The missing points about Naga in Myanmar

VawMung Kim.:    20 June. 2014 After reading both statement released by MrNiki and the Naga MPs from Myanmar on Nagaland Post respectively, some thinking come into my mind and I cannot help myself from writing this as some kind of reflection, with no bias. This, hopefully, highlights the ground reality existing among the Eastern Naga people in Myanmar, unless people would Read more

Formal talks between NSCN (IM) & GoI soon

Dimapur  June 15: Prior to the holding of formal talks between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM), a series of informal meetings are reportedly going on in New Delhi between the two parties. “Very soon, the formal talks with the Government of India will begin at the highest level and we are hopeful of the outcome of the Read more

Kuki Inpi seeks justice before pact with NSCN

Imphal June 15: The Kuki Inpi has written an open memorandum to Prime Minister Narenda Modi and expressing hope that the PM would “accord due cognizance of the Kuki people struggle for justice over the heinous criminal acts of the NSCN (I-M).” The memorandum released to the media by the Kuki Inpi was written by A. Lenthang, Kumpi and Thangsei Haokip, Read more

United A’chik Liberation Army Chief Arrested

GUWAHATI/TURA: In a prize catch, Assam Police on Saturday arrested the self-styled chairman of United A’chik Liberation Army (UALA) Novembirth Marak from a Guwahati hospital. The chairman of UALA also known as Chiindik Marak (36) was detained by the special operation unit (SOU) of Assam Police, a senior police official said. The militant leader was admitted to the hospital on Read more

NSCN/GPRN on Naga Sovereignty

Lt.Gen.Niki Sumi, People’s Army of Nagaland, NSCN/GPRN June 7, 2014 Recently, speculating on possible settlement between GOI and IM, the NSCN/GPRN has unnecessarily been dragged in by few high profile individuals either out of their ignorance or with ulterior motives. Hence, the NSCN/GPRN’s position on the longstanding unresolved political issue is being clarified thus. The Indo-Naga-Myanmar political issue basically is Read more

UNC announces 48 hour bandh

Imphal, June 10: The United Naga Council (UNC) has announced a 48-hour total bandh in Naga areas with effect from the midnight of June 16 till midnight of June 18 to protest alleged unabated communal actions and policies of the Government of Manipur and to urge the Government of India to expedite its intervention for an ‘Alternative Arrangement’. However, medical Read more

UPLA cadres captured in Dimapur

Dimapur June 10:Nine cadres of the United People’s Liberation Army, a Karbi militant outfit, were captured in Dimapur in a police operation on June 8. The cadres, suspected to be connected to the killing of Karbi-Anglong’s Hamren Police District Superintendent of Police, Nityananda Goswami on June 5, were taken into custody by the Karbi-Anglong police. Dimapur police stated that the Read more

Bangladesh considers Chetia’s repatriation plea

Guwahati, June 10: Bangladesh is ‘processing’ Ulfa leader Anup Chetia’s request for voluntary repatriation to India. Chetia, the general secretary of the outlawed outfit, has been in a Bangladeshi prison since 1997. He asked to be repatriated to India in June last year. Chetia was a close aide of Ulfa supremo Paresh Baruah. Chetia alias Golap Baruah was arrested at Dhaka’s Read more