Garo National Liberation Army News

The remaining cadres of the GNLA surrendered before the Meghalaya government on Thursday.

Five militants, including a self-styled commander and a cadre of the outlawed Tiwa Liberation Army (TLA), and three rebels of Garo National liberation Army (GNLA) were arrested from Salang area of Meghalaya, an Assam Police officer said here on Thursday.

The suspected militants of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) allegedly fired at the coal truck moving through the National Highway - 62 at Dambuk village, near Rongara in South Garo Hills of Meghalaya.

Chairman of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Champion R Sangma was released on bail from Shillong district jail on Wednesday.

A 25-year-old man was arrested after arms and ammunition were allegedly recovered from him at Thapa Daregnchi in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills (NGH) district on Thursday, police said.

The GNLA, which is fighting for a separate 'Garoland' in Meghalaya, is headed by Champion R. Sangma, who has been lodged in Shillong jail since 2012.

Two policemen were injured in a bomb blast triggered by Garo militants in Meghalaya on Friday, police said.

With less than 48 hours left for the Republic Day celebrations to start off, four militant outfits operating in north-east India on Sunday called for their boycott on January 26.

A Meghalaya government official, abducted by militant outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), was released unharmed after seven days early Tuesday, police said.

The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a militant outfit, on Thursday demanded withdrawal of counter-insurgency operations in the western part of Meghalaya in return for setting free a government official abducted two days ago.