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	» India cancels truce with Assam rebels :: India News ::
		Indias federal government on Sunday called off a six-week truce with separatist rebels in Assam and ordered the resumption of military operations in the northeastern state, the states top official said.
		The decision to end the Aug. 13 cease-fire follows an escalation in violence and extortion threats by rebels belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom, or ULFA, Assam Chief Secretary S. Kabilan told The Associated Press.
		A battalion-strong contingent comprising personnel from the 2nd Rajputana Rifles is being dispatched to Congo on Saturday and was flagged off by Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen Susheel Gupta.
	news.india-travelers.com /544/india-cancels-truce-with-assam-rebels (653 words)

	Assam Rifles' credibility in peril (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In addition, the Assam Rifles, which is primarily a force raised and stationed in the northeast, is responsible for guarding the Indo-Myanmar border.
		The Assam Rifles, raised in 1835, is 36 battalions strong.
		In keeping with the plan, the Director-General of Assam Rifles was to have had the powers of a full-fledged Corps Commander in the Army with the entire paraphernalia of logistics, intelligence and administration coming under one officer of the rank of Lieutenant General.
	us.rediff.com /news/2004/aug/13mani1.htm (668 words)

	Defenceindia : 27-oct-2k3 : News : Assam Rifles ready to march in, N-E edgy
		Assam’s counter-insurgency operations has been kept out of immediate purview of the Assam Rifles after the state government objected to handing over decision-making powers in law and order to an agency which is not under its control.
		Assam Rifles is on the verge of a major upsurge in its size in the forthcoming years.
		Assam CM Tarun Gogoi had recently said he was against the creation of a unified command for counter-insurgency operations covering the entire Northeastern region.
	www.defenceindia.com /27-oct-2k3/news5.html (857 words)

	Assam Rifles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Assam Rifles are an Indian paramilitary force.
		Between the end of World War II and Indian independence, the Assam Rifles were composed of 5 battalions that were one part of the civil police under the Assam Inspector General of Police.
		In October 1962 the Assam Rifles were the frontline troops in the beginning of the Chinese-Indian War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assam_Rifles (412 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A fourth battalion of the Assam Rifles Military Police was raised in 1915 at Imphal, which today is the 4th Assam Rifles.
		The history of the Assam Rifles is entwined with the history of growth and development of the tribal area of erstwhile Assam.
		The achievements of the Assam Rifles in the pre-Independence and post-Independence periods are striking and praise worthy.
	www.indiapicks.com /stamps/Forces/1155_Assam_Rifles.htm (543 words)

	Assam Police -- History
		The anti-terrorist operation carried out in 1950-51 with the help of the Army and the Assam Rifles brought to the surface both the weaknesses and the strengths of the Police organisation and indicated clearly what further measures should imperatively be taken to remove the deficiencies.
		All the high positions in the police administration during the colonial era were occupied by the British and after their departure, there was a vacuum in the administration because of the absence of experienced and qualified officers.
		The Assam Police is slowly adjusting itself to the changing circumstances and is working towards the ideal of a Police Force of a Welfare State whose efforts and service will be to serve the interest of the people and unlike the past, is no longer an oppressive arm of an alien administration.
	assampolice.com /aphistory.htm (2973 words)

	HomePage
		Assam is situated between the parallels of 24088" and 27010" North longitude and 89042" and 96010" East latitude.
		Assam is bounded by Bhutan and Arunachal in the north; Nagaland and Manipur in the east; Bangladesh, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram in the south and India in the west.
		Assam is also rich in mineral resources like oil, coal, limestone natural gas etc. The wild life sanctuaries like Manas, Kaziranga, Pabitara etc, are the home of endangered species like one-horned rhinoceros.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Congress/7434 (1204 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Assam Rifles men fail to turn up
		Justice Upendra had rejected in early August, the Assam Rifles had said that it was not safe for its soldiers to come and testify in an open court because of the threat posed by insurgents.
		The Assam Rifles headquarters at Kangla fort is just 50 metres from the State Guest House, where the inquiry is being held.
		Explaining why cross-examination of the soldiers was crucial, the Commission sources said that there was a major discrepancy between the arrest memo, handed over to Manorama's family the night she was arrested, and the seizure memo, which the Army has since handed in to the Commission.
	www.hindu.com /2004/08/11/stories/2004081108010100.htm (608 words)

	Arrest Assam Rifles personnel: Upendra panel
		However, on the request of the Assam Rifles counsel, the Chairman of the Commission kept in abeyance the arrest warrant till 1 pm on Friday.
		The Assam Rifles authorities had earlier cited security reasons for their inability to appear before the panel and wanted it to examine the witnesses in camera at the AR office at Kangla.
		Quoting intelligence report, the Assam Rifles counsel reiterated that a cash award of Rs 100,000 for the jawan witnesses and Rs 500,000 for the AR commandant had been announced by the banned People's Liberation Army.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/aug/27mani.htm (450 words)

	Operation Bluebird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Assam Rifles have killed 27 innocent Naga public after subjecting them to inhuman torture of which 21 were shot dead after torture and the rest died due to forced starvation, denial of medical aids in the concentration camp, and shock of torture.
		Later the Assam Rifles raided MBC (Manipur Baptist Church) girl hostel where the advocate of NPMHR was staying and threatened to use force against her.
		It is reported that members of the Assam Rifles have reportedly tried to intimidate witnesses, even resorting again to torture, and also to intimidate one of the lawyers by invading her lodging and threatening to use force against her.
	www.angelfire.com /nm/nagalim/oinam.htm (2067 words)

	Manipur's protest
		THE sentries guarding the headquarters of Assam Rifles at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal on July 15 morning were left dumbstruck when a dozen Manipuri women staging a demonstration near the fort suddenly decided to do away with their clothes.
		The Assam Rifles version of the episode is the same as the one given out in all such incidents of the killing of "hardcore militants" while in the custody of the security forces.
		An arrest warrant signed by a Havildar of Assam Rifles, which was handed over to Manorama's family, stated that she was being arrested on the suspicion of being a militant and that no incriminating evidence was found during a search of the house.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2117/stories/20040827002903700.htm (1204 words)

	Assam Rifles nabs 12 DHD ultras
		The Assam Rifles apprehended 12 Dimasa Halam Doagah (DHD) cadres for violating ceasefire ground rules in the North Cachar Hills in Asom today.
		The ultras were intercepted by troops of 45 Assam Rifles on the Dehangi-Umrangshu road.
		Assam Rifles officer K R Rajkumar said the militants, dressed in army fatigues, tried to flee on seeing the troops.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061023/487204.html (172 words)

	MANIPUR ON FIRE
		THE Assam Rifles, for its part, has refused to cooperate with the C. Upendra Judicial Commission instituted by the Ibobi Singh government to probe the circumstances that led to Manorama's death.
		Assam Rifles personnel had initially refused to appear before the commission, whose office is located just across the road from its headquarters in the Kangla Fort, citing "security" grounds.
		The Assam Rifles' petition in the High Court says that the commission is summoning persons who do not come under its jurisdiction.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2118/stories/20040910007400400.htm (1785 words)

	[Assam] No court martial needed here, just apply the AFSPA(1958) Assam &
		Imphal, June 13: An Assam Rifles sentry gunned down four colleagues last night in a burst of unexplained rage while on duty at a paramilitary post in Chandel district of Manipur.
		Bhagabat Sachikumar, a rifleman attached to the 44 Assam Rifles, was on duty at a post in Chandel along with two other personnel of the same rank and a couple of junior commissioned officers when he pulled the trigger on them, army spokesman Lt Col S.D. Goswami said.
		Although no reason was officially attributed to the rifleman's act, senior Assam Rifles officials indicated that a personal dispute between the accused and one of the other personnel had led to the firing.
	www.mail-archive.com /assam@assamnet.org/msg06113.html (1112 words)

	Assam News Channel - Read Latest Guwahati and more Assam News Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Udalguri (Assam), Oct 21: One GRPF constable was killed and five others, including two GRP constables and three train passengers, were seriously injured when militants fired on 13 the Up Arunachal Express at Khoirabari railway station in Assam's Udalguri district tonight, police sources said.
		Guwahati, Oct 20: Most parts of Assam downed their shutters on Friday in response to a call given by peaceniks, who want peace to be restored in the insurgent-hit state.
		Gumoria (Assam), Oct 17: President A P J Abdul Kalam today emphasised the need for physical, electronic and knowledge connectivity in rural areas and appealed to the government and NGOs to provide them for the benefit of villagers.
	www.newkerala.com /india/assam-news.php (953 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Assam Rifles initially said LD Rengtuiwan, a retired teacher from Bungte Chira village in Bishenpur district, was shot during a search operation.
		The Assam Rifles ordered a court of inquiry to avoid the kind of uproar that followed the killing of Thangjam Manorama in army custody in July.
		The army operationally controls the Assam Rifles, which continues to be under the administrative control of the Union home ministry.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main9.asp?filename=Ne120404meanwhile.asp (454 words)

	Assam Live - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He is among many paramilitary Assam Rifles troopers engaged in anti-insurgency operations in the strategic northeast who have been infected with the AIDS virus - a trend that has sent the alarm bells ringing.
		According to official estimates, 32 Assam Rifles soldiers have died of the disease and some 180 more are currently battling for life at two 'treatment camps' in the region after having tested HIV-positive.
		After random blood screening, Assam Rifles doctors have sounded an alert within the force saying the number of soldiers infected with HIV was alarming.
	assamlive.com /news3.htm (522 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		They stripped naked in front of the headquarters of the Assam Rifles at Imphal against the death of Thangjam Monorama Devi, 32, while in custody.
		Assam Rifles maintaned that she was a member of the outlawed People's Liberation Army (PLA) and an explosive expert who was responsible for recruiting cadres into the outfit.
		While the state government has ordered a judicial probe, the Assam Rifles has instituted a court of inquiry and has temporarily stopped the counter-insurgency operations of the unit involved in picking up Manorama.
	www.the-week.com /24aug01/statescan_article4.htm (452 words)

	Bill moved to upgrade Assam Rifles into 'armed force' - Printer Friendly Page - Nation - Telugu Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Introducing the Assam Rifles Bill 2006 in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal said the proposed law provides for setting up an Assam Rifles court and a mechanism to redress grievances of its personnel.
		The Assam Rifles is currently under the home ministry though it is led by officers drawn from the Indian Army.
		The changes in the force over the decades had made the existing Assam Rifles Act of 1941 outdated and there was a need for a new law to bring it in line with legal provisions applicable to other armed forces, he said.
	www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=1099 (216 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Assam Rifles party was present when both the sub divisional police officer and the oc of the nearest police station i.e.
		After all, the details that have been mentioned in the letter appear to be culled from official files of the Assam Rifles.
		Clearly, this is another ham-handed attempt by the Assam Rifles to absolve itself from the controversy.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main6.asp?filename=pe091804dont_just.asp (1174 words)

	BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 4(5)
		Assam Rifles is the oldest para military force in India; rather the only para-military force in the strictest sense of the term.
		Variously designated and reorganised from time to time, as the Assam Frontier Police (1883), the Assam Military Police (1891) and Eastern Bengal and Assam Military Police (1913), it came to be known by its present name of the Assam Rifles in 1917 in recognition of its contribution to the war effort during the Great War.
		The Assam Rifles Public School, a brainchild of Lt Gen Sushil Kumar, the then DG AR, is a much sought after educational institute in the northeast.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /MONITOR/ISSUE4-5/sharma.html (3000 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: More soldiers killed by AIDS than bullets in India's northeast: general - April 22, 2005
		The Assam Rifles is a premier paramilitary force of 55,000 troops deployed in the rugged jungles of the northeast against some 30 guerrilla groups waging insurgencies for independent homelands or greater autonomy.
		Since then, 32 Assam Rifles soldiers have died of AIDS and 180 more are in serious condition at two treatment camps in the region.
		After random blood screening, Assam Rifles doctors sounded the alert saying the number of soldiers infected with HIV was alarming.
	www.aegis.com /news/afp/2005/AF050431.html (759 words)

	INDIA: Murder and arbitrary arrest with absolute impunity by security forces in Manipur
		However the Assam Rifles now deny the arrest and the local police express their ‘helplessness’ since it is a case against army officers.
		On 16 January 2006, the Officers from the Assam Rifles summoned all hotel owners in Moreh and demanded that the customers at the hotels could stay only on production of identity cards and that hotel records should be submitted to the Army regularly, failing which the hotels would be closed down.
		Atul Yadav, 24 Assam Rifles, Moreh, Manipur, from their posts owing to their direct involvement with activities that are highly inconsistent with those expected from a responsible army officer.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1517 (2035 words)

	The Assam Tribune online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A number of militants were also killed while trying to sneak into Assam from their bases in Bhutan after the RBA crackdown as the security measures along the Assam-Bhutan border have been intensified following the crackdown to prevent the militants from sneaking into Assam.
		Sources pointed out that the crackdown by the RBA had a demoralising effect on the lower and middle level cadres of the militant outfits as they were left to fend for themselves by the top leaders under trying conditions in the jungles of Bhutan.
		Security sources said that it would be very difficult for the ULFA to regain its striking power due to the loss suffered in terms of cadres and weapons and the leaders of the outfit would have a tough time in boosting the morale of the lower and middle level cadres.
	www.assamtribune.com /dec3103/at06.html (557 words)

	The Public Affairs Magazine- Newsinsight.net
		As the force of play exists, in middle levels, the Assam Rifles is officered by the army, which bears the brunt of insurgency hunting and terrorist fighting, while the top posts are occupied by police officers, who report to the Union home ministry.
		But to give Assam Rifles a facade of a paramilitary force, it is administered by the home ministry, and the IPS bosses the top.
		The army is upset that this dual control of Assam Rifles which is largely responsible for any misadventure or gross transgressions of the force is overlooked in a crisis like now, and the blame inevitably and routinely laid at its door.
	www.newsinsight.net /archivedebates/nat2.asp?recno=963 (1205 words)

	Excelsior... Nation
		Expressing satisfaction at the passage of the Assam Rifles Bill 2006 in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Singh said the new legislation would also increase the "level of satisfaction" of jawans by facilitating "quick and impartial" justice.
		It was renamed the Assam Rifles to honour the contributions of its men in World War I. Singh said the bill enacted in 1941 comprised 13 clauses mainly meant to "protect the interests of the British Government" and included provisions outlining the action to be taken in cases of desertion, absence without leave and mutiny.
		Singh said the new bill, however, would not change the operational and administrative commands of the Assam Rifles, which are currently with the ministries of defence and home affairs respectively.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/06may19/national.htm (4722 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Thirteen dead in Assam clashes
		Ten soldiers of the paramilitary Assam Rifles 28th Battalion were killed in a gun battle with rebels of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa), while three guerrillas died in a later separate shootout with the Indian army.
		Assam police officials told the BBC that the first attack took place at about midday local time when Ulfa rebels attacked a convoy of the Assam Rifles near a Changlang checkpoint on the state's border with Arunachal Pradesh state.
		Proposals to get the government to declare a unilateral ceasefire against the rebel forces in Assam were rejected by India's Home Minister, Lal Krishna Advani, even before the withdrawal of the ceasefire declared against the rebels in the disputed northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1387533.stm (349 words)

	Assam Rifles moves HC- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		IMPHAL: The Assam Rifles has petitioned the Gauhati High Court questioning the legal authority of the C Upendra Commission, probing the circumstances that led to the death of Thangjam Manorama Devi in July, to summon its personnel.
		The commission had summoned the Commandant of 17th Assam Rifles, Col Jagmohan Singh, and four others thrice in connection with the inquiry, sources said, but none turned up.
		The Assam Rifles said the commission should keep its proceedings in abeyance in view of the writ petition filed in the high court.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/821214.cms (136 words)

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