Assam’s dispute with entire Northeast shows who’s wrong

August 27: The government of Assam has land and border disputes with almost all the North Eastern states such as Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Mizoram and these issues reflect the fact that the tribal were driven away from their lands by Assam, a former senior Nagaland minister said. Since India became independent in 1947, in the name of insurgency Read more

‘Inimical forces trying to sabotage peace’

DIMAPUR | AUGUST 27: The fate of the 13-year ceasefire between the Government of India and NSCN (I-M) seems to hang on a thin line following Thursday’s incident at Namsa in Mon district where a ‘Major’ of the NSCN (I-M) was allegedly gunned down by security forces. Ceasefire Monitoring Cell (CFMC) convenor ‘Maj Gen’ Phungthing Shimrang alleged that some agencies Read more

Jolt to IM-Delhi cease fire pact, tension high

AR scalps Sr officer of IM group Dimapur, Aug 26: Tension is running high in Nagaland after the Assam Rifles shot dead a self styled ‘army major’ of the NSCN (IM) in Mon district of Nagaland this morning while five NSCN-IM cadres have been reportedly arrested by the Assam Rifles. The NSCN (IM) has strongly condemned the action of the Read more

Ceasefire, reconciliation face stern test

Dimapur | August 26 : In an unexpected development, two separate unrelated incidents has been reported one from Tizit under Mon district and the other from Mekokla village under Wokha district. In the first incident, it was informed that one SS Major belonging to the National Socialist Council of Nagalim was killed in a firing incident involving an Assam Rifles Read more

Press Release

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF NAGALIM Ministry of Information & Publicity The NSCN condemned in the strongest term of the highhandedness of the 6th Assam Rifles (AR) who shamefully and irresponsibly attacked the NSCN camp at Namsa-Tizit, Mon district, in the morning of 26th August 2010 in which one Major of Naga Army was killed on the spot and Read more

Assam’s baseless accusation will create mistrust & enmity

Dimapur, August 25 (MExN): Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio today said Assam government’s juvenile accusations against Nagaland will only create enmity considering such wild allegations come from the mouths of “responsible leaders.” The Chief Minister’s Secretariat issued a brief note today in response to Assam’s allegations yesterday that Nagaland was indulging in aggression. “Issuing of such immature statements and Read more

Kuki armed groups to deposit arms, ammo by September 20

Imphal August 22: All arms and ammunitions of the Kuki based militant outfits under Suspension of Operation (SoO) will be kept at the Armoury of designated camps or with the nominated police stations or security force camps under double lock by 20th of next month, September 20.The development to the tripartite Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreements between the Government of Read more

UNC blockade extended

Imphal, Aug 23: The 20-day long economic blockade imposed on the two national highways leading to Manipur by the United Naga Council (UNC) which is supposed to end at 6 am of August 24, has been extended by another 25 days. The ongoing blockade began since 6 am of August 4. The spokesman of UNC said tonight over phone that Read more

UNC sees red, questions New Delhi’s sincerity

IMPHAL, Aug 22 : Taking strong exception to the reported statement made by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha on August 19 that “..no question of altering the integrity of the State of Manipur”, the United Naga Council (UNC) asserted that as Chidambaram represented the Government of India in the Lok Sabha, he must bear full responsibility Read more