Dimapur, April 18 (MExN): Home Minister of Manipur, Gaikhangam, is denounced for ‘insulting’ the Indo-Naga political dialogue as well as ‘ridiculing’ the “reunification.” An organization, Naga International Support Center (NISC), issued après release today. The NISC explained that the tactic to prevent the Nagas from reunifying or from shaping their own future “is asking for [...]

The main purpose of the cease-fire between the Government of India (GOI) and the National Socialist council of Nagalim (NSCN) is to facilitate for a purposeful political dialogue between the two entities to bring an amicable settlement of the decades long conflict between India and the Nagas. The NSCN’s serious concern is towards a sincere [...]

IMPHAL, Apr 15 : Referring to the response of some Imphal based civil organisations to the supposed options that are emerging in the Indo-Naga dialogue process as published on April 9 in the local media, the United Naga Council (UNC) has categorically stated that peaceful parting of ways is the only option. It maintained that [...]

The Assam Rifles and ZB battalion of the NSCN (I-M) based at Ghatashi designated camp in Zunheboto district had a tiff over interpretation of the cease fire ground rule after they almost collided with each other near the new Upper Tsuyi bridge, Wednesday afternoon A convoy of the Assam Rifles led by DIG Brig. R [...]

NEW DELHI, Mar 30 : Justice delayed is Justice denied stated UN Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns at a media conference at the UN office in New Delhi today. The UN representative who is on a visit to India on a fact finding mission to examine situation of extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions in the country [...]

IMPHAL, Mar 29 : UN Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Summary or Arbitrary Execution, Prof Chirstof Heyns has said that he is aware of the hardships being faced by the people of the North East and it is the major reason for secessionist movement prevalent in the region. He was speaking at a North East [...]

Naga frontal organizations in Manipur have demanded that NSCN-IM leader Anthony Ningkhan Shimray and all the “political prisoners” be released unconditionally by the government of India. On Monday, Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Naga Women’s Union (NWU) and All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) said in a communiqué: “The government of India has [...]

Guwahati, March 26 (IANS): The banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday slammed the central government’s proposed plan to base the Akash and Brahmos missile regiments in Assam and Nagaland and said the move has threatened the existence of the people of Assam and northeast as a whole. “The people of Assam [...]

NSCN (I-M) General Secretary and the group’s chief negotiator in the Naga peace talks, Th. Muivah, has said that the time has again come for Nagas to take the “right decision” as done by the founding fathers of the Naga National Council (NNC) in the past. Highlighting the progress of the ongoing “Indo-Naga political talks” [...]

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: The government has noticed “minimal” presence of Maoists in the northeast region, home minister P Chidambaram told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “In recent months, we have noticed minimal presence of Maoists in North-East,” he said during Question Hour. So far, no case of Maoists indulging in smuggling of arms from across [...]

DIMAPUR, MARCH 10 (MExN):  The NSCN/GPRN (IM) has stated that in the case of conducting any search, certain rules cannot be ignored and that “giving free hand to the Assam Rifles or state police is never the rules found even in the Indian Penal Code (IPC)”.  “When Rev. Puni’s house was searched by the 29th [...]