GUWAHATI, July 16: In yet another massacre by tribal guerrillas of Karbi Anglong in the hills of Assam left at least 10 non-tribals, including five children, dead near Hambren. The heavily armed militants surrounded two small hamlets in the hills of Karbi Anglong and opened indiscriminate fire that killed three men, two women and five children of two families. All the deceased were non-Karbi. The administration suspects the hand of the United Peoples Democratic Solidarity militants. More than 50 non-Karbi villagers in the district's Hambren sub-division have been killed so far. The UPDS came...

GUWAHATI, July 16: After intensifying the presence of the Army on the international border with Assam, the National Assembly of Bhutan has directed its security forces to check the General Engineering and Reserve Force and Army vehicles passing through the national highways of Bhutan, especially near the areas where the militants had their camps. Suspecting that drivers of these trucks operating for the GREF and Indian Army are also hand-in-glove with the militants, the National Assembly passed this resolution during its current session. The resolution, which was also published in Royal Bhutan...

GUWAHATI, July 16: At least 12 persons including one policeman and three militants were killed in three separate incidents in Karbi Anglong and Barpeta districts since this morning. However, according to agency reports 14 persons were killed. Police sources said here that after a brief lull, the militants belonging to the United Peoples' Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) struck again in the Karbi Anglong hill district in the wee hours today, killing at least eight persons including four children. Police sources said that a group of about five to six heavily armed UPDS militants opened fire at the...

GUWAHATI, July 16: Sunday's massacre of 10 non- tribals in the hill district of Karbi Anglong was not unexpected, but there was little the police could do to avert it. It was the eighth massacre since April, and the third this month, and the total number of known victims now stands at 50. Almost all the victims were either Bihari, Nepali or Bengali. As in the earlier cases, Sunday's massacre too is attributed to the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), formed on May 22, 1999 by the merger of two earlier militant groups, the Karbi People's Front and the Karbi National Volunteers...

AGARTALA, March 29: Tripura roads have become increasingly dangerous with almost everyday reports of mishaps claiming one or two lives being reported from all parts of the State. The week started with shocking road accident in which a student of Class-X, Abhishek Pal, was run over by a police vehicle at Ker Choumuhani in the heart of the town. Abhishek, who happened to be the only son of journalist Bijoy Pal - chief reporter of CPI(M) party organ Daily Desher Katha was coming from his private tutor's residence when the speeding vehicle dashed him from behind killing him on the spot. The tragic...