DIBRUGARH, Feb 25 — With militants finding a relatively safe haven in the Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh in recent times, the security forces have been caught unawares. All that the security forces knew was that the militants are confined to the Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal but a recent development has made the agencies sit up and take note. On February 17, the Namsai police received a tip-off that one Ramnath Sahni of Chowleham was keeping a stockpile of explosives. His house was raided the same night and a cache of explosives was recovered. Ramnath and his wife were...

DIMAPUR, Feb 25 — The Nagaland Government, in compliance with the recommendation of Police Establishment Board, in a minor reshuffle, transferred a few police officials recently. According to the State Home Secretary, CP Giri, GK Rengma was elevated to the rank of IGP (Training and Border) and transferred to the State capital in place of M Obanglemba, who was posted as IGP (Range) Kohima against the existing vacancy. Burkumzuk Ao was elevated to the post of DIGP (NAP) and transferred to Kohima in place of GK Rengma. SN Achumi, DIGP (Range), Dimapur, was transferred to Chumukedima as DIGP...

AGARTALA, Feb 25 — Left Front candidate and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Khagen Das has won the West Tripura Lok Sabha bye-poll with a margin of 1.49 lakh votes over his nearest rival Congress-Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura candidate Prof Manik Deb. There were seven other candidates in the fray, including Trinamul Congress and Nationalist Congress Party and all of them forfeited their security. The most humiliating defeat was for former Chief Minister and Trinamul Congress chairman Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar who begged unexpectedly low votes.

The results of all the 30 Assembly segments that...

DIBRUGARH, Feb 25— The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has sought to put the ball in the court of ONGC while blaming the latter for the delay in the setting up of Assam Gas Cracker Project even as the State Government has issued a deadline to the parties concerned over the issue. “Please do not blame us. The moment we get the gas commitments from ONGC, we are ready to go ahead with the Assam Gas Cracker project,” said a senior Reliance official Monday, when contacted by The Assam Tribune. Mentionably, ONGC is yet to give a firm commitment for the steady supply of 1.75 million metric tonnes...

GUWAHATI, Feb 25 — The increasing movement of militants in the Changlang district of Aruachal Pradesh has posed a serious security threat to the upper Assam districts as it is impossible to check every inch of the inter-State border because of the terrain. Police sources said here that according to information available with the security forces, militants belonging to the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (I-M) have also sneaked into the areas bordering Assam, while the movement of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in the area has also increased of late. The militants...