India: ULFA blasts leave at least 7dead and 50 injured

In a series of two blasts triggered in the Lower Assam town of Nalbari, at around 9.45 am on Sunday, at least 7 people have been killed and more than 50 have been reported injured. Police sources have named the...

Indian Legislature turns King - Going to hunt endangered animals

Maybe he is tired and upset that India losing the mystic charm as the "Land of Kings, Elephants and Snake charmers" , A MLA ( Member of Legislature Assembly ) of Assam suddenly decided to become a King. In a bizarre development, an MLA Jietn Gogoi, MLA representing the...

Serial bomb blasts in eastern India; dozens killed

The death toll has gone up to 48 people and over 300  have been injured in bomb blasts in the capital Guwahati and three other districts in Assam on Thursday. ...

Gunbattle in Assam, 7 extreamist dead

" Troops killed at least seven heavily armed militants in a fierce gun battle in the troubled northeastern Assam on Friday, a military spokesman said. India's military said they had not identified the guerrilla...

ULFA stance makes talks with Centre uncertain

"Uncertainty over direct talks between the Centre and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) continues to prevail with the banned outfit not relenting in its three key demands before dialogue and the Government insisting on direct talks first."

India agrees to rebel group talks

"The Indian government and the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) are to hold "direct talks" in an attempt to being peace to Assam."

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"The ULFA has stepped up violence in Assam with the help of Pakistan-trained bomb experts, 16 of whom had arrived from across the border, a top police official claimed here today."

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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