 16, called a joint press conference at the All Manipur Students’ Union head office reiterating its previous stance of launching several forms of agitations demanding the implementation of ILP in the State. Elaborating on the course of action, spokesperson S Angamba said that as announced earlier, the bodies have set a May 31 deadline for the Government to extend the ILP in Manipur regarding which an ultimatum was dispatch earlier to the Union Home Minister. He said in case of failure on the part of the centre to meet the set deadline, the bodies will block entry of any non-Manipuris into the State from June 1 which will continue till June 5. This will be followed by barring all non-locals from entering localities for their business or any other purposes from June 6-10 if the Government fails to implement ILP in the State.

NNC observed the 63rd anniversary of the ‘Naga plebiscite day’, with its ‘president’, Adinno Phizo addressing the gathering. Phizo, who returned to Nagaland after living more than 30 years in the United Kingdom, spoke to the people who had gathered at Kohima village panchayat hall on the occasion. The event is held to observe the day in 1951 when the NNC ‘conducted a plebiscite’ where 99.9 per cent of people ‘opted’ for ‘sovereignty’ of Nagaland but the Centre rejected the proposal.

The NNC president said the council was not just a political party but the foundation of the “Naga nation”. “The celebration of the plebiscite day here and elsewhere is a representation of the continual commitment of our resolve made on this day in 1951,” she said. She urged the NNC members to see that the council always worked for peace and harmony within Nagaland and with ‘neighbours’.

CM Manik Sarkar said that altogether 8,831 militants and their collaborators laid down arms before Security Forces during the period of last one decade. CM, Sarkar said among the surrendered militants, three persons rejoined their respective militant outfits.

He also said that during the period of last three years, Police have achieved massive success in recovering and seizing arms and ammunitions of militants. Altogether, 61 country made guns, one AK-47 rifle, four grenades, three pistols, two revolvers, large number of bullets, empty shells and ammunitions were recovered during the same period.

In the year 2011, a total of 25 persons were abducted by the militants and in the year 2012, 10 more civilians were also abducted, said Sarkar adding that among the abducted persons 33 had returned safely. Since, January 2013 to April 15, five more persons were abducted by ultras and one person still remains in their captivity, said Sarkar.

Replying to another question CM Manik Sarkar said that altogether 37,526 security force personnel including State Police, TSR, CRPF, BSF, CISF and AR are working in the State, which is in the ratio of one security person per 98 people of the State.

A trooper of the STF, Yogendra Singh, was killed and another injured in an encounter with CPI-Maoist cadres in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.

Two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Rama Mandingi (19) and Nabisha Sirika (16) of Andhra Pradesh, surrendered before Rayagada District Police, Odisha.

At least seven villagers, including a suspected Maoist, and one security personnel, were killed in an encounter near Edesmeta village of Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh.

The BSF thwarted an infiltration bid of militants/smugglers at forward village of Abdullian in RS Pura sector of Jammu District at about 2.15 am.

Police recovered cash worth billion that was meant for Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit, from Sopore in Baramulla.

Gauhati High Court acquitted the former ULFA leader, Arup Konwar, by a trial court for killing Assam minister Nagen Neog and eight others in Golaghat District of Assam in 1996. Konwar alias Tutu alias Amar Singh — a ‘sergeant major’ of ULFA — was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the District and sessions court, Kamrup, on October 12, 2007. The CBI, which had investigated the case, will now appeal in the Supreme Court against the order. The high court acquitted Konwar on grounds of lack of sufficient evidence.

A Police team returned to the site of recovery in West Garo hills where the five man group had been arrested on May 13 and retrieved a bag containing two pistols with ten live rounds and a Chinese hand grenade. The pistols, despite being country made were well finished products and even had a ‘Made in USA’ tag on them.

A special court in Delhi released alleged HM militant Liyaqat Shah on bail, saying probe conducted by the NIA till now confirms there is "nothing substantial" to link him to the conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in Delhi.

Drawing attention to a proposed meeting purportedly called by advisor Nagaland village chief’s federation, T.L Angami and president Shalem Konyak on May 22, the HLC of the three Naga political groups –NSCN-IM, NSCN-KK and NNC/FGN - has asserted their inability to participate in any such “out of the way” discussion, which “only creates more confusion and serves as a tool for adversaries to exploit human frailties.”

A junior commissioned officer was killed and a soldier was injured in a gunfight with militants at the LOC of the Machil sector in Kupwara District. This is the first infiltration bid in the valley after election in Pakistan.

A teen-aged boy was killed while his sister had a narrow escape when a grenade exploded accidentally at village Kither in Bunjwah area of Kishtwar District.

A junior commissioned officer was killed and a soldier was injured in a gunfight with militants at the LOC of the Machil sector in Kupwara District.

A teen-aged boy was killed while his sister had a narrow escape when a grenade exploded accidentally at village Kither in Bunjwah area of Kishtwar District.

A NSCN-IM  cadre was shot dead by suspected  ZUF cadres at around 2pm along Thongjaorok River bank at Lusai Chiru Village, some eight kilometres away from Bishnupur Police Station.  The Police also recovered two empty cases of a 9mm pistol. From the identity card found from the youth, the deceased was identified as one Paosingdai Gonmei (29). Additionally, a press communiqué issued by information Secretary of the ZUF, A Dangmei said that Pousingdai Gonmei, Kapur (area administrator) of Zeilad Region of Duithanjang Khoupum in Tameglong District was ‘awarded capital punishment’ at Ngariyan village, Churachanpur District. It said that the deceased was arrested in 2011 for leading the NSCN-IM cadres in the first gun battle at Khoupum in 2010. After stern warning, he was released as he was a Zeliangrong.  The ZUF went on to say that he was also among the cadres involved in the ambush at Soubunglong (Leishok) village in 2011. It also alleged that the deceased was found collecting ‘tax’ in the Zeliangrong region.

ZU-AMN has expressed concern over the death of an NSCN-M cadre in a reported gunfight with ZUF cadres. In a press release, ZU-AMN said that it has always been working for maintaining peace among different groups and factions of armed militants in Zeliangrong regions of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

A team of 24 AR personnel of Tengnoupal post seized an IED bomb from a Maruti Van at the front of the Tengnoupal AR check post while it was being transported to Imphal along the Imphal-Moreh route on National Highway (NH)-2.

SFs recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition buried under ground in 2007 by a cadre of UPPK at the foothills of Thangjing ridge, said a PIB-DW release that identified the cadre as ‘Captain’ Moirangthem Raja alias Chingkheinganba alias Meiba. Raja reportedly surrendered to SFs of the Division and helped in locating the cache which he buried in 2007 when the camps were shifted to Myanmar. The cache included four carbine machine guns, four magazines, two .22 mm revolvers, 42 rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition and two rounds of .22 mm ammunition. Raja is said to have joined UPPK in 2001 and was actively involved in various anti-social activities in Manipur, Nagaland and Myanmar. Subsequently, he fled to Kathmandu (Nepal) in the year 2011 and was operating from there, maintained the DW release adding that the individual came to Manipur on May 17, 2013.

A cadre of NSCN-K was arrested on NH 37 between Khongsang and Rangpang Village in Tamenglong District  while he was moving in a vehicle. Troops of 13 AR have been monitoring activities of the group in Tamenglong District since the last six days which finally led to the arrest of the ‘2nd Lt’ Gaising Maringmei.

The KNF celebrated its 26th raising day at Camp Ebenezer in Sadar Hills (Senapati District)  with more than 200 cadres and leaders. KNF ‘president’ ST Thangboi said that KNF has come a long way since its formation in 1987.

An Upper Division Clerk, B.K. Sinha (43), was arrested in Jaipur by the special branch personnel for allegedly sharing classified information and documents with Pakistan’s ISI through a Nepal-based agent.

Security at all state ATS offices has been strengthened following a terror threat to the agency. The ATS headquarters in Mumbai (Maharashtra) has been cordoned off.

Manipur Government has decided to enter into a peace accord with rebel group UPPK. A decision in this regard was taken by the State cabinet at a meeting chaired by chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh. 45 UPPK leaders had laid down arms on February 5 at the border town of Moreh in Chandel District. Senior home affairs ministry officials will visit Imphal on May 22 to discuss the details of the treaty, a Government source said.

A militant belonging to ULFA-I militant, identified as Rajib Moran alias Rohim Asom, surrendered to Police in Tinsukia District, Assam. The rebel deposited two Chinese grenades.

Two NSCN-K militants, ‘lance corporal’ Thothung Hakhun and ‘sergeant major’ Dapnong Tonglim, surrendered at the 25 sector Assam Rifles (AR) headquarters at Lekhapani in the same District. The duo deposited two 7.65 mm pistols and ammunition.

ADGP-SB, Khagen Sarma, said that the Adivasis of Assam, who constitute the tea labourer community, have so far remained out of the influence of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). The Maoist, instead, has recruited youths, who have been either member of some militant outfits in the past or belong to indigenous tribal communities of the State.

A joint team of CRPF and Gariabandh District Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition after a brief gun battle with LWEs in the dense forest of Jaradni and Bodapal.

A teen-aged boy was killed while his sister had a narrow escape when a grenade exploded accidentally at village Kither in Bunjwah area of Kishtwar District of J&K in the afternoon.

A Policeman was arrested, for having links with LeT, from Sopore area of Baramulla District. One AK-47 rifle, 150 rounds of ammunition and a pressure mine was recovered from his possession.

Two troopers belonging to the COBRA of CRPF - Lakshman Singh (22) and Chhabilal (24) - were injured in a CPI-Maoist attack in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh Government ordered a judicial inquiry into May 17 night’s encounter between SFs and suspected Maoists near Edasmeta village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

A Policeman was arrested, for having links with LeT, from Sopore area of Baramulla District.

Police arrested a LeT operative, Mudasir Ahmad Dar, who was allegedly managing finances for the militant outfit in and around Sopore.

Stating that the State Government has initiated several measures to bring insurgents on the path of peace, Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam on May 19 called upon all the people not to view or treat former rebels who have laid down arms and returned to the mainstream as untouchables. Gaikhangam who is also in charge of Home Department remarked rebels coming to the path of peace in sync with changes across the world is a positive development. Some rebels sent feelers expressing their desire to return to the path of peace but all the measures taken up by the Government cannot be disclosed at the moment, Gaikhangam said.

Darjeeling Police arrested four agents of Pakistan’s ISI who had been siphoning information from the Sukna cantonment of Darjeeling District for the past five years. One of them is a sacked Army driver and another GJM leader. Three others, including an army clerk, have been detained for interrogation.

The conspiracy to dig a 213-feet-long tunnel in the Sabarmati jail (Gujarat), discovered in February, 2013, was meticulously planned, DNA reported on May 19. The details have been highlighted in the charge sheet filed on May 18 by DCB against 24 accused in the case. The 300-page charge sheet has names of 169 witness including 22 prisoners. The 24 accused include leader of banned SIMI Safdar Nagori, Shibli Abdul Karim, Hafeez Mulla and others.

KPLT militants shot dead, Joysing Senar (35), at Lang Tor Tor village under Dokmoka Police Station in Karbi Anglong District, Assam. According to sources, the slain person had run an extortion racket in the area in the name of KPLT. The sources also told that he was the former member of now ceasefire group Karbi Longri and KLNLF, but later switched to KPLT. He was later expelled from the organization on the ground of gross indiscipline and impropriety.

KPLT’s ‘Chairman’, Bidisar Tungjang, forewarned any duplicate members to take heed from the lesson taught to Joysing Senar. He said that any person caught in maligning the organization’s name would meet with similar kind of fate. He also reiterated that people should not quickly jump into conclusion or slam them before corroborating the fact; such reckless condemnation will not be taken by them lightly.

The ANVC-B has denied the allegation of the UALA ‘commander-in-chief’ Momin that Police had handed over three sophisticated weapons to the outfit to take on the GNLA. ANVC-B leader Rimpu Marak, said that Norok’s allegation is intended to disturb the settlement process and peaceful solution to Garo demands.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, involved in several murder cases, was killed in an encounter with CRPF troopers in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.

A CPI-Maoist cadre was killed by C-60 Commandos under Malewada Police Station in Kurkheda Sub-Division of Hetalkasa jungle in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra.

Thirty six members of CMAS surrendered before Narayanpatna Police in Koraput District of Odisha.

Darjeeling Police arrested four agents of Pakistan’s ISI who had been siphoning information from the Sukna cantonment of Darjeeling District of West Bengal for the past five years.

The four operatives targeted the XXXIII Corps and 24 Air Force Provost Unit and got INR 25,000 for every piece of information they sold to ISI handler, say Police.

The conspiracy to dig a 213-feet-long tunnel in the Sabarmati jail (Gujarat), discovered in February, 2013, was meticulously planned. The details have been highlighted in the charge sheet filed on May 18 by Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) against 24 accused in the case.

Police arrested a LeT operative, Mudasir Ahmad Dar, who was allegedly managing finances for the militant outfit in and around Sopore, J&K. “He had been working for the banned terrorist organisation LeT since long and has been using code name Muviya.

The UTLA has accused 22 Assam Rifles of abducting two of their cadres by falsely implicating them of kidnapping railway company workers, in cahoots with SK Thadou and group. Ngambom Singson and Hencha alias William were abducted from Kadamtala, Manipur on May 16 midnight, said a statement signed by one Franklin Singson of UTLA.

A powerful bomb exploded near the Police commando complex at Pallel area in Manipur's interior Thoubal District in the night but there was no casualty.

CPI-Maoist has managed to create a base in six Districts of the Assam with at least 150 fresh followers. "The char areas of Dhubri District bordering West Bengal and forest areas are the new targets of Red rebels [CPI-Maoist]. The Maoists are also spreading tentacles in Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Silchar (Cachar), Karimganj and Kamrup (rural) Districts too. They have created a fresh support base of at least 150 cadres in these districts," said Inspector-General of Police-Central Western Range (IGP-CWR) L R Bishnoi. "Naskar and Kabita [recently arrested from the State] have already succeeded in forming district committees in these districts. Once the support base is created, they were planning to send some of them to Jharkhand for further training under the guidance of Chandrashekhar Das, a veteran Maoist leader," added an official of State Police.

Five coal labourers were reportedly shot dead by armed militants in the afternoon of May 20 in retaliation for the quarry owner’s failure to pay up extortion money on time in Nangalbibra region of South Garo Hills District of meghalaya. The armed group is said to have served demand notes on coal mine owners throughout Nangalbibra region in the month of April and amounts ranging from INR 500000 to INR 10 million has been demanded by the outfit. Meanwhile, primary suspect remains the newly formed UALA headed by one Norrok X Momin. The UALA was formed after Norrok X Momin parted ways with the ANVC-B to form the new outfit.

GNLA has again threatened to kill Meghalaya Congress legislator Limison D. Sangma for not complying with their extortion demands, Police said May 20. “We have been informed by the legislator that the GNLA has issued a ‘death penalty’ for not complying with their extortion demands,” Mukesh Kumar Singh, the district police chief of West Garo Hills, said. Earlier, Sangma had received a text message in which the GNLA allegedly demanded INR 500000, and if not paid they would kidnap and kill him. Though, the tribal Garo outfit denied sending the text message, Sangma, however, said it was the GNLA which had made the demand.

NSCN-K has questioned the GoI for the alleged violation of the Ceasefire Ground Rules on several occasions. The NSCN-K’s outburst was prompted by the May 18 night incident where the Assam Rifles have reportedly raided the house of an NSCN-K leader in Zunheboto District of Nagaland without any reason.

NSCN-KK, condemned the ‘gruesome’ hacking to death of three members of a family in Bor-Lengri in Karbi Anglong District, Assam on May 16.

A half buried grenade was discovered by some children near Sumi Zumulhu office in Purana Bazar, Dimapur. Security personnel on patrolling duty along National Highway-29 safely diffused the grenade.

Three NLFT militants who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh along with two civilians, who were abducted on April 1, 2013, have surrendered to the SFs in Dhalai District, Tripura. “Three NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) extremists aged around 30 years to 45 surrendered to the security forces at Gandachara (in northern Tripura) on Monday night. They came to the officials of Assam Rifles and police along with two hostages. The three NLFT militants along with the hostages have fled from their hideout at Myani reserve forest in Chittagong Hill Tracts (in southeast Bangladesh) on Sunday night and crossed the border before surrendering to the security officials,” he said. The militants also surrendered some arms, ammunition and incriminating documents to the SFs at the border village of Gandachara.

NSCN-IM functionaries, led by ‘town commander -Wokha town’, N. Lotha, paid a surprise ‘visit’ to Wokha District Hospital (Nagaland) after ‘receiving’ complaints on several occasions from various quarters on the negligence of District Hospital by MS and his supporting staff manning the hospital. According to a press release issued by the NSCN-IM Wokha ‘town commander’, N. Lotha said that the pathetic condition of the patients laying helplessly without the presence of the hospital staff spoke volume about the “failure of administrators” in the hospital. Lotha further added, “The lackadaisical attitude of the staff playing with the life of human does not auger well and may invite public outcry if the same pattern of negligence persist when they are to provide 24X7 services”.

CRPF has ordered an inquiry into the May 17 encounter in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

MHA has told the Bihar Government that it can use SSB for operations against the CPI-Maoist.

PLFI cadres hit nearly six persons with batons during a marriage ceremony in Gumla District of Jharkhand after which a woman succumbed to her injuries.

A suspicious boat was found at Vikhroli creek in Mumbai in Maharashtra."The boat was unclaimed and had no crew members. No smuggled goods or explosives were found on it," said Amitesh Kumar, additional Commissioner of Police, Maharashtra ATS.

Darjeeling Police arrested another ISI operative, identified as Mani Kumar Biswakarma from  Sukna cantonment of Darjeeling District, West Bengal for allegedly siphoning information from there. This takes the arrest tally in the case to five. Four ISI operatives were earlier arrested on May 19.

Two convicts in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts case, Sharif Dada Parkar and Zaibunissa Kazi surrendered before the special TADA court after it issued a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against them.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah, who has been advocating partial withdrawal of AFSPA from some parts of his State, expressed hope of finding a “common meeting ground” with the Army on the vexed issue.

Categorically dismissing accusation by the Robert Singson’s Faction UTLA about two of their cadres abducted by troops of 22 Assam Rifles and torturing them by use of electric current during interrogation on May 16, a Public Relation Officer, Inspector General Assam Rifles-South release, termed the allegations as completely incorrect and baseless.

SFs conducted a search operation at Heirok Thockchom Leikai in Thoubal District, Manipur and arrested a PREPAK cadre, identified as Laishram Amuchou Singh (41). He revealed that the IED explosion on May 5 at Wangjing Purana Heitupokpi against the SFs was carried out by him in collusion with one Naocha.

Apparently referring to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh's comment at the national Anti-Terrorism Day observance that linked insurgency movement in Manipur to acts of terrorism, the URF, contended that ongoing armed campaign for ‘restoration’ of Manipur's sovereignty cannot be compared to terrorist activities.

SFs arrested a militant belonging to the NDFB-IKS, Mandish Daimary, from Mainaguli in Sonitpur District, Assam.

 BPPF urged the Central Government to hold peace talks with all the factions of the NDFB on the issue of their long standing demand for creation of separate state of Bodoland by creating a congenial atmosphere in the region. BPPF expressed concern over the rise in incidents of extortion and threats to people by militant groups along the India-Bhutan border areas in Kokrajhar and Chirang Districts. “People are even asked to leave the area if they are unable to pay the extortion amount. It is a matter of great concern. The government should take appropriate steps against the militant groups,” he said.

SFs arrested two suspected NDFB militants, Bailo Basumatary (32) and Anil Boro (30), from a guesthouse at Jatia in Kamrup (metro) District of Assam. Police said two .9mm pistols and 12 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from them. A case has been registered in Dispur Police Station and an investigation was on.

The GNLA has sought a CBI inquiry into the alleged creation of ANVC-B with the ‘blessings of the Meghalaya Government and the State Police’. The political secretary of GNLA, Bikdot Nikjang, said that with the UALA ‘commander-in-chief’ Singbirth Marak alias Norrok X Momin revealing that the Police and the Meghalaya Government provided arms to ANVC-B to take on the GNLA, the Government should order a high level probe into the incident. The UALA chief recently made a statement to the media that he was witness to the handing over of three sophisticated weapons to ANVC-B by Meghalaya Police with the blessings of the Meghalaya Government in East Garo Hills District several months ago to take on the GNLA outfit.

Militants of the UALA had reportedly ordered the closure of the Darangdura coal mine in Nangalbibra, South Garo Hills of Meghalaya on the same day they had masterminded the killing of five labourers on May 20 afternoon. South Garo Hills Police said that the militants came down to the mine in the morning ordering its closure reportedly over ‘extortion demands’ and later returned to commit the cold blooded killings when few laborers were still found present on the mining site. Meanwhile, the five labourers who were shot dead have been identified as Hobibul Ali, Anwar Ali, Mokidur Islam, Rizabul Ali and Motalif. They hailed from Goalpara District of Assam.

Chief Secretary WMS Pariat said that Militants operating in Meghalaya are not terrorists but extortionists and should not be glorified. He was speaking at a function organised to observe the Anti-Terrorism Day in the Main Secretariat premises.

NSCN-K has expelled two of its ‘Naga army officers’ for their anti-party activities and for straying away from “party discipline.” In a statement in Nagaland, NSCN-K, MIP said the two – ‘lieutenant colonel’ Isaac Sumi and ‘major’ Suvelo have been expelled with effect from May 21. According to MIP, Isaac Sumi has been “found guilty of creating confusion and mistrust among the national workers” which the MIP said was against the party discipline under “article 3 of section C”.  NSCN-K statement said Isaac was also “found guilty of tarnishing party image, illegally collecting taxes in the name of the party without proper authorization.” Meanwhile, Suvelo was found guilty of “conniving against the party and trying to deliberately defect to Khole/Kitovi group”, said MIP.

NNC through its ‘information & publicity wing’ has informed that some imposters in the name of Naga National Council (parent body) and as national workers were committing crime against the people by imposing different ‘taxation’ for their selfish end.

A CPI-Maoist cadre who is wanted in several cases of attacks on Government properties and Police personnel in Odisha was reportedly arrested at her residence in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh by a team of Odisha Police.

The local crime branch (LCB) of Vapi Police arrested two persons, identified as Rajendra Mishra and Khimji Radheyshyam Tiwari with FICN with a face value of INR 10000, from Imran Nagar in Vapi town (Valsad District, Gujarat)

India has sought access from the US to the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks convict David Coleman Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana.

After the India-US Homeland Security Dialogue in Washington, a joint communique said the two countries have agreed to enhance bilateral co-operation to combat terror financing and currency counterfeiting.

Army pushed back a ‘youth’, from the PoK, when he entered the Indian territory of Dilli, along the LoC in the Mendhar sector of Poonch District of J&K.

A shutdown called by separatists affected life in Srinagar, although the authorities did not impose any restrictions in the city.

Some radical Sikh leaders, led by Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar, Punjab) President Simranjit Singh Mann, raised the Khalistan (separate Sikh homeland) demand at a meeting.

Manipur Government representatives, including Principal Secretary (Home), Suresh Babu, and the Union Joint Secretary in charge of the North East, Shambhu Singh, held a series of talks with representatives of the KCP-Lamphel, KYKL-MDF and the URF at the former's office.

Another round of meeting was also held with the UPPK separately and it was agreed that a MoU would be signed on May 24 between the outfit and the Manipur Government.

SFs conducted a search operation at Inganglok Tera Makhong area of Heirok Part III in Thoubal District, Manipur, and arrested two bomb experts of the RPF/PLA. It identified the two as Nongmaithem Naocha Singh (27) and Laishram Kiran Meitei (22). On questioning, Nongmaithem Naocha disclosed that the Improvised Explosive Device (lED) attack which took place on May 15, 2013, at Wangjing Purana Heitupokpi against the regular foot patrol party of BSF 116^th Battalion was carried out by him in association with Laishram Kiran Meitei and one Laishram Amuchou Singh. Nongmaithem further disclosed that one lED weighing about seven kilograms fitted with one RPG mortar shell was also planted by him and his associates at Wangjing Purana Heitupokpi area near the site of blast. Following this disclosure, one lED which was more than one square feet in dimension and one RPG Shell fitted together were recovered by the SFs.

SFs revealed that arrested militant of the NDFB-IKS, Mandish Daimary is a key accused in the Adilur Rahman murder case. NDFB-IKS militant, Mandish Daimary was arrested on May 21, 2013, when he went to collect INR 25,000 as extortion money from a businessman. According to the Police, he acted as the NDFB-IKS’s ‘collection in-charge’ in Sonitpur District, Assam. Sonitpur SP, Arabinda Kalita, said this was the first time a cadre of the Songbijit faction had been arrested in the District. Adilur Rehman, a tea planter, was killed by NDFB-IKS militants on November 13, 2012.

Police investigating CPI-Maoist activities in Assam have claimed that Siraj Rabha, the arrested ‘training instructor’ of CPI-Maoist, is a landmine expert who is wanted by Police in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. “We had information that landmine expert Dipesh was in Assam, but initially Siraj did not admit that he is Dipesh. But when intelligence branch sleuths from Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand came up with his photograph, he confessed that he is the landmine expert Dipesh,” a source said. Rabha was arrested on April 26, 2013.

Tura Police successfully intercepted a group of arms suppliers for militant groups, suspected to be GNLA and the ANVC-B, and arrested eight persons besides seizing pistols and ammunition from Chibragre picnic spot of Rongram near Tura in West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. Two 7.62 mm pistols along with seven rounds of ammunition and five magazine holders along with eight mobile phones and INR 5000 were seized from the possession of the arrested persons.

The breakthrough came following intelligence inputs about a possible meeting between Assam-based arms suppliers and their middlemen near Tura. The Police revealed that the gang had brought the weapons allegedly to sell to ANVC-B militants who had put up an order to buy them but had also previously sold a similar consignment to the GNLA. The weapons were brought to Garo Hills from Bongaigaon region after it was delivered to the Assam trio by the main supplier. The Assam arms dealers were then to sell the weapons for INR 70,000 each to the local dealers who in turn were to resell it to the Garo militant groups for a price of INR 100000-150000 each.

UALA alleged that Meghalaya Police armed the ANVC-B outfit with weapons that had been seized from other militant outfits which were kept in the possession of the State force under directions from the political leadership.

 UALA has accused its former group leaders from the ANVC-B of executing several members who wanted to part ways from armed conflict. The UALA ‘military chief’, Norok has put forward a set of names of individuals who have disappeared in a span of three years and hold accountable the ANVC-B leaders based in West Khasi Hills District. Dikeo Marak of Dainadubi village in North Garo Hills, Egale Marak of Ampati, Cheman Sangma, Thairteen Momin, Na’chot Sangma, Sengsu Marak, Mikdang Sangma, Tenang Momin, Chenang Momin, Gribinda Momin and Soman Marak are some of the names the UALA chief claims were killed and their bodies disposed off in the jungles of West Khasi Hills.

 The Deputy Commissioner of Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills, Chinmay P Gotmare, ruled out any magisterial inquiry into the recent incident where militants killed five labourers in a coal mine at Nangalbibra.

AIGU has demanded a departmental inquiry against present Deputy Superintendant of Police of Nongstoin, TC Chacko, after allegations by the UALA chief that the Police official had handed over three sophisticated weapons to ANVC-B to take on the GNLA, according to a report. Though the ANVC-B has denied the allegations, the GNLA and CSWO have also sought for a detailed inquiry into the allegations.

The High Court of Meghalaya set aside the detention order of GNLA ‘chairman’ Champion Sangma issued by the District Magistrate, Tura, following the failure of the authority to inform the militant chief of his rights to make a representation against the order, besides other loopholes.

The ANVC-B has sought the intervention of State Home Minister Roshan Warjri to end the Police operations against them since the Government has already signed a draft peace pact, says a report. In a letter addressed to the Home Minister, the ANVC-B chairman Rimpu Marak said that they had signed the draft agreement on January 5, 2013, to bring peace to Garo Hills and adjoining areas where they have been operating so far. “We have restrained from all unlawful activities since then, hoping for peace and in order to bring about changes to our society. However, there is a constant hunt, provocation and operations against my cadres which renders it all futile”, Marak said. He also ‘revealed’ that the Police and the parent organization ANVC are operating together in Garo Hills.

NSCN-KK militants opened fire and injured a villager at New Socünoma village in Dimapur District, Nagaland. New Socünoma Youth Association (NSYA) president Rovi Zhunyu and New Socünoma Students Union (NSSU) president Visietsolie Vupru have appealed to the authorities of the “NSCN (Unification)”/GPRN/NSCN (Khole-Kitovi) to ‘deliver justice’ “without delay or default”.

‘Chairman’ of NSCN-K, S.S. Khaplang has expelled Vedeta, ‘Deputy Kilonser Finance’ from the NSCN-K for his “anti party activities and for conspiring against the party”. S.S. Khaplang in a release stated that Vedeta was found guilty of promoting disunity, confusion and mistrust, among the ‘national’ workers thereby creating complete chaos within Chakhesang region. “He is found guilty of conspiring against the party and deliberately planned to defect to Khole/Kitovi group [NSCN-KK]”, the release further said.

A PLFI cadre who was allegedly involved in the killing of a journalist was killed during an encounter with Police in Khunti District of Jharkhand.

CPI-Maoist cadres hanged a villager to death in a Jan Adalat while mercilessly assaulting two others suspecting them of being Police informers in Edkapalli Murkinar village of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh.

Police arrested six persons, identified as Bandaru Edukondalu, Jangam Srinivasa Rao, Lakshmaiah, Shaik Basha, Silaruddin and Shaik Khayyum along with FICN with a face value of INR 136,000 in Macherla area of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

The NIA filed chargesheet in the September 8, 2006, Malegaon (Maharashtra) blasts case. Lokesh Sharma was named as an accused, along with three others, Ramchandra Kalsangra, Sandeep Dange and Amit Hakla.

Investigations and interrogation by Delhi Police showed that arrested bookies revealed the match fixing and cricket betting chain originates in Pakistan, and often via London and Dubai. A source says Dawood Ibrahim coordinates the spot-fixing mafia from Pakistan and directs one of his trusted men in London.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah reiterated that Army was the biggest hurdle in the withdrawal of AFSPA from the State and he would be taking up the issue with the Prime Minister and Home Minister in an internal security meeting scheduled on June 5.

SK Thadou, ‘Chairman’ of UTLA  talked about the aims and steps that had been taken by his group who are yet to sign the Government’s offer of SoO disclosing that the group is in the process to sign the SoO. “The result will however depend on the positive response from the Government on their promises,” he said. He continued that on May 20, he had a talk with Shambu Singh, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs North East, at Massimpur in Assam where he had listed the UTLA-SK’s condition on signing the SoO in writing. He elaborated that the conditions include to make a clubbing of the Barrak valley/Tuilang area of Manipur into one administrative unit with Churachandpur District or to Tamenglong or to Jiribam (Imphal East District) whichever is suitable for the Government; to grant two sub divisions for which the Government should constitute one MLA constituency for Tuilang area plus one more parliament constituency for the tribals. The chairman further said that right now, the UTLA-SK faction has more than 70 cadres with more than 50 widows who will soon be rehabilitated with the promise of Government being fulfilled.

Peace talks with three insurgent groups [(United Revolutionary Front (URF), Lamphel group of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP-Lamphel) and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup-Military Defense Force (KYKL-MDF)] that had signed separate tripartite MoU  with Centre and State Government has commenced, an official source said, hinting that another MoU for peace process with UPPK was likely to ink on May 24.  The three militant groups had on February 14, 2012, entered into separate MoUs for peace dialogue with Government of India and Government of Manipur. The first round of peace talks was held on May 22. The three groups have submitted their demands from the Government during the talks, the source said, adding officials of both Centre and State Government have hinted of granting their demands.

Outgoing Arunachal Pradesh Governor General (retired) J J Singh, said the insurgency problem in eastern Arunachal Districts could be solved only after a permanent solution to the vexed Naga issue is reached. "The people of three eastern Arunachal districts - Tirap, Changlang and Longding - are living in fear due to the presence of cadres of the two NSCN factions in the area, who resort to kidnapping, extortion and factional feuds," the Governor said. He said the State Government had already done everything to build confidence among the people and make them aware that crackdown on insurgents could be possible only with their support. "The problem of Arunachal is directly linked with that of Nagaland. The Centre should immediately resolve the Naga issue to bring peace and normalcy to these districts," he said.

He said the problem could be resolved if the Centre and the respective state governments implement the surrender policy in the right perspective."We have not implemented the surrender policy in the right manner so as to attract the cadres to shun violence and join the mainstream. The surrender policy should be viable incorporating a suitable package like training, necessary grants and skill development for the surrendered cadres to start new self-employment ventures," he added.

The 12-hour Goalpara District (Assam) bandh (general shut down), called by the MSP in protest against killing of five coal miners at Nangalbibra in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills, passed off peacefully. The strike was reported to be total, with commercial establishments, government offices and educational institutions remaining closed.

Suspected UALA cadres had shot daed the five labourers, all residents of Goalpara District, on May 20 allegedly in retaliation to the mine’s owner refusal to pay them extortion money.

Suspected GNLA militants, morning opened fired at the Construction Company based at Swangre in West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya leading to retaliation from Police personnel who were guarding the company premises. As the Police personnel opened retaliatory fire, the militant fled from the scene. Though no casualty or injury was reported on either side, search at the site led to the recovery of a live grenade, one SLR magazine and one AK magazine. Sources informed that recently the GNLA served demand notes to the company headquarter located at Samanda in East Garo Hills where senior officials of the company are stationing. However, the company refused to pay any money to the GNLA, which might have infuriated the militant group leading to the failed attack on the Swangre camp, sources added.

ANVC-B has condemned the UALA chief, Norok for killing five labourers in a coalmine at Nangalbibra in South Garo Hills recently. In a statement issued on May 23, ANVC-B leader Rimpu Marak questioned Norrok on what he wanted to prove by killing innocent labourers, while adding that murder of innocent people for money would not bring any change to the people of Garo Hills. The ANVC-B leader also accused Norrok of killing one Silnam Momin, an ANVC-B cadre in Bolsrong, Bajengdoba area on May 19.

The ‘commanding officer’ of Kuki National Front’s (KNF), Ebenezer Camp, HS Seipao Kipgen alias Shanty Kipgen’ was shot dead by some unidentified persons near the Sapormeina Forest Beat under Gamnom Sapormeina Police Station in Senapati District of manipur at around 10 pm. Though the exact motive and identity of the group which killed Shanty Kipgen is not known, it is suspected that one group which broke away from KNF, and is not a party to Suspension of Operation (SoO) is behind the killing, informed a source. According to KNF ‘publicity secretary’ LH Stephen, Shanty was returning to their camp after visiting his family.

Reacting to incident, the UKLF said that violence is a bitter experience the people had in the past without any positive impact. It appealed all concerned Kuki underground groups within United Peoples Front (UPF) and Kuki National Organization (KNO) and other splinter groups to do away with the habit of killing blood brothers from now onwards. It added that dialogue or talk should be given a chance to settle any misunderstanding.

NSCN-K cadres opened fire and injured a former member, Pito (29), in an area near Superintendent of Police (SP)’s office in Kohima (Kohima District, nagaland) Later, NSCN-K ‘urban commander’ of Kohima, Kisheto Aye claimed Pito was involved in “anti-social activities including extortions, vehicle-lifting particularly two-wheelers for which the NSCN had issued several warnings”. 

The ‘central committee’ of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants has been pumping in funds to the North East region for some time to expand their bases in this part of the country. Sources revealed that the security agencies have come to know that the ‘central committee’ of the Maoists has been pumping in funds to the region every month through Aklanta Rabha, a ‘central committee’ member arrested on April 26, 2013,  to expand the bases of the Maoists in this region and also to recruit members for the outfit.

During a meeting with the ‘titular king’ of Manipur Leishemba Sanajaoba at Hebron in Dimapur District of Nagaland, NSCN-IM ‘general secretary’, Thuingaleng Muivah stated, “Nagas and Meiteis should decide for their own future and our future will be the outcome of this decision”.

CPI-Maoist cadres set ablaze a Tendu leaf laden truck at Khadupani village within Boden Police limits in Nuapada District of Odisha.

JPC, a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, arranged a marriage of a young couple in a janadalat held in the dense forest at Adra in Katkumdag block of Hazaribag District, Jharkhand, after the girl's parents ‘complained’ to the outfit that the boy had ditched the girl after having an affair.

Two people were arrested along with FICN with a face value of INR 400,000 in Kolkata. The two are residents of Murshidabad District in West Bengal.

Darjeeling Police arrested one Mohammad Azad from New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, for his alleged links with Pakistan’s ISI operatives based in Delhi.

Earlier, the Commanding Officer of the Civil Government Traffic Department based at the Sukna 33 Corps Head Quarters lodged an FIR at the Kurseong Police Station naming Azad for allegedly transferring documents and photographs of army installations to agents in Delhi. Azad had been working as a cleaner in the Civil Government Traffic Department since 1999.

A special TADA court judge in Mumbai (Maharashtra) rejected two bail pleas by Abu Salem, with the 1993 serial Mumbai blasts and the 1995 Pradeep Jain murder cases. Salem had made separate pleas in both cases.

The HDFC Bank reported to Indore Police about FICN over INR 365,630 deposited in the bank's different branches across Madhya Pradesh in first four months of 2013. According to Sub Inspector Ashok Mahajan, maximum 240 FICNs worth INR 111,670 were deposited in January, followed by 230 FICNs worth INR 117,250 in April, 197 FICNs worth INR 86,200 in February and FICNs 148 worth INR 50,510 in March.

The NIA has established the role of HM in circulating FICN. Completing the investigation in a case, registered in 2011, related to smuggling of FICN, the NIA filed a final supplementary chargesheet in a Jammu court, J&K in April 2013.

An officer from NIA said, "Through the Bangladesh border, it (fake Indian currency) was being pumped into India from West Bengal. It was being funnelled via Delhi to terror groups like Hizbul Mujahideen."

A LeT ‘commander’, identified as Hilal Maulvi, was shot dead by SF at his hideout in the congested Fatehkadal area of Old Srinagar city (Srinagar District of J&K) in an early morning raid. Three SF personnel were also injured during the operation. One Chinese pistol among other things was reportedly recovered from the site of the encounter.

Police arrested five persons from Gandoh locality of Doda District in a case related to grenade attack on Police personnel at Thathri Police Station in the same district during the intervening night of April 27 and 28.

A PREPAK cadre, identified as Oinam Sidaba alias Myko alias Tony alias Charlie, reportedly with several criminal records, was arrested by a combined team of Security Forces (SFs) on at Pallel Bazar in Chandel District, Manipur. A Police statement said he was involved in the killing of one Richard at Heirok Part-III in 2005; killing of Ngouba at Salungpham in 2006; killing of one Raja at Heirok Heituppokpi in 2007 besides being involved in the firing incident at a Thabal Chongba at Heirok in 2008. One .32 pistol, three live rounds, a mobile handset and a SIM were recovered from his possession, the Police said.

A UNLF cadre, identified as Naorem Gourakumar Singh, was arrested by Imphal East District Police commandos at around 8.10am from New Checkon crossing.

Security Forces arrested a ULFA-I militant, Jyoti Baruah (25). Jyoti was allegedly involved in a grenade blast case in Sivasagar, Assam in 2012.

ANVC-B ‘chairman’ Rimpu Marak denied that there is any new recruitment going on in the ANVC-B and maintained that there are no minor cadres with the outfit. “We have no minor cadres. No new recruitment is going on in the ANVC-B camp. We have been waiting for the official procedure for the final peace settlement, but nothing seems to be taking place,” Marak said in a statement.

There were reports that after former ANVC-B leader Singbirth N Marak alias Norrok X Momin, who formed the United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) after taking away many of the ANVC-B cadres, Rimpu Marak began recruiting cadres to add strength to the militant outfit. Further, the photograph released by the ANVC-B on May 23 raised suspicions on whether ANVC-B has roped in minors & girls to add to its strength.

UPPK signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central and Manipur Governments joining the peace process during a home coming ceremony in Imphal. The tripartite MoU was signed by Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary (northeast) on behalf of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and J Suresh Babu, Principal Secretary (Home) on behalf of the State Government. On behalf of the UPPK, the MoU was signed by the outfit`s ‘president’, Achoibam Bonbihari, its ‘home secretary’ H. Ahoi alias Lemba and ‘Chief of army’ Mayengbam Maichon. The arms laid down by the UPPK were a total of 37 weapons including one SLR, 21 HK-33 Rifles, 4 Pistols, 2 lathod guns, one each of M-22 Rifle, AK-56 Rifle, Type 81 Rifle, A-4 Rifle, A-1 Rifle, MG A-2, MG M-23, MG MK-3 and RPG. In addition to many hand grenades, the UPPK has also brought 5742 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition and 507 rounds of 7.762mm ammunition. Bonbihari, ‘president’ of UPPK said that UPPK group had decided on the path of peace as the general public does not like bloodshed.

The outfit’s ‘general secretary’ Konthoujam Shanti (who was lodged at the central jail of Gauhati in connection with a case registered by the National Investigation Agency against him) arrived at Tulihal Airport in Imphal in a helicopter at about 3.30pm. and signed the MoU, adds Kanglaonline. He was flown back to Gauhati central jail in a helicopter after he attended the ceremony.

PREPAK has claimed in a press release that the outfit is not related in any way to Oinam Sidaba alias Mico alias Tony alias Charlie who was reportedly arrested by the Thoubal Police commandos and 6^th Dogra Rifles from Pallel bazar (Chandel District of manipur) on May 23 or the pistol recovered from him, says a report. It has said that the individual had no connection or relation with the outfit since 2010 and that the outfit had not issued any arm to him.

A CPI-Maoist cadre, carrying INR 300,000 on his head, was arrested on the borders of Chatra and Palamu Districts of Jharkhand.

A ‘sub-zonal area commander’ of the CPI-Maoist, identified as Shatrughan Ram, was arrested from Lakhanpur village in Jehanabad District of Jharkhand.

Three CPI-Maoist cadres, earlier operating in Odisha, surrendered before the Vizianagaram District Police of Andhra Pradesh.

Karimnagar District Police of Andhra Pradesh arrested two CPI-Maoist cadres at Godavarikhani.

CPI-Maoist cadres killed a tribal Special Police Officer, Kanhu Charan Madhi (25), in Malkangiri District of Odisha.

The NIA has begun a probe into claims by a Tamil Nadu man, Thamim Ansari (arrested on September 17, 2012), that he had recced Indian strategic and military sites for a Pakistani diplomat.

Three Army personnel were killed in an encounter with militants in village Buchoo located in Tral area of Pulwama District of J&K.

An Army trooper who sustained injuries during the the encounter at village Bicchu in Tral area of Pulwama District succumbed to his injuries later in the day, while SF shot dead one of the three militants, identified as Saifullah Ahangar, during the encounter. The militants are affiliated to the HM outfit.

Militants had snatched 3 AK-47 rifles from the dead Army personnel. One snatched AK rifle of the Army and an SLR magazine was recovered from the possession of the dead militant. Militants also left behind the two SLRs which they had taken away from a minority security picket at village Arigam in Tral region in May 2012.

HM has claimed the responsibility of the incident. Its ‘spokesperson’ Baleeg-u-Din said that the ‘operation’ was carried out by five member squad of the outfit.

‘Protesters’ came out and pelted stones at the SFs in Palhalan and Pattan areas of Baramulla District, J&K after hearing that LeT ‘commander’ Hilal Molvi was shot dead. Police restored to tear shells and fired pellets at the ‘protesters’ during which two persons received minor pellet injuries.

Police sources said that the LeT ‘commander’ Hilal Molvi was wanted in 10 FIRs lodged at different Police Stations, for his role in militancy related incidents.

Pakistani troops violating the November 2003 CFA, opened fire at Indian posts at Kayan bowl in Toot Mari Gali (TMG) sub-sector in Nowgam sector, along the LoC of Kupwara District. Brigadier Sanjeev Langar along with two troopers sustained minor injuries in the firing.

Pakistani troops fired from across the border targeting Indian posts in South Tangdar sector (Kupwara District) for about half an hour.

An Army trooper, Lance Naik Rakesh Kumar, was killed in a mine blast at Krishna Ghati (KG) sector in Poonch District. Reports said the he was part of Road Opening Party (ROP), which was patrolling forward areas on the LoC at KG sector.

A former HuJI militant, identified as Nazir Hussain, resident of Marhot in Surankote tehsil (revenue unit) of Poonch District, was arrested along with his Pakistani wife and three children upon reaching Jogi Morh naka at Surankote from Karachi (provincial capital of Sindh, Pakistan) via Nepal.

BSF arrested a Pakistani woman who had crossed over to Indian side and was moving near the border in Ramgarh sector of Samba District along the IB under suspicious circumstances. She has been identified as Rashida Begum.

Assam security agency document revealed that the leader of the Independent faction of ULFA-I, Paresh Baruah, had to obey Islamic radicals and convert to Islam along with his family members in return for a safe haven in Bangladesh. A source associated with the compilation of the document said that Baruah, a Hindu by birth, after converting to Islam, changed his name to Kamruj Zaman Khan, while his wife Bobby Dutta is now known as Sofian Zaman. The Baruahs converted to Islam when they took refuge in Bangladesh in 2000.  "His family still lives in Bangladesh under the patronage of the influential radicals and this is one reason why Baruah cannot afford to question Bangladeshi migrants back in Assam. He now lives in hiding, off the money extorted from people in Assam," the source said. Paresh Baruah now leads ULFA-I from Myanmar.

One person, identified as Nongthoubam Jila (50), was abducted by three/four unidentified armed persons on May 25 from near Keishampat junction in Imphal West District, Manipur at around 9.30 pm. He was reportedly blindfolded and then given an electric shock before being assaulted. Later, he was released after being asked to hand over the money before 4pm on May 27 (today). The militants reportedly served a monetary demand of INR 500000.

KNF-Nehlun has denied its involvement in the killing of Seikhopao Kipgen, ‘commanding officer’ of Ebenezer Camp of the KNF-President faction (KNF-P) on May 23. Clarifying that none of its cadres venture into Sapermeina where the killing took place, a statement issued by the ‘Information & Publicity secretary’ of KNF-Nehlun, Gogou Vaiphei said that the KNF-P blamed them without citing any genuine evidence and urged the Government to support them to harass the KNF-N as they are not a party to the Suspension of Operation (SoO) just to conceal their own pre-planned activity.

The Information Centre for Hill Areas, Manipur (ICHAM), has in a release said that it considers the meeting between Th Muivah, ‘general secretary’ of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and a team led by the ‘titular king’ of Manipur, Leisemba Sanajaoba’ at NSCN-IM camp in Hebron, in Dimapur District of Nagaland, recently as a milestone and welcome gesture. “The meeting of such two prominent personalities of the area will not only promote brotherly neighbourhood, sense of belongingness, solidarity and closer understanding not only between the Meitei and the Naga brothers but across the whole north eastern states of India and beyond,” the release said.

The AAGSU blocked the National Highway-52 in Sonitpur District, for two hours, to protest against extortion notices given by National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) to Gorkha residents of Bodoland Territorial Administrated District (BTAD) and parts of Sonitpur District. AAGSU ‘Sonitpur District committee secretary’ Gopal Chetry said the NDFB threatened the people living in the Nepali dominated villages to provide INR 50,000 or else leave the BTAD Districts.  Chetry also claimed that the more than 200,000 Gorkha population at Charduar, Balijuri, Tinikhuti, Vimajuli, Gohpur and Biswanath Chariali subdivisions were not feeling safe due to the extortion drive of the insurgent group adds Zee News.

ULFA-I ‘criticized’ Assam Government’s failure to prevent killing of one-horned rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) despite its ‘tall claim’ over enhanced deployment of forces armed with sophisticated weapons, reports The Shillong Times. The ULFA-I in an e-mailed statement to the media called upon the people of Assam to demand withdrawal of all forces from KNP for their failure to protect the rhino and demanded that the responsibility of protection of Kaziranga resources should be handed over to fringe area villagers. The ULFA-I further stated that it would cooperate with villagers in protecting the rhino and other resources of the Park.

Police arrested NLFT militant, Falgun Debbarma, from Dhundrai Para under West Tripura District, Tripura. NLFT militant, Falgun was one of the prime accused in Jarulbachai massacre (February 1997). The CID had filed charge-sheet against 16 NFLT militants among whom 11 were reported absconding.

The ANVC-B has raised a women’s militant wing to ‘fight’ crime against women. “We are Garo women joining the ANVC (B) to be safe. Many women are raped outside, but the ANVC (B) is safe for women and we are trained to defend ourselves from men,” said Silan Ginchi Marak, the women’s ‘military wing chief’ of ANVC-B. The women rebels, numbering around 300, are located in two undisclosed camps at Garo Hills in western Meghalaya. Meghalaya Government statistics reveal that in 2012, 236 crimes were reported against women, of which 158 were rapes.

Ginchi Marak also revealed that the UALA leader, Norrok alias Singbirth Marak is determined to kill them but she asserted that the cadres are ready to fight Norrok’s men, ‘though neither the police nor the Government is helping them’, adds The Shillong Times. In an earlier statement, the ANVC-B had made it clear that Norrok was a coward aiming to kill ANVC-B women cadres.

The bodies of Chhattisgarh Congress Chief, Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, who were abducted by CPI-Maoist cadre were recovered on May 26 along with those of eight others, mainly Security personnel in Jiram valley in Bastar region. With the recovery of the bodies, the toll in the Maoist attack on a convoy of Congress leaders has climbed to 28. Thirty-two people have been injured in the attack.

Five CPI-Maoist sympathizers, including Dilip Murmu, a resident of Belpahari Police Station in adjoining West Bengal, were arrested from Chakulia Police Station under Ghatsila Sub-division of East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand.

FICN racket was busted as four persons were arrested from Akbar