Dimapur, Sept. 4 -- Nagaland deputy chief minister Y Patton on Thursday said the state cabinet had agreed to establish a Special Border Response Force (SBRF), including personnel from border affairs, police, and forest departments, for prompt response to any border issues.

Making a statement on the eviction of illegal immigrants from the disputed area belt (DAB) along Assam on the concluding day of the two-day seventh session of the 14th Nagaland assembly, Patton, also in charge of home and border affairs, assured the House that the state government will continue all necessary steps to protect the interests of its citizens in all border districts, ensuring no unilateral actions are taken and that all eviction or plantation drives are str...