Agartala, July 11: Dissident NLFT commander Nayanbasi Jamatya has demanded the upgradation of the Autonomous District Council (ADC) for tribals of the state to the status of Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam and deportation of "foreign nationals" within this year. Jamatya recently held extensive discussions with his ?cadre? on the charter of demands that he would negotiate with the Union home ministry. He said he has already informed Delhi of his demands on the upgradation of the ADC through an amendment of the Constitution and the deportation of ?foreign nationals?.

Jamatya said the ADC...

Guwahati, July 11: Nearly seven months after using military power to drive out militants of the Northeast, Bhutan is planning to wall its border with India to block a possible re-entry by the rebels. The 82nd session of Bhutan?s National Assembly this week witnessed an animated discussion on the subject, the Himalayan kingdom?s official mouthpiece, Kuensel, reported.

Representatives of several border jongkhars (districts) made a case for steps to secure the border, saying the possibility of the militants returning could not be discounted as long as the Indo-Bhutan boundary remained porous.

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SHILLONG, July 11 ? The Central Government has set of target of implementing the software for transport computerisation of all district transport offices (DTOs) in the north-eastern states by June 30 next year. This was disclosed at a two-day workshop on ?Transport computerisation in N-E states? which concluded at the National Informatic Centre (NIC) here on July 8.

With road communication being a major bottleneck in the region, the implementation of the scheme would be useful as it would help transcend the physical barriers and ease the functioning of the transport sector, Principal...

DIMAPUR, July 11 ? Contradicting the the NSCN-IM charge of ?provocative? deployment of troops near the latter?s council headquarters, the security forces on Saturday said that on the contrary the strength has been thinned out from the area owing to heavy engagement in anti-ULFA operations in neighbouring Assam. ?It is clarified that no additional troops have been stationed in the vicinity of the Hebron camp of NSCN-IM at Mangalamukh,? the spokesperson of the Jakhama-based IGAR HQ said yesterday. There was no deviation from the routine activities of troops in Nagaland, he said adding that there...

ITANAGAR, July 11 ? Unabated rains for the past two weeks in Arunachal Pradesh have made the situation grim in the four flood-affected districts of Lohit, East Kameng, East Siang and Lower Dibang Valley in the State, reports PTI. Lohit and East Siang districts remained cut-off from the rest of the country following washing away of roads in many places and landslides. In Lohit major rivers are in spate and all low-lying areas of Tezu township and many other villages are inundated, official sources here said. At least 40,000 people have been affected by the flash-floods. Country boats, elephants...