Passengers of the Kamakhya-Puri Express had a close shave after a powerful bomb was found from the train in lower Assam's Goalpara district, where another powerful bomb was also recovered from a house today, official sources said.
The land locked north eastern state of Manipur would be facing another week-long economic blockade on its road links from July 31 midnight till August 7 midnight.
For the first time in the history of the United Liberation Front of Asom, someone as authoritative as its chairman, Arabinda Rajkhowa, admitted that it had been backed by Pakistani fundamentalists.
Sanjib Kr Baruah reports.
The General Court Martial (GCM), which convicted former 33 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath in the Sukna land scam in West Bengal, will reassemble Monday at the 58 Gorkha Training Centre in Meghalaya.
A team of National Investigative Agency (NIA) have arrived in Manipur to investigate cases of various insurgency-related crimes and extortion from general public and officials by various militant outfits.
Chairman of the Manipur-based UNLF, Raj Kumar Sanyaima, aka Meghen, confirmed that he was arrested in Dhaka but kept mum on his reported escape and second arrest in Bihar on Tuesday.
The endangered hornbill will finally get something out of an annual ethnic extravaganza it was named after. However, that too depends on how good the Nagas are at ballroom dancing. Rahul Karmakar reports.