Coming first as a man “proud” to be a Naga, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today expressed happiness at the resolutions adopted at the February 29 ‘Naga Reconciliation Meeting’ called by Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR). “If we (Nagas) don’t show such unity, we do not have a future. As long as you cling to your individualism, ‘villagism’ and tribalism, we’ll Read more
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
Morung Express With the common symbol of the ‘Star and Rainbow’ Naga flag clutched to their hearts, more than 50,000 Naga people from all walks of life and from all Naga-inhabited areas including Myanmar have affirmed that Nagas are a “sovereign people” who uphold the principle that sovereignty lies with the people and that the will of the people is Read more
NSCN/GPRN Chairman Isak Chishi Swu renewed his clarion call for reconciliation and unity saying that it was the only way for the Nagas. He called for tearing down the walls which have divided Naga people leading to discord and killings. He said it was time for negotiation and not confrontation. “Our homeland should not be made the battlefield of our Read more
New Delhi, February 29 (IANS): China may resort to territorial grabs, including through a “major military offensive”, especially in Arunachal Pradesh or Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, and India should respond with “a strategy of quid pro quo”, says a report by an independent group of Indian analysts. “Our frontiers with China have been mostly stable for some years now. Read more
NEW DELHI, February 29 (PTI): The Centre on Wednesday said it will soon sign a peace pact with two militant groups in Assam and indicated that the anti-talk faction of the NDFB will enter into a dialogue with the government. Home minister P Chidambaram today said the government has made significant progress in bringing peace in Assam though there were groups Read more