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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Recent news from India depicts Indian diplomatic success in its eastern border. India has been trying to put pressure on both Bangladesh and Myanmar ( Previously known as Burma) for acting against anti-India separatist groups like ULFA(United Liberation Front of Assam), NSCN ( National Socialist Council of Nagaland) etc for long time now.

Finaly, Myanmar has started acting against NSCN, ULFA camps in it northwest part of the where NSCN ( Khaplang Group) has been running few camps for both themselves and ULFA. The terrain is very harsh for both defence forces as well as the insurgent groups. But still Burmese Army has started operating against them can be termed as great diplomatic success by India.
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There have been recent news which may point that India is slowly building up opinions, gauging international reactions to it conducting another nuclear test. And this will be a very China specific this time. The time line goes something like this:-

1. India launched nuclear submarine
2. China increased incursion or India increased news about incursion in its territory.
3. News leaks that Myanmar may be trying to assemble nuclear weapon.
4. USA trying to put pressure on India to sign CTBT.
5. India deploys new generation aircraft in its troubled NE region to counter Chinese build up.
6. Recently, one of the top scientists of nuclear test of 1998, speaks out need for few more testing of Indian nuclear weapons.
7. Experts by western world worrying that India is going to test nuclear weapon soon.

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Recent developments at various places see India and China coming face to face as adversaries. Many incidences have taken place in last few months which portray these two big Asian countries with world’s largest population with mutual distrust and antagonism.

The few incidences I can remember are:

1. Chinese products banned in India

India banned Chinese dairy products in September, 2008 allegedly contaminated with deadly whitener. Few other countries in Asia and Africa too banned Chinese diary products including Singapore, Australia. India also banned Chinese Mobile and toys. Recently, when India imposes ban on dairy products again as the ban was coming to a end on 24th June 2009, China protested against it. The ban was lifted by Singapore and few other countries after Chinese products passed laboratory tests.

India also banned toys imported from China as well as mobile phones. And recently China threatened tit for tat to Indian products.

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