Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Dr Meinya petitions Patil on state affairs: New Delhi, April 22: Member of Parliament from Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Dr Thokchom Meinya, drew the attention of the Union Home Minister for taking up some specific measures for bringing normalcy in Manipur. Participating at the discussion on the Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs for 2008-09 in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Dr Meinya referred to the Status Report on the Internal Security situation in India which pointed out that the main challenges to internal security and law and order situation in the country centred around terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Naxal affected areas and communal violence. He observed that while the situation in Jammu and Kashmir continued to show definite improvement, the overall situation in Assam and Manipur in the North Eastern Region remained an area of concern. Even though the counter insurgency operations had been stepped up in the region, killings of civi...

Jawans to pilot trains, special forces for track security: Guwahati/Calcutta, Dec 14: Jolted by the blast on Rajdhani Express, the Northeast Frontier Railway on Friday decided to revamp the existing security network on tracks across Assam with special emphasis on vulnerable stretches. Henceforth, personnel of the Railway Protection Force and Railway Protection Special Force, the combat wing of the RPF, will move ahead of the trains to carry out checks. Spokesman for the NF Railway, T. Rabha, said security on the railway tracks has been augmented to an “unprecedented level”. Five persons were killed and four injured when a bomb exploded underneath one of the coaches of the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express between Naojan and Chongajan railway stations at 1.06am on Thursday. Though investigations are on to determine where and how the blast occurred, a senior North East Frontier Railway division official in Calcutta today said the bomb exploded in a luggage van, hinting at how security in the c...