SHILLONG, May 1 – The problem of insurgency in the north eastern region of the country is within ‘manageable’ limits of the security forces, newly appointed Director General of the Assam Rifles, Lt. Gen. Bhupinder Singh has said. “The level of insurgency is well below the threshold,” Lt. Gen. Singh, who assumed office as the new Director General of the elite para-military force at the Directorate General Assam Rifles (DGAR) Headquarters here on Friday, observed.

Lt. Gen. Singh, decorated with the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) and the Visisht Seva Medal (VSM) and a veteran of the Indian Army...

SHILLONG, May 1– Cadres of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) are hiding in the jungles of the Garo Hills in Meghalaya, Assam and Meghalaya Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh has said. “We are aware that ULFA cadres, on the run following counter-insurgency operations in Bhutan have sneaked into the Garo Hills from Assam and have been hiding there,” Lt. Gen. Singh said during a brief interaction with the media after being sworn in as the Governor of Meghalaya at the Raj Bhavan in Shillong on Saturday.

Governor Singh would be in charge of Meghalaya for a period of one month as...

NEW DELHI, April 30– India has asked for details of the recent arms seizure in Chittagong even as Bangladesh reiterated its claim about presence of wanted terrorists and criminals in the country. The five-day Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) talks that started on an uneasy note yesterday saw both sides engage in claims and counter claims. While the BSF delegation denied the contention of its counterpart, Dhaka appeared reluctant to share details of the arms seizure estimated at about Rs 1,000 crore maintaining that investigations were still on, sources said.

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Dimapur, April 30: Only a year ago, he was in the Congress, singing S.C. Jamir’s praises. But when he joined the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) last year, little did ex-Congressman W. Wangyuh Konyak realise that those very paeans would land him in trouble.

The Congress recently released a video footage showing Nagaland People’s Front (NPF) candidate Konyak, fiercely defending Jamir’s leadership qualities and aggressively criticising his own party. The footage was part of a Congress campaign, highlighting various achievements of the party and its candidate Asungba Sangtam before...

Dimapur, April 30: The election scene in Arunachal Pradesh turned murkier with the militant National Liberation Front of Arunachal backing the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU)’s call for a boycott of the Lok Sabha poll to protest the inclusion of Chakma and Hajong refugees in the electoral rolls.

In a statement today, the militant group’s chairman, K.H. Tara, appealed to the people of the state to support the AAPSU. “Time has come to teach the Indian government a lesson,” he said.

The group’s show of solidarity with the student organisation is perceived to be a move to garner...