A 22-year-old youth from Assam, Abhijit Baruah, on Tuesday staked claim for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records by completing a historic barefoot run for about 153 km within 24 hours.

The level of violence in trouble-torn north-eastern states may have come down but security agencies are seriously worried about the growing harmony among the separatist outfits of the region operating

The level of violence in trouble-torn north-eastern states may have come down but security agencies are seriously worried about the growing harmony among the separatist outfits of the region operating

In what has been an alarming development, a stray leopard on Friday created panic in Guwahati by injuring two people in the fourth incident of its kind in less than one month.

In what may be called a major achievement on the insurgency front, more than 1,600 militants of nine separatist groups here on Tuesday laid down arms to join the peace-talks in the presence of Union home minister P. Chidambram.

In a significant development, the Burmese government has agreed to launch military operations to drive out Indian insurgent groups holed up in its territory in Burma.

In what has been seen as a rare action, a team of Japanese officials on Wednesday started exhuming a six-decade- old war cemetery to take away the remains of its 11 soldiers buried here during World War II.

The law and order situation of the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh continue to deteriorate with security agencies detecting the presence of Naga National Council in the state in addition to the growing tension of factional clashes between heavily-armed rebels of NSCN (I-M) and NSCN (Khaplang).

In what has been seen as a rare appreciation to his love for sports, the South Korean government has conferred the black belt degree in taekwondo to Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Thursday said that a Left wing insurgent group has formed Mega-dam Resistance Forum to strengthen its footholds in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.