Two of three ONGC employees abducted by ULFA-I rescued in Nagaland

Two of the three abducted Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) employees were rescued on Friday night in a joint operation conducted by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles near the India-Myanmar border in Nagaland’s Mon district. The rescued ONGC officials have been identified as Mohini Mohan Gogoi and Alakesh Saikia. The third abducted […]

Assam: No trace of abducted ONGC staffers, search operations intensified

Almost 48 hours have passed, but there is still no trace of the three ONGC officials who were kidnapped in Assam’s Charaideo district. Although, security forces have accelerated their search operations in the region, there is still no clue about the whereabouts of the three ONGC officials who were abducted by suspected ULFA-Independent militants from […]

ULFA-I warns Amalgamated Plantation, instructs to shift administrative office to Assam

Just after the sensational abduction of Quippo employees abduction by ULFA-Independent ended recently, the rebel group is once again hitting the headlines. This time the focus is once again back on the long drawn tussle between the centuries old tea industry of Assam and the outfit. The ULFA-I on Thursday issued a notice to Amalgamated […]

Ram Kumar, Quippo employee abducted by ULFA (I), released

The United Liberation Front of Asom—ULFA(I) has released the other abducted Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited employee, Ram Kumar at an unknown location on the Indo-Myanmar border on Monday morning. Soon after his release, News Live’s chief reporter Anmitra Gogoi and senior journalist Sunil Bora, and senior video journalist Nav Krishna Pegu met Ram […]

Assam: ULFA (I) releases abducted Quippo employees

The United Liberation Front of Asom—ULFA (Independent) has released two abducted employees of New Delhi-headquartered Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited. The banned outfit released Pranab Kumar Gogoi and Ram Kumar, the abducted staffers of the private oil firm. Pranab Kumar Gogoi, drilling superintendent and Ram Kumar, a radio operator with the oil company were […]

Will release abducted Quippo employees soon: ULFA (I)

In a glimmer of hope for the two families of abducted Quippo employees, the ULFA (Independent) on Saturday released a fresh statement saying that they will release the two oil company employees soon. A letter signed by the publicity secretary of the outfit claimed that there is no issues related to the release of the […]

Abducted Quippo employees likely to be released soon

The two Quippo employees who are now in the captivity of ULFA-Independent are likely to soon return back to their families. In a WhatsApp conversation with Northeast Live’s Dibrugarh correspondent Ripunjoy Das, Kaushik Phukon, the son of Reboti Phukon who is the childhood friend ULFA-Independent chief Paresh Baruah, said the ULFA has in a way […]

Assam govt won’t bow to ULFA-I’s demands: Chandra Mohan Patowary

After the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) released a statement on Friday that it would take “extreme steps” against the abducted oil drilling company employees the government said that it will not bow down to the demands of the banned outfit. Speaking to the media Assam Cabinet Minister and Senior BJP leader Chandra Mohan […]

“Quippo Oil company’s employees in grave danger”: ULFA-I

A release issued by the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent or ULFA-I on Saturday informed that a week-long operation is underway by security forces to rescue the two employees of the private oil company Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited. The banned outfit in its release stated that plans are underway to kill the duo […]