January 1

Four National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) terrorists are killed in an encounter with the Army along the India-Bhutan border at Paharpur under Darrangamela police station limits in Nalbari district.

January 2

Army Chief General N C Vij states in Guwahati that at least 650 terrorists have been neutralised during the December 2003 military operations in Bhutan.

January 3

Ten terrorists, including six United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), two Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) and two NDFB cadres, surrender separately at Laipuli in Tinsukia and Bengtol in Kokrajhar district.

January 4

ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa reacting to the Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley’s speech at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan, in a press statement, labels him as ‘a liar dictated by New Delhi’. He claims that there was absolutely no truth in the Bhutanese Premier’s assertion that the Kingdom "suffered from the presence of three armed extremist outfits of northeast." He adds that the kingdom would not be able to "sleep peacefully" after straining its relations with its "neighbours".

January 5

Eight NDFB terrorists surrender before the Army at Salbari camp in the Barpeta district with a large quantity of explosives and ammunition.

January 5

Six ULFA and two Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA) terrorists surrender to the Army along with small arms and ammunition at Laipuli under Tingkhong police station limits in the Dibrugarh district.

January 5

North East Peoples’ Forum (NEPF), a conglomeration of 16 political parties in the region, urges the ULFA to hold talks with the Union Government.

January 8

Ten security force personnel are injured in twin ULFA strikes near Krishnai in the Goalpara district and Ghilabari in the Kamrup district.

January 10

Suspected ULFA terrorists trigger an explosion targeting an over-ground crude oil-carrying pipeline of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) at Fakumharmoti in the Sivasagar district.

January 11

Army personnel recover a large cache of ammunition, including 90 gelatin sticks, four magazines and 176 bullets, belonging to the NDFB from Serfanguri in the Kokrajhar district.

January 17

Suspected terrorists of the anti-talk faction of the United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) kill four woodcutters and injure another in Rangadubi reserve forest in Karbi Anglong district.

January 18

UPDS terrorists kill three Kuki women and injure three others and set ablaze seventeen huts at Basamilik village under Howraghat police station limits.

January 19

ULFA terrorists explode an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeting a crude oil carrying pipeline of the Oil India Ltd (OIL), embedded seven feet under the ground, at Na Pathar village in the Sivasagar district.

January 23

Three NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Santhaibari under Sorbhog Police Station limits in the Barpeta district.

January 23

33 terrorists, including 26 ULFA and seven NDFB cadres, surrender at Udalguri in the Darrang district.

Separately, five NDFB terrorists, including self-styled corporal B. Bhudang, surrender at Saraibil in the Kokrajhar district.

January 25

Five NDFB terrorists, including B. Bambrima alias Bhuban Basumatary, the Dhubri ‘district commander’ of the outfit, surrender at Monglajhora in the Dhubri district.

January 28

Four ULFA terrorists trying to enter into Assam from Bhutan are killed in an encounter at Paharbasti under Tamulpur police station jurisdiction in the Nalbari district.

January 28

13 terrorists, including one ULFA, ten NDFB and two MULTA cadres, surrender separately in the Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta districts.

January 30

Three ULFA, two Bengali Tiger Force (BTF) and one NDFB cadre surrender at Barpeta Road camp in the Barpeta district.

Separately, three NDFB terrorists surrender at Taraibari in Kokrajhar district.

January 31

156 terrorists including, 53 ULFA, 91 NDFB, four BTF and four MULTA cadres, surrender at Tamulpur in the Nalbari district along with 56 assorted weapons.

February 2

Security force personnel recover 200 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition from the Panbari and Mahamaya reserve forests in Dhubri district.

February 6

Decomposed bodies of two businessmen, abducted on December 14, 2003, by suspected NDFB terrorists are recovered from Number 9 forest ride near the India-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district.

February 6

Five ULFA terrorists, including two women cadres, are arrested from a Nagaland-bound private vehicle near Borhola in the Jorhat district.

February 9

Eleven ULFA cadres, hailing from the Nalbari and Nagaon districts, surrender before the Deputy Commissioner of Nalbari and the Commanding Officer of 136 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), after fleeing from their Bhutan camps following the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) operations in December 2003.

February 10

Three People’s Liberation Army (PLA) terrorists, hailing from Lakhipur subdivision of Cachar district, are arrested from a private hospital in Silchar.

February 10

Suspected Kuki terrorists set ablaze 26 houses in two villages, Rangsinglaktha and Baliramlaktha, under Bokajan police station in the Karbi Anglong district.

February 12

Three suspected ULFA terrorists are killed near the Assam-Meghalaya border under Boko police station jurisdiction in the Kamrup district.

February 12

Three Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) terrorists are killed at Saijong village under Bokajan police station limits in the Karbi Anglong district.

February 19

Atul Barooah, ‘Finance Secretary (Western Zone)’ of the ULFA, is killed during an encounter at Bhangadali Sikarghat under Golakganj police station limits in the Dhubri district.

February 24

Twelve NDFB terrorists surrender at Hatigor in Darrang district.

February 25

Assam Government extends the period of ‘general amnesty’ to cadres of the terrorist organizations- ULFA, NDFB, anti-talks faction of the UPDS and anti-talks faction of the Dima Halim Daoga (DHD) - till March 31 to enable them to surrender and join the mainstream.

February 26

Self-styled ‘organizing secretary’ of the newly formed Islamic Independent Army (IIA), also a 'district commander' of the Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA), identified as Sayed Sabir Ahmad, is arrested at Balibhumi under Itasali police station in the Nagaon district.

February 27

The anti-talks faction of UPDS in a statement issued by its general secretary, H E Kathar, agrees to initiate a dialogue with the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) if NSCN-IM ‘acts as the mediator and guarantor’.

February 28

Security force personnel arrest five UPDS terrorists, including three women cadres, and also destroy a camp of the outfit during a search operation at an unspecified village near Dissama forest range in the Karbi Anglong district.

March 3

Four ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter with troops of the Red Horns Division of the Army at Tepkilobana in the Kamrup district.

Assam Police recover a huge cache of arms and ammunition, kept buried by ULFA terrorists in Bishondoi village under Golokganj police station in the Dhubri district. 12 AK-56 rifles, one US carbine, one rocket launcher, 28 rounds of AK-56 ammunition, seven universal machine guns magazines, one camera, some wireless sets, six rocket launcher cells and documents relating to arms training are recovered.

Eight ULFA and one NDFB cadre surrender at the Udalguri army camp of the 62 Field Artillery Regiment in the Darrang district.

March 4

Two security force personnel and a ULFA terrorist are killed in an encounter at Doholapara village under Sarbhog police station in the Barpeta district.

March 7

A goods train coming from Ledo to Guwahati is derailed when suspected ULFA terrorists explode an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the railway track at a place between Bhojo and Sufrai railway stations under Sonari police station in the Sivsagar district.

March 16

Three members of a family belonging to the Nepali community are killed by suspected KRA terrorists at Thailung village under Diphu police station in the Karbi Anglong district.

March 17

Five terrorists, including NDFB ‘finance secretary’ Nileswar Basumatary alias B J Jabda, second-in-command of the ‘3rd Battalion’, Khanindra Daimari alias Khaumtha, surrender at the Assam Police special branch headquarters in Guwahati.

Suspected Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) terrorists abduct Pratul Chandra Deb, a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), along with his two associates from Baicherra in the Hailakandi district.

March 19

Suspected terrorists of the anti-talks faction of UPDS kill six Kuki tribals and set ablaze seven houses at the remote Thengbong village in the Singhasan hills area of Karbi Anglong district.

March 24

Suspected terrorists of the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) kill at least 33 Karbi villagers in three separate places in the Karbi Anglong district.

March 29

Two ULFA terrorists are killed during an encounter with the Army’s Red Horn Division at Aranga Nala in Kamrup district.

March 31

Speaking to the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan rules out the possibility of handing over ULFA leader Anup Chetia, who is now in jail, to the Indian authorities.

April 3

Twenty people are wounded in a bomb explosion triggered by suspected ULFA terrorists inside a movie hall at Simaluguri in the Sivasagar district.

April 4

Two ULFA terrorists, identified as Bhaba Gogoi and Navajyoti Gogoi, are killed in an encounter with the police at Changpur in Golaghat district.

April 6

Nine police personnel are injured in a bomb blast, suspected to be carried out by the ULFA, at Ghuguha in the Dhemaji district.

April 9

Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Singrabari Gaon under Kumarikata police station limits in the Nalbari district.

April 10

Three ULFA cadres are killed in an encounter with the troops near Hahim in Kamrup district along the Assam-Meghalaya border.

April 14

Two persons, including a child, are killed when suspected ULFA terrorists hurled a grenade targeting a group of security force personnel at Ganeshguri in Guwahati city.

April 26

Two ULFA terrorists are killed during an encounter with the Army at Lakhopur village in the Nalbari district.

The anti-talks faction of UPDS renames itself as Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) and its armed wing as Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Resistance Force (KNPR).

Suspected DHD cadres abduct a businessman from Tumpreng under Hojai subdivision in the Nagaon district of Assam.

May 19

Assam Police personnel dig up the remains of two persons, allegedly killed by NDFB terrorists three and half years ago, from Rupnagar in the Kokrajhar district.

May 22

Forty-seven terrorists, including 20 belonging to ULFA, 25 of the NDFB and two MULTA cadres, surrender along with 42 assorted weapons to the Army authorities at Tamulpur in the Nalbari district.

May 24

NDFB terrorists abduct a contractor from the Balisang area in Sonitpur district.

May 29

ULFA ‘foreign secretary’, Sashadhar Choudhury, in a statement, demands the release of seven of the outfit’s leaders, missing during the Bhutan Military operations in December 2003 in exchange for the release of the Assam State Minister G C Langthasa’s son whom it had earlier abducted.

May 30

Three terrorists of the UPDS (anti-talks faction) are killed in an encounter at Lanka Lisu village under Howraghat police station limits in the Karbi Anglong district.

May 31

Six-surrendered ULFA and NDFB terrorists are arrested while extorting money from a private hospital at Udalguri.

June 3

Three ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter at Bhalukdabi village in the Goalpara district.

June 3

Self-styled district commander of the ULFA in Nagaon, Siba Rajbongsi alias Rajen Gohain, is arrested by the Army from Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district.

June 4

A surrendered ULFA (SULFA) cadre is killed by suspected ULFA terrorists at Chokchoka market in the Barpeta district.

June 4

Suspected ULFA terrorists blow up an oil pipeline of the Oil India Limited at Geetapathar in the Tinsukia district.

June 6

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, speaking to the media at Jorhat, says that a special package for SULFA cadres would soon be announced by the Union Government.

June 8

UPDS appeals to the ULFA to release Nirmalendu Langthasa, the abducted son of Assam State Minister GC Langthasa, unharmed.

June 8

ULFA chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa, in an interview with a Guwahati-based vernacular newspaper says that any negotiation process with the Government must include a discussion on the ‘sovereignty of Assam’.

June 9

23 people are wounded when suspected ULFA cadres explode a grenade inside a cinema hall at Tinsukia. One of the injured dies a day later.

June 9

Terrorists of the UPDS (pro-talks faction) kill three Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) supporters and injure eight others at Amlong village near Hamren town in Karbi Anglong district

June 11

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi states in Guwahati that, "The recent understanding between the ULFA and the NSCN-IM is a threat to the State."

June 12

Six persons including officials, employees and two guards of a private cement manufacturing company, Umrangsu Cement Limited are abducted by unidentified terrorists from the North Cachar Hills district.

June 16

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in an interview to the Press Trust of India in Guwahati, says that the outlawed ULFA has shown the ‘first signs’ of coming to the negotiation table to solve the insurgency problem.

ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua, in a telephonic conversation with the Guwahati-based vernacular daily Pratidin, rejects the Chief Minister’s statement as baseless.

June 17

Three ULFA cadres are arrested from Bordubi in the Tinsukia district.

June 18

ULFA serves an extortion demand amounting to Rupees 25 lakh on a business establishment, SRI Company, in the Mangaldoi town.

June 19

Suspected ULFA terrorists trigger an IED and blow up a coal-laden goods train at Ultapur railway station between Digboi and Margherita in the Tinsukia district derailing eight bogies. A driver of the train was injured in the incident.

17 people are wounded as suspected ULFA terrorists trigger an explosion at Chamber Road in the Tinsukia town. One person later succumbs to his injuries.

June 20

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in an interview to The Telegraph says that the Union Government is keen to have negotiations with the ULFA and the NDFB on the lines of the dialogue with the NSCN-IM.

June 21

Cease-fire with the Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF) is extended up to February 2005 following an agreement between the ACF leadership and the Government of Assam in Dispur.

June 21

Anti-talks faction of the UPDS calls for an indefinite rail and road blockade in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills district demanding an inquiry into the killing of its cadres in ‘fake’ encounters.

June 21

ULFA triggers a bomb blast in the premises of the Telephone Exchange cum Post Office of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at Tengakhat in Dibrugarh district. The explosion partially damages the office although no casualty is reported.

June 24

Seven bus passengers are killed and fifteen others sustain injuries as suspected ULFA terrorists detonate a bomb inside a passenger bus at Majgaon under Mathurapur police station limits in the Sibsagar district.

June 24

Pranab Nunisa of the Dima National Army, armed wing of the DHD, reportedly ousts Jewel Garlossa from the outfit and wrests control of the organisation.

June 25

Eight youths are injured in a grenade attack by suspected UPDS (Anti-talks faction) terrorists at Sariahjan Chariali in Diphu, district headquarter of Karbi Anglong.

June 28

39 terrorists including four women cadres of the ULFA and the Bodo Tiger Force (BTF), surrender at North Lakhimpur along with 10 assorted weapons.

Union Minister of State for Defence, B K Handique, speaking to the press in Guwahati rules out the possibility of the Union Government announcing any unilateral cease-fire with the ULFA.

June 29

17 terrorists belonging to the ULFA, NDFB and Tiwa Liberation Tiger Force (TLTF) surrender at Misa in the Nagaon district.

July 1

A senior Assam Government official and a police constable are killed by militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) in an attack on the police and civil officials during an eviction drive in the Dhansiri Reserve forest area of Karbi Anglong district.

July 2

Assam Government requests the Centre to shift the Hebron camp of the NSCN-IM situated near the Assam-Nagaland border.

July 4

Suspected cadres of the UPDS (anti-talks faction) kill a tribal youth and injure four other members of his family at Doigrung village under Bokajan police station limits in the Karbi Anglong district.

July 6

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

July 7

An Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, identified as Nasir Ali alias Raju Ali, is arrested while planting a bomb near the Simuluguri weekly market in Sibsagar district.

July 9

ULFA terrorists shoot dead two local leaders of the Congress party at Santipur Milan Chowk under Barama police station limits in Nalbari district.

July 10

Twelve persons are wounded in a grenade explosion at a cinema hall by suspected ULFA terrorists.

July 14

ULFA terrorists kill a SULFA cadre, namely Monul Haque, at Hajo in the Kamrup district.

July 15

Six persons, including three Assam Police personnel, are injured when suspected ULFA terrorists hurl a hand grenade near the Bongaigaon civil hospital in Bongaigaon district.

Two persons sustain injuries during a bomb blast in the Machkhowa locality of Guwahati city.

Suspected ULFA terrorists blow up an oil pipeline belonging to the Oil India Limited at a village near Tengakhat in Dibrugarh district. They also blow up the gas pipeline of the Assam Gas Company at Bismile in Dibrugarh district.

July 16

Unidentified militants fire at the residences of three ULFA terrorists in Sibsagar city.

ULFA terrorists trigger a blast targeting a telephone exchange at Chabua in Dibrugarh district, causing extensive damage to the telephone exchange.

July 17

Media reports indicate that 25 northeast terrorists, including several ULFA cadres, have been killed in separate attacks by unidentified assailants in various localities of Dhaka city. However, Bangladesh Government denies the occurrence of any such incident.

July 19

An assistant manager of a tea garden and his personal security officer are killed by suspected NDFB terrorists near Sootea in the Sonitpur district. The terrorists escape after looting Rupees 1.5 lakh, which the deceased manager was carrying.

July 21

ULFA terrorists kill two activists of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party at Jagun in the Tinsukia district.

July 22

ULFA ‘district commander’ of Bongaigaon, Hitesh Rai, is killed during an encounter at Majigaon.

July 30

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

July 31

Assam Police arrest Ripuni Ao, 'revenue kilonser' (minister) of the NSCN-K, along with five of his associates from Joyanagar area under Dispur police station in Guwahati.

August 2

Assam Police arrests Simanta Phukan alias Bastav Deodhai Phukan, chief of ULFA’s 'Enigma unit' and commander of the outfit’s ‘28th battalion’ along with his associate Dulal Baruah, from Napam Mising village under Gaurisagar police station in Sibsagar district.

August 3

Six cadres of the anti-talks faction of the UPDS, including a ‘commander’, surrender before Army authorities at Mariani in the Jorhat district.

August 6

The Assam State Legislative Assembly passes a unanimous resolution opposing the inclusion of Assam’s territory in the proposed ‘Greater Nagalim’ by the NSCN-IM.

August 8

ULFA explodes five powerful improvised explosive devices targeting two transmission towers of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and Assam State Electricity Board at Titabor in the Jorhat district.

ULFA 'commander-in-chief', Paresh Barua, in a telephonic conversation, with Guwahati-based newspapers says that the outfit is "willing to come down even to Dispur (Guwahati), as long as the agenda for talks revolved around his group's demand for ‘sovereignty’ of Assam."

August 9

Suspected NDFB terrorists kill two persons suspecting them to be police informers at Oujuli Rangagarh in the Sonitpur district.

August 10

Two ULFA terrorists, a SULFA cadre and a police personnel are killed in an encounter at Jorabat in the Kamrup district.

August 11

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

August 13

Two NDFB terrorists are killed in an encounter at Moinaguri under Kachugaon police station limits in the Kokrajhar district.

August 14

One civilian is killed and 18 others sustained injuries as suspected ULFA terrorists trigger a grenade blast inside a cinema hall at Gauripur in Dhubri district.

The Assam Government and Birsa Commando Force (BCF) sign a cease-fire agreement for a year following negotiations in Guwahati.

August 15

17 persons, including 16 school children, are killed as ULFA detonates explosives at the venue of Independence day celebrations in Dhemaji town.

August 19

Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, speaking to the press in Guwahati, says that the upsurge in ULFA violence indicates that the outfit is working at the behest of certain foreign agencies to subvert the nation from within.

August 19

ULFA 'Commander-in-Chief', Paresh Baruah, in a statement to the media denies his outfit’s involvement in the August 15-explosion at Dhemaji. He says, "The ULFA is not behind the blast. But we cannot rule out the involvement of other groups sympathetic to our cause."

August 25

One person is killed and 10 others, including two police personnel, are wounded in a grenade attack by ULFA terrorists in front of a movie theatre at Dibrugarh town.

August 26

ULFA triggers off a series of bomb blasts in different districts of Assam, killing six persons and injuring 80 others.

In the first attack, an explosive device placed inside a passenger bus, on its way from Sapatgram in Dhubri district to Cooch Behar in the State of West Bengal, explodes at Gossaigaon in the Kokrajhar district killing two persons and injuring at least 50 others.

Two security force personnel and the daughter of an Army Officer are killed and 17 people sustain injuries when an IED explodes and damages a bus carrying Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Tura to Guwahati, at Paikan village in the Goalpara district.

Another IED blast occurs in front of a bookstore at Tangla Chariali in Darrang district in which seven people are injured.

ULFA terrorists trigger a bomb explosion targeting a powerhouse at Chapakhowa in the Tinsukia district.

ULFA detonates two IEDs on the railway tracks near the Noonmati Oil Refinery in the Guwahati city injuring eight persons, including six policemen and a photojournalist. Two of the injured police personnel succumb to their injuries on August 28.

August 26

Seven terrorists, including the self-styled 'foreign secretary', Benu Boro, of the NDFB, four Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) cadres and two ULFA terrorists surrender before the Assam Police in Guwahati

August 27

70 terrorists, including 47 ULFA, 11 NDFB, eight BTF and four MULTA cadres surrender at the Assam Rifles camp at Chardwar in Sonitpur district

August 28

Assam Chief Minister, speaking to the press in Guwahati, terms the ULFA’s offer of talks on sovereignty of Assam as ‘untenable’. "By sticking to sovereignty, the outfit has itself negated the offer. How can Delhi discuss sovereignty with any group and yet maintain the integrity of the country", said Gogoi.

August 29

Two army personnel are killed in an IED explosion by suspected ULFA terrorists at Shantipara-Sakumari in the Kamrup district.

September 5

70 surrendered NDFB cadres residing at the Dimwlgaon camp in Kokrajhar town threaten to take up arms alleging lack of clear-cut policies for their rehabilitation by the State and Central Governments.

September 7

Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter at Balatarigaon in the Barpeta district.

September 11

Two NDFB terrorists are killed during an encounter at Batasipur Reserve forest in the Sonitpur district

September 12

Two ULFA terrorists, including a self-styled lieutenant, Rakta Cheleng, are killed in an encounter at Mulong Pahar under Ledo police station in the Tinsukia district. A huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including two AK- 47 rifles, one Chinese made pistol and 15 kg of RDX were recovered from the encounter site.

September 15

Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter with the security forces at Khilakimari village under Golokganj police station in the Dhubri district.

September 19

A joint team of the Assam Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrest 18 BNLF cadres from Satkarakhal Punji under Dholai police station limits in the Cachar district.

September 21

Eleven unidentified terrorists were reportedly arrested by a joint team of the Assam Police and CRPF after a brief encounter in the Karbi Anglong district.

ULFA terrorists kill a civilian at Rashigaon in the Bongaigaon district.

September 22

Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter with the army personnel at Singimari under Palasbari police station in the Kamrup district.

One civilian is killed and seven others sustain injuries during a bomb blast at a vegetable market in the Chowk Bazaar area of Dhubri district.

September 23

Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter with the troops at Nayapara under Krishnai police station in the Goalpara district.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, speaking to press persons in Guwahati, says, "The state government has no objection if ULFA directly contacts the Central Government for talks".

September 24

An ‘area commander’ of the NDFB, Biju Basumatary alias B. Sijou, is killed in an encounter with the security forces at Dangapara Rabhabasti in the Kokrajhar district.

Suspected cadres of the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) killed one person and injured two others at the Dalamara Tea Estate in Karbi Anglong district allegedly for their refusal to pay extortion money to the militant outfit.

September 25

An NDFB terrorist is killed in an encounter with security forces at Saralpara in the Kokrajhar district.

CRPF personnel kill two NDFB cadres following an encounter at No. 3 Namati under Bijni police station in the Chirang district.

September 29

A ULFA terrorist, identified as Lohit Chandra Roy alias Akon Hazong, is killed in an encounter with the Assam Police at Bidyapur Rabhapara in the Bongaigaon district.

September 30

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announces that his Government is prepared to declare a cease-fire with the ULFA if it reciprocates similarly. He also gives the outfit a time limit for the purpose with the appeal to declare its stand on the issue by October 15. He also informed that his Government is not opposed to the idea of holding talks with the ULFA in a third country.

October 2

Suspected NDFB and ULFA terrorists trigger a series of bomb blasts and open indiscriminate firing at various places in lower Assam killing at least 24 people and wounding over 40.

October 3

Fourteen more persons are killed and at least 58 others sustain injuries in separate incidents of terrorist violence in Assam for the second consecutive day.

The ULFA rejects Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's conditional cease-fire offer.

October 4

Six civilians are shot dead and seven others sustain injuries when terrorists affiliated to the outlawed NDFB opened indiscriminate firing at Gelapukhuri village in Biswanath Chariali.

October 5

Suspected terrorists of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland shot dead at least ten civilians and wounded seven others in the Jalabila village of Dhubri district.

October 8

The NDFB announces a unilateral ceasefire from October 15 for a period of six months in response to the Assam government’s offer for negotiations.

October 9

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, talking to the media in Guwahati, terms the NDFB ceasefire announcement as ‘a step in the right direction’. He, however, asserts that counter-insurgency operations against the outfit would continue until the outfit formally approaches the State Government with its offer.

October 10

The All Bodo Peace Forum, a Bodo organization, offers its assistance to help the Assam Government establish ‘direct contact’ with NDFB.

October 11

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi rejects the offer of mediation from the All Bodo Peace Forum in the peace talks between the Government and the NDFB.

October 12

Suspected ULFA terrorists kill two civilians at Mridongpara in Tinsukia district.

The Telegraph, quoting a surrendered ULFA cadre, reports that the outfit has begun preparing to launch a political party before the State Legislative Assembly elections in 2006.

October 13

The general secretary of the All Bodo Peace Forum (ABPF), Bhramon Baglari, accuses the Assam Government of not being sincere in responding to the unilateral ceasefire offer by the NDFB.

October 14

The Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi announces in Guwahati that NDFB has officially communicated its ceasefire offer to the government. He acknowledges the receipt of a letter from NDFB ‘chairman’ D.R. Nabla to this effect.

October 15

The Assam chief minister informs newspersons in Guwahati that the ceasefire with NDFB would be in the similar lines as those with the BLT and the NSCN-IM.

October 16

The Assam State government transfers 39 subjects under the jurisdiction of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) at a function held at Kokrajhar.

October 19

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi promises to offer safe passage to the representatives of the NDFB for talks with the government.

Troops of the Army’s Red Horn division arrests the ‘commander’ of the ULFA’s Bongaigaon unit, Pulak Bharali, alias Uday Das from Utamar village in the Dhubri district.

The opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) alleges several Congress ministers including Health Minister, Dr Bhumidhar Barman and WPT & BC Minister, Bharat Chandra Narah of links with ULFA and claims that the party has evidence to prove this nexus.

October 20

The Sanmilita Janagosthiya Sangram Samity (SJSS) demands its inclusion in the proposed peace process with the NDFB.

October 21

Assam Chief Minister meets the Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, in New Delhi and informs him of the NDFB's offer of talks.

October 25

The Assam government asks the NDFB to depute representatives to finalise the ground rules of ceasefire.

October 27

Eight ULFA cadres surrender before the district administration at Sibsagar along with an AK-56 rifle, one hand grenade, one gun, magazines, live cartridges and a wireless set.

The AGP seeks the intervention of President of India on the alleged nexus of the state congress ministers with the ULFA militant involved in the Dhemaji blast on August 15 last, Rashid Bharali.

October 29

Five ULFA terrorists, members of the outfit’s ‘Action Group’, are killed in an encounter at Kasojuli village under Laluk police station limits in the Lakhimpur district. A large quantity of arms and ammunition are recovered from their possession.

13 ULFA terrorists, including a women cadre surrender before the police at Dibrugarh along with an AK-56 rifle, a .56 pistol, a wireless set and several rounds of ammunition.

Five ISI agents, suspected to be involved in the twin explosions in Dimapur in Nagaland on October 2, arrested at Bokakhat in Golaghat district.

October 30

ULFA threatens to target Congress ministers, MLAs and other district and local-level leaders of the party to avenge the killing of five cadres of the outfit in Lakhimpur district on October 29 by the security forces.

November 1

An army personnel is killed following an encounter with ULFA terrorists at Lakhrakhan under Sepakhati police station in Sibsagar district.

November 2

Suspected KLNLF terrorists lob a grenade at a market near Bokajan town in Karbi Anglong district, seriously injuring one person.

November 6

NDFB threatens to pull out of the unilateral ceasefire 'if the government does not stop killing its cadres.'

November 7

The Assam Government says that it would not declare a formal ceasefire with NDFB unless the ground rules for the truce are formulated through discussions with representatives of the outfit.

November 9

ULFA ‘second lieutenant’, Tulu Bora is killed following a gun battle with the troops of Red Horns Division at Chiramoga in Goalpara distinct.

The Assam state cabinet approves a proposal for recruiting 1000 security personnel by the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) in view of the threat posed by various terrorist groups to the oil sector.

November 10

Altogether thirteen terrorists including six ULFA and seven KLNLF surrender before the Army at Missa in Nagaon district along with one AK-56 rifle, two hand grenades, one-pen pistols, one nine mm pistol and three SBBL guns.

November 12

24 people are injured in a grenade attack by unidentified terrorists at Lanka in Nagaon district. Cadres of either the KLNLF or the DHD are suspected to be involved in the attack.

November 13

In a press statement signed by its spokesman S. Sanjarang, the NDFB says that it is not interested holding talks with the Assam government and that it would like to enter into direct negotiations with the Government of India.

November 15

ULFA terrorist Amal Barua alias Jiban Sarma is killed in an encounter with the police at Milanpur village in Golaghat district.

November 16

Talking to The Sentinel over the phone, the ULFA’s ‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Barua says that any talks with the Central government must have ‘sovereignty’ as the core issue to make it a meaningful exercise.

November 19

Three ULFA terrorists, belonging to its ‘Enigma-B group" including a woman cadre surrender before the army and police authorities at Tamulpur in Nalbari district.

November 21

Two ULFA terrorists, a ‘general secretary’ of the Dhubri district unit, Atul Baruah alias Arabinda Nath and Sushen Bepari, a ‘lieutenant’ in the outfit’s ‘central communication’, surrender before the Dhubri Superintendent of Police at Dhubri.

November 22

Two ULFA terrorists, Praneshware Rabha and Bokul Rajkhowa, are killed in an encounter with the army at an unspecified place along the Assam-Meghalaya border in Goalpara district.

Addressing a press conference at Guwahati, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rules out holding any talks with ULFA on the issue of sovereignty of Assam.

November 23

A ULFA terrorist, Biswajit Bora and three of his aides are arrested by the security forces following an encounter at Maskhowa under Deberapar police station in Jorhat district.

November 25

ULFA terrorist Nomal Gogoi is killed and another terrorist is arrested following an encounter at Dhingchapari near Sadia in Dibrugarh district.

ULFA, on the eve of the ‘protest day’, triggers a series of explosions in different parts of the State injuring six persons.

Three DHD cadres are arrested by the security forces from an unspecified place in the Cachar district. Five AK-47 rifles, one SLR and a huge quantity of ammunition are recovered from them.

November 26

Three ULFA terrorists surrender before the Tinsukia district administration at Tinsukia.

The NDFB ‘chairman’ Ranjan Daimary, in an interview with the Press Trust of India expresses his keenness for peaceful solution to the conflict. He said, "We want to give a chance to India for a peaceful resolution of the conflict."

November 27

Three ULFA terrorists including a woman cadre and a doctor working for the outfit are arrested from Tengapukhuri under Mathurapur police station limits in Sibsagar district.

ULFA 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa, in a press statement, demands a plebiscite on the issue of sovereignty of Assam. He assures that the outfit would follow the verdict of the plebiscite and urged the Government of India to do the same.

November 29

Suspected ULFA terrorists trigger an explosion at an unspecified place in Tinsukia district, damaging two electric poles.

ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Barua claims that at least 150 ULFA cadres have been working in various security force establishments in the country. In an interview to the Sentinel Baruah says, "As the Indian security forces have sneaked in their members into our organisation, we are also adopting a similar policy."

November 30

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

December 4

Three ULFA terrorists, including a woman cadre, surrender to the army authorities in Dibrugarh along with some arms and ammunition.

December 5

Two ULFA terrorists are killed in an encounter with the army personnel at Kumarbari under Palashbari police station limits in the Kamrup district.

December 7

Unidentified terrorists attack a CRPF patrol party at Kheroni in Karbi the Anglong district.

The Union Government invites the ULFA for unconditional talks to resolve the insurgency problem in the State. A letter to this effect is handed over to mediator Indira Goswami by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

December 8

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, speaking in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament), refutes the claim by the ULFA Chief that at least 150 ULFA cadres have been working in various security force establishments in the country. Mukherjee says, "We should not take such claims too seriously. It is very easy for Paresh Baruah sitting in Dhaka to make such statements. Let us not be agitated over such claims".

December 9

The ULFA rejects the PMO’s invitation for peace talks. Talking to various media houses in Guwahati over telephone, the ULFA ‘commander-in-chief’, Paresh Baruah says that the PM’s letter is ‘self-contradictory and confusing’.

December 9

An unidentified ULFA terrorist is killed in an encounter with the Army at Merkuchi village in the Nalbari district.

December 10

The ULFA Pariyal Committee, an organization of family members of ULFA cadres, criticizes the outfit’s rejection of the peace offer by the PMO. In a statement, the organization says "By rejecting the offer, Baruah has closed all avenues of progress for the State."

December 11

The UPDS imposes a ‘ban’ on bamboo trade in the twin districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts with effect from December 12.

December 13

Two police personnel are killed and eight others sustain injuries in two explosions detonated by suspected ULFA terrorists in front of the Hatigaon police outpost under Dispur police station in Guwahati city.

ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa, appeals to the international community for intervention in order to bring peace in Assam. In an e-mail message to various newspaper offices, he said that the outfit had never rejected peace offers.

December 13

Minister of State for Home, S Regupathy, says in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that the Union Government has received the appeal for peace talks with the ULFA from Indira Goswami.

December 14

Suspected ULFA terrorists engineer a series of explosions in Morigaon, Nagaon, Tinsukia and Kamrup districts leading to the death of three persons and injuries to several others. The targets include the security force establishment, house of the State Labour Minister Rameswar Dhanowar, and an office of the Congress Party in Tinsukia.

December 15

At least nine persons are injured during a grenade explosion at Silapathar in the Dhemaji district. The blast occurred when suspected ULFA terrorists hurled a grenade targeting a police team engaged in frisking people and vehicles.

December 16

An ‘area commander’ of the United Liberation Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV), identified as Chintamoni Reang, involved in extortion, is reportedly lynched to death by residents of Dholai block in the Cachar district.

December 17

Minister of State for Home, Rockybul Hussain, informs the State Legislative Assembly that during the last eight months from April to November 2004, terrorists triggered 78 bomb blasts in Assam killing at least 54 people and injuring 294 others. During the same period, 68 terrorists, including 43 ULFA and 16 NDFB cadres, were killed in separate encounters with the security forces.

December 18

Six persons are wounded as suspected ULFA terrorists lobbed a grenade targeting a vehicle in the Noonmati area of Guwahati city.

December 22

The Assam Police shot dead a ULFA cadre, identified as Ujjal Roy alias Aliul Islam, at Bhaibazar in the Dhubri district.

December 26

At least three ULFA terrorists are killed following an encounter with the police at Mornoi Garchouk along the Assam-Nagaland border in the Jorhat district of Assam.

December 27

The UPDS-pro-talks faction threatens armed operations against the traders who had violated its ban on bamboo felling.

December 28

ULFA terrorist Dipak Das is killed during an encounter with the Army personnel at Aagsia village in the Kamrup district.

Cease-fire agreement between the Government of India and the DHD is extended till December 31, 2005, following a tripartite meeting between the rebel group, the State Government and the Centre in Guwahati.

December 30

UPDS terrorists kill two persons and injure four others for their alleged defiance the outfit's ban on bamboo felling near Rangmongvey in the Karbi Anglong district.

December 31

Assam Police personnel recover the bodies of two persons, suspected to have been shot dead by UPDS terrorists for defying its ban on cutting bamboo from Silvetta in the Karbi Anglong district.