Silchar, May 3: Army and police teams today fanned out into the jungles along Cachar district’s border with Meghalaya to look for members of a fledgling militant group that yesterday ambushed a Gorkha Rifles patrol party near Damcherra railway station. A member of the Pnar Liberation Army was killed and a soldier sustained injuries during the skirmish. The injured soldier was airlifted to the command hospital of the army’s Third Corps at Rangapahar, near Dimapur in Nagaland.

Sources at the 57 Mountain Division base at Masimpur, a few km from Silchar, said the militant group had set up camps...

Shillong, May 3: The construction company that sued the Meghalaya government for scrapping a lucrative real estate deal is close to signing a new contract to redevelop the same property as part of an out-of-court settlement. Chief minister D.D. Lapang today defended the decision to allow Asian Housing Construction Ltd (AHCL) to “rebuild” Calcutta’s Meghalaya House, saying critics of his government should realise that it is the only way to avoid paying a hefty amount as compensation.

“I am very clear about it and do not want anyone to make an issue out of it. We have to come out of the legal...

KOHIMA, May 3 – Both the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) and the Opposition Congress, locked in keen contest for the lone Parliamentary seat, have tried their level best to capitalise on the vexed Naga political problem during the month-long campaign for the May 5 Lok Sabha poll, reports PTI. The election machineries as well as the political parties are expecting a peaceful polling for the first time in the recent years as underground militant organisations resolved neither to boycott nor indulge in the election process in the State.

Unlike in the past, no reports of any...

New Delhi, May 3: Taking a cue from the home ministry, the department for Development of North Eastern Region (Doner) has decided to publish its own booklet that will have news related to the department’s activities. To be named Doner Newsline, it will be a quarterly magazine that is likely to be sent all over the country to government departments, educational institutions, NGOs and publishing houses.

Doner secretary Reva Nayyar said the rationale behind such an initiative was to disseminate information on the Northeast and the measures taken by the department for development of the region.

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DHAKA, May 3 – A meeting of border forces of India and Bangladesh ended here today in disagreement over existence of terrorist camps in each other’s territory, even as the Indian side handed over a list of 195 camps of North East insurgents based in the neighbouring country, reports PTI. Although a joint statement of discussions was signed by BSF Director General Ajai Raj Sharma and his Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) counterpart Maj Gen Jehangir Alam Chowdhury agreeing to stop illegal cross-overs, the two sides engaged in allegations and counter-allegations over the issue of terrorist camps.

Duri...