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New Delhi: Tripura Chief Minister ManikSarkarhas launched a broadside against BJP, alleging that a party which had played the role of a "collaborator" of the British government before Independence was now at the helm of affairs at the Centre and was "serving the interests" of the capitalists.

"The BJP, RSS and VHP did not launch any movement against the imperialist British government and had always collaborated with them and are now serving the interests of the capitalists in our country and abroad," Sarkar said while addressing a public rally in support of Left Front candidates inMohanpur, about 40 km from Agartala.

New Delhi: Union minister KirenRijiju has suggested CISF woman cadets to prepare for emerging challenges posed by new forms of terrorism and insurgency.

The minister of state for Home Affairs stated this after reviewing the passing out parade of 789 CISF woman cadets at their Regional Training Centre at Arakkonam, about 70 km from Chennai.

Congratulating the cadets for their high standard of parade, he urged them to prepare for emerging challenges posed by new forms of terrorism and insurgency.

New Delhi: UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Assam chief minister SarbanandaSonowalthatterritorial integrity of Assam and other northeastern states will not be compromised when the final Naga peace accord is inked.
Sonowal during the meeting apprised Singh about the situation in the state's DimaHasao district where protests against the demand for a "Greater Nagalim" claimed two lives.

The situation in DimaHasao district continued to be tense for a week following protests over an RSS leader's reported statement that the district would be included in "Greater Nagalim" or Greater Nagaland as part of the Centre's proposed solution for the ongoing peace talks with the NSCN- IM.

New Delhi: Afghanistan has observed a day of national mourning as the toll for those killed by a huge bomb hidden in an ambulance in Kabul topped 100 people.

At least 103 people were killed and 235 wounded in lunchtime attack claimed by the Taliban, which caused panic in the war-torn capital and overwhelmed its hospitals.

Kabul remained on high alert as the presidential palace declared a national day of mourning for today, with flags flying at half-mast. The attack was one of the worst to strike the capital in recent years.