Imphal, July 15: Four persons, including three CRPF jawans were killed and three others seriously injured in an ambush by identified activists near Kangchip in Manipur's Imphal West district on Thursday, official sources said. The activists armed with automatic weapons ambushed three vehicles of 12th Bn CRPF coming here from Kangchup at about 0930 hours. Three jawans were killed by the shots fired by the militants during the ambush and as many seriously injured, the sources said. A civilians was also killed by a stray bullet during the exchange of fire between the activists and the CRPF, the...

Guwahati, July 15: The banned militant outfit Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) has unilaterally decided to suspend its Operation Orgeng with immediate effect "to honour the sovereignty of the country" and urged the Centre to invite it for talks to amicably solve the vexed Bodo problem. In a press release to the local media here on Wednesday night, the BLT publicity wing in-charge Tulunga Ramchiary said the decision was taken in view of the country currently facing a national crisis. It said Pakistan's ISI and other anti-national separatist forces are taking advantage of the situation to work...

Kohima, July 15: Comptroller and auditor-general (CAG) of India has unearthed major financial irregularities in Nagaland revealing that less than one per cent of the total turnover of over Rs 38,000 crore was received by the state government from conduct of lotteries during 1993-1997. The latest CAG report, which was tabled on Thursday in the House, noted that ticket money of Rs 38,297.32 crore from the directorate of state lotteries had not been credited to the government account. The report revealed that only 0.101 per cent of total turnover of Rs 38,297.32 crore was received by the state...

Guwahati, July 13: Charan Narzary who contested the last Lok Sabha polls from Kokrajhar constituency as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, has resigned from the party expressing his anguish over the performance of the State party leadership. However, the State BJP leadership here is unperturbed over resignation of Narzary, who lost the last election from Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency. The state BJP vice-president Parbati Goswami told The Assam Tribune that Narzary's resignation from the party was unlikely to have adverse affect on the party's poll prospect. He also informed that...

Guwahati, July 13: Unabated extortion by several militant outfits operating in the state has posed a serious threat to the economy, if any, of the state. Of late many business organisations have shifted their base from the state to Siliguri and other places to escape the huge extortion demands from extremist outfits. It is a known fact that various central organisations operating in the state are also receiving demands from militants as well as a section of armed miscreants. The field operations of many such central organisations have been brought to a grinding halt depriving the common people...