AGARTALA, July 27: Fifteen traders, who were abducted by NLFT (Biswamohan faction) ultras from Kampui in North Tripura district on June 14 last, have returned from insurgent hideouts in neighbouring Bangladesh after their release, police said today, reports PTI. The outlawed insurgent group had kidnapped altogether 24 people mostly businessmen when they were on way to Kampui market in Kanchanpur subdivision, close to Mizoram and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.

Police said the traders after their release by the insurgents entered into Indian territory through Bandharima in Jampui hills...

NALBARI, July 27 ? Altogether 33 people have lost their lives in Nalbari and Sivasagar districts due to various water-borne diseases during the floods. Following improvement in the flood situation in Nalbari district, water-borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery and fever have assumed alarming proportions and so far claimed at least 15 lives in different parts of the worst flood-affected areas. However, official sources confirmed only five death cases in the district.

The confirmed deaths have been reported one each from Sariahtali, Hati-Namati, Kamarkuchi, Charia atc. while two persons died...

NALBARI, July 27 ? Altogether 33 people have lost their lives in Nalbari and Sivasagar districts due to various water-borne diseases during the floods. Following improvement in the flood situation in Nalbari district, water-borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery and fever have assumed alarming proportions and so far claimed at least 15 lives in different parts of the worst flood-affected areas. However, official sources confirmed only five death cases in the district.

The confirmed deaths have been reported one each from Sariahtali, Hati-Namati, Kamarkuchi, Charia atc. while two persons died...

SHILLONG, July 27 ? Satellite imageries of rain-clouds massing over Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet days before torrential rains inundated the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, resulting in one of the worst floods in recent history, had clearly indicated the impending catastrophe! The imageries were available with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which is the competent authority to issue warnings on floods, cyclones, droughts, etc, in addition to its normal duties of issuing weather bulletins and forecasts.

This came to light at the third interface meeting on agro...

GUWAHATI, July 27 ? With recession of water level of most of the rivers, the overall flood situation in the State is showing signs of improvement. However, the damaged road and rail links between the upper and lower parts of the State remain to be fully restored. The death toll in the current wave of floods has shot up to 181, said the official flood bulletin issued here this evening. National Highway 37 has been opened for traffic even as flow of traffic is yet to pick up. Majority of the affected people are still taking shelter in the makeshift camps on the highways, which also restricted...