The Assam Government has decided to constitute a Special Task Force to combat deal with militancy and combat terrorist activities in the state.

It will work on the lines National Security Guards (NSG).

At the initial level two battalions of the STF will be raised. One Inspector General of Police (IGP) rank officer will head STF.

This was announced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi while talking to reporters. A new police district will be formed exclusively for Guwahati headed by a Commissioner rank officer.

A local Shiv Sena leader was shot dead at Airoli in Navi Mumbai by unidentified assailants on Sunday.

He was identified as identified as deputy shakhapramukh, Nitin Prabhu.

While Prabhu along with one of his friends were returning from a hotel, two motorcycle-borne gunmen fired at him at about 12.30 in the night.

Prabhu was rushed to the near by hospital, where he was declared dead. His friend sustained minor injuries.

He was running Sai Siddhi Estate Agency in Airoli and having disturbances with Sanjay Jadhav, owner of SM Enterprises at the same. Even before few days ago Sanjay had threatened to finish Prabhu.

Police has registered a case in this regard.

As much as 93 people were taken into custody by Sri Lankan police for their alleged links with Tamil Tiger rebels. They were arrested in the North-West part of the island nation on Saturday, according to official sources.

The arrests came during an operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Kalpitiya village in Puttalam district, some 165 km from Colombo.

They were arrested during an operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Kalpitiya village in Puttalam district, some 165 km from Colombo.

Nokia Oyj has made announcement about the launching of seven new phones in addition to Internet services for rising markets.

The new phones include the Nokia 1202, a follow-up to Nokia’s hot model 1200, which will sell for around 25 euros and two models with e-mail support priced at 40 euros.

Growing market areas are a stronghold for the world’s major cellphone manufacturer, but it has lately seen increasing rivalry from vendors including China ZTE and Samsung Electronics.

The Assam police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the serial blasts that devastated the state.

The two suspected -- Muzamul Haque and Anwarlul Haque--were arrested from Lakhimpur.

With these arrests total number of persons nabbed by the police rose to five. Earlier three persons were arrested on Saturday.

According to police- the two were in car-theft racket. They changed the number of those vehicles which were used in Guwahati and Bongaigaon blasts.

The police have got vital clues. It would soon zero in on the culprits responsible for the blasts, said Official spokesman and principal secretary (Home) Subhas Das.

After opening with a loss of 33.11 points at 10,304.57, the 30-share index BSE Sensex continued to trade in a subdued manner.

IT stocks continue to languish in the red with sharp losses, and lost 6.12%, while realty, PSU, banking and FMCG stocks saw buying interest.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 0.62% and 0.88% respectively.

At 12:59 p.m., the 30-share index lost 52.47 points at 10,285.21, after hitting a high of 10,387.19 and a low of 10,116.22.