JUNE 4 : The NSCN/GPRN has stated that the report in some papers that two women from Thailand namely Amphai Thongthang and Parcee Thongthang are NSCN operative had come as a matter of surprise. “Given the fact that they have in-laws in India who happened to be Nagas it must be a matter of family [...]
Full Story »GoI-Manipur govt-UNC Tripartite talks deferred
Dimapur, May 29 (MExN): The tripartite talks of the Government of India, state government of Manipur and the United Naga Council scheduled for May 30, 2011 at Tahamzam, in Manipur’s Senapati is being deferred. The Government of Manipur has requested the deferment citing delicate law and order situation in Senapati “in the wake of the [...]
Full Story »Tripartite talk : Points made clear, claims UNC
Memo of Sept 14, 2010 held as trump card IMPHAL, May 29 : Reacting to the demand of the State Government to make the agenda of the tripartite talk clear, the United Naga Council (UNC) has claimed that it has already been made clear that the talk should be on the issue contained in the [...]
Full Story »CFMG meeting held; NSCN/GPRN stays away
Kohima | May 28 : The 61st meeting of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) was held at Hotel Japfu Kohima today minus the NSCN/GPRN who chose to stay away despite the CFMG Chairman having communicated to the group yesterday. Briefing media persons after the closed-door meeting here today, CFMG Chairman Maj. Gen (Retd) Eppen [...]
Full Story »Shurhozelie, Rio declare support for Naga integration
Morung Express News Senapati (Tamhazam) | May 28 The Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) on Saturday made a bold declaration that “integration” of Nagas is a birth right that cannot be negotiated at any cost. “Integration is our birth right, our fundamental right,’ declared NPF President Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu at the launching programme of the NPF [...]
Full Story »History made as NPF in Manipur launched
Senapati (Tamhazam) | May 28 : The ‘Cock’, the symbol of Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF), the oldest regional political party in the North East, has finally come to roost in the hills districts of Manipur with the formal launching of the party unit in Manipur at Senapati town on Saturday. Thousands of Southern Nagas from [...]
Full Story »‘Concrete talks on alt arrangement now’
Dimapur, May 24: The United Naga Council has requested prayers from the churches on Sunday May 29 for “fulfillment of our quest for self-governance” even as the third round of tripartite talks of the Government of India, the Government of Manipur and the United Naga Council is to begin. The talks are on the demand [...]
Full Story »Hohos decry AR raid
IMPHAL, May 23: Maram Hoho and Thangal Hoho have expressed resentment over the raid conducted at Maram-Thangal region office by a team of 5 Assam Rifles led by one Maj Tripathi. A press release said, “The hohos are constrained to observe that the draconian attitude adopted by 5 AR has violated the positive spirit of [...]
Full Story »UN plebiscite for Nagas urged
Morung Express Dimapur, May 21 : A United Nations-supervised plebiscite in the lands of the Sikhs, Kashmiri and the Naga people is the clarion, as self-determination remains the only peaceful means of conflict resolution after decades of human misery, a conference in London has declared. A number of resolutions calling for United Nations-overseen plebiscites to [...]
Full Story »NSCN (I-M) leaders held in Manipur
Correspondent IMPHAL, Apr 30 Four top functionaries of NSCN (I-M) were reportedly detained by troops of Assam Rifles in Senapati and Ukhrul districts in Manipur, sources said Saturday. A deputy secretary Mahai Raikhan (39) and two under secretaries, Tuisem Ranra Shimray (40) and Abraham Shaziina (35) were detained by the troops of 5 AR at [...]
Full Story »Peace process may derail if GoI forgets how it started NSCN (I-M)
Peace process may derail if GoI forgets how it started NSCN (I-M) Recalling how the peace process between the government of India and the NSCN was initiated, the NSCN (I-M) on Thursday said that the peace process might be derailed, if the government of India has “forgotten in what spirit the peace process was initiated.” [...]
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