KOHIMA, June 22 – In the backdrop of abetment of movement of insurgents across the international border, Myanmarese and Indian Army official met at Dimapur to discuss strategies to launch operations against holed-up militants in Myanmar on the lines of a similar one in Bhutan, reports PTI.

Although officials denied that there was any discussion to flush out North-east militants taking shelter on the other side of the international border, an intelligence report said the meeting chalked out strategies to launch operations against Indian militants sheltering in Myanmar.

The meeting held at...

TEZPUR, June 22 – The banned ULFA and NDFB which suffered a major setback after Operation Flush-out launched by the Royal Government of Bhutan in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom in December last year have started recruiting new cadres for the outfits and also started serving extortion notes on the business communities of northern Assam despite the heavy presence of security forces.

Highly-placed official sources told this correspondent that both the outfits have served extortion notice to the business community living at Rangapara, Dhekiajuli, Chariduar, Sengalimari in Sonitpur district and to the...

GUWAHATI, June 22 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has directed all departments involved in the implementation of the Assam Agricultural Competitive Project (AACP) to expedite the process to meet the July 15 deadline set by the World Bank (WB). Gogoi issued the directive while undertaking an appraisal mission of the WB-aided project here today.

The meeting discussed threadbare the various areas under AACP, including agriculture, roads, fishery, livestock and dairy. Matters pertaining to decentralisation and market driven extension delivery system through district-level regulated bodies called...

KOLKATA, June 22 – India is likely to take up with Bangladesh the issues of infiltration and reported ultra training camps on its soil at a ministerial-level meeting, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Prakash Jaiswal, said here today, reports PTI.

“If required, we will consider holding bilateral talks with Dhaka at the ministerial level to resolve the sensitive issues like the infiltration of the Bangladeshis into India and the reported training camps of anti-Indian ultras in that country,” Jaiswal told reporters here after his review meeting with senior CRPF officials at its...

Imphal, June 21: Setting up of an international standard bus station at Moreh is on card with Union Ministry of Surface Transport and Highways seeking a detailed project report (DPR) of the same from the State Government. Along with it, the Union Ministry has also asked the State Transport Department to submit a DPR on Imphal-Mandalay road connectivity in connection with its ambitious Trans-Asian Highways project, a reliable source disclosed. Although the proposal of the Union Ministry is welcome, it has put the State Transport Department in a fix over procuring 50 acres of land at Moreh for...