NEW DELHI, Nov 1? The spate of bomb blasts in the North East and rising activities of the ISI in the region, besides unabated infiltration from Bangladesh, would be the focus of attention when the country?s top cops meet for the 39th Conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police that gets under way here on November 3.

The three-day meet, which is an annual affair hosted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, would be inaugurated by Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil while Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh would address the police officers on the concluding day. The law...

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) has decided to launch an agitation in protest against the decision of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to retain the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act and members of the Union today burnt effigies of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in the city today.

AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya said that the IMDT Act is protecting the interests of not only the foreign nationals but also of the agents of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He said that the students? union...

NEW DELHI, Nov 1? In a significant move aimed at breaking the deadlock in Manipur, the Prime Minister today agreed to review the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and replace it with another Act with a more humane face.

The assurance came at the end of a 45-minute meeting between a 10-member Apunba Lup delegation and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here this afternoon. The Prime Minister is also visiting Manipur later this month to assess the law-and-order situation.

The organisation, however, declined to give their immediate reaction to the Prime Minister?s assurance. The...

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 ? The Assam Police has alerted all its district officials across the State to tighten security measures and keep a strict vigil in view of the threat by the proscribed ULFA to target Congress Ministers, MLAs and leaders. State Director General of Police PV Sumant told PTI here today in view of the new threat from the ULFA, the district superintendents of police had been instructed to keep a strict vigil on the situation and increase the security cover of Congress leaders.

The ULFA had on Saturday warned that it would target Congress Ministers, MLAs, district and local level...

NEW DELHI, Nov 1? Outlawed ULFA?s latest threats against Congressmen notwithstanding, the Assam Government is willing to go ahead with the peace process, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to put pressure on Bangladesh and Myanmar to bust the camps operated by the rebel groups.

The Chief Minister at the end of his current round of five-day tour met the Prime Minister this morning, and held discussions on a wide-ranging issues from insurgency to gas cracker project though the prime focus was the talks with ULFA and NDFB.

The Chief Minister meeting...