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Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Sunday September 13, 2009, Cachar Hills

The terror run by DHD(J) in Assam's North Cachar Hills had become the most pressing challenge before the Home Minister who had set September 15 as deadline for the militants to lay down arms and come for talks.

Train services resume in N C Hills

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Friday June 26, 2009, Halflong

The government has forced the railways to resume operations in N C Hills but the law and order situation is still extremely sensitive. One forty kilometre of railroad marked by 15 companies of CRPF personnel engaged in track patrolling – this is an unprecedented security measure even for a militarised zone like N C Hills.

Terror Nexus in N C Hills

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Thursday June 25, 2009, Halflong, Guwahati

For years Central Funds meant for development was being misused and siphoned off to terrorist outfits in the North Cachar Hills. Though the Centre has sent the National Investigation Agency to investigate the terror nexus, it’s unlikely that the hills can be rid of terror groups or development ushered in.

Never ending violence in NC Hills

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Saturday June 20, 2009, Guwahati

In one of the worst massacres in Assam’s N C Hills in recent months, 15 people were killed indiscriminately after setting the Michudi village on fire. The graves of the eight children killed in these massacres lie in the village, the youngest being a two-year-old boy.

Cachar Hills militants declare truce

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Wednesday June 10, 2009, Guwahati

The militants of NC Hills have suspended violence for 3 months declaring ceasefire but the government says this is just a ploy to regroup themselves after their chairman's arrest.

Jewel Gorlosa still remains masked

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Saturday June 6, 2009, Guwahati

The arrest of the militant outfit DHD(J)'s supremo Jewel Garlosa is a major success in counter insurgency operations in North Cachar Hills of Assam. But with the insurgent outfit in no mood to surrender, it appears to be a long drawn combat in the hills.

Assam violence: DHD(J) chief arrested

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Thursday June 4, 2009, Guwahati

Days after the DHD (J) militants were assigned to massacre all Nagas inhabiting North Cachar Hills district in Assam, the outfit's Commander-in-Chief Jewel Garlosa has been arrested and is being held at an undisclosed location in southern India.

NIA takes up its first case

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Wednesday June 3, 2009, Guwahati

The Centre has set a month's deadline to resolve the crisis in North Cachar Hills and has asked the National Investigation Agency to take over two cases but it will require political will to ensure accountability. The National Investigation Agency's first assignment is to investigate funding of militancy in North Cachar Hills by government functionaries.

North Cachar Hills limps back to normalcy

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Tuesday June 2, 2009, Guwahati

Violence-hit North Cachar Hills seems to be back on the rails, at least for the time being. “N C Hills is returning to normal. You must see that trains are running for the last five days. No incidents, we are working hard,” said P P Singh, Inspector General of Police, STF, Assam. But it is an uneasy calm in the hills of North Cachar.

Violence escalates in Assam

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Saturday May 30, 2009, Guwahati

As the government gropes to find a solution to the protracted conflict in Assam's North Cachar Hills, more and more people are getting displaced. Village after village being are consumed by fire.

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