New Delhi, July 7: The NSCN(IM) has blamed the previous Manmohan Singh government for failure to evolve a solution to the vexed insurgency problem in Nagaland saying the UPA regime “lacked decisive leadership”. NSCN(IM) chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah said the previous government “exploited” their patience and did not respond for two years the outfit’s proposals Read more
Mandalay, Myanmar July 4: Hundreds of Buddhists threatened to kill Muslims as they rode on motorcycles through Myanmar’s second-largest city of Mandalay on Friday, raising the prospect of further communal violence after two people died in unrest earlier in the week. Inter-religious violence has flared throughout the country over the past two years, threatening to undermine political reforms initiated by the Read more
Dimapur, July 2: The NSCN (IM) today issued a statement with regard to the “killing” of Athong Yimchunger on July 1. A press note from the MIP stated that “in 2008, the then sergeant Athong committed treason by deserting with three service arms after brutally killing the security commander Lieut. Thouthutho.” Since then, it said that the “Naga army had Read more
IMPHAL, June 30: The man convicted in the gruesome triple murder of Dr Thingam Kishan and his two subordinates, Hopeson Ningshen, was on Monday awarded life imprisonment. Special Judge PC Act) Vinay Kumar Gupta pronounced the quantum of punishment at the CBI Special Court Patiala. National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM) self-styled Lieutenant Colonel Hopeson Ningshen was on May 31, Read more