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Four killed in militant
attack
in Assam
Imphal, August 26: NSCN (IM) militants fired
indiscriminately on a limestone-laden truck at Bhuligaon, ten
kilometres from here killing four persons, including the driver
and the handyman on the spot at around 11.30 yesterday morning.
The truck was going to the Bokajan cement factory.
The militants also lobbed a grenade which failed
to hit the target and exploded on the road. The explosion made a
big crater on the road. Earlier reports
said that the attack was the handiwork of UPDS.
(August 26 : 9 AM)
Meeting of
Assam and Nagaland officials
Imphal, August 26: A conference of the
Deputy Commissioners of the Mon and Mokokchung districts of
Nagaland and the adjoining Sivasagar district of Assam was held
at the Sivasagar Circuit House on August 22. The
Superintendents, Additional Superintendents of these districts
and the SDOs of the concerned sub-divisions also attended the
meeting.
The meeting discussed interalia the
improvement of the roads and bridges connecting the two
adjoining States, Assam and Nagaland, encroachment of vast areas
of Abhoipur Reserve Forest of Assam falling within Sivasagar
district and contiguous with Nagaland. The meeting also
discussed about the border problems between these two bordering
States - Assam and Nagaland.
(August 26 : 9 AM)
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