Nagaon, Dec. 2: The Karbi Anglong and N.C. Hills People?s Resistance (KNPR), the armed wing of the anti-talks faction of the United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), today threatened to purge the district of all Kukis. Declaring open war against the Kuki outfit, the UPDS said its operation would end only after the last Kuki village was uprooted from the twin districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hiils. The UPDS claimed that Kukis had migrated to the two districts from neighbouring Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

The outfit?s warning came even as suspected UPDS militants torched five...

GUWAHATI, Dec 2: Even as the ULFA has found for itself a new foothold to inch its way back to the popularity charts by targeting the Bihari community in the State, there is increasing evidence that it is forging close links with the Nepalese Maoist rebels and setting up bases in the Himalayan kingdom. Security sources said here that the ULFA and the Maoists have recently agreed to have the Assam rebel outfit operate three new bases in Nepal. In fact, there are also reports that the ULFA have been already operating a few camps there since much earlier. The two rebel groups have also agreed to...

AIZAWL, Dec 2: The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) today secured a simple majority by winning 21 seats in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, while the Congress secured 12 out of 38 results declared so far today, reports PTI. Only one more result is yet to be declared. Counting for the Suangpuilawl constituency, which witnessed kidnapping of three candidates in the November 20 election, was not taken up as the Election Commission was yet to take a decision. Chief Minister Zoramthanga was returned victorious from both Champai and Kolasih constituencies.

At Champai on the Mizoram-Myanmar border...

AGARTALA, Dec 2: BSF Inspector General Alexander Daniel has categorically said that no town or habitat of Tripura will fall in the other side of the barbed wire fencing being erected in the Indo-Bangla international border, reports PTI. The IG was commenting on the contention of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that if the fencing was constructed according to present norms, at least three subdivisional towns of the State ? Kailashahar, Belonia and Sahroom ? very close to the zero line, would be on the other sine of the fence.

Talking to newsmen here on the eve of the BSF Raising Day on...

SHILLONG, Dec 2: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which has achieved remarkable success in anti-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir, has set-up a counter-insurgency school in Assam?s Dayapur to teach its own personnel combat operations, reports PTI. The school, set up on the pattern of Army?s counter-insurgency and jungle warfare school in Mizoram?s Vairangte, has already trained six CRPF companies during 2002, top CRPF officials said here. Already courses of counter-insurgency and anti-terrorist operations were regularly conducted at two of the paramilitary force?s Central...