Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials inspect railway track as a preparation for forthcoming Independence Day celebration in Guwahati on Tuesday, 11 August 2009. ULFA, NDFB, Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO), Manipur People"s Liberation Front (MPLF) and Tripura People"s Democratic Front (TPDF) on Monday gave a call to boycott Independence Day celebrations and asked people to observe a general strike on August 15, the five banned outfits called an 18-hour general strike in the North-East starting from August 14 midnight. Security has been tightened in Guwahati a day after explosives were recovered from a market place near chief minister Tarun Gogoi"s official residence on Sunday. All roads leading to Gogoi"s residence have turned into fortresses with security personnel frisking each an

Photographer: Ujjal Deb

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