GUWAHATI, July 1 ? Heavy exchange of fire took place between the Assam Police personnel and militants belonging to the NSCN (IM) under Mangamukh Border outpost area in Karbi Anglong district since 2.30 pm today. Though one magistrate was reportedly killed in the incident, the Minister of State for Home and the State Home Commissioner could not confirm the report till late in the evening.

According to police sources in Karbi Anglong, Naga people backed by the NSCN (IM) encroached into the territory of Assam under Manglamukh BOP under Diphu police station and today a team of Assam Police and...

Imphal, June 30: Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh will return to Imphal tomorrow from the national capital equipped with the list of MLAs to be included in the new council of Ministers after the Ministry down-sizing exercise. The list is reported to have been prepared by a three member All India Congress Committee panel constituted to oversee down-sizing formalities of the Congress party. With the down-sizing exercise coming into effect from July seven six Ministers who were at New Delhi to lobby to the Chief Minister for berths in the new Council of ministers have arrived to the State capital...

Shillong, June 30: The Meghalaya list of 12 probables holds no surprise: senior Congress leaders retain their berths, as do heads of all the coalition parties. Sources in the AICC said the list, which Meghalaya chief minister D.D. Lapang had planned a week ago in consultation with “close aides” and submitted to the AICC today, has “not changed”.

The only change could be the inclusion of either Nehlang Lyngdoh or Sitlang Pale, both Congress legislators, in place of party MLA Charles Pyngrope.

According to the new law, which was passed by Parliament during the tenure of the National Democratic...

Guwahati, June 30: The Brahmaputra’s attraction goes beyond the country’s borders. If all goes well, a Myanmarese luxury vessel may soon set sail on the Red River with tourists for a cruise between Guwahati and Dibrugarh. The first cruise vessel on the Brahmaputa, MV Charaidew, has already turned out to be a big hit among foreign tourists and running to full houses since its inaugural journey last year.

Sources said talks between the Myanmarese river cruise company, Pandaw Cruising, and Indian shipping authorities are in an “advanced stage”.

Significantly, the company has moved the shipping...

Kokrajhar, June 30: An Adivasi woman was allegedly gangraped by three army jawans at Padmapukri under Gossaigaon police station in the district last night. The jawans of the 11th Jammu and Kashmir light infantry regiment, stationed at Habrubil in Gossaigaon, allegedly raped the pregnant woman at gunpoint inside her house in the presence of her husband.

Gossaigaon sub-divisional police officer S.R. Mili said the jawans, who were here to receive several colleagues returning from leave, allegedly crossed over to the village adjoining the railway station and committed the crime.

The victim was...