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  The National Democratice Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
NDFB have committed scores of incidents of violence like murders, bomb explosions, kidnapping for ransom etc. which have had a serious bearing on the law and order situation of the state.
The NDFB is active in Assam's Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhubri, Nalbari and Sonitpur districts.
The Indian government and top NDFB leaders signed a cease-fire accord in New Delhi that was expected to bring the curtains down to a violent campaign for a homeland for the Bodo tribe in Assam that left thousands dead since 1986.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/ndfb.htm   (425 words)

  
 National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)- Terrorist Group of Assam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The NDFB was formed with the purported objective of securing a ‘sovereign Bodoland’ in the areas north of the river Brahmaputra.
The NDFB is traditionally active in the Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhubri, Nalbari and Sonitpur districts.
NDFB, along with the ULFA, on various occasions was found to be allegedly channelling its funds through the "Bhutanese diplomatic bag" to their leaders based in Southeast Asian capitals.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/ndfb.htm   (874 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> NDFB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The National Democratic Front of Boroland, NDFB for short, is an armed group that seeks to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people in Assam.
Under an agreement on May 24, 2005 with the Government of India and the Government of Assam, the NDFB has been maintaining a ceasefire since June 1, 2005.
The ceasefire is expected to lead to talks between the armed group and state agencies and ultimately to a complete halt in armed conflicts.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/NDFB   (689 words)

  
 Truce with NDFB ultras hangs in fire
The NDFB that launched the armed struggle in the year 1986 demanding sovereignty for the Bodo tribal community, claimed it had prepared the charter of demands in consultation with Bodo civil society groups.
The bandh turned violent and one NDFB man was allegedly killed in police firing in western Assam much to the chagrin of the leadership of the group.
The NDFB claimed that the arrested cadres were not on an extortion spree, instead they were in Guwahati seeking 'donation' as the outfit required money to run its truce-time designated camps and feed the cadres lodged in those camps.
www.rediff.com /news/2006/apr/28assam.htm   (595 words)

  
 TANGOWEB REFERANSLAR & KAYNAKLAR - GÜNEY ASYA TERÖR ÖRGÜTLERİ
NDFB has an estimated strength of 1500 cadres, most of whom are holed up in various camps set up by the outfit in neighbouring Bhutan and Myanmar.
The NDFB is involved in an internecine warfare with the other Bodo outfits such as the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), All Bodo Student’s Union (ABSU) and the Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS).
The NDFB also indulges in collecting 'Bodoland tax' from the people in various districts of Lower Assam ranging from Rs 4000 to Rs 20,000 depending on their financial position.
www.angelfire.com /dc/arastirma/tw039hnd-12.htm   (678 words)

  
 Assam Assessments 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A conclusive settlement of the Bodo issue, however, remains a remote possibility as the February 10-Accord is yet to be implemented, and the reaction of NDFB to the Accord remains unclear thus far.
The NDFB was responsible for a total of 86 incidents in 2002 resulting in 191 fatalities, including 85 of its own cadres.
NDFB’s activities were noticed in at least 10 districts of Assam with a major concentration in Kokrajhar and Darrang where at least 97 NDFB-related fatalities occurred, including 61 civilians.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/index.html   (2675 words)

  
 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
NDFB is a terrorist organization that aims to separate a portion of land from India with which to create a fully independent country for the Bodo people.
The NDFB also objected to a lack of economic development in their region.
Finally, the NDFB protested the treatment of their Bodo language, which they preferred to maintain in a Roman script, due to the group’s predominantly Christian membership.
www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=3643   (593 words)

  
 National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) is an armed group that seeks to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people in Assam.
The flag of the NDFB is green with a yellow star on red background on the corner.
The NDFB is allied with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM) and illegally occupies terrorist training camps in the South of Bhutan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_Bodoland   (341 words)

  
 North Dakota Farm Bureau : Media Center
He was elected to the NDFB Board of Directors in 1997 as the District 4 Director.
Tracton Lewis of Park River was elected to a one-year term as chairman of the Young Farmer and Rancher Committee at the NDFB annual meeting in 2005.
Lewis raises wheat, soybeans, edible beans, sunflowers, corn and Red Angus cattle on his farm, and is involved in the NDFB Ag Policy Committee and serves as Walsh County Farm Bureau president.
www.ndfb.org /news/default.asp?ID=333   (1161 words)

  
 Major Massacres by the NDFB in Assam 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
NDFB terrorists massacre 13 civilians at Dailongjhar in Bongaigon district.
NDFB terrorists kill four police personnel and a civilian in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Maladhara, Lakhipur police station limits, Goalpara.
NDFB terrorists massacre 22 civilians after dragging them out of their houses in Datgiri village, Kokrajhar district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/data_sheets/ndfb/major_violence.htm   (139 words)

  
 Political Islamic Organizations around the world
NDFB was originally established as the Bodo Security Force (BSF) in 1988 under the leadership of Ranjan Daimary.
The NDFB was originally founded to protect the interests of the Bodos; but, over the years, this objective has been diluted, and it has joined hands with the ULFA (United Liberation front of Asom), which fights against the non-Assamese domination in the State.
The NDFB is active in the districts of Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhubri and Sonitpur.
www.junbish.org /political_islamic_organizations_.htm   (9178 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
Though a dialogue with the NDFB is a long way off, there is reason to believe that Dispur and the militant outfit’s leadership have been working hard at it.
Intelligence sources said Boro and Basumatary were part of a three-member group formed by the NDFB chief before their arrest to find ways to respond to the Centre and the state government’s offer of talks.
It is believed that the NDFB felt sidelined from the Bodo arena after the rival Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) signed an accord with the Centre and the state government, paving the way for an autonomous Bodoland Territorial Council.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030523/asp/frontpage/story_1997391.asp   (665 words)

  
 The Assam Tribune online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
He said that the NDFB was trying to relocate its cadres and in the process a number of their cadres and leaders lost their lives.
The failure of the NDFB chairman to attend the meeting was also raised by the Bhutan Government representatives and the NDFB delegation assured that they would take up the issue with their chairman.
However, the NDFB chairman claimed that the Bhutan Government betrayed them and the camps were attacked when the NDFB leaders like Erakdao were getting ready to sign an agreement with the Government of Bhutan on reducing the number of camps and cadres.
www.assamtribune.com /jan1204/at02.html   (462 words)

  
 A violent agenda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On January 15, heavily armed NDFB cadre surrounded Sikajhar, a remote hamlet close to the India-Bhutan border, in the Bongaigaon district of Assam, around 11-30 p.m.
The NDFB is opposed to the idea as it believes that such a development will render its armed struggle for an independent Bodoland redundant.
Two successive massacres by the NDFB have forced the Assam government to send an SOS to the Centre asking it to pressure the Bhutan government to dismantle camps of Bodo militants in that country.
www.flonnet.com /fl1903/19030430.htm   (1510 words)

  
 Assam & The North-East : The Killing Field 2000
A 7.62 Chinese assault rifle with ammunition was recovered from the slain militant.
Based on the confessional statement of Suklai the Army apprehended another NDFB militant, Dawin Narzari alias Dehung, who led the troops to the recovery of one of the biggest stores of ammunition near a pond, 10 km west of Udalguri at village Mahalaya.
GUWAHATI, Oct 14: The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) is considered to be the most dangerous of the insurgent outfits active in Assam at this moment as it is apprehended that the outfit may try to let loose a reign of terror to regain lost ground.
www.axom.faithweb.com /kfield/sep-oct.html   (10265 words)

  
 Assam & The North-East
NDFB terrorists explode a bomb on a passenger train killing 12 and injuring several others near Tezpur.
Four NDFB terrorists killed in an encounter inside the Manas National Park in Bongaigaon district.
NDFB declared an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 by the Central government.
www.axom.faithweb.com /timeline   (1125 words)

  
 India - News - Militants Kill 6 non-Assamese In Assam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
NDFB wants to evict Bengali and Adivasi settlers who stayed back after the tea estate they worked in folded up.
District superintendent of police LR Bishnoi said a group of NDFB ultras, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed Ramgaon village on the border between Kamrup and Darrang districts and opened indiscriminate fire killing three Bengalis and three Santhals on the spot.
NDFB had been carrying out violent attacks in the area in a bid to evict the illegal encroachers since 1983 when they killed two persons and burnt down several huts.
www3.estart.com /india/news/nonassamese.html   (231 words)

  
 Talks between Centre and NDFB to be held on May 27 in N Delhi
The last time the NDFB leaders and Central government representative had come face-to-face for a ceasefire agreement which came into force from June 1 last year for one year.
The current truce between the NDFB and Government of India is set to expire on May 31.
The NDFB had earlier sought information from New Delhi about the whereabouts of some of the top leaders including its central publicity secretary B Erakdao who had gone missing after the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) operation to evict the militants base from Bhutan territory in December, 2003.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060526/345018.html   (310 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast
Guwahati, March 23: After dragging its feet on talks with the militant National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) for nearly six months, Delhi is working overtime to start a dialogue with the Bodo group before the latter?s six-month unilateral ceasefire lapses on April 15.
NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary has personally authorised Basumatary to lay the foundation for a dialogue with Delhi.
The UPA government?s new-found eagerness to begin talks with the NDFB is being attributed to a threatening statement by the banned militant group last month.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050324/asp/northeast/story_4530047.asp   (398 words)

  
 NDFB leaders will not be killed or captured: Tarun Gogoi
The NDFB, which is fighting for an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe in Assam, announced a ceasefire Oct 16 in response to a truce offer by the state government.
The immediate provocation for the NDFB to threaten pulling out of the ceasefire is the killing of three of its cadres by security forces in separate raids in western Assam last week.
On Oct 26, the Assam government formally invited the NDFB for negotiations after New Delhi gave the go ahead to Gogoi for three-way peace talks between the rebel leadership, the state and the central government.
www.24x7updates.com /FullStory-News-NDFB_leaders_will_not_be_killed_or_captured_Tarun_Gogoi-ID-26413.html   (2520 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper
Many analysts feel that the ndfb blood lust was mainly to demonstrate its firepower and open talks with the government from a position of strength.
ulfa or the ndfb are not known to possess the plastic explosive in large quantities.
After the December 2003 crackdown, all camps that ulfa and the ndfb had in the jungles of south Bhutan adjoining Assam’s boundary were dismantled.
www.tehelka.com /story_main7.asp?filename=Ne101604blast_meant.asp   (1152 words)

  
 BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Bodo militants claim rail attack
The NDFB said in a statement that the Indian security forces were trying to crush the Bodo movement for a separate nation and the Bodo guerrillas had no option but to strike at Indian targets.
It said the NDFB had targeted the military compartment of the passenger train on Monday and were successful in restricting the damage to the carriages in which the soldiers were travelling.
Observers say the NDFB has been under intense pressure from the Indian army for the past few months and its armed units are finding it difficult to launch attacks and raise funds.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/south_asia/861668.stm   (365 words)

  
 Bodo rebels arrested in Kolkata
Brahma is a former 'organising secretary' of the NDFB and in charge of its bases in Meghalaya, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Sikkim.
This is the second time senior NDFB leaders have been arrested outside Assam.
On January 1, NDFB vice-chairman Dhiren Boro was arrested in Gangtok.
inhome.rediff.com /news/2003/may/01assam.htm   (312 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Reports indicate that these militant leaders were charting out the modalities of a formal ceasefire agreement between the rebel group and the Government, as well as other details, such as the setting up and location of designated camps where their cadres could be lodged safely till the time the talks lead to an acceptable solution.
Published reports on November 29, 2004, quoted NDFB 'president' Ranjan Daimary alias D.R. Nabla as saying his group was ready for unconditional talks with the Indian Government on the basis of their 'ideology and principles.' But, rebel groups are known for hard bargaining with Government negotiators, and the NDFB, too, won't be an exception.
In addition to the NDFB, several rag-tag rebel groups active in the southern Assam hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills are currently holding formal or informal talks with the authorities.
www.nscnonline.org /webpage/the_bargain_basement.htm   (1350 words)

  
 India to hold talks with Assam rebels -DAWN - Top Stories; 23 October, 2004
The ULFA and the NDFB are among 30 insurgent groups in the northeast, pushing demands ranging from independent homelands to autonomy within the nation.
The NDFB had carried out a string of killings in Assam early this month before announcing its acceptance of the ceasefire offer.
The NDFB is one of the region's frontline rebel armies with an estimated 1,500 fighters, who largely carry out hit-and-run attacks.
www.dawn.com /2004/10/23/top10.htm   (480 words)

  
 The Hindu : National : NDFB to demand Boroland liberation
"The principle and ideology of NDFB is liberation of Boroland, thereby to free the Boro nation.
The NDFB will soon submit a "memorandum of settlement" to the Centre on the issue, he said.
The NDFB considered the process of discussion "a part of the struggle" and that it is why it reciprocated when the Centre expressed its willingness to hold peace talks.
www.hindu.com /2005/06/20/stories/2005062003891400.htm   (342 words)

  
 Bodo rebels extend truce by six months
The central government and the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam Saturday agreed to extend their one-year-old ceasefire for six months.
The NDFB is a rebel group fighting for an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe since 1986.
Under the ceasefire agreement, the NDFB cadres were lodged in government run camps until a final settlement was reached with the rebels.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060528/346787.html   (292 words)

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