IMPHAL, July 31: The future of the four Indian nationals undergoing rigorous imprisonment in Myanmar on charges of violating the narcotics act of that country is still uncertain. There is also no record or any first information report (FIR) on the arrest of the four people with Moreh Police station or the district administration so far, according to sources. A social worker of Manipur, M Indrasen, recently visited Myanmar in connection with the arrests. The four Indians were convicted by a divisional court of Myanmar on June 6 in 1996 to 70 years rigorous imprisonment for reportedly violating...

GUWAHATI, July 31: Increasing activities of the outlawed National Socialist Council of Nagalim in Assam's Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts, bordering Nagaland have become a matter of grave concern for the Assam government. The group, which is in a ceasefire mode in Nagaland, is reportedly indulging in abductions and extortion in the two districts. While in some cases, the NSCN cadres are directly involved, in most others they have been engaging cadres of the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) and the Karbi People's Front (KPF), government sources said. The Assam government has shot off...

GUWAHATI, July 31: A Guwahati-bound goods train was derailed near Sarupeta in Barpeta district when militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) early today. In another incident, at least 20 CRPF personnel had a providential escape when militants detonated a powerful bomb on Nalbari-Dhamdhama Road at Balitara under Ghograpar police station last night. Suspected Bodo militants exploded a powerful bomb at Bhalaguri between Sarupeta and Barpeta when the Guwahati-bound goods train was passing through the area at 8.30 am this morning. Six bogies and the engine were damaged. Four other...

KARGIL, July 29: Lieutenant Tarun Saikia's parents and friends in Assam think he is a trainee bank manager in State Bank of India in Jammu. And comrades-in-arms of Captain Jintu Gogoi say his neighbours were surprised back home in Assam when news came that he had died fighting in Kargil. They did now know he was in the Army. The brave Assamese soldiers fighting fearlessly in the icy wastelands north of Zoji La are haunted by fear of a different kind. They have to worry about the safety of their families back in Assam. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has threatened all Assamese...

AGARTALA, July 29: Six paramilitary personnel were killed and an equal number of securitymen were wounded in landmine explosions in two different incidents in Tripura this months. Explosives are a new element in the operations and this change has caused serious concern to authorities. Sources claim that two outlawed organisations -National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) and All-Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) have acquired an alarming stock of explosives from foreign soil. It was not immediately known whether the explosives included the dreaded RDX. Indian intelligence agencies have definite...