GUWAHATI, July 20: The manager of a tea-estate, belonging to a major group, alongwith two doctors, have been arrested by the police at Jorhat in Upper Assam on Wednesday for allegedly extending medical and financial aid to a senior ULFA leader earlier this month. The three include the manager and medical officer of Moabund, a prestigious plantation, belonging to the Williamson and Magor Group. The three had allegedly provided assistance to Ratul Datta, a senior leader of the ULFA's Upper Assam wing, who was suffering from Malaria and had subsequently died last week. According to G P Singh, the...

IMPHAL, July 20: The central committee of the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF) has clarified that the unfortunate incident on June 25 at Leingangpokpi near Jiribam divisional headquarters occurred while its armies were lying in wait to ambush a team of Indian armed force. The banned UNLF has issued a press clarification in this regard. In the statement, the central committee said the UNLF received information that a group of Indian Armymen in civil dress was coming towards Jiribam in a Tata Sumo on that day. Following the information, a group of its armed cadres were waiting at...

AIZAWL, July 20: The Mizoram police on Wednesday said the July 12 raids on refugee camps in Khedacherra area of North Tripura was done following reports that some Bru ultras were taking shelter there, reports PTI. Stating that the raids were carried out after prior information to the Tripura police, the Director General of Police of Mizoram M Tumsanga said at least two of the persons arrested from the camps in Khedacherra were involved in illegal activities like enrolling Bru youths in BNLF and torching of a bus near Saithah on April 15. "Our boys launched massive combing operations along the...

Kheroni, July 20: Karbis and Biharis are fleeing Kheroni in Assam's Karbi Anglong district following ethnic violence, which claimed 23 lives in the past week. Member of Parliament Janayant Rongpi and legislator Holiram Terang went to the spot Friday to pacify the Karbis, who are in a minority. Superintendent of Police Anil Phukan, who has been camping here along with deputy Inspector-General of Police (central western range) Dilip Bora, said the situation was tense and there was mistrust between the two communities. The killing of six youths in Thesso Ranghing by Biharis, in the presence of...

GUWAHATI, July 20: After a gap of six months, a meeting of Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) was held on Tuesday at Dimapur in Nagaland in a heated atmosphere marked by trading of charges and counter-charges. The meeting was attended only by representatives of the Centre, including the Union Home Ministry and the Army, and the Isak- Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). The state government of Nagaland had withdrawn from the CFMG after the NSCN(IM) ambushed Chief Minister SC Jamir's convoy in November last year. The main purpose of the meeting, chaired by PD...