Editorial: Nagalimvoice.com The yearning for peace and reconciliation within the Naga family had necessitated the formation of Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) in 2008, under which many unwanted nature of conflict/confrontation and hostilities has been reduced to an encourage-able level. The efforts Read more
Abraham Lotha When we look at the present Naga political scenario, we have made a mess for ourselves. The filth, dirt, garbage, pollution and the endemic clogged drains of our towns are symptomatic and emblematic of the Naga society. This in spite of Rio getting India Today Group’s State of States Award 2011 for the Most Improved Small State (Infrastructure) Read more
The Hon’bleChief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Neiphiu Rio and the Hon’ble President of the Naga People’s Front(NPF) Shri Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu had created history when they formally launched the NPF Manipur State Unit on 28th May, 2011 at Senapati. The launching of the NPF Unit in Manipur sector can be considered as a significant event mainly for two reasons. First, Read more
K Anurag in Guwahati Ban is the bane of life in the frontier state of Manipur that is plagued by myriad troubles ranging from insurgency, ethnicity to underdevelopment. Till ten days back the state was being crippled by unrelenting economic blockade along the two arterial national highways connecting it to the rest of the country. Another ban of a different Read more
Ba Kaung Friday, June 17, 2011 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has been at various points of engagement with the Burmese army since 1961 when the Kachins first demanded independence. Later, it called for Kachin autonomy within a federal system—another aspiration which was never fulfilled. In 1994, it reached a ceasefire agreement with the ruling military leaders, this time with Read more
NATIONAL SOCIALIST COUNCIL OF NAGALIM Dated Oking 12th April 2001. STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP This statement is written for the Nagas and the Meiteis that they may once again search their hearts to discern their rights to be free. To blame others should not be the only way to justify ourselves; we have got to correct ourselves too if Read more
Dimapur, November 2 : The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has denounced the Government of India’s extending the ‘Disturbed Area’ status on Nagaland, under the black law the infamous Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). The NPF said the latest action of the Centre is an ‘instrument’ of ‘genocide’ against the people. A statement denouncing the AFSPA, and the extension of Read more
The Naga rebellion has spawned many groups in the past 60 years. NSCN-IM’s Maj Gen Phunthing Shimray tells AVALOK LANGER that his outfit wants to bring all Nagas under one administrative umbrella Nestled in the dense jungles of the Naga Hills, the Naga people’s movement simmers, ignored and unresolved. Since 1946, the Naga National Council (NNC) had championed the cause, Read more
The statement in the Lok Sabha on 19th August ’10, by the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram that the Govt. of India rules out any move to alter the boundary of the states in the North-East region to ACCOMMODATE the demand for ‘Greater Nagalim,’ is but a fitting example of the left hand of the UPA II not knowing what Read more