Naga orgs wants GoI to release Anthony, other ‘political prisoners’

Naga frontal organizations in Manipur have demanded that NSCN-IM leader Anthony Ningkhan Shimray and all the “political prisoners” be released unconditionally by the government of India. On Monday, Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Naga Women’s Union (NWU) and All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) said in a communiqué: “The government of India has initiated peace negotiations and peace Read more

ULFA slams army’s missile programme in Assam, Nagaland

Guwahati, March 26 (IANS): The banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday slammed the central government’s proposed plan to base the Akash and Brahmos missile regiments in Assam and Nagaland and said the move has threatened the existence of the people of Assam and northeast as a whole. “The people of Assam are being ‘sandwiched’ between the Read more

Time for Nagas to take right decision: Muivah

NSCN (I-M) General Secretary and the group’s chief negotiator in the Naga peace talks, Th. Muivah, has said that the time has again come for Nagas to take the “right decision” as done by the founding fathers of the Naga National Council (NNC) in the past. Highlighting the progress of the ongoing “Indo-Naga political talks” on the occasion of the Read more

‘Minimal’ presence of Maoists in NE: PC

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: The government has noticed “minimal” presence of Maoists in the northeast region, home minister P Chidambaram told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “In recent months, we have noticed minimal presence of Maoists in North-East,” he said during Question Hour. So far, no case of Maoists indulging in smuggling of arms from across the border has come to Read more

NSCN questions AR on violating CF rules

DIMAPUR, MARCH 10 (MExN):  The NSCN/GPRN (IM) has stated that in the case of conducting any search, certain rules cannot be ignored and that “giving free hand to the Assam Rifles or state police is never the rules found even in the Indian Penal Code (IPC)”.  “When Rev. Puni’s house was searched by the 29th AR of 5 Sector under Read more

Assam Rifles apprehend hardcore cadres of NSCN (IM)

Dimapur, March 9 (MExN): The PRO IGAR (North) in a press note stated that based on information from reliable sources and regular tracking of suspected cadres of NSCN (IM),  29 Assam Rifles of 5 Sector under IGAR(N) and Nagaland Police carried out a  joint  operation in general area Signal Basti. On carrying out the search of the house the party Read more

AFSPA and human rights issues tabled in UN session

IMPHAL, Mar 5 : Taking the fight against Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and human rights violation to a higher plane, the demand for repealing the military Act has been tabled in the ongoing 19th session of the United Nations at Geneva today. Speaking to media persons at Manipur Press Club here today, convenor of the Civil Security Coalition for Read more

Rio endorses resolutions on Naga reconciliation

Coming first as a man “proud” to be a Naga, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today expressed happiness at the resolutions adopted at the February 29 ‘Naga Reconciliation Meeting’ called by Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR). “If we (Nagas) don’t show such unity, we do not have a future. As long as you cling to your individualism, ‘villagism’ and tribalism, we’ll Read more