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NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Close on the heels of military action launched by Bhutan, Myanmar today declared that it will flush out Indian insurgent camps, if any, in that country and assured New Delhi that it will not allow militants from Bhutan to enter its soil, reports PTI. ?We will flush out Indian insurgent camps, if any in our country,? Foreign Minister of Myanmar U Win Aung told reporters here.

He was asked about reports that militants from United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), National Democratic Front of Bodoland and Kamtapur Liberation organisation were sneaking into Myanmar from Bhutan...

IMPHAL, Dec 22?To avoid any toppling game plan hatched by the Opposition Democratic People?s Alliance(DPA), Chief Minister O Ibobi has acted swiftly and literally put ten Ministers, who are suspected to have sent feelers to the Opposition camp, under ?lock? at an undisclosed hotel in Kolkata cutting off all contacts with the outside world. Amidst this new development, the DPA under the BJP is leaving no stones unturned to topple the Congress led SPF Government before the anti-defection Bill passed by Parliament becomes a law.

Sensing the new political developments in Manipur, the states...

GUWAHATI, Dec 22? The Gauhati High Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the Manab Adhikar Sangram Samitee (MASS) and directed the petition to come up for further orders on January 2. The petition has been filed for an order from the High Court regarding the handing over of the dead bodies of combatant and non-combatant members of the underground ULFA whose camps have been under attack in Bhutan. The Division Bench of Justice D Biswas and Justice IA Ansari further directed the Army authorities to hand over the body of Bhimkanta Buragohain, the octogenerean founder-member of the...

PANERY(Indo-Bhutan border), Dec 22 ? Bhutan is determined to weed out Indian militant groups from its soil and the Army?s ?Operation All Clear? will continue, a spokesman for the Bhutan government said today, reports PTI. There would be no let-up in the Army operation against the ULFA, NDFB and KLO ultras who illegally operated from camps in Bhutan for 12 years, the spokesman, Yeshey Dorjee, told PTI.

The Royal Bhutan Army is now concentrating on the deeper recesses of the jungles where they had escaped after their camps were destroyed, Dorjee said. Apart from dealing a heavy blow to the...

GUWAHATI, Dec 22 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today informed the State Assembly that the State Government has requested the Centre to initiate talks with the militant outfits of Assam by following the principles adopted in holding talks with the NSCN(I-M). Replying to a question by Jagadish Bhuyan (AGP), the Chief Minister said that the Centre is also keen on holding talks with the militant outfits. But at the same time, he said that the Centre is not willing to accept the preconditions set by the ultras for coming forward to the negotiation table.

Meanwhile, Minister of State for Home...