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Suspected Rabha rebels Monday abducted a manager of a railway firm from Choto Miapara area in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district, bordering Assam, police said. Ganeshyam Das (78), the manager of Rajpat MKJ engineering was abducted at gun point by...

A Meghalaya Police Service officer, who has been nominated into the rank of Indian Police Service (IPS), has superseded four of his senior officers, an official said Monday. The Centre had nominated M.K. Dkhar, Commandant of the 1st Meghalaya...

One of the three suspected underground activists gunned down by a team of Manipur police commandos late Sunday night in Imphal West district, turned out to be a jawan of the Assam Rifles as the identities of all the...

With only 12 days left to go to polls (January 28 elections to the 60-seat Manipur Assembly), hectic security preparations are on as election authorities have started detailing security forces which arrived Imphal to across the nine districts. An official...

Tripura recorded just one militancy-related fatality in 2011, as against three in 2010, a remarkable contrast with the 514 fatalities recorded in 2000, when terrorism was at its peak in the State. The extremists have failed to recover from...

Congress member Joy Ram Engleng is likely to hold on to his post of chief executive member (CEM) of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) this time too. Engleng beat Pator Phangcho, an Independent candidate backed by Peoples' Alliance...

On the occasion of Uruka ahead of Bhogali Bihu, fish prices in the city markets have skyrocketed, but if the flow of customers is any indication, the soaring prices have failed to discourage Guwahatians. On Saturday, prized catches from...

Sanjay Kumar revs up the engine of his Tata Sumo for the 222 km journey on National Highway 53 (now renamed NH37) and immediately warns one of his passengers to brace for a backbreaking ride. After offering prayer to...