Incidents and Statements involving DHD: 2000-2012

2012

• October 28: DHD-N will not dissolve itself until the recently signed MoS with the Government gets Parliament's approval.

• October 17: DHD-N is planning a homecoming ceremony at Haflong, sometime in the first half of November. In the presence of representatives from New Delhi and Dispur, 1,152 cadres of the outfit will formally abjure the path of militancy and join the mainstream.

• October 12: The DHD-N lodged complaints with Dispur and Delhi, alleging that the Jewel Gorlosa faction of the DHD had opened fire at one of their camps at Maibong in Dima Hasao District.

• October 11: After signing the MoS with the two factions of Dima Hasao District based DHD on October 8, the Centre is now looking forward to a peace agreement with both the factions of the NDFB. The indication came on October 11 when Centre's interlocutor and former Intelligence Bureau chief P C Haldar met Ranjan Daimary, the chief of NDFB-RD, inside Guwahati Central Jail.

• October 10: DHD-J 'chairman' Jewel Garlosa has appealed to IPF, other organizations opposing the MoS signed between DHD-N, DHD-J and the Central, and State Government, to come and join the process of development in Dima Hasao District under a fresh atmosphere.

• October 9: Security agencies think the rivalry between DHD factions [ DHD-J and DHD-N], which has been one of the causes of bloodshed, is unlikely to subside even after signing the MoS.

  The tripartite MoS signed to end insurgency in the Dima Hasao District has angered the non-Dimasa tribes living in the District, including the Nagas, Kukis, and Hmars. Further, the Bengalis, the second largest community (approximately 32,000) in the District, continue to remain tight-lipped over the agreement.

  APCC has welcomed the MoS that was signed between the Centre, State Government and both the factions of the DHD on October 8. APCC termed it as a "big achievement" for the Congress.

  ACCO welcomed the peace initiative between the two factions of Dima Halim Daogah, [Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD (DHD-N) and Jewel Garlosa faction of DHD (DHD-J)] and termed the signing of the historic peace pact a step in the right direction.

  ACKHSA has hailed the historic Dimasa Accord signed on October 8, 2012 which it believes will now accelerate the pace of development of the Dima Hasao District.

• October 8: Central Government and both the DHD factions have delegated State Government with the task of dividing exiting Dima Hasao District into three administrative units.

• October 4: The CCPA cleared the DHD accord, paving the way for signing of the final agreement with the outfits next week. It may be mentioned that after being cleared by the Home Ministry, the approval of the CCPA was the last hurdle before formal signing of the agreement.

• September 28: The final round of the tripartite talks between Delhi, Dispur and the DHD-N, which began in New Delhi on September 27, is poised for a cordial settlement.

• September 20: Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD-N has expressed unhappiness over what it termed as "inordinate delay" in signing the draft agreement that would formally end insurgency in Dima Hasao District.

• August 27: Central Government is likely to sign MoS with DHD-J / BW and DHD-N of Dima Hasao District, in September.

• August 23: DHD-N 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa is scheduled to visit Cachar early next week to meet leaders of all communities inhabiting areas bordering Dima Hasao to arrive at a consensus on amalgamation of a few Cachar villages with the adjoining District. The DHD-Nunisa has demanded integration of 18 Dimasa-inhabited villages in Cachar with Dima Hasao as part of a possible tripartite treaty to be signed by the rebel group with the Central and State Government.

• July 20: CPI-ML leaders, workers and supporters staged protest demonstration infront of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar District, opposing the proposed merger of 18 villages of the District with Dima Hasao Territorial Council in accordance with the draft agreement signed by the Union Home Ministry with DHD.

• July 15: ABYSA organized a public meeting at Ellora Heritage in Silchar to protest against the proposed transfer of certain villages of Cachar District to Dima Hasao District and the harassment of Bengalis in the hill District.

• July 12: The people of Barak Valley have strongly protested against the proposal to carve out 26 villages of Cachar District and add them to the proposed DTC.

• July 11: UMHA extended the SoO agreement with the DHD-N for another three months until September 30. Joint secretary in charge of North East, Shambhu Singh signed the extension agreement on behalf of the Central Government.

• June 14: The draft MoS, signed by the DHD-N and the Central Government on June 12 is yet to be received by the State government, reports Nagaland Post on June 15. The important points of the proposed draft MoS includes incorporation of few more Dimasa inhabited contiguous villages with the existing Dima Hasao District, a package between INR 200 crore to INR 250 crore for next five years and recruitment of about 1500 surrendered militants and other able bodied youth from the District into State Police, Central paramilitary wings, Assam Rifles and Army.

• June 11: The Central Government signed a draft MoS with the DHD-N. The report adds that draft MoS will now be sent to the State Government for approval by the State Cabinet.

• May 22: Uncertainty shrouds the nine-year-long tripartite peace talks between the DHD-Nunisa, the Centre and State government, after Dilip Nunisa, the 'chairman' of the outfit, struck a discordant note. "Unless more villages from other districts in the state are not amalgamated with the mainland Dima Hasao, the parleys are bound to hit a wall. No breakthrough will be possible though both New Delhi and Dispur are sincere about the peace process," Nunisa said over telephone from New Delhi.

• May 21: SFs arrested a youth, identified as Rabijul Alom Choudhury (20), for allegedly demanding money from businessperson posing himself as DHD militant at Badarpur in Karimganj District.

  Central as well, State Government is likely to sign a tripartite agreement likely by June 2012 with both the DHD factions. The DHD-N faction 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa along with some of his colleagues met joint secretary (North East) UMHA, Shambhu Singh at North Block and discussed in detail the terms and conditions of the draft agreement. DHD-N also raised the issue of over 20,000 Dimasa tribe inhabited in Nagaland and demanded that the government of India should make a special provision for the Dimasas of Nagaland as and when it signed any agreement with the NSCN leadership.

• May 6: CPRO of DHD-N, Mondol Chandra Langthasa, as saying that the outfit has been thinking of withdrawing from the proposal made by the Central Government. According to DHD-N, which is on ceasefire for the last nine years, the Government has only been delaying the peace process.

• April 28: The DHD-Nunisa threatened to stop all ongoing work of national projects in Dima Hasao District,. The DHD-N has called for a work halt of all projects for 36 hours from 5am on May 8 to 5pm on May 9 in protest against the Government's "delaying tactics" to initiate peace talks with the outfit.

• April 25: State Government has indicated that it will not rush into signing any memorandum of settlement with the BW / DHD-J. The basis of the move is that it will be difficult to accommodate the justified demands of the DHD-N, which is in a ceasefire since 2003, if it went ahead with its agreement only with the BW group.

• March 13: SFs recently arrested a militant belonging to DHD-N, identified as Foroj Kumar Barman, in area Alubhaja of Cachar District.

• February 1: Following a request from Indian Government, Nepal Government has started attaching the property of Niranjan Hojai, the 'commander-in-chief' of DHD-J, in the country.

• January 23: Fifteen former militants of the DHD have in association with Dimapur-based Naga militant outfit has formed DNRF in Dima Hasao District. The leaders of the outfit are R.J. Dimasa alias Arje Dimasa, Soten Dimasa and Jensingh Dimasa. The outfit's main demand is to establish a separate Dimasa State. The outfit was also involved in abduction of Dharmendar Yadav of Tribeni Construction Ltd recently.

• January 13: DHD-N supremo Dilip Nunisa on the current impasse in the peace talks with Central and State Government said, "Instead of demanding all Dimasa-inhabited areas lying in these districts and also in Nagaland, which was our earlier stance, only some adjacent areas, where the Dimasa people are a majority, should be amalgamated with the present Dima Hasao District. If the government can give away land to Bangladesh without any question, why can't they include our villages in the council?" Earlier, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on January 12 said that peace accord with DHD-N has not yet been singed due to the outfit's demand to include 96 villages of Nagaon and Cachar District in the greater DATC.

2011

• December 17: Joint Secretary (North East) of the MHA, Sambhu Singh admitted that the talks with the DHD-N have not been progressing satisfactorily. Singh said that on the other hand, talks with the DHD-J are progressing well and the leaders of the outfit are showing a positive attitude. He said that the Government of India has almost finalised an agreement with the DHD-J and a formal agreement is likely to be signed after the State Cabinet approves the same.

• December 14: Major Dimasa organisations urged the DHD-N not to sign a peace accord if New Delhi refused to include their demarcated 95 villages outside Dima Hasao District within the proposed Dimaraji Territorial Council.

• December 6: Indian Agencies tracked money worth $200,000 remitted by BW, through banking channels from Singapore to Nepal to an account with Everest Bank's branch in New Baneswar in Kathmandu.

• December 5: BW and the Central Government are close to sealing a deal on the lines of the UPDS Accord. However, the sticking point remains on the issue of withdrawal of criminal cases pending against its members.

  DHD 'Chairman' Dilip Nunisa termed the renaming of North Cachar Hills as Dima Hasao a conspiracy and reiterated the demand for integration of Dimasa villages, including those in Cachar and Nagaon Districts.

• December 3: Tripartite talks between Central Government, State Government and NDFB-PTF remained inconclusive. Tripartite Talks DHD-N faction also suffered the same fate. Talks with NDFB-PTF and DHD-N were stuck over the demands for separate States of Bodoland and Dimaraji, respectively.

• November 28: Dilip Nunisa 'Chairman' of DHD-N said that although his group has settled for the demand of a territorial council instead of a separate state, two sticking issues of splitting Dima Hasao into two Districts and amalgamation of Dimasa-inhabited areas in adjoining districts with council areas still remains.

  Senior Congress leader of Dima Hasao District and 'chairman' of Dima Hasao Autonomous District Council (DHAC) Depolal Hojai has been removed from the party days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) named him as one of the accused in a INR 520 million scam in the NC Hills Autonomous Council.

• October 14: The Central Government has refused general amnesty to top militant leaders belonging to the DHD and asked the both DHD-Jewel and DHD-Nunisa factions to sort out differences. Both factions of the outfit held back-to-back negotiations with the central government for the first time. Dilip Nunisa and his team held talks on October 13 while Niranjan Hojai and Jewel Gorlosa spoke to the Union Home Ministry officials on October 14. DHD-Nunisa is unsatisfied with the progress of the talks. Dilip Nunisa said, "We are not happy." Although DHD-Nunisa has scaled down its demand for a separate state, it is seeking the transfer of some 90-odd villages in Karbi Anglong and Nagaon Districts to be transferred to the Dima Hasao area. The Centre, however, refused to concede to the demand.

• October 13: Shambhu Singh said that the Government of India is planning to sign peace pacts with at least three militant outfits of the State by November. He said that the process of talks with the UPDS is complete and only the date for signing of the accord is to be decided. He pointed out that the Government was trying to make the KLNLF to sign the same pact, which delayed the process of signing of the pact with the UPDS. But the KLNLF could not make up its mind and the Government would not go ahead with the signing of the accord with UPDS, he added. He also said that talks with both factions of DHD-Jewel & DHD-Nunisa are in final stage and accords with the outfits are likely to be signed soon. On the progress of talks with the Pro-Talks faction of NDFB-PTF, Singh said that the outfit is still sticking to its demand for creation of a separate state and the Centre has already made it clear that there is no possibility of division of Assam.

• September 23: DHD-Nunisa has decided climb down from its demand for an autonomous state and settle for a territorial council with proposed boundary that includes parts of Nagaon, Cachar, Karbi Anglong Districts of Assam and Dimapur of Nagaland. The DHD-Nunisa 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa said the proposed council is to be named as Dimaraji Territorial Council (DTC) and it would comprise three Districts including existing Dima Hasao and two new Districts namely Garampani District and Borail District, while Borail will include parts of present Dima Hasao and the tribal dominated areas of Cachar, including the ancient Kachari kingdom capital Khaspur. Garampani would include eastern Dima Hasao and neighbouring Nagaon District's Dimasa-dominated of Lanka, Hojai, Lumding and Kampur and stretch up to Kachari Satra in Dakhinpat under Nagaon sadar Police Station. In addition, Borlangfar, Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong District and Dimapur plains in Nagaland should be included in the existing Dima Hasao District. Nunisa further said, "The territorial council will have 40 elected and four nominated members. The number of Assembly constituencies might be increased from the present one to four and there might be a separate Lok Sabha seat comprising the three territorial council districts."

• September 22: talks between the Dilip Nunisa-led faction of the DHD-Nunisa and the Union Home Ministry is on the brink of reaching a conclusion.

• September 17: SFs arrested one militant belonging to the DHD-Nunisa, identified as Kubul Barman (29), from Joypur-Rajabazar Area under Joypur Police Station in Cachar District.

• September 4: Two hardcore militants belonging to Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD, identified as 'corporel' Nirmal Burman (30) and 'private' Naroni Burman (25), who came to extort money, were overpowered by public at Digli village in Cachar District and subsequently handed over them to Police. Two mobile handsets along with extortion notes were seized from them.

• September 2: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that a meeting with Assam's ethnic militant group KLNLF was scheduled for September 3 in Delhi. Union Home Ministry officials will meet a three-member KLNLF team. He, however, made it clear that there was no scope for negotiations on the KLNLF's demand for a separate state. Stating that most of the militant outfits were willing for peace talks, the Chief Minister said, "We want to sign an agreement soon with the KLNLF and UPDS." The BW group has already come forward though we have differences with the Nunisa Faction of DHD. But discussions are on with them."

• August 18: A senior Home Department official said Assam Police is preparing to form a battalion in Assam Police with recruits from the surrendered cadres of DHD and BW. "We have to absorb them for rehabilitation and settlement. The selection process to recruit 235 men is on, after which they will be sent for training".

• July 25: SFs arrested one militant 'lance corporal' Naikhu Dimasa alias Putul belonging to DHD in Ainacherra under Joypur Police Station of Cachar District.

• July 3: The Central Government on July 3 formally announced extension of ceasefire with DHD for a period of six months. The Suspension of Operation would continue up to December 31and tripartite talks on the demands of DHD are continuing.

• June 23: Union Government has decided to extend the cease-fire with DHD.

• June 21: The suspension of operations with DHD is likely to be extended beyond June 30^th.

• June 20: The surrendered militants of DHD who are staying in designated camps after surrendering arms have demanded immediate rehabilitation.

2010

• September 13: The United People’s Federation of Assam (UPFA) has urged the Assam Government to hold talks with the militant outfits, including the ULFA and DHD that are in ceasefire or have offered to sit for a dialogue without further delay for a solution to the insurgency problem and peace and development in the State. UPFA working president John Phoithong warned that if the Government did not consider the October 2, 2010 deadline given by the Dilip Nunisa faction of the DHD over the issue of "Dimaraji", the Dimasa militants might go back to forests leading to fresh incidents of violence in North Cachar Hills District.

• September 4: A new militant outfit, Dima National Democratic Front (DNDF), was formed in the Dima Hasao (erstwhile North Cachar Hills) District to protect the Dimasa community from the attacks of the non-Dimasa tribes. One Jainisring Dimasa, claiming himself as the ‘publicity secretary’ of the newly formed outfit had reportedly stated that since both the factions of the DHD were now in truce with the Government, the Dimasa community had become an easy target of various non-Dimasa tribes. Sources said that Kemaron Dimasa was the ‘self-styled chairman’ of DNDF and Leiding Dimasa the ‘commander-in-chief’.

• August 30: Civil society organizations of Dima Hasao District organized a massive rally in Haflong town demanding immediate steps by the Union Government to resolve the crisis in consultation with Dilip Nunisa faction of DHD which has been in truce since January 2003.

• August 25: The Union Minister said that it is a matter of great satisfaction that a number of groups are engaged in talks with the Government of India. Among them are NSCN-IM, pro-talk faction of the NDFB, Nunisa faction of the DHD, Black Widow (BW), United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC), Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Kuki National Organization (KNO) and United Peoples Front (UPF), he said. H further added, "We have appointed two Interlocutors: RS Pandey to talk to the NSCN (IM) and PC Haldar to talk to NDFB (PT), DHD (Nunisa), DHD (J), KLNLF, UPDS and ANVC, besides ULFA [United Liberation Front of Asom]."

• August 24: The Dimasa People's Council (DPC), an umbrella organization of the Dimasa civil society organizations, has appealed to both the Government and the DHD to work towards the solution of the Dimasa problem, rather than aggravating it. Expressing concern over the "ultimatum given by the DHD" regarding their demand of Dimaraji, the DPC members alleged that the Government, instead of solving the problems, is rather complicating the peace process by its 'delaying tactics' which create a confusing situation, which may ultimately instigate the militant outfits on ceasefire to return to violent means.

DHD 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa said it is unfortunate that the Centre has failed to reciprocate positively despite the militant outfit showing a great deal of enthusiasm and will for peace.

• May 6: The United People's Federation of Assam (UPFA) urged upon the Government of India to expedite the peace talks with the NDFB, pro-talk ULFA, DHD, KLNLF and other outfits who are already under ceasefire to solve their problems politically.

• April 12: The Assam Government has to spend around INR 7.59 million a month for the 4,006 militant cadres who have been staying in various designated camps in the State. The militant outfits now in ceasefire and whose cadres are in such camps are the UPDS, DHD, BW, NDFB, Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF), Birsa Commando Force (BCF), KLNLF and the ULFA.

• April 2: KLNLF 'publicity secretary' Rejak Dera said: "Seventy-five per cent of forests in Karbi Anglong have been cleared by DHD(N) cadres, now lodged at the designated camp at Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong. These militants have been selling timber from Karbi Anglong to Nagaland. This is not the allegation of the KLNLF alone. EvenBiren Singh Ingti, MP, had alleged that the DHD (N) had been involved in tree felling in Karbi Anglong forests. The MP has already requested Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to stop the DHD (N) militants from felling trees in Karbi Anglong." Dera further said the KLNLF would not tolerate if the Nunisa faction of the DHD continued to destroy Karbi Anglong forest and sell timber to Nagaland.

Regarding security of the 400 KLNLF cadres staying in makeshift designated camps, said: "Three hundred and thirteen of our cadres have been staying in the makeshift designated camp on the Polytechnic premises in Karbi Anglong where only 20 Assam Police battalion personnel have been deployed on security duty. The other makeshift designated camp in the Agriculture Farmers' Hostel gives shelter to 75 of our cadres who are without any security cover. No security personnel has been deployed there. If any of our cadres flee, we won't be responsible for that."

As many as 20 KLNLF cadres had fled with arms when talks for surrender were going on. While six of the deserters came back with their arms, one was killed in an encounter. According to reports, the other deserters have been active in armed activities. Dera said: "We have apprised Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of our security concern. We have demanded of him to set up four designated camps in Karbi Anglong and one at Umrangshu in NC Hills, a demand being opposed by the DHD (N). We have also apprised ADGP (SB) Khagen Sarma and the Home Commissioner of our security concern."When asked on the opposition from the DHD (N) to the proposed KLNLF designated camp at Umrangshu, Dera questioned: "If a DHD (N) designated camp can be set up at Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong, why can't a KLNLF camp be set up at Umrangshu in NC Hills?"

• March 28: The Assam Government will have to take the lead role in early completion of talks with militant groups of the State, which already signed cease-fire agreements for peaceful solution of the problems. Sources said that the Union Government had a very limited role in the process of talks with the militant groups like pro-talk faction of the NDFB, UPDS, KLNLF, DHD and BW. Sources added that in case of the militant groups of Assam, the Union Government had already ruled out the possibility of division of Assam and asked the militant groups to seek solution of the problems within the geographical boundaries of the State.

• March 8: The Assam Government assured the Assembly that all efforts were on to trace the ‘commander-in-chief’ of BW, Niranjan Hojai, who had gone missing from a designated camp about two months ago. According to other sources, Hojai could remain in hiding till the political process with the BW begins and he manages to get amnesty. "In that case, he doesn’t have to go to jail although the process of getting amnesty could be time consuming. Otherwise, he lands in jail as soon as he surfaces," a source said, adding the court could soon declare him a "proclaimed offender". Assam Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussain said that action would be taken against the cadres of the militant groups who had fled their designated camps. So far, 15 BW militants, seven DHD militants, 40 NDFB militants and five ULFA cadres have fled their designated camps.

• February 12: The pro-talks ULFA described the Government’s decision to the arms surrender term for talks as a step in the right direction, which might even prompt the outfit to consider coming forward for talks. Mrinal Hazarika, a leader of the pro-talks group, said, "Ulfa is not like the DHD or the KLNLF. You cannot impose conditions on them." Union home secretary G.K. Pillai on February 11 had said that the Centre had never asked the NDFB or ULFA to lay down arms but only to abjure violence if they wanted talks.

2009

• October 23: The Dilip Nunisa faction of the DHD, which concluded its two-day talks in Delhi on October 22, warned the Union Government of severe consequences if its demand for a Dimaraji State is not met. Nunisa told over phone from New Delhi that October 22’s discussions had ended on a "positive note" but the Dimasa group had warned the Union Government not to take its principal demand of a separate Dimaraji State lightly. He said "if it was spurned, the "consequences would be severe". He, however, did not spell out the consequences. Nunisa said senior officials of the Union Government and the State Government had agreed to "examine" their demand for Dimaraji State in every detail and from all angles. The pro-talks Dimasa group was represented by a four-member delegation, including ‘Chairman’ Dilip Nunisa and ‘commander-in-chief’ Pranab Nunisa.

• July 3: Dilip Nunisa, the leader of pro-peace faction of the DHD, condemned the two factions of NSCN for launching serial attacks on Dimasa villages in the last few months in the North Cachar Hills District. It was reported that Dilip Nunisa, in a press conference, directly blamed both the NSCN factions for attacking Dimasa people with an evil eye to trigger a racial war between the two communities. But he also admitted that some elements among the Dimasa people have also joined the fight against the Zeme Nagas and are hell bent on defending their own tribe.

• June 18: The United Pro-talks Organization (UPO), comprising the ULFA, DHD, ACF and the BCF, demanded regional autonomy in the Northeast so that lasting solutions to the problems of the region could be solved.

• June 12: Dilip Nunisa, the chairman of DHD, said that slow progress in peace talks between the Government and DHD is one of the main reasons for the deterioration of the overall law and order situation in North Cachar Hills District. Talking to Assam Tribune, Nunisa alleged that the DHD came out of the jungles to express its desire to solve the problems through talks, but the Government is responsible for the slow progress in dialogue. He said that though five years have passed since the dialogue began, not much headway has been made and the Government is yet to make clear what it could give the Dimasa people for their political safeguard and economic upliftment. Nunisa blamed the Government for the sharply deteriorating situation in North Cachar Hills.

• May 16: The DHD Militants shot dead one person, Paunamteutuing, at Asongram village in the North Cachar Hills District. Sources said the militants who were holed up in the second floor of the State Bank of India's Mahur branch fired upon the Zeliangrong villagers who went to retrieve the corpse of Paunamteutuing in the next-day morning. However, there was no report of any casualty.

• February 19: Protesting against the killings, kidnappings, torture and extortions of hundreds of people in North Cachar Hills District by the BW outfit, the rival DHD submitted a memorandum to the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram asking for strong measures against the BW. The memorandum signed by Dilip Nunisa, 'chairman' of DHD, Kanto Langthasa, home secretary of DHD and Ronsling Dimasa, organising secretary of DHD, mentioned the free movement of BW cadres and the silence of the North Cachar Hills District administration.

• February 12: One DHD militant, identified as Lojendra Langthasa, was shot dead by militants of the rival BW fraction at Khalimindisa under Maibong Police Station of North Cachar Hills District.

• January 26: A DHD cadre, identified as ‘lance corporal’ Zenga Dimasa, was shot dead by its rival BW outfit near Digandu under the Doyangmukh police station in the North Cachar Hills District. Another cadre, identified as ‘second lieutenant’ Manik Dimasa, was injured in the incident.

• January 14: The pro-talks DHD made it clear that its cadres, living in at least five designated camps in the North Cachar Hills District, must be allowed to hold on to their arms for self-defence. Referring to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement in Shillong on January 3 that all the militant groups in the Northeast, including those who are pro-peace, must first lay down their arms to facilitate talks, the DHD chief Dilip Nunisa said such a step would be very "unfortunate". Nunisa said his cadres without arms would be left "vulnerable" to attacks in both North Cachar Hills and adjoining Karbi Anglong Districts, especially in view of the threat from the rival Black Widow outfit.

• January 12: The Justice P.C. Phukan Commission of Inquiry, probing the ethnic clashes between Hmars and Dimasas in the North Cachar Hills and Cachar Districts in 2003, tabled its report in the State Legislative Assembly. Over 50 people had lost their lives in the conflict. In its report, the Commission has recommended proper implementation of the cease-fire ground rules between the DHD and Assam Government.

2008

• December 24: The Union Government has extended the Suspension of Operations agreement with the DHD for a year till December 31, 2009. According to official sources, the extension follows a tripartite meeting among representatives of the Centre, Assam Government and the DHD.

• December 17: One Mazibur Rahman alias Majib of Muslimpatty under Hojai Police Station in the Nagaon District was arrested by the Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Hojai, Dharmendra Das, for his involvement in selling arms to militant outfits and other criminal organisations. According to information received from the SDPO, "Mazibur Rahman is involved in selling arms to extremist groups and has clandestine links with KLNLF, DHD, anti-social elements and also linked to various criminal activities. The SDPO further informed that Rahman was a most wanted criminal and absconding for a long time. He was in Saudi Arabia in between 1992-94 and Mumbai for some years."

• October 30: In a separate incident, BW militants killed at least seven police personnel at Langlai near Thujuari of North Cachar Hills district, reports Sentinel. Three militants were also killed in the retaliatory firing. Haflong police sources said that the BW militants opened fire on the police party who were carrying the body of a DHD leader, Naklai Dimasa, who was killed by the BW militants on October 29 from Haflong Civil Hospital to Diyongmukh after the post mortem. Out of the seven slain police personnel, four were constables in the 8th Battalion of Assam Police; two were from the District Armed Branch and one Home Guard. Meanwhile, Dinob Dimasa, spokesman of Black Widow, denied the outfit's involvement in the ambush.

• October 29: A self-styled 'sergeant major' of the DHD, identified as Naikhlai Dimasa, was shot dead by the BW militants at his residence in Doyangbra of North Cachar Hills district.

• October 30: A self-styled 'sergeant major' of the DHD, identified as Naikhlai Dimasa, was shot dead by the BW militants at his residence in Doyangbra of North Cachar Hills district.

• October 22: In a statement, DHD has strongly condemned the serial killing, kidnapping of innocent women, civilian and DHD cadres by BW. The DHD also condemns attack on Ms Rantha Thaosen, wife of Srimongol Dimasa, at Maibang police station. The outfit further added that the Black Widow is a gang of killers not a revolutionary organization. Black Widow is fighting neither for the Dimasa people nor for the people of North Cachar Hills. The Black Widow and their conspirators had been planning to disturb the peace process started by DHD which was anti Dimasa, anti social and anti development.

• October 3: The publicity secretary of DHD, Dhonsiri designated camp, Suraj Dimasa was gunned down by two youths who were in his Maruti 800 car (AS092199) near the police point at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead.

• September 25: The pro-talk faction of the DHD has expressed its willingness to extend its manpower for providing security for the construction of Silchar-Lumding broad gauge, particularly in North Cachar Hills district. In a meeting with Assam Home Commissioner Rajib Bora, the DHD chief Dilip Nusisa conveyed this offer.

• September 16: Dilip Nunisa, the 'chairman' of the DHD, alleged that the Black Widow outfit was behind the September 14 and 16 explosions near the ASDC office. However, Dinar Dimasa, 'publicity secretary' of the BW, denied of the outfit's involvement.

• September 14: Black Widow militants killed two persons in a hilly section between the Kalasang and Batsa areas under Maibong police station of North Cachar Hills district. The dead include a DHD militant, Dibakar Langthasa, and a civilian, identified as Subol Langthasa.

• September 4: Combined forces of the Assam Rifles, Assam and Tripura Police recover a cache of arms and ammunition during a joint search operation at Khasiapunji along the Tripura-Assam border. The seizure includes one carbine, two revolvers, mortar, one improvised explosive device and 145 lives bullets. According to the Assam Rifles, the NLFT and DHD might have stored these arms and ammunition at the dense forest to carry out militant activities along the inter-state border.

• August 22: A NSCN-IM camp inside the Chingdol forest under Umrangsu block in the North Cachar Hills district is destroyed by the rival Black Widow (BW) militants. The report adds that the two outfits had developed enmity after the NSCN-IM cadres allegedly informed the Army about the whereabouts of the BW's spokesman Phaiphrang Dimasa, leading to his arrest.

• August 17: One forest official, Sorvendra Johri, is killed and a school guard, Firoze Thausan, is injured during crossfire between cadres of the BW and DHD at Doyangmukh in the North Cachar Hills district.

• June 23 : The Centre extended its Suspension of Operation agreement with the DHD for another six months in a tripartite meeting at New Delhi. The Suspension of Operation agreement with the outfit which is due to expire on June 30 is extended till December 31.

• March 27: The 'chairman' of the DHD, Dilip Nunisa, meets Assam Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajai Singh and requests him to take steps to expedite the peace talks between the Government of India and the outfit.

• March 20: One DHD militant, identified as Joydeep Maibongsa, was killed by army personnel during an encounter at Maibongdisha in the North Cachar Hills district.

• March 14: Police arrested three DHD cadres from Matikhola Gojalipar village in the Howraghat area of Karbi Anglong district.

• March 2: One former DHD militant, Belen Kempry, was killed by unidentified militants at Prabadisha Block Bazaar under Dagang police station in the North Cachar Hills district.

• January 31: A six-member delegation of the DHD, led by its chairman, Dilip Nunisa, called on Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and discussed ways to end the stalemate in peace talks. He renewed the demand for 'Dimaraji' state to be carved out of North Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam and Dimapur district in Nagaland.

• January 28: Sentinel reports that the DHD has recently served extortion notes to businessmen in Dayangmukh, under Kheroni police station in the Karbi Anglong district. A statement released by the market committee of Dayangmukh has said that the DHD has demanded huge amounts of money ranging from INR 20,000 to INR 50,000 from each shopkeeper and businessman of the locality. A caller, identifying himself as a DHD cadre, has threatened that their demand should be met immediately; otherwise they will not allow the businessmen to transact their operations in peace.

2007

• December 30: The Union Government decides to extend the cease-fire with the DHD by another six months with effect from January 1, 2008, following a meeting between senior officials of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and a seven-member DHD delegation led by Dilip Nunisa.

• December 25: The DHD threatens to withdraw from the peace process with the Central Government and go underground out of frustration over 'no progress' in the on-going peace talks with Government of India. The DHD has about 1000 cadres in four designated camps.

• December 8: A DHD militant, identified as London Dimasa, was killed in an encounter with police at Waris village, about 20-km from Haflong. The police arrested another militant, Stabli Dimasa, and seized an US-made carbine from him.

• November 23: Militants belonging to the Nunisa faction of the DHD fired 15 rounds in the air and lobbed two grenades at an election rally and injured two Autonomous State Demand Committee workers. The members were at an election rally for Kalachand North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council constituency at Kranthangdoliya village under Maibong police station in the North Cachar Hills district. The NCHAC polls are slated to be held on November 26 and December 1.

• November 22: One DHD cadre, identified as Kanak Bora alias Ladu Baruah, surrendered to the Army at Laipuli Army Camp in the Tinsukia district.

• September 22: One Black Widow militant, Uttam Kachari, is killed in a cross fire, when combined cadres of the NSCN-IM and the Black Widow attack a designated camp of the Dima Halim Daogah-Pranab Nunisa faction at Halflong in the North Cachar Hills district of Assam.

• August 23: Black Widow militants kill a cadre of the Nunisa faction of the DHD, identified as Lal Khelma, in an internecine clash at his residence near Umrangsu town in the North Cachar Hills district.

• August 8: Assam Rifles personnel arrested the 'commander' of the Harangajo camp of the DHD from Banderkhal in the North Cachar Hills district along with five other cadres. Sources said that they are travelling in a jeep and armed with two AK-56 rifles, one US-made pistol, a mauser pistol and other ammunitions, which is a violation of truce ground rules.

• August 3: Khaoklu Dimasa, the secretary of DHD, termed the July 26-claim of the UPDS accusing the DHD of having links with the NSCN-K as baseless.

• July 24: Three unidentified members of the Black Widow group were killed in an internecine clash between rival groups of the DHD - Black Widow and the Nunisa faction, near a designated camp at Pathergaon under Diphu town in the Karbi Anglong district. Police also recovered remnants of RDX from the encounter site and accordingly stepped up vigilance in the southern districts after intelligence reports indicated possible attacks by a combined team of the Black Widow militants and the NSCN-IM during the Independence Day celebration.

• July 21: At least two militants of the Dilip Nunisa faction of the DHD, identified as Rocket Dimasa and Samir Khersa, are killed and another, Banesa Langthasa, sustained gunshot injuries when the rival Jewel Gorlosa faction cadres, also known as the Black Widow, clashed with them at a jungle near Lallongcherra village in the Silchar district.

• June 19: Nonphong, a 'corporal' of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, was killed during clashes between the two factions of the outfit at Harangajao in the North Cachar Hills district. Nonphong had deserted the Dilip Nunisa faction and joined the Black Widow faction in 2006.

• June 15: Security forces killed an unidentified DHD militant at Maibong in the North Cachar Hills district.

• June 14: SFs arrested three militants of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, identified as Anglong Manin, Zintus Marak and Walsong Manglong, from Hotel Ambassador at Paltan Bazaar in Guwahati on June 14. One car and a motorcycle were also seized from them.

• June 11: Four hardcore militants of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, identified as ‘Lt. Corporal’ Pradesh Thaosen and his associates Manjit Langthasa, Piten Thaosen and Niben Langthasa, are arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel from Bhuban Pahar in the North Cachar Hills district. They were reportedly involved in the June 4-killing of Purnendu Langthasa, Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, and his colleague Nindu Langthasa. Police also recovered one AK 47 rifle, one AK 56 rifle, two self-loading rifles, one rocket launcher and INR 80 lakhs from their hideout at Nayanpur in the same district.

  Police sources revealed that the NCSN-IM is extending support to different militant outfits in the North Cachar Hills district, including the Black Widow group. The outfit is providing weapons, training and giving shelter to the cadres in its camps. It is suspected that the NSCN-IM also receives a share of extorted funds collected by the Black Widow group.

  June 8: Police sources said that the Black Widow is trying to extend its area of operation to the northeastern flank of neighbouring Cachar district. Sources also revealed that nearly two dozen people living in the Harinagar and Jaipur enclaves along Cachar’s northeastern boundary with North Cachar had received extortion notices. The notices, either sent by post or hand-delivered, demand amounts between INR 50,000 and INR 5 lakh. The residents have been also threatened with dire consequences if they fail to pay the said amount.

• June 4: Suspected Black Widow militants killed former Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, Purnendu Langthasa and former executive member of the Council, Nindu Langthasa at Langlai Hasnu village in the NC Hills district. Both were candidates of the ruling Congress party for the upcoming Council election. The party alleged that the Militant group has been warning and demanding an amount of Rs one crore from the party for the safety of its candidates for the elections.

• May 31: The level of violence involving the KLNLF and Black Widow group, a breakaway faction of the DHD, in the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills reportedly showed an upward trend. According to records available, the Black Widow group was involved in 10 acts of violence in 2006 and it increased to 17 so far this year. The KLNLF militants were involved in more than 10 major acts of violence so far in 2007.

• May 30: One cadre of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), identified as ‘Sergeant’ Gale, is killed in an encounter with the security forces (SFs) at Hatikhali near Maibong area in the North Cachar hill district. The slain militant was leading a five-member team that tried to ambush a patrol squad along the Maibong-Diklem road. One AK-56 rifle, 100 live rounds of ammunition and three magazines were recovered from his possession.

  Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from Lombapathar, under Kheroni police station in the Karbi Anglong district. One of them was identified as Dauthau Dimasa of the Black Widow group.

  Four groups - the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Karbi Longri North Cachar Liberation Front, DHD and Black Widow, reportedly have launched widespread extortion drives in their respective strongholds in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar hill districts making the life of common people, government staff and traders miserable.

• June 4: Police recovered the body of Ajit Bodo, Deputy Chairman of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous District Council, from Maibong area in the North Cachar Hills district, on June 4 - night, reports Shillong Times. He was killed by suspected militants of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD).

• June 4: Suspected militants of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), killed the former Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, Purnendu Langthasa, and a former executive member of the Council, Nindu Langthasa, at Langlai Hasnu village in the NC Hills district. Both are candidates of the Congress party for the upcoming Council election. The party alleged that the militant group has been warning and demanding an amount of Rs one crore from the party for the safety of its candidates for the elections.

• May 31: According to reports, the Black Widow group was involved in 10 acts of violence last year and it increased to 17 so far this year. The KLNLF militants were involved in more than 10 major acts of violence so far in 2007.

• May 30: One cadre of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), identified as ‘Sergeant’ Gale, is killed in an encounter with the SFs at Hatikhali near Maibong area in the North Cachar hill district. The slain militant was leading a five-member team that tried to ambush a patrol squad along the Maibong-Diklem road. One AK-56 rifle, 100 live rounds of ammunition and three magazines were recovered from his possession.

  Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from Lombapathar, under Kheroni police station in the Karbi Anglong district. One of them was identified as Dauthau Dimasa of the Black Widow group.

  Four groups - the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Karbi Longri North Cachar Liberation Front (KLNLF), DHD and Black Widow, reportedly have launched widespread extortion drives in their respective strongholds in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar hill districts making the life of common people, government staff and traders miserable.

• May 28: Mosorom Dimasa, a militant of the Black Widow, which is a break away faction of the Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), is killed in an encounter with the security forces at Haflong in the North Cachar district. One 9-mm pistol was recovered from the slain militant.

• May 25: One militant of the DHD, identified as Girifer Hojai alias Dimasa, is killed by militants of the Black Widow, a breakaway faction of the DHD, at Forest Bagan under Umrangshu Police Station in the Karbi Anglong district.

• May 24: Rathu Bodusa, an 'area commander' of the Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) -Nunisa faction, is killed by suspected cadres of the rival Black Widow at Block Bazaar under Doyangbra police outpost in the Karbi Anglong district.

• May 15: One DHD militant, identified as Badal Ardau, surrendered to the security forces along with a grenade launcher at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district.

• March 22: Dimasa militant outfit DHD held a two-day conclave, which was joined by several political parties in appealing to both the Centre and the ULFA to sit for unconditional talks for a political settlement of the insurgency problem. The DHD 'chairman' Dilip Nunisa urged the Center to play the role of "guardian and big brother" and hold direct talks with the ULFA. He also appealed to the ULFA to authorise the five jailed leaders to hold negotiations with the Government.

• March 21: Assam Rifles personnel arrested one DHD cadre and seized a huge cache of arms including one AK-47 rifle, a US-made M-16 rifle, four Chinese rifles with bayonets, two bolt action rifles and one Chinese made automatic pistol along with live ammunition for all weapons from Silchar-Haflong in the Cachar District.

• March 10: An 'area commander' of the Black Widow, identified as Chinese Dimasa, is arrested from a hideout on the outskirts of Maibong town in the North Cachar Hills district. In a separate search operations, two militants of the same outfit are arrested from a hotel in Guwahati and seven others are arrested from Pura Basti near Mahur town in the North Cachar Hills district.

• February 25: Intelligence sources in Haflong, the headquarters of North Cachar Hills district, said that the UPDS and DHD are silently expanding their area of operations in both Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts, and the February 8-abduction of a DHD militant, Ronald Hojai, who was on his way from Dhansiri to Diphu, by UPDS militants could be fallout of that rivalry.

• February 1: The NSCN-K says that the outfit's 'makeshift' camp at Saijang in the Kohima district was attacked by a combined force of the NSCN-IM, "PREPAK, KYKL, KRA, UPDS and DHD (Anti-talk party)" numbering about 150 cadres. During the encounter, five militants of the NSCN-IM were shot dead while two NSCN-K militants are killed and one weapon is lost, said Anie Konyak, 'Under Secretary' of the NSCN-K.

• January 28: The cease-fire liaison office of the DHD is attacked by the rival Black Widow militants at Haflong in the North Cachar Hills district and in the ensuing clash a Black Widow militant is killed.

• January 27: The DHD leader, Dilip Nunisa, claims responsibility for the killings of 13 of their cadres who had deserted their camp at Dhansiri to join the rival Black Widow in Karbi Anglong on January 14.

• January 19: Three DHD cadres are arrested by SF personnel during a search operation at Laitumkhrah in Shillong.

• January 3: At least 24 DHD cadres deserted the Nunisa faction's designated camp at Dihinga along the North Cachar Hills-Kari Anglong border in two batches to join the Black Widow, the anti-talks faction of the DHD led by Jewel Garlosa. They decamped with six self-loading rifles, an M-16 rifle and a few more arms along with a huge cache of ammunition. The cadre strength of the Black Widow increased to over 100 following the defections from the DHD camp. They are kept in the hideouts at Umrangshu, Mamboing and Maher in the North Cachar Hills.

• January 1: The Union Government extends the four-year-old cease-fire with the DHD by another year. "The suspension of operations agreement between the security forces and Dima Halim Daogah (DHD), a militant outfit, has been extended for a period of one year up to December 31, 2007," says a release issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The Government and the DHD had entered into a truce in January 2003.

2006

• December 13: A DHD leader, Arnol Ponglu, is killed and two cadres are injured when militants of the Black Widow, the anti-talks' faction of the outfit led by Jewel Garlossa, attacked them at Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills district. A junior engineer of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation, Manilal Thousen, is also killed during the clash.
  
  The beheaded body of a DHD militant, Jaulal Raijung, is recovered from Langting under Maibong police station in the North Cachar Hills district. According to police sources, Raijung may have been killed by suspected cadres of his outfit.

• December 2: A DHD leader belonging to the Dilip Nunisa faction, 'lieutenant' Mazran Dimasa, is wounded when he is attacked by the rival anti-talks faction led by Jewel Gorlosa at Maibong town in the North Cachar Hills district. Mazran's wife, Riya Maibongsa, and a civilian, Ananta Langthasa, are also wounded in the attack.

• December 1: Two DHD cadres, Formet Nunisa and Ramen Hagjer, are arrested from Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district.

• November 16: Assam Government is working on a "special" economic package for the twin hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills to convince groups such as the UPDS and DHD to give up their demand for statehood and involve themselves in planning and development of the backward districts. "We are planning the package in such a way that it could be close to the budgets of certain states whose territories are smaller than the two districts combined. If we draw up an annual budget that is more than that of these states or at least on a par, we see no reason for its rejection by the militant leadership. The package could be worth around Rs 500 crore," said an unnamed official.

• October 30: Suspected DHD militants abduct Samdes Ardau, a revenue officer in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, from his Haflong residence.

• October 23: The NDFB, DHD and UPDS are reportedly involved in extortion activities, despite the fact that all these outfits are under ceasefire agreement with the Union Government.

• October 22: A CPI-ML leader, Lantuk Phangcho, is abducted by the militants from Umrangshu in the North Cachar Hills. Involvement of the Jewel Gorlosa faction of the DHD is also suspected in the abduction.
  
  At least 12 DHD cadres along with a civilian driver are arrested, while traveling in two vehicles, near Umrangsu in the North Cachar Hills district. A huge cache of arms and explosives, including five Russian AK-47 assault rifles, four Chinese AK series rifles, 15 magazines with 16 rounds of ammunition, an M-16 rifle with 105 rounds of ammunition, a rocket launcher, five hand grenades, two detonator hand grenades, an improvised flame grenade thrower, three pieces of dagger, two vehicles, along with INR 36,135, a set of combat uniform and four mobile cell sets, is recovered from their possession.

• October 18: The dead body of a DHD cadre is recovered from Khinmung Basti under Mahur police station in the North Cachar Hills district.

• October 7: Two civilians are killed and three others injured in crossfire during an encounter between security forces (SFs) and cadres of the Black Widow faction of DHD at Mujam village under Kherni police station in the Karbi Anglong district. The SF personnel were carrying out a combing operation in the area following the October 6 attack on the Railway Protection Force in the adjoining North Cachar Hills district. Tools used for making arms, military fatigues and incriminating documents were found in a temporary camp of the Black Widow near the incident site.

• October 6: At least 13 Railway Protection Force personnel are killed by in an ambush by the DHD militants belonging to the Black Widow faction in the North Cachar Hills district.

• September 18: A DHD cadre belonging to its Black Widow faction, Ajit Hagjer, is arrested from Hotel Geetanjali at Panbazaar in the Guwahati city.

• September 10: DHD cadres belonging to the anti-talks faction headed by Jewel Gorlosa set ablaze two labour camps at different construction sites of the Northeast Frontier Railway’s broad gauge project in the North Cachar Hills, as the companies involved in the project fail to pay ransom to the militants. Additional Superintendent of Police Bidyut Buragohain confirmed that two labour sheds at Asong Haju and Saron Basti under Mahur police station were set ablaze by at least 12 cadres of the outfit.

• September 6: DHD militants belonging to the Jewel Gorlosa faction shot dead two cadres of the rival Dilip Nunisa faction at Langting under Maibong police station in the North Cachar Hills. One of the slain militants was identified as ‘lance corporal’ Lampthou Dimasa.

• September 1: An anti-talks faction of the DHD, Black Widow, which is operating in the hill districts of the State, destroys an excavator worth INR 60 00, 000 used in a railway project to terrorize the contractors to meet the demand for ransom amount. The NSCN-IM is suspected to be conniving with the Black Widow to maintain its influence in the North Cachar Hills district. The railway construction work between Lumding and Silchar through North Cachar Hills is affected, as contractors decide to suspend construction work due to extortion threat by militant outfits.

• August 20: An internecine clash among DHD cadres belonging to the Jewel Garlossa faction occurs at Lanfer village under Kheroni police station in the Hamren sub-division of Karbi Anglong district, following the escape of five cadres of the outfit from its camp in North Cachar Hills.

• August 7: Four persons are wounded in a grenade blast triggered by suspected militants belonging to the anti-talks Jewel faction of the DHD at Mahur market in the North Cachar Hills district.

• July 30: Two DHD cadres, V. Dimasa and Ithang Dimasa, are arrested from Silchar town in the Cachar district. According to police sources, the arrested militants confess to have come from their camp in North Cachar Hills district to Silchar for medical treatment.

• July 26: An unidentified DHD cadre belonging to the Jewel Gorlosa faction triggers a grenade explosion, targeting CRPF personnel, killing three civilians, including one female child, and injuring three others at a railway station in Maibong of North Cachar Hills district.

• July 3: A trader, Jagannath Prasad, is killed, and at least 18 persons are wounded in a grenade explosion triggered at a market place in Haflong town of North Cachar Hills district. Subsequently, a caller, identifying himself as the ‘area commander’ of the Jewel Garlossa faction of the DHD claims responsibilty for the grenade attack reportedly intended ‘to teach a lesson’ to the shop owner.

• June 20:The Zemi Students Union, Asom (ZSU-A) accuses and condemns the Dilip Nunisa faction of the DHD for its involvement in the May 8 abduction and subsequent killing of three Zemi Naga youths in the North Cachar Hills district.

• June 18: The dead bodies of three unidentified persons, belonging to Zemi Naga tribe, who were abducted by the suspected DHD cadres on May 8 from Fiding village under Mahur police station in the North Cachar Hills district, are recovered after a month at an unspecified place near a rail track.

• June 12: Three cadres of the anti-talks Black Widow faction of the DHD, Shishuranjan Bar, Chandrakanta Naiding and Peikhuk Rangkhol, are arrested from a hotel at Bhangagarh in the Guwahati city of Kamrup district. Incriminating documents and Rupees 5,00,000 are seized from the arrested militants.

• June 4: A DHD cadre, Shyamal Langthasa, of the Gorlosa faction is reported to have deserted a designated camp in the North Cachar Hills district on an unspecified date in May.

• April 28: The 'deputy commander-in-chief' of the DHD, identified as Naizing Daulagapu, is shot at and wounded by suspected militants belonging to the breakaway faction of the outfit led by Jewel Garlosa at Upper Dibbarai under Haflong police station in the North Cachar Hills district.

• March 30: DHD militants belonging to the Jewel Garlossa faction kill a worker engaged by a railway contractor and injure another at Retzole in the North Cachar Hills district. Seven rounds of empty cartridges of AK-47 assault rifles were recovered from the incident site.

• March 28: The North Cachar Hills district police recover three rocket launcher shells, two pistols, nine magazines, one revolver and an unspecified amount of ammunition from a husband and wife, identified as Afhringdaw and Dipali Warisa. They were traveling from Guwahati to Umrangso and are allegedly linked to the Jewel Garlossa faction of the DHD.

• February 23: A school-teacher is killed in an exchange of fire between cadres of the HPC-D and DHD in the North Cachar Hills district. DHD chief Dilip Nunisa said that the vehicle in which his deputy Yathon Dimasa, the public relations officer of the outfit Samir Dimasa and their bodyguard were traveling was ambushed by the HPC-D at Mahadev Tilla. In the exchange of fire, the school teacher who was passing by is also killed.

• January 21: DHD chief Dilip Nunisa said that Ministry of Home Affairs officials have confirmed January 31 as the date for another round of dialogue between the Union Government and the outfit to be held in New Delhi. The previous round of dialogue between a DHD delegation and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil was held in New Delhi during June 2005.

2005

• December 14: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, S. Reghupathy, while speaking in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament), said that cease-fire was currently on with the DHD along with other militant outfits of the North East.

• December 13: DHD announces cease-fire with the UPDS in the Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts during Christmas festivities.

• December 6: Two unidentified militants of DHD’s Jewel Garlossa faction are killed at Retzol near Haflong in the NC Hills district.

• December 3: 379 houses are set ablaze by the DHD in six villages of Mohendijua and Lunhnit areas in the Karbi Anglong district.

• December 2: Suspected DHD militants, armed with grenade launchers and AK rifles, open indiscriminate fire at Sirkangnep village in the Karbi Anglong district killing four persons, including a two-month-old infant.

• October 23: Security forces arrest five armed DHD cadres from Umrangshu Bazaar in the North Cachar Hills district.

• October 21: Suspected DHD militants kill nine UPDS cadres at Tamulbari under Diphu police station in the Karbi Anglong district.

• October 17: Suspected DHD militants waylay two passenger buses traveling from Zirikinding at Charchim under Kheroni police station in Karbi Anglong district and kill 23 persons, including nine women, belonging to the Karbi tribe.

• June 23: DHD chairman Dilip Nunisa says that the outfit is ready to compromise on its demand of the integration of Dimasa-inhabited areas of Assam and Nagaland "if Delhi accedes to the call for Dimaraji statehood."

• May 19: DHD cadres serve extortion notes targeting the non-Dimasa population in and around Harinagar under Jaipur police station limits in the Cachar district.

• May 10: Three Dima Halim Daogah cadres were reported to have been killed during an encounter with the Meghalaya Police personnel at Pendung village in the Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.
  

• April 27: Superintendent of Police in Karbi Anglong district says that the DHD has been using conduits from various tribal communities to carry out illegal activities in the districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills.

• April 22: The DHD chairman, Dilip Nunisa, in an interview, accuses the Union and State Governments of promoting a rival faction, the Black Widow, to weaken the DHD’s struggle for a separate state.

• April 21: Suspected terrorists belonging to the anti-talks faction of the DHD kill a villager after setting fire to two houses in the Lanku Garu Basti area under Umrangshu police station of the North Cachar Hills district.

• April 11: Black Widow, a splinter group of the DHD, abducts Lakhyajoti Langthasa, an executive member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous District Council

• January 20: DHD leaders meet the Union Government representatives and say that no solution short of a separate ‘Dimaraji’ State would be acceptable to the outfit.

• January 2: Four suspected DHD cadres are arrested while extorting money from Kalain in the Cachar district.

• January 1: Cachar district police arrests a suspected DHD cadre from an unspecified place in the district.

2004

• December 28: Cease-fire agreement between the Government of India and the DHD is extended till December 31, 2005, following a tripartite meeting between the group, the State Government and the Centre held in Guwahati.

• December 4: The DHD Chief, Dilip Nunisa, expresses disappointment over the delay in holding negotiations with the government and terms the delay as "intentional procrastination".

• November 25: Three DHD cadres arrested from an unspecified place in the Cachar district along with five AK-47 rifles, one SLR and a huge quantity of ammunition.

• October 30: DHD and NDFB cadres open fire on a Dimapur bound truck at Sat Mile.

• October 17: DHD calls for a 48-hour general strike in the North Cachar Hills district to protest against the alleged 'atrocities' by the army personnel on its cadres.

• October 13: Assam Police arrests three DHD cadres from an unspecified place along the Assam-Mizoram border.

• September 23: A DHD delegation meets Union home minister Shivraj Patil in New Delhi and submits a memorandum demanding a separate homeland for the Dimasa tribals.

• July 29: Suspected DHD terrorists kill a teacher, namely Altaf Hossain Barbhuyan, at Karkat Basti in the Cachar district.

• June 28: Jewel Garlossa, the ousted DHD 'Chief' in an interview with Sentinel terms the ‘takeover’ of the outfit by the ‘military wing’ chief Pranab Nunisa as a ‘gross violation of the ceasefire agreement.’

• June 24: Pranab Nunisa becomes the president of the DHD. He ousts the former president, Jewel Garlossa for anti-DHD activities.

• May 19: DHD releases a trader, whom the outfit had abducted on May 16 from Tumpreng under Hojai subdivision in Nagaon district.

• May 16: DHD cadres abduct a trader from Tumpreng under Hojai subdivision in Nagaon district.

• April 11: A civilian working as an employee in a fuel pump killed during a grenade attack by DHD terrorists at Sukanjan under Bokajan police station in Karbi Anglong district.

• March 18: DHD terrorists shoot at and injure a couple at Singaribasti near Hojai town in Nagaon district, following an unsuccessful attempt to abduct their son.

• March 15: Three DHD cadres arrested by the Army for their alleged involvement in extortion activities in Pailapool area under Lakhipur police station in the Cachar district.

• January 1: Ceasefire with the DHD extended upto December 31, 2004.

2003

• December 29: Cease-fire between the DHD and Union Government is extended by one year from January 1, 2004.

• December 27: Jewel Garlossa, President of DHD, in a press statement, appeals to insurgent outfits in the northeastern region to come forward for negotiations.

• November 26: A trader is injured in an attack by a group of DHD terrorists for having refused to pay extortion amount to the outfit in the Diphu town of Karbi Anglong district.

• August 28: Report indicates that the DHD would discuss the issue of Statehood for the Dimasa tribe in the Northeast during a meeting with representatives of the Union Government slated to be held in September 2003.

• August 7: Suspected DHD terrorists abduct a civilian from the Lumding area in the North Cachar Hills district.

• August 4: DHD terrorist is lynched while allegedly attempting to extort money from a local businessman at Lamsakhang bazaar in the Karbi Anglong district.

• July 17: Media reports indicate formation of Hmar Hunam Santo (HHS) with links to the HPC-D as counter outfit of the DHD in Assam.

• July 7: DHD 'commanding officer' Yaohang Dimasa threatens to carry out counter attacks against the HPC-D alleging the latter of attacking Dimasa villages in Cachar and North Cachar Hills district of Assam.

• July 6: DHD terrorists kill an employee of Lengrijan Tea Estate under Khatkhati police outpost in Karbi Anglong district.

• June 30: DHD threatens to target HPC-D cadres under code name "King Cobra" in the North Cachar Hills and Cachar districts of Assam.

• June 27: Cease-fire with DHD in operation since January 1, 2003 extended for another six months, beyond June 30.

• June 17: Reports indicate that the Union Government is likely to extend the cease-fire with the DHD for another term, beginning July 1. The earlier cease-fire agreement, which was in force for six months, ends on June 30.

• June 15: DHD terrorists kill a tribal youth of Hmar community at Haflong, district headquarters of North Cachar Hills.

• June 13: The North Cachar Autonomous District Council submits a memorandum to the visiting Cabinet team urging, among others, to start the proposed dialogue with the DHD early.
  
  DHD ‘vice-chairman’ Dilip Nunisa warns that the outfit would conduct ‘raids’ on alleged HPC-D hideouts in the neighbouring States of Mizoram and Manipur.

• June 12: DHD says that its cadres were not involved in the Mahur incident that occurred on June 10.

• June 10: DHD terrorists set ablaze 60 Hmar dwellings in two villages of Garden Basti and Saron in the North Cachar Hills district.

• June 1: Report indicates that the DHD is yet to decide over extension of its six-month cease fire with the Union Government that came into effect on December 31, 2002. The DHD ‘vice-president’ Dilip Nunisa alleges that while the security forces act "provocatively" against its cadres, Hmars terrorists target the members of the Dimasa tribe.

• May 29: DHD alleges that cadres of the Hmar People’s Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) are involved in the killing of a Dimasa youth at Haflong, district head quarters of the North Cachar Hills district on May 28.

• May 28: Railway Protection Force identifies four insurgency prone sectors in the Northeast and says that the DHD is active in the Lumding-Halflong sector.

• May 27: DHD ‘vice-president’ Dilip Nunisa complains against the alleged detention of his team by an Army officer at Lumding Tin-Ali in North Cachar Hills district.

• May 15: DHD says it would not carry out retaliatory attacks to avenge the killing of State Veterinary Minister G.C. Langthasa’s son, on May 12.

• May 7: Suspected Hmar terrorists kill two DHD cadres at Redzol, near Halflong, North Cachar Hills district.

• May 2: 15 DHD cadres arrested on April 29 are provided ‘safe passage’ to their hideouts in North Cachar Hills district.

• May 1: DHD threatens to call off cease-fire, in operation since December 31, 2002 over the arrest of its 15 cadres on April 29.

• April 30: DHD denies that its 15 cadres arrested on April 29 had violated the ground rules of the cease-fire and demands their release.

• April 29: Security forces arrest 15 DHD cadres from Thaba Basti, North Cachar Hills district, on charges of violating cease-fire ground rules.

• April 16: Security forces arrest nine DHD terrorists under Lakhipur subdivision (administrative unit), Cachar district.

• April 10: Hmar Peoples’ Convention-Democrat (HPC-D) denies involvement in the massacre of 23 Dimasa tribals following their abduction in Cachar district on March 31.

• April 9: A group of approximately 40 armed DHD terrorists attack Hmar settlements and set ablaze 25 dwellings at Radzol, Harangajao police station-limits, North Cachar Hills district.

• April 2: DHD 'vice-president' Dilip Nunisa threatens to call-off the cease-fire following an alleged attack by the Hmar People’s Conference (HPC) on a Dimasa (a tribe) settlement in Cachar district.

• April 1: Bodies of 23 Hmars recovered near Mastul hill area, 15 km from Sonai, in Cachar district.

• March 31: Hmar People’s Convention-Democrats (HPC-D) terrorists abduct 23 Dimasa tribals from Chekarcham and Meghnathal villages, Sonai police station limits in Cachar district and later kill them. Approximately 450 dwellings were also torched and some 500 persons were rendered homeless.

• March 26: DHD cadres attack Hmar villages and ask Hmars to leave the North Cachar Hills area or to face dire consequences.

• March 5: DHD cadres attack two Hmar villages–– Balmul and Multhajao in North Cachar Hills district forcing nearly 800 Hmars to desert their homes and flee to Hmar-dominated village of Hmarkhawlien in Lakhipur subdivision of adjoining Cachar district and Kolasib town in north Mizoram.

• February 3: DHD 'president' Jowel Garalosa reiterates demand for Dimaraji (separate Dimasa State).

• January 7: DHD 'commander-in-chief' Pranab Nunisa says idea of autonomy is irrelevant for people of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts.

• January 2: Report indicates that process of ground rules of cease-fire agreement between government and DHD are being finalised with Assam government.

• January 1: Various Dimasa civil society groups welcome cease-fire agreement between Dima Halim Daogah (DHD) and Assam government.

2002

• December 30: DHD announces unilateral 'suspension' of activities and 'cessation of hostilities' with security forces (SFs) with effect from December 31, for a period of six months.

• December 19: A group of DHD terrorists attack the Dilai police outpost of Bokajan police station, in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.

• December 12: A security force (SF) personnel is killed and nine more troops are injured in an ambush laid by suspected DHD terrorists at the eight mile point between Umrangshu and Doyangmukh, North Cachar Hills district, Assam.

• December 9: DHD terrorists lay an ambush and injure two railway policemen and a railway engineer, at Langting, in Assam's North Cachar Hills district.

• November 22: DHD terrorists shoot at and injure a nine-year-old boy at Babunala Borbasti, under Lumding police station-limits, in Assam’s Nagaon district.

• November 13: Reports indicate DHD terrorists have intensified their extortion drive in North Cachar (NC) Hills district of Assam

• November 4: Police arrest a DHD terrorist following an encounter at a place under Bokajan police station-limits, Karbi Anglong district.

• November 3: DHD terrorists attack the bungalow of Pathemara Tea Estate manager in Assam's Cachar district and kill a private security guard and injure two others.

• September 20: DHD terrorists abduct a teacher of Lumding Hindi High School in Assam's Nagaon district.

• September 13: A DHD self-styled 'sergeant', Krbite Nunisa killed in an encounter near Maibong in North Cachar Hills district, Assam.

• September 1: DHD terrorists set ablaze 27 vehicles at a quarry in Madhuraghat, Udarbond police station limits, in Assam's Cachar district, as the vehicle-owners refuse to meet with the extortion demand

• August 23: Police arrest two DHD terrorists near Haflong Railway Station, North Cachar Hills district, Assam.

• August 22: The abducted daughter of the assistant manager of Kalain Tea Estate, Cachar district, returns home after 77 days in captivity. Reports say DHD terrorists facilitated her rescue in order to falsify suspicion of their role.

• August 6: The driver of a Dimapur-bound bus is killed in arson committed by suspected DHD terrorists in Kokrajhar district, who had set the bus afire.

• July 22: Reports say DHD terrorists have served extortion notices on tea planters in southern Assam, demanding huge sums as 'protection money'.

• July 18: Seven security force (SF) personnel killed in an ambush allegedly laid by DHD terrorists near Diyungmukh, a local market in North Cachar Hills district.

• July 14: DHD terrorist killed in an encounter near Bara Langpher village in Karbi Anglong district.

• July 3: Police seize 72 rounds of live cartridges and a walkie-talkie at Dhansiri in Karbi Anglong district, after an encounter with DHD terrorists.

• June 24: Eight Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) employees killed, six more injuried at Daldali, in Karbi Anglong district.

• May 28: DHD terrorist killed in an encounter at Hojaipur Basti in Karbi Anglong district.

• May 18: Santosh Mohan Deb, a local Member of Parliament (MP) demands Army operations against DHD.

• A report says DHD set up camps in a jungle enclave near Khagrachheri in the Chittagong Hills Tracts, southeast Bangladesh.

• May 8: Report alleges DHD of targeting railway employees and contractors, engaged in Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion.

• May 5: Report indicates DHD allegedly forged "strategic alliance" with the NDFB in the North Cachar Hills district of Assam.

• May 1: Report says DHD served extortion notices to the Bengali residents of Thaligram, Nagadoom, Chalitacherra, Bagerkona, Pathimara and Guabari villages under Khaspur in Cachar district.

• March 24: Three  DHD terrorists surrender in Haflang, North Cachar Hills district.

2001

•  November 3: DHD terrorists kill two persons, including a police personnel near Diphu in Karbi Anglong district. Two others were also injured in the incident

• September 30: DHD terrorists abduct two employees of a private firm from Dhansiri railway station in Diphu, Karbi Anglong district.

• September 21: Two DHD terrorists killed in an encounter at Haflong in North Cachar Hills district.

• September 3: Suspected  DHD terrorists abduct two Northern Frontier Railway (NFR) employees from the Mandaradisha station, North Cachar (NC) Hills.

• August 3: DHD along with 11 other terrorist outfit calls for the boycott of  Independence Day celebrations.

• July 18:  DHD terrorist killed at Odali Tiniali, in Nagaon.

• July 14: Two DHD terrorists arrested at Umrangsho.

• April 14: Kanta Langthasa, 'Home Minister' of Dima Halim Daoga (DHD) was arrested by the Guwahati police.

• February 8: Nine police personnel were killed and three more injured in an ambush laid by DHD terrorists near Dehangi in North Cachar hills district.

2000

• June 30: Three security force personnel killed and two others injured in an ambush laid by DHD terrorists in North Cachar Hills district.

• May 18: Six persons, including an Executive Magistrate, killed in an ambush laid by DHD terrorists near Haflong, North Cachar Hills district.