GUWAHATI, July 30: Twelve bogies of a goods train carrying cement from Satna in Madhya Pradesh to New Guwahati were derailed in a powerful explosion on the railway line in between Rangiya and Ghograpar Railway stations around 5.10 am today. The engine of the train was also damaged in the blast. However, no one was injured, according to reports received here. Railway sources said that the powerful explosion created a crater of 10 metre diameter and five meter depth in the area and damaged 200 metres of the track, cutting off train communication between Guwahati and the rest of the country...

IMPHAL, July 30: The state Chief Minister Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh has stated that the United Front Ministry has urged the Central authority to raise five more companies of Manipur Police commando unit in the state to combat militancy effectively. Replying to a question by M Manihar, Opposition member and Congress MLA from the Wabagai Assembly constituency in Thoubal district on the last day of the ongoing Assembly session, the Chief Minister asserted that there was no policy of the government for the deployment of commando police forces in every district headquarters of the state. He...

AGARTALA, July 30: Eight persons including five police personnel have been injured in a clash with villagers in North Tripura district, police said on Thursday. Hundreds of villagers from Machhmare village armed with lethel weapons gathered before Penchartal police station on Wednesday night demanding immediate release of two villagers who were arrested on Wednesday itself under National Security Act (NSA) on the charge of inciting communal violence in the area. After being refused to entry to the police station, the villagers stormed the building and ransacked it. Tripura State Rifles (TSR)...

GOLAGHAT, July 30: Naga extremists have stepped up their extortion drive in the 'B' and 'C' sectors of the Assam Nagaland border within Golaghat district. The poor villagers living in the 'B' and 'C' sectors are forced to spend sleepless nights due to the threats received from the extremists. The villagers of Natun Raja Pukhuri, Ranipukhuri, Chetiagaon, Chandalachung, Dolipather within Dhansiri sub-division alleged that the district administration is doing nothing against the extremists who have continued killing, kidnapping and looting the non-Naga people. The Naga extremists have resorted to...

GUWAHATI, July 29: Over one crore Bangladeshi nationals are illegally staying in India and are in a position to influence electoral outcome in 20 parliamentary and 120 Assembly constituencies, according to The Inside Story, an investigative programme of Zee News. Unchecked infiltration due to negligence of successive Governments has changed the demographic profile of large parts of Assam, West Bengal, Delhi and even Mumbai. As infiltration continues more and more parliamentary and Assembly segments are likely to come under their influence. The Inside Story traces the routes and the ways and...