IMPHAL, March 19 ? The Deputy Commissioner of Chandel district of Manipur, Yambom Thamkishor, was abducted by unidentified gunmen from near the electricity colony in Chandel district yesterday. Reports said the incident took place when Thamkishor was going from Uripok Yambem Likai in Imphal West to Chandel district. The Deputy Commissioner was without his escorts at the time of abduction. Sources here said that though the identity of the group abducting him has not been ascertained, the DC had received a demand letter from one underground outfit operating in the State. According to reports...

NEW DELHI, March 19 ? The Union Home Ministry today added a new twist to militancy by disclosing that militants belonging to ULFA and Jammu and Kashmir have a nexus with the ISI of Pakistan. The disclosure was made by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Vidyasagar Rao in the Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. A Hizbul Mujahideen militant, who was caught in 1999 told the security agencies that he was in touch with militants belonging to ULFA through Hizbul leaders based in the Northeast. The Government is aware of attempts being made by various terrorist outfits in the country to forge...

Imphal, March 19: The whereabouts of kidnapped Chandel DC Yambem Thamkishore Singh is not yet known till now. However state forces led by DIG (Range) V Zathang and aided by paramilitary troops are continuing large scale operation to track the kidnapped bureaucrat. It may be recalled that, the kidnapping of the DC took place near the Chandel electricity office just two km away north of Chandel P/S. The DC was driving from Imphal to his office along with his wife and a security escort in two Gypsys. The DC was accompanied by eight personnel of the Manipur Rifles at the time of the abduction, led...

Imphal, March 19: The RPF has clarified that Kh Brojen who was arrested by police in Delhi recently is not related to the outfit. Delhi Police had claimed that Brojen is the RPF external affairs department chief. In a statement issued today, RPF said it has entrusted no activities to Brojen alias Somy alias Ibungo alias Tomba as he has taken leave on medical grounds. It refuted the report that he was a Captain of the outfit and was sent by the RPF president. Hobnobbing the Delhi police claim that a weapon was recovered from Brojen, RPF said it is India's policy. The outfit clarified that...

NEW DELHI, March 16 ? Dawn of a new information technology era in the North East is likely to be hit by fund crunch even in the face of the Ministry of Information Technology?s assertion that the Community Information Centre (CIC) project was on tracks and all of proposed 487 centres in the region were scheduled to be set up by August 15. Implementation of the ambitious CICs Project may be more then just a mouse click away, if the doubts expressed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee attached to IT Ministry, has any substance. The Committee headed by Somnath Chatterjee has pointed out that...