DOOMDOOMA, Jan 12 — The troops of 2 Mountain Division responsible for conduct of counter-insurgency operations in upper Assam and some parts of lower Assam have been able to contain militancy to a large extent especially after elimination of some key personalities like self-styled ‘major’ Tapan Sarma, ‘commanding officer’, 28 battalion in May, 2002 and self-styled Lt Rakta Plaban, Ajay Rajkhowa and Biren Deori. It was followed by seizure of a large cache of arms and ammunition during the month of August and September last year.

“The effects are very visible in that militancy is at extremely...

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 — The North Eastern region of the country is sitting on a powder-keg as Pakistan’s ISI has been able to make substantial inroads into the region by covertly using the Bangladesh territory for carrying out its operations, reports PTI. A report submitted to the Government said the arrest of vice president of banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Dhiren Boro in Sikkim on January 1 this year led to more information about how ISI was using the Bangladesh territory to carry out subversive activities in the north eastern region.

During interrogation, Boro, who was...

NEW DELHI JAN. 12. Politics in the north-east is not what it is in the rest of the country. Parties on the same side of the political fence elsewhere find themselves in opposite camps here and as for the regional parties, it is anybody's guess which way they will go.

The scene in the run-up to the next month Assembly elections in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland presents an interesting picture.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which runs two coalition Governments with the Congress in Maharashtra and Meghalaya, will be its main rival in Meghalaya this time. And in Nagaland, the NCP is in...

Imphal, January 11: The proscribed KYKL has claimed responsibility for shooting A Debidash Sharma on the leg on January 6 while he was on exam duty at DM College of Arts and Commerce. Stating that the teacher was punished for encouraging the students to indulge in unfair means during the TDC examination, the outfit in a statement today said that the punishment was carried out by a team of the Special Task Force (STF) under the Operation New Kangleipak (ONK). KYKL said that a team of the STF went to DM College of Arts and Commerce on receiving specific information that the students were...

MAO (Manipur), Jan 11 – Over a span of three centuries 38 villages had sealed treaties of peace with Pudunamei, a small village nestled in a hillock at a high altitude on the Manipur – Nagaland border, revered and feared in those yonder days of head-hunting. And today at a time when the country is looking at the historic Naga talks with hopeful eyes, the 38 Naga villages came together in a memorable celebration commemorating and reaffirming the peace treaties entered into by their forefathers. Unveiling of the monolith on which the names of the 38 villages are engraved and a peace feast marked...