Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and security forces Friday engaged in a gunfight that lasted an hour in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district, police said. The exchange of fire took place at 6.30 a.m. in Arengdo village bordering Assam’s Goalpara district, when security forces came under fire from GNLA rebels. “The encounter lasted for an hour and the militants retreated Read more
Conscious of threats from China from the Northeastern borders, India is inducting its indigenous Akash missiles in the region, even as its Air Force is preparing to meet the military challenge by holding a major war exercise there. Ahead of deploying two squadrons of the Akash surface-to-air missiles in the region, defence minister A K Antony will induct them into Read more
Kohima, March 2 (MExN): The former President of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee and a veteran Congress legislator, K V Pusa has urged all political parties to come together and support the cause of Naga unity. A press release received here stated that addressing the closing ceremony of Nagaland Wrestling meet last evening at Kohima local ground, Pusa said rather than politcising Read more
Dimapur, March 2 (MExN): The Forum for Naga Reconciliation is told to involve the common Naga citizen and communities at the grassroots level in the pacifist group’s efforts to reconcile the Naga underground organizations. The suggestions were pitched to the forum today by a group called “ZEFPB” which stated itself to be “a forum constituted to reconcile the Naga national Read more