GAUHATI, India, Nov 21, SPA -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh onSunday invited separatist groups in India's insurgency-ridden northeast to give up violence and start talks on ending more than two decades of strife in the region. Singh, on his first visit to remote Manipur state sincebecoming prime minister in May, said his government wascommitted to altering the region's image as a troubledfrontier. "We are ready to talk peace with anyone who gives upviolence," Singh told reporters in Imphal, Manipur'scapital.--SPA1251 Local Time 0951 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/218523