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Nagaland Guv asks cops to be dedicated to society

May 16th, 2012

Chumukedima (Nagaland): Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar on Tuesday urged the Nagaland Police to work with more devotion to the people of the state. Addressing as the chief guest of the observation of the Nagaland Police Day here at the Nagaland Armed Police Centre at Chumukedima, near Dimapur, Mr Kumar said the award of colours to [...]

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Protests against the price hike of essential commodities

May 15th, 2012

Activists of All Guwahati Students Union, a wing of All Assam Students union (AASU) protests in front of whole sale shop of essential commodities like potatoes, onion, dal etc against the price hike of essential commodities at Fancy bazaar in Guwahati on Monday. (EP)

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Gogoi moots special training for police

May 15th, 2012

From Our Correspondent GUWAHATI: In view of increasing presence of Maoists in the State, Assam government has decided to organise special training for its police force on countering the threat posed by the red brigade even as the State government has ordered probe into the recent incidents of youths from certain districts going missing. Announcing [...]

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Blast in oil pipeline averted in Assam

May 15th, 2012

Guwahati: A major blast in an oil pipeline was averted in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Monday when security forces detected two powerful bombs on one of the trunk lines. Security forces found two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on a pipeline of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tengakhat area of the district. There were three [...]

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MHA upsets over ‘uninformed’ visit of EU diplomats

May 15th, 2012

New Delhi: The Home Ministry on Monday lodged a protest with the Ministry of External Affairs over the visit of eight envoys of the European Union to Nagaland without any intimation and security clearance and raised concern on the delegation meeting with political leaders and civil society. Upset over the ‘unilateral’ decision to allow the [...]

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Security in Mizoram amid violence fear

May 15th, 2012

Aizawl: Security forces in Mizoram have stepped up vigil after an intelligence report indicated possible violence by the separatist outfit Hmar People’s Convention-Democrats (HPC-D) in the northeastern state, police said here on Monday. Deputy Inspector General of Police (northern range) Zorammawia told reporters: “Security forces led by superintendents of police have been conducting flag marches [...]

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Lalrinthanga stands by document

May 15th, 2012

Aizawl: Mizo National Front activist M C Lalrinthanga has stood by the document that he says show that Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had signed a ‘top secret agreement’ with Bru National Liberation Front in 2003. Addressing a press conference on Monday, a few days after the Congress party filed a defamation case against him, Lalrinthanga [...]

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