SHILLONG, March 17 — Meghalaya is preparing for a major offensive against militant outfits in the Garo Hills amidst reports of intrusion of large numbers of Assam militants into the State. A senior police official said the ongoing operations by the Meghalaya Police against militant outfits would be intensified once the Centre clears Meghalaya’s request for BSF support to flush out the extremists who have sneaked into the State from Assam.

Confessions of three arrested NDFB militants have led the police to believe that nearly 100 NDFB activists including its Chairman Ranjan Daimary and...

AGARTALA, March 16—The Left Front government in Tripura unveiled a two-pronged new policy to tackle militancy in the state, on Saturday, reports PTI. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said the policy would try to solve the problems leading to extremism and at the same time mount pressure on militants “refusing to listen to reason”.

The state government would implement a 25-point tribal development package to achieve a tangible improvement in the quality of life and economy in interior tribal areas, he said. He renewed his appeal to militants to shun the path of violence and join the mainstream for...

KOHIMA, March 16 — The State Government has said its utmost priority is to implement the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) in letter and spirit. It is understood that State Chief Secretary, RS Pandey, in a circular, has already directed all departments to formulate “action plan” for “implementation of the CMP” of the DAN Ministry in the State.

The Chief Secretary also asked all departments to come prepared in this regard for discussion as to how the CMP would be implemented in the monthly meeting for Secretaries and Directors, which is to be held on March...

GUWAHATI, March 16— At least six persons were killed and several dozens more were injured, 12 of them seriously, this afternoon when the banned ULFA detonated a powerful remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) at Bamunghopa, under Goalpara police station in lower Assam. The ULFA, observing its ‘Sainik Divas’ today, drew the blood of innocent civilians while targeting a CRPF van coming from Bangaigaon towards Guwahati. The civilians were passengers of a private bus (AMP 893) on its way to Baguwan from Goalpara. The blast was triggered at about 4 pm on National Highway-37 when the...

SILCHAR, March 16 – The militant outfit Dima Halom Daoga (DHD) today set a deadline of a week to the NSCN(IM) to release their kidnapped cadres. In a fax message to the local media here, the DHD publicity secretary Daoraja Dimasa alleged that the NSCN(IM) had kidnapped the cadres to disrupt the ongoing peace process between the Centre and the outfit.