GUWAHATI, June 18 ? United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a militant group, operating from Myanmar has been providing arms and ammunition to several underground organisations of the North-east India, highly placed official sources disclosed today. The sources said that the security forces deployed along the Indo-Myanmar border for counter insurgency operations, confirmed that the militant outfit of late has provided a huge cache of arms and ammunition to the ULFA and the NDFB.

The UNLF, one of the oldest militant outfits of Manipur, has been operating from different hideouts of Myanmar...

DIMAPUR, June 17 ? Nagaland governor Shyamal Datta on last Sunday during his visit to the ruins of the Kachari Rajbari, situated on the banks of river Dhansiri here assured all possible help to the Kachari Rajbari Preservation Committee. The Monument at Dimapur was once the throne of the Dimasa dynasty. In fact, ?Dimapur? means ?a big water- human settlement? in the Dimasa dialect.

Governor Datta accompanied by his wife Ishani Datta went around the whole site, which was recently adopted by the Archaeological Survey of India, and appreciated the remnants of the architecture but also expressed...

SHILLONG, June 20 ? The North Eastern Council (NEC) has commissioned the preparation of a perspective ?Transport Plan? for the development of north-eastern region. An amount of Rs 45.90 lakh has already been sanctioned in April last to a New Delhi consultancy firm M/s Consulting Engineer Services for the purpose. During April-May last, the apex planing body in the region has accorded administrative approval to schemes totalling about Rs 1280 lakh besides sanctioning Rs 81 lakh for implementation of various schemes in the region, NEC sources said. Grants-in-aid of Rs 35 lakhs has been...

IMPHAL, June 20 ? The two-member Democratic People?s Party (DPP), a constituent of the ruling six-party Secular Progressive Front (SPP) in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, has said it would demand pre-merger status of Manipur if the State?s territories were ?divided to appease? the NSCN (I-M), and also demanded arrest of NSCN (I-M) general secretary Th Muivah, reports PTI. The DPP welcomes the peace talks between the Centre and the NSCN (I-M), but would oppose, at all costs, the attempts to ?divide? Manipur, party spokesman RK Anand told newsmen. Manipur Government, he said, should arrest NSCN...

Imphal, June 20: Even though the merger of 11 MLAs with the Congress was announced by Chief Minister O Ibobi yesterday, the All India Congress Committee is yet to take a final decision on the matter. The 11 MLAs were drawn from the MSCP (5), NCP (3) and the Samata Party (3). While MSCP and the NCP are constituent partners of the Secular Progressive Front Government, the Samata Party is with the Opposition bloc, Democratic People's Alliance. However a reliable source from New Delhi informed that the AICC has approved the merger of the 11 MLAs even though an official announcement to this effect...