JAMMU Suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists attacked an army camp at Sunjwan in Jammu city early hours of 10 February, leaving three army personnel and the daughter of an armymen injured. According to Director General of Police (SGP) S P Vaid, the terrorists the camp from its rear side where the residential quarters are located. Three terrorists have…
Read moreGUWAHATI Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Assam’s first global investor’s summit today that aims to showcase its manufacturing opportunities and geostrategic advantages to foreign and domestic investors. The ‘Advantage Assam: Global Investors Summit 2018’ also aims to highlight Assam’s geostrategic advantages and core competencies in different sectors along with the policy initiatives taken by the…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Naga People’s Front solemnly pledging “allegiance to the principle of socialism, secularism and democracy” has decided to participate in the February 27 assembly election. But the NSCN(IM) has decided to support the decision of some Naga political parties to oppose the election until a final settlement of the Naga issue. A NSCN(IM) statement said the…
Read moreLOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE The BNP-Jamaat alliance has planned to intensify its agitation and take the violent route once the courts pronounce a verdict against Khaleda Zia who is likely to be convicted in the corruption cases. Sporadic violence in the last two days is expected to reach a crescendo on 8-9th Feb when the final verdict…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK | Two Christmas have passed after the Modi government signed the Framework Agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN)’s Issac-Muivah faction in August 2015 but a final settlement of the Naga imbroglio is nowhere in sight. The framework agreement is still under the wraps and the extended secrecy has only fuelled apprehensions…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK The burning down of 9 crude oil tankers in Upper Assam points to a change in equations between rebel groups in India’s Northeast. Indian intelligence agencies now confirm that this violent action was carried by joint squads of ULFA (Independent) and NSCN (Issak-Muivah) guerrillas. But ULFA(I) is in the rebel coalition UNLFSWEA that was…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT BJP leader and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has landed the BJP in a spot by threatening to send Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to Bangladesh after the 2018 polls. While the Chief Minister has ignored Sarma’s tirade and attacked BJP on its contradictory pitches, the comment has drawn furious responses from many. Even…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT India and China discussed ways to prevent a repeat of a recent face-off between their armed forces at a Himalayan plateau where their borders meet and agreed that resolving their boundary disagreements served the interests of both countries. Relations between the two Asian giants have often been strained, partly due to an undemarcated…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Indian authority reviewed for a comprehensive border management to fast track its infrastructure development to strengthen the border security. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) States, in Kolkata. India giving its highest priority to making borders secure, had earlier conducted similar…
Read moreANDREW KORYBKO As complex as it may appear at times, the main consistency of US foreign policy is that it covers its pursuit of geopolitical self-interest with humanitarian and democratic rhetoric. There’s always an ulterior motive behind the US lecturing countries about ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy’, and those two key words should raise immediate red…
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