Rebels threaten India oil company

India’s state-run oil company ONGC says separatists have demanded it pay them more than $1m or stop operations in the north-eastern state of Assam.

ONGC said the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) was asking for 5bn rupees ($1.13m) “without much delay”.

ONGC has several oilfields and gas exploitation centres in Assam, India’s third largest oil-producing state.