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DHUBRI, June 2 ? National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants today shot dead three members of a school teachers? family including a woman in Dhubri district, reports PTI. About six heavily armed ultras entered the house of the school teacher Paresh Brahma, at Bonsijhara village under Bogiribari police station and shot him dead along with his wife Helam Brahma (24) and their nine-year-old son, official sources said. The police said the militants had targeted Brahma as they believed him to be a informer which led to the killing of nine NDFB ultras in the same village by security...

Imphal, June 02: To 84 year old World-War II veteran, Tuleping Newmai of Langinei village in Tamei sub-division, memories of the battle between Japanese backed INA troops and the British artillery are still fresh in his mind. He can recount to the fullest even the slightest details of the Great War. But his only regret is the Government's failure to grant him recognition as a freedom fighter even after more than 57 years of the war. The man who is credited for giving the name of Tamei HQs in Tamenglong sub-division was also jailed for six months for helping INA and Japanese soldiers during the...

TURA, June 1 ? The extent to which the banned NDFB has managed to penetrate inside Garo Hills was revealed following the arrest of a Wireless Operator of the Meghalaya Police Radio Organisation (MPRO) at Tura on Wednesday night. The arrest has portrayed a chilling picture of what could have happened had his cover not been blown. The MPRO deals with police communication and can monitor conversations and movement of police officers and personnel. The Garo Hills police had been tipped off by their Assam counterparts about a strong NDFB connection at Tura following the killing of nine NDFB...

NEW DELHI, June 1 ? The revived tripartite discussions on problems relating to Karbi Aanglong and North Cachar Hills remained inconclusive, even as the Central Government is likely to convene another round of discussions on the demands for an autonomous Karbi state under Article 244 A of the Constitution. The talks on Karbi problems revived after a gap of several years went satisfactorily as far as the 14-member delegation of the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) Karbi Students Association (KSA), Karbi Nimso Chingthur Asong (KNCA)and Dimasa Students Union (DSU) are concerned, according...

GUWAHATI, June 1 ? The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has sought opinions of Oil India Limited (OIL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) which has controlling stake in Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), on the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) proposal for formation of an integrated oil company by merging all the refineries in Assam with the crude producing company OIL. Sources in the oil industry informed that a crucial meeting on the proposal for merger of all four Assam refineries with OIL would be held at New Delhi this week at the initiative of the Ministry. It is...