GUWAHATI, July 11? In a sensational case of theft, a large number of antique jewellery were stolen from the museum of the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra last night. The jewellery include gold-plated and silver ornaments like gamkharu, thuria, dugdugi, etc dating back to the Ahom age. More than their price value in the market it is the antique value which is much more significant. Additional SP (City) Rana Bhuyan said that the theft which took place last night, was discovered at about 8.30 this morning. Police suspect that the burglar concealed himself inside a large empty wardrobe in the...

NEW DELHI, July 11? A fresh crackdown on the North-east-based militant outfits operating from across the border in Myanmar appears imminent, with the two countries agreeing on the need to take action against militancy and drug trafficking. The two-day eighth national-level meetings between India and Myanmar concluded here today on a positive not for the Home Ministry here as the military junta appeared convinced over the need to check the free run enjoyed by militants in the area.

At the end of the talks spread over two days, the two countries signed on the agreed minutes, following which the...

Imphal, July 11: The state security forces killed 27 UG activists, and arrested 280, out of which 49 of them were booked under NSA during the first half of the year. This was revealed by the police brass at an interaction with the press at the 1st MR Banquet Hall this evening. The police also seized seven AK 47/56 rifles, three SLRs, five 303 rifles, four carbines, 13 pistols, two.38 revolvers, five grenades, 10 walkie talkie sets and 120 rounds of ammunition from the UG. The official also stated that six police personnel were killed by the UGs and another six injured. Altogether nine weapons...

Imphal, July 11: The Khaplang faction of NSCN has denounced Th Muivah, NSCN (IM) leader and stated that a non-Naga should not be entrusted to solve the ongoing political crisis between the Nagas and the Government of India. In a release, the NSCN (K) stating that Th Muivah is a foreign national and the elder brother of Meiteis, maintaining that a non-Naga cannot solve the Naga problem. It charged Muivah and Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga, of being birds of the same feather who are striving for personal gains out of the tears of declaring that Tangkhuls do not have Naga citizenship and had...

UDALGURI, July 10 ? At a time, when the State Police department has been observing ?Operation Green Earth Project? throughout the State with the help of other government and non-governmental social and nature organisations, conscious citizens of Udalguri area expected that the illegal felling of valuable logs by antisocial elements would come to a (temporary) end, but ignoring all such government efforts to check the deforestration process, the felling of valuable trees in and around Indo-Bhutan foothills and Assam - Arunachal foothills has been going on unabated and it is feared that the...