ULFA bombs CRPF convoy in Assam

The remotely controlled improvised explosive device IED caused a three-feet deep crater on the highway disrupting road traffic for several hours which could be restored only in the afternoon.

Police and paramilitary forces launched a combing operation in the area but no arrests have been made so far.

Meanwhile, sources in the North-East Frontier railway headquarters at Maligaon said that rail traffic has been restored in the broad gauge section of the railway which was suspended after a goods train was derailed by a powerful blast in the early hours yesterday by suspected NDFB militants between Kokrajhar and Salakati.

The NF Railway also revised timings of several trains including Rajdhani Express.

NF Railway sources said, the 2436 Rajdhani Express would leave New Delhi at 0930 hrs instead of 1245 hrs on every Sunday and Friday instead of Monday and Friday and arrive at Guwahati at 1745 hrs instead of 2030 hrs.

The corresponding 2435 Rajdhani Express via Lucknow would leave Guwahati at 0600 hrs on every Sunday and Tuesday.