New Delhi, June 6: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that the Centre was ready to hold talks with Northeast insurgent outfits, if they were ready to join the mainstream. In a recent interview to a news channel, he said: “We are very open to negotiation. Those factions, with whom the peace talks are ongoing, and Read more
June 5, Shillong: An intense gun battle erupted in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district on Thursday, and lasted for 6 hours as security forces launched a crackdown on a militant hideout, an official said. There were no reports yet if anyone was arrested or killed in the crackdown in Adugre area, about 370km from here. “The gun battle is on Read more
Aizawl June 4: The Chakma community members did not cast a single vote during the bye-election to the member of the Chakma Autonomous District Council in the Boranpansury-II seat on Wednesday after a boycott call by the NGOs and political parties. No ballot was cast in any of the three polling stations. The NGOs including the Young Chakma Association (YCA) and Read more
Shillong, June 4: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday said his Government is offering a one-time peace settlement with all militant groups active in the state, an attempt to re-strategize the government’s approach to dealing with the mushrooming of militant groups, especially in the Garo Hills region. The decision came a day after the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Read more
PHEK, JUNE 3: The people of Phek Town have condemned the alleged murder of Chivoveyi Nienu by Vekuvo and Thomas of NNC (N/A) “through false conviction.” The ACAUT’s media cell informed that the Phek Town public has demanded a response from the NNC (N/A) “whether death penalty is appropriate and befitting for a mere theft if committed by the victim.” Read more
Dimapur, June 3: NSCN (I-M) UT 1 has reiterated its position on the ban imposed on “night clubs and brothels” in Dimapur. In a statement, NSCN (I-M) UT 1 warned that vehicles found parking outside the “night club and restaurant” after 10 p.m. would be destroyed/damaged. NSCN (I-M) UT 1 also informed that “some miscreants” were collecting money in the name Read more
Dimapur, June 3:NSCN (K) People’s Army of Nagaland ‘Lt. Gen.’ Niki Sumi has blamed the state government agencies, “especially the police and bureaucracy” for victimizing “hundreds of NSCN workers” merely on grounds of law and order situation. In a statement titled “Cease-fire quagmire: augmentation of state govt’s (Nagaland) anti-Naga posture, “ Niki said polarization of Naga political groups and “diabolic Read more
New Delhi, May 31 :NSCN (I-M) functionary ‘lt col’ Hopeson Ningshen has been held guilty by a Special CBI Court at Patiala House, New Delhi on Saturday for the “abduction and murder” of Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) of Kasom Khullen, Ukhrul district, Manipur Thingnam Kishan and his two subordinates Y. Token and A. Rajen in February, 2009. According to sources, Hopson was Read more
Kohima, May 31: Former union home secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai expressed optimism that if the Modi-led NDA government at the Centre could sort out some of the pending issues of the long-drawn Naga peace talks, it would be able to bring an honourable and acceptable solution to the decades-old Naga political issue within a year. Pillai, who is currently on a Read more