GUWAHATI, July 27: The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is giving arms training to the militants belonging to the Kamatapur Liberation Army (KLA) in the headquarters of the 709 Brigade of the ULFA located at Kalikhola in Bhutan, police sources said here. Police sources said that Dhubri Police recently arrested the second in command of the 709 Brigade of the ULFA, self-styled Sgt Major Ananta Nath alias Rajiv Barman alias Bangkok and questioning of the militant unearthed vital information regarding the strength of the 709 Brigade of the outfit. Sources said that Ananta, along with Khitish...

IMPHAL, July 27: The IG CRPF, Mohan Raj, said that no CRPF personnel ever approached the house of chief of Lamdan village in which the chief's daughter-in-law was alleged to have been raped by CRPF personnel on July 18 in the wake of an ambush on a CRPF patrol. The IG was speaking at a press conference held at the Langjing group centre of the CRPF today. He however said that he was eager to have the DNA test done on the suspects to see if they match the DNA content of the blood and semen stained clothing of the alleged rape victim. Citing the instance of an earlier sodomy case involving CRPF...

IMPHAL, July 27: The Inspector General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Manipur and Nagaland Range M Mohan Raj has suggested the Manipur Police to conduct a DNA test to find out the accused personnel involved in the Lamdan rape case. Addressing the mediapersons this morning here at the conference hall of the CRPF Group Centre, Langjing, 5 km west of Imphal city, the IG M Mohan Raj admitted that "the most reliable method for finding out the accused personnel in this case will be the DNA test". He said that DNA tests could be conducted on all the jawans who took part in the search...

JORHAT, July 26: Majuli, the world's largest river island, may soon become a major tourist attraction if things go according to plan. An ambitious project report of Rs 43 lakh has been prepared to set up a tourist village at Kamalabari, the commercial hub of the island. "The ambience will be that of a traditional Mising village, but facilities will be no less than in any good hotel," additional deputy commissioner, RK Majumdar told The Telegraph. The Mising tribe dominates the island's population. The ministry of tourism has been contacted and work on the project is likely to start soon. For...

GUWAHATI, July 26: Fifty-one rhinos have been killed by poachers in Orang national park in less than a decade. After the rhino population was wiped out at Laokhowa wildlife sanctuary and Manas national park, rhinos at Orang are now facing extinction. According to available figures, the rhino population has plummeted from 97 in 1991 to 46 in 1999. This year, five rhinos have been killed till July. Unabated poaching has also reduced the rhino sites in Assam from five to three. Earlier, rhinos were found in five protected sites - Kaziranga, Pobitora, Manas, Laokhowa and Orang. With the rhino...