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Imphal, Nov. 30: The BSF, which has been in the forefront of counter-insurgency operations in Manipur, today said it had ?re-established? civil administration in Churachandpur and Bishenpur districts, where its troops are currently deployed.

The BSF was deployed in the state in 2000 primarily to counter insurgency in two districts following the withdrawal of army troops due to the Kargil conflict.

Initially, there were only six battalions, but two additional battalions were later deployed.

BSF deputy inspector-general for Manipur and Nagaland P.K. Misra, in a statement on the eve of the force...

Dibrugarh, Nov. 30: Experts have once again mooted the idea of reopening the historic Stillwell Road ? albeit while sounding a note of caution ? during the inaugural session of the two-day national seminar on ?Reopening of the Stilwell Road ? problems and prospects? here today.

?Smuggling of narcotics and illicit arms into the country from Myanmar, irrespective of the country of origin, has been going on regardless of the presence or absence of the road. ... This must be eliminated,? said former diplomat A.K. Ray, delivering the keynote address at the seminar. It was organised by the...

KOKRAJHAR, July 15 ? Nine Adivasi camp inmates including four women and a children were killed and six others injured when suspected NDFB militants fired indiscriminately in the relief camp (Bhuraka-Maligaon) just 28 km way from Kokrajhar police station yesterday night at about 10.45 pm. The slain Adivasi camp inmates were identified as Fulmoni Kisku (25), F Hasda (32), Malbo Hembram (30), Fulmoni Hasdo (40), Rajda Murmu (33), Rupu Hasda (45), Suraj Murmu (13), C Hasda (20) and Uku Hasda (5).

Five injured persons were being treated in RNB Civil Hospital in Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police...

GUWAHATI, July 15? The 24-hour rail-road-blockade called by Sanmilita Janagosthiya Sangram Samity (SJSS) from this morning in protest against creation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) today disrupted surface communication on Lower Assam areas and parts of Karbi Anglong district. Official sources here informed that the districts of Bongaigaon and Barpeta were the worst affected by the blockade as thousands of SJSS picketeers sat on railway tracks and the highway to block movements of traffic.

The NF Railway had a tough time today in re-routing and rescheduling both its Up and Down trains...

GAURIPUR, July 15? Though it is often praised that the Left Front government in West Bengal has substantial achievements in respect of land reforms, decentralisation of power and women?s empowerment, etc., but in practice, it is not so. After getting Zamindari Abolition Act passed in the Parliament of independent India, the government acquired surplus land in the North Bengal districts of Coachbehar, Jalpaiguri, Dinazpur and Malda from the Zamindars who belonged to Rajbongshi community. But the land thus acquired from indigenous Rajbongshi people has been distributed to the landless people who...