GUWAHATI, June 24 ? Five persons were killed and seven others critically injured when suspected Dima Halong Daogah (DHD) militants ambushed a party of ONGC and CISF personnel near Dhansiri railway station in Karbi Anglong district around 3.30 pm today, police sources here said. A convoy of seven vehicles carrying personnel of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was returning from Dhansiri area to Diphu town when the DHD militants opened indiscriminate fire on the party. Engineer RC Kakati, Joyram Timung, an employee and driver CR Hanse of ONGC...

Imphal, June 24: For the moment Chief Minister O Ibobi and his men can rest in peace as the 'post merger crisis' that had threatened to rock the boat of the Secular Progressive Front Government has blown over with the Steering Committee of the Front accepting the merger of the 11 MLAs with the Congress after a marathon meeting today. The Steering Committee meeting started at 3 pm and stretched on till 7.30 in the evening and was presided by MSCP president and co-chairman of the Steering Committee Th Chaoba. Along with granting cognizance to the merger of the 11 MLAs the meeting resolved to...

Imphal, June 24: The outbreak of suspected malarial fever, typhoid fever and viral fever in Moreh area seems not to have been contained totally as the inflow of patients at the Moreh CHC is still continuing. Doctors and staffers in the CHC are on red alert round the clock to treat the patients. Despite facing frequent power failure in the small border town, the doctors manage to treat the patients using candle lights. A Medical Officer of the centre told this reporter that currently, about 20 patients are being treated in the centre. Alarmed by the epidemic, specialists including...

AGARTALA, June 23? Tripura Police stumbled into startling revelations of some prominent political leaders? involvement in the financial network of banned militant organisations. The disclosure has been made when police arrested a ?self-styled prime minister? of the proscribed NLFT Nayanbashi faction on Saturday afternoon. Acting on a specific information, West Agartala police station officers arrested Haridhan Debbarma alias David Borok from near Circuit House in the heart of the city. A former ?public relations officer? of undivided NLFT, Haridhan had surrendered with 13 militants on March 11...

Imphal, June 23: MPP president O Joy has been re-elected to the post for the third term without opposition after no other candidate filed their nomination for the election to be held on June 30 till today, the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers. RO Ch Shyamjai issued a notification declaring the re-election of Joy to the post of the MPP president. Joy has been the MPP president since 1995 and is the 11th president.