Indo-Bangla border to be fenced by March 2010: BSF chiefAGARTALA - Work on fencing the India-Bangladesh border has been stepped up and is expected to be completed by March 2010, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Raman Srivastava said here Tuesday. Nine more check posts on Indo-Bangla borderAGARTALA - To tighten security along the Indo-Bangla border, the Border Security Force would set up nine more Border Outposts (BOPs). BSF ready to help states to curb terrorAGARTALA - The Border Security Force (BSF) is ready for joint operations with state security forces to battle terrorists in the northeast, BSF Director General Raman Srivastava said Tuesday. Tighten vigil on India-Bangladesh border: BSF chiefAGARTALA - Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) Raman Srivastava Monday directed the officials and troopers of the para-military force to further tighten the vigil along India’s border with Bangladesh, officials here said. Tripura trooper killed in gunfight with separatistsAGARTALA - A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper was killed and another shot at and injured during a gunfight with separatists from the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) Wednesday, police here said. Shoot-at-sight orders in Mizoram to control ethnic violenceAIZAWL/AGARTALA - The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders to control violent mobs in the southern part of the state after over 355 houses of Reang tribals were set ablaze following the gunning down of a Mizo youth last Friday, an official said Tuesday. Mizoram ethnic violence: paramilitary forces deployedAIZAWL/AGARTALA - Paramilitary forces were deployed as tension prevailed in southern Mizoram and northern Tripura Monday after over 300 houses of Reang tribals were set ablaze following the gunning down of a Mizo youth last week, officials here said. Ethnic violence in Mizoram: Thousands displaced, houses burntAIZAWL/AGARTALA - Mobs have set fire to over 225 huts of Reang tribals in Mizoram, displacing several thousand people as tension escalated following the gunning down of a Mizo youth, officials said here Sunday. Rubber cultivation to be pushed in the north-eastAGARTALA - Area under rubber cultivation in the north-eastern region would be doubled to make India the number one natural rubber growing country in the world, rubber board chairman Sajen Peter said here Saturday. 40-year-old kills parents, wife in TripuraAGARTALA - A 40-year-old man killed his parents and wife in presence of his five-year-old daughter following a domestic quarrel in Tripura, police said Saturday. Bangladesh border guards threaten highway workers in TripuraAGARTALA - There was tension along the India-Bangladesh border in southern Tripura after Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers threatened to open fire if labourers did not stop repair work on an Indian highway, officials said here Friday. 5,000 postcards to press for Tripura railway upgradeAGARTALA - The railway authorities are about to be bombarded with 5,000 postcards urging better train services in Tripura, courtesy the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). Tripura attackers may be in Bangladesh, shutdown cripples lifeAGARTALA - Life was paralysed in parts of northern Tripura Wednesday following a strike called by political parties to protest a terror attack on the families of surrendered militants that claimed eight lives. Eight tribal villagers killed in Tripura (Second Lead)AGARTALA - In the first major terror attack in Tripura this year, at least eight tribal villagers - among them four women - were killed and another woman was injured by insurgents, police said Tuesday. Eight tribal villagers killed in TripuraAGARTALA - At least eight tribal villagers including four women were killed and another injured by separatists in Tripura, police said Tuesday. Six killed in Tripura militant attackAGARTALA - At least six villagers were killed and another injured by tribal separatists in a daring raid Tuesday in India’s northeastern state of Tripura, officials said. Hand over Indian separatists, BSF tells BangladeshAGARTALA - The Border Security Force (BSF) has asked its Bangladesh counterparts to hand over militants from India’s northeast and convicted Indian nationals hiding in their territory, a BSF spokesman said here Sunday. 2 ULFA leaders arrested on Bangladesh border by BSFAGARTALA - Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have detained two senior United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, officials said here Friday. Tripura celebrates lord Krishna’s Raas LeelaAGARTALA - Thousands of Manipur devote celebrated “Maha Raas”, a festival celebrating the love life of Lord Krishna in Tripura. Dismantle 90 camps of northeast militants, BSF to tell BangladeshAGARTALA - India’s Border Security Force (BSF) will ask its Bangladesh counterparts to dismantle around 90 camps and hideouts set up by northeastern Indian militants on their territory, officials said here Wednesday. Northeast to have new mechanism to tackle militantsAGARTALA - To tackle guerrilla groups operating in India’s northeast more effectively, a Regional Cooperation Mechanism (RCM) would soon be set up under which the police of the eight states, the central paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies would work in close coordination, a senior official said here Wednesday. Congress-called shutdown hits parts of TripuraAGARTALA - Over 400 Congress activists were arrested in Tripura Tuesday as they tried to enfore a 12-hour shutdown in parts of the state to protest an alleged attack on their legislator by cadres of the ruling the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), police said. Northeast will continue pre-paid mobile connectionsAGARTALA/SHILLONG - Pre-paid mobile telephone services will continue in northeast India though the union home ministry has banned it in Jammu and Kashmir over “serious security concerns”, officials said here Monday. Like Kashmir, many areas of the northeast are also beset with insurgencies. Withdraw sanctions, release patriots: Cuban envoy tells USAGARTALA - Cuban Ambassador to India Miguel Angel Ramirez Ramos has urged the US to withdraw the embargo on Cuba and release five of its citizens, who have been in American jail for the past 11 years. Rice intensification (SRI) technique benefits farmers in TripuraAGARTALA - The successful implementation of the system of rice intensification (or SRI) technique in Tripura has greatly benefited farmers of the State. Tripura troopers secure top commando honoursAGARTALA - Troopers of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR), who played a key role in curbing terrorism in the state, have bagged all the 14 top positions in the Police Commando Instructor Course (PCIC) at the National Security Guards (NSG) campus in Manesar, Haryana. Tribal militants planning attacks ahead of Tripura local polls: CPI-MAGARTALA - The Left Front government in Tripura Friday accused tribal militants of planning to “unleash a reign of terror” in the run-up to local council elections. Northeast records 20 percent rainfall deficitAGARTALA/GUWAHATI - The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the northeastern region, which has suffered a 20 percent rainfall deficit this season, India Meteorology Department (IMD) director Dilip Saha said Friday. Maoist violence affecting other states too: SarkarAGARTALA - Maoists are not only affecting development in the states they dominate but are also making an impact in other states, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Monday. Six tribal separatists surrender in TripuraAGARTALA - Six tribal separatists from the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have surrendered to security forces after fleeing their camps in Bangladesh, police said here Monday. |
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