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About the AuthorWasbir Hussain
The writer, a political commentator based in Guwahati, is editor-in-chief of Northeast Live, the region�??s only English and Hindi satellite news channel. The views expressed here are his own.
    The ULFA on Dec. 29, 2023 signed a peace accord with the central and Assam governments in Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Will Ulfa accord really bring peace to Assam?

    The Ulfa accord may have ended the insurgency for its 700-odd cadres who have been living in designated camps

    6 Jan 2024 12:29 AM IST

    Police guard an area after 14 civilians were killed by Indian security forces over the weekend in Mon district, Nagaland (Photo by AFP)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Nagaland firing's fallout: Spotlight back on AFSPA

    During the past few days following the Mon incident, the chorus for the repeal of AFSPA has been growing across the...

    9 Dec 2021 9:14 AM IST

    The site of Saturdays ambush is among the three listed drugs trafficking, more precisely heroin smuggling, routes through which the contraband articles are brought from Myanmar into Manipur for onward supply to the rest of India and outside. (AP)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Myanmar the key factor in Manipur's hot' insurgency

    The key question that arises is why the security forces in Manipur have been taking such big hits

    17 Nov 2021 2:36 AM IST

    On July 9, Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla held a meeting in New Delhi with the chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram in a bid to resolve the boundary issue between the two states. (Twitter)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Assam-Mizo firing: Spark behind clash still mystery

    The worst violence in recent years along any inter-state border in the Northeast took place within 48 hours of Shah's...

    29 July 2021 2:00 AM IST

    Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Bodos: Politics to begin where insurgency ends

    The other Bodo insurgent group, Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), had already signed a peace accord in 2003.

    30 Jan 2020 4:08 AM IST

    Nagaland governor R.N. Ravi (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Naga peace flight emerges out of turbulence

    The Framework Agreement was supposed to have recognised the Nagas and the Union of India as two entitiesâ€.

    1 Nov 2019 12:02 AM IST

    This is not an era of third-degree. We need to use scientific methods for investigation. This is possible if modernization of police force is done in the right manner. Police must think four steps ahead of criminals and criminal-minded people. Amit Shah said. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Untying the Naga knot: Flagging the key issues

    The NSCN(I-M) identified the core issues†to be that of a separate flag†for the Nagas and a constitutionâ€.

    30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

    To protect their slipping political base, fear is being created among people. Weve to take forward work going on in J&K, Assembly polls have to be conducted, Ram Madhav said. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Is BJP getting 'regionalised' in the Northeast?

    After all, the SDF was a part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance as well as the BJP's regional front, the NEDA.

    16 Aug 2019 12:39 AM IST

    Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.Opinion
    Assam: The race for a place in citizens' list

    The publication of the draft list that saw the names of over four million applicants missing triggered a whole lot of...

    5 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi during press conferences in their respective party headquarters. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    BJP & allies make saffron sparkle in Northeast

    The BJP, of course, is part of the governments in Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya.

    31 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Why battle for Northeast is critical for BJP

    The MPs from the region have generally not been vocal inside Parliament, but that they have a voice is something that...

    25 April 2019 11:39 PM IST

    A file photo of college students blocking NH 37 in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in Dibrugarh in Assam.Opinion
    Citizenship debate in Northeast postponed

    The Asom Gana Parishad in Assam quit the Sarbananda Sonowal government and snapped ties with the BJP.

    15 Feb 2019 12:26 AM IST

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