Maoist ultimatum to Centre BENGAL-JHARKHAND BORDER, MAR 7 (AGENCIES): The Maoists are now training their guns on big cities and Kolkata and Bhubaneswar could be among their next targets if the government does not announce talks immediately, a senior commander has warned. The threat came from CPI (Maoist) politburo member and military commander Koteswar Rao, alias Kishanji, according to Times Read more
Early solution to Naga issue desired: Pandey Government of India’s Interlocutor to the Naga political talk, R.S.Pandey has said that the Dr Manmohan Singh led – UPA government at the Centre, was keen to bring about an early settlement to the Naga issue , keeping in mind the Naga people’s desires. In an exclusive to the Nagaland Post, Pandey admitted Read more
AZSU for early solution to Naga issue By Our staff Reporter IMPHAL, Mar 7: The 31st Dimki session (union assembly/parliament) of All Zeliangrong Students’ Union (AZSU) has resolved to extend full support and co-operation to the ong-oing peace talks between NSCN (I-M) and Govern-ment of India and called upon the Centre and the collective leadership of GPRN/NSCN to bring about Read more
Nagas deserve more autonomy, says govt Raghvendra Rao New Delhi: The government is willing to offer Nagaland greater autonomy in running its affairs and is learnt to be considering a move to transfer a few subjects from the Concurrent List to the State List exclusively in the case of this state to resolve the six-decade-old conflict and insurgency. “They deserve Read more
RPF reviews stance on NSCN (IM) IMPHAL, Mar 5: The pro-scribed Revolutionary Peo- ple’s Front (RPF) has re-solved to take on the NSCN (IM)’s agenda of jeopardi-sing and straining relation- ship among different revo-lutionary groups of the region. The changed position of the RPF was adopted during a meeting of the outfit’s executive committee held last month, conveyed a statement Read more
The politics of peace Sanjib Kr Baruah, Hindustan Times After the nine-hour-long KLM flight from Amsterdam, one would have expected a weary Thuingaleng Muivah on the New Delhi airport tarmac on Saturday night. But the 75-year-old general secretary of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) showed little signs of a jet lag. A guerrilla who Read more
‘Nagalim’ a greater threat than Chinese claims: AIPU ITANAGAR, Mar 4: The ‘Greater Nagalim’ demand by the NSCN (IM) is a greater threat to Arunachal’s territorial integrity compared to the oft-repeated Chinese claims over the state, Arunachal Indigenous People’s Union (AIPU) observed today. In a release, the union viewed the ‘Nagalim’ issue seriously in the backdrop of the ongoing peace Read more
Futility of talking to Muivah Other stakeholders must be brought together PRASANNA MOHANTY | MARCH 03 2010 When a ceasefire was announced with the most violent and dominant Naga insurgency group, the Nationalist Social Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), in 1997, it was hailed as a big step to bring peace to the region and eventually integrate the fiercely independent Naga Read more
PRESS RELEASE A LEGENDARY NAGA FREEDOM FIGHTER PASSED AWAY. A die hard Naga freedom fighter, Mr. Khodao Yanthan died in the evening of 1st March, 2010 at his brother’s house at Lakhuti village in kyong (Lotha) Region. He was 87. From his young life he was involved in Naga Freedom movement and served the Nation (Nagalim) in different capacities and Read more