DIPHU, February 25: The chairman of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Daniel Teron's house was attacked by suspected militants of the United Peoples' Democratic Solidarity last night, official sources said here. A group of about 10 to 12 militants came last night to Teron's house and opened indiscriminate firing. Teron, who was inside the house, and other family members were not injured, but the house suffered partial damage. Security has been strengthened around Teron's house and the police has launched a massive combing operation in the area to nab the militants, the sources said.

KOHIMA, February 25: The Centre was actively considering Nagaland government's proposal to declare ceasefire with three other underground groups and a suggestion to extend the ceasefire to other areas in the Northeast, Union Home Minister L K Advani said today, reports PTI. Talking to newsmen here before leaving for New Delhi, Advani said 'so far there is a ceasefire agreement with one group - NSCN(IM) - but the Centre is actively considering a proposal to bring other groups under the purview of the truce.' Highly-placed sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said today that the government...

ROING (Arunachal Pradesh) February 25: The Disturbed Areas Act, promulgated in Tirap and Changlang districts following growth of insurgency, would be extended by another six months, Union Home Minister LK Advani said here on Saturday. "I have assured the Arunachal Chief Minister that the Act would be further extended for six months, after its expiry in March," Advani said here after inaugurating the Brahmaputra Darshan festival on the bank of Dibang, tributary of Brahmaputra, reports PTI. Reports of extortion and activities by insurgents had come in from the two districts in recent times...

AIZAWL, February 25: Assam Rifles authorities in Tripura's Kanchanpur refused to hand over Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) leaders, who escaped from the clutches of National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) and surrendered to the Assam Rifles about a month back, police said. Top Mamit district police officials told PTI over phone that they had been urging the Assam Rifles authorities in Kanchanpur to hand over Surjo Moni and Hmunsiama, president and deputy commander respectively of the BNLF, to the Mizoram police.

IMPHAL, February 25: The Gauhati High Court (Imphal Bench) has ordered the State authority to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh each as ex gratia of two widows, whose husbands were shot dead by 8 Assam Rifles during counter-insurgency operations at Laishoim lake in Bishnupur district in March last year. Justice N Surjamani asked the Government to hand over the amount directly to the widows within one week, failing which legal action would be followed, a legal source said. The court passed the order on Thursday following the Government's failure to take up any steps on the ruling issued by the court on...