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Government declares 23 organisations as unlawful under UAPA in the last five years. Check list
India | Dec 02, 2025, 11:52 PM ISTThe Government of India has released an updated list of 23 organisations declared as Unlawful Associations over the past five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the government follows a “zero-tolerance policy."
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The ULFA(I) Drone Strikes: Rethinking the Source of the Blow
India | Jul 20, 2025, 05:12 PM ISTULFA(I) has been quick to attribute the attack to the Indian armed forces. However, these claims lack corroboration and are strongly denied by Indian authorities, including the Army and the Government of Assam.
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ULFA-I operational commander Rupam Asom arrested near Assam-Arunachal border
Assam | May 24, 2025, 04:27 PM ISTRupam Asom, the 'operational commander' of ULFA (I), was arrested by a joint security force near the Assam-Arunachal border, disrupting the group's operations and implicating him in several criminal activities, including the 2018 murder of Bhaskar Kalita.
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MHA constitutes tribunal to review ULFA's status as an unlawful association under UAPA
Assam | Dec 24, 2024, 04:39 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs has established a tribunal to decide if ULFA should be declared an unlawful association following its extended ban due to continued violent and separatist activities.
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Bangladesh Court acquits key accused in 2004 10-truck arms haul case meant to destabilise Assam
World | Dec 18, 2024, 03:29 PM ISTThe two-member High Court bench reduced the death sentence of ULFA leader Paresh Barua, who was convicted in absentia and is now believed to be residing in China.
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Assam Police announces Rs 5 lakh reward for information on ULFA bomb plot
Assam | Aug 17, 2024, 12:42 PM ISTAssam's DGP G P Singh has announced a ₹5 lakh reward for credible information leading to the identification of those involved in the ULFA(I) bomb plot.
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Assam: Couple abandons 4-year-old daughter in Tinsukia, heads to join ULFA-I, say sources
India | May 12, 2024, 11:46 AM ISTThe couple is reportedly on their way to ULFA-I bases in Myanmar, the sources said. However, the police refused to comment on this development, saying, “We have to investigate the whole thing first.”
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ULFA: Know the story behind its formation as Centre and Assam government sign peace accord
News | Dec 29, 2023, 06:08 PM ISTIn a significant breakthrough in the northeast's insurgency problem, the Centre signed a peace accord with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on Friday.
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ULFA suspected to be behind Assam bomb blasts: DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta
India | Jan 26, 2020, 02:47 PM ISTA series of explosions in four different districts of Assam on 71st Republic Day rocked the state.
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Government extends ban on Assam-based insurgent outfit ULFA for 5 years
India | Nov 28, 2019, 07:36 PM ISTThe Centre has extended the ban on the Assam-based insurgent outfit ULFA for five years for continuing subversive activities, including killings, kidnapping and extortions.
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AFSPA likely to be withdrawn from Assam in August
India | May 26, 2019, 12:42 PM ISTWithdrawal of the AFSPA will surely create a new perception of the prevailing security situation in Assam as the army would then be relieved from counter-insurgency operations in the state after 29 consecutive years.
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Assam: Two killed, several injured in explosion triggered by ULFA militants near hardware store in Sivsagar
India | Nov 22, 2018, 11:11 PM ISTPolice said the blast took place at a hardware store belonging to one Kamal Agarwala. “While Agarwala was seriously injured in the blast, a customer who was present in the store, died on the spot.”
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Assam: Tension in Tinsukia following death of 5 persons
News | Nov 02, 2018, 10:48 AM ISTAssam: Tension in Tinsukia following death of 5 persons
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ULFA leader Paresh Baruah's name included in final NRC draft, wife and sons dropped
India | Jul 31, 2018, 03:37 PM ISTThe Complete Draft NRC with his photo states Paresh Baruah’s birthplace as Chakalibhoria village (also known as Jeraigaon) in the Chabua area of upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district and date of birth as February 15, 1957.
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No anti-China comments during Assam visit, Dalai Lama warned
India | Mar 29, 2017, 12:20 PM ISTThe banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has warned Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama against making any personal or public comments against China when he visits Assam next month.
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Three jawans martyred during gunbattle with ULFA militants in Tinsukia
India | Nov 19, 2016, 05:54 PM ISTThree soldiers were martyred and four others were injured during a gunbattle with suspected ULFA militants in Pengri area of Tinsukia district of Assam today.
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Ulfa releases video of BJP MP's abducted child, demands Rs 1 crore ransom
India | Aug 22, 2016, 11:23 PM ISTThe anti-talk faction of Ulfa militants today released video footage showing Kuldip Moran appealing to his family, BJP legislator Bolin Chetia and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to secure his release by paying the outlawed
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ULFA leader Anup Chetia released from jail
India | Dec 24, 2015, 07:24 PM ISTGuwahati: ULFA general secretary Golap Baruah, alias Anup Chetia, was today released from the Guwahati Central Jail after obtaining bail in four cases registered against him.Chetia had yesterday got bail in the last of the
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Anup Chetia remanded in 14 days judicial custody
India | Nov 23, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTGuwahati: ULFA leader Golap Baruah alias Anup Chetia was today remanded in 14 days judicial custody by the Special Judicial Magistrate CBI, Assam, at the end of his five-day CBI custody.Chetia's lawyer Bijon Mahajan told
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Bangladesh hands over ULFA chief Anup Chetia to India
National | Nov 12, 2015, 07:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a major success for the government, top ULFA leader Anup Chetia was today handed over by Bangladesh to India.Chetia, who was in Bangladesh since his arrest by the neighbouring country's police in