AGARTALA, March 31: Infighting in the National Liberation Front of Twipra intensified with commander Nayanbasi Jamatya reportedly "capturing" several of the outfit's camps in Bangladesh. Jamatya, along with a large section of the cadre, had revolted against the NLFT leadership last month. According to sources, he has gained control over the outfit's hideouts in the Sylhet, Srimangal and Maulavi Bazar districts of that country. Jamatya was recently joined by erstwhile "NLFT political advisor" Jogendra alias Joshua Debbarma. The incidents following the vertical split in the outfit were reported...

NEW DELHI, March 30 (PTI): Reversing its stand, Manipur government today said it may not extend the unilateral ceasefire against militant outfits in the state which expires tomorrow, saying many of these groups had acted against it. We may not; Chief Minister Radhabinod Koijam told reporters here when specifically asked whether the ceasefire would be extended, he made the statement soon after a 30-minute meeting with home minister L K Advani here. He said many outfits have come out openly against the ceasefire, while some others have not responded and added that lie had expressed his...

IMPHAL, March 30: The proscribed United National Liberation Front has rejected the state government's ceasefire offer. The UNLF's reply to the ceasefire offer came in the form of the killing of two Army jawans yesterday. The jawans were killed by triggering off a remote-controlled bomb near the 59 Mountain Brigade base at Leimakhong near here. With the UNLF jumping on the bandwagon, four insurgent outfits have rejected the ceasefire announced by the Radhabinod Koijam-led People's Front government. The Chief Minister is now in New Delhi to discuss the further extension of the unilateral...

GUWAHATI, March 30: Eminent Sanskrit scholar, Mukunda Madhab Sarma was today presented with the Krishna Kanta Handique Literary Award, 2000, in the midst of a galaxy of writers and eminent citizens in a solemn programme organised by the Asam Sahitya Sabha here this evening. The award, instituted by the Krishna Kanta Handique Literary Award Trust, was conferred on Sarma by its president Chandra Prasad Saikia, a former president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha. Saikia, who also presided over the function, said in his speech that writers should ponder whether it was possible to foster peace and...

IMPHAL, March 23: Since the slapping of a ban on Hindi movies and songs in the State, people in Manipur have been flooded with a new order of Manipuri cinema and songs in all corners of this trouble-torn State. Manipur's film-maker have got an opportunity to produce more Manipuri films together with new techniques to attract the audience. The age of Manipur films have indeed come. During the past twenty-four hours, two Manipuri films were screened before the press at two different cinema halls of Imphal as the 48th and 49th Manipur features films of the State. The two film are CM Film...