ULFA ( United Liberation Front of Assam), an insurgent group active in Indian state of Assam, had been fighting for independent Assam since 1979. During this period, it had got almost 80% of its top leaders arrested by Indian security forces and are lodged in Guwahati ( state Capital of Assam). But Paresh BArua, the self styled ‘commander-in-chief’ of ULFA’s military wing has been absconding and without his arrest or surrender, ULFA is considered to be powerful enough to disturb peace in Assam.

Indian government has been trying to engage ULFA for negotiation for long time now. ULFA is one of the few insurgent groups in North East India, which has not come to negotiation table with Indian government even for once. Though there have been ceasefire many times before between ULFA and Indian security forces, but there was never any negotiation between them.

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North-East India’s powerful rebel group NSCN(IM) ( National Socialist Council of Nagaland, Isak Muivah) has recently declined “invitation” from Indian government for next round of peace talks. The Naga group declined on the ground that the peace talk invitation came from ministry of home affairs ( MHA) but not PMO ( Prime Minister’s Office) of Indian union government.

As per report published on Assam Tribune, an old and prestigious English news paper published from Guwahati Assam, home ministry had invited NSCN(IM) recently for next round of peace talks. But NSCN leaders Isak Chisi Swu and Th Muivah, have declined the invitation and accused Indian government of not honoring bilateral agreement where any peace talks was supposed to be initiated by PMO, not MHA.

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So, finally, India too has joined the nations who are trying to make outer space their next symbol of supremacy and joins the space war. on the occasion of 97th Indian science congress being held in Thiruvanathapuram, Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) Director General V K Saraswat has informed news persons that “India is putting together building blocks of technology that could be used to neutralise enemy satellites”.

It must be mentioned that, in 2007, China destroyed its own ageing weather satellite Fengyun 1C orbiting at a distance of 500 miles away from the earth using a missile. China was the first nation to destroy its own satellite using a missile. This has alarmed USA so much that it had also destroyed its own non-functional spy satellite to demonstrate its capability to the world!

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Recent news says that India, along with other developing nations like China, Brazil and South Africa would be walking out of Copenhagen conference on climate change next month. This was disclosed by Indian minister for environment and forests (independent charge), Mr. Jairam Ramesh in Beijing.

This development can be seen as retaliatory measure by BASIC ( Brazil, India, South Africa and China) countries amidst report that rich nations led by Denmark are trying to set the agenda of the conference by presenting a draft containing a set of specific proposals.

This may result in interesting show down in the next month’s climate change conference. Most probably, developing nations are now asserting themselves, specially with strong economic performances by developing nations, led by China and India. While rich nations are not doing well economically.
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Recently, China created a storm by objecting Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh. Dalai Lama visited Tawang a border town which China claim as part of its TAR ( Tibet Autonomous Region).

South Africa refused VISA to Dalai Lama in March 2009 where Dalai Lama was to take part in international peace conference. Though South Africa gave reason for the refusal as it did not want to divert attention of peace conference to Tiebt issue, but the real reason was not beyond anyone’s comprehension.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) — South Africa has refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend an international peace conference in Johannesburg this week, a presidential spokesman said. The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.

The Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Laureate did not receive a visa because it was not in South Africa’s interest for him to attend, said Thabo Masebe. Source.

In July 2009, UN Rights Chief refused to receive Dalai Lama in Geneva in his visit. Many view this as pressure from China.

United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay to answer whether she will receive the Dalai Lama on his visit to Geneva next week — understood as a negative answer — but welcomed her criticism of China’s “serious systemic violations of human rights” in Tibet, and her call for due process for detainees and access to international observers. Source.
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Recently Maoists beheaded one Police office, Francis Induwar in Jharkhand in the first week of October 2009. After that, Maoists abducted police officers, Atindranath Dutta, in West Bengal, whom they claimed to be prisoner of war.

Kolkata, Oct 22: Maoist leader Kishenji on Thursday, Oct 22, said that the kinapped police officer will be released as the women who were arrested by security forces from Lalgarh were granted bail. “Atindranath Dutta, who was taken as a Prisoner of War on Tuesday, Oct 20, from Sankrail police station, will be released,” he said over phone.

When asked if the government has accepted the demand of releasing the women, Kishenji said that there were 15 women altogether whose bail applications were taken up by a court. “They have got the bail. After they come back, we will release the officer-in-charge,” he said.

The Maoist leader did not reveal if anybody from the government side came for negotiation. “Right now, I cannot disclose anything more,” he said.

Assuring the family members of Dutta, Kishenji said, “I assure that he will be released. The Maoists never kill Prisoners of War.”

Arundhati Roy came out of support of unconditional talks with Naxalites today.

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