NSCN/GPRN slams Khole

IMPHAL, Dec 22: Reacting to reported outbursts of Gen (Retd) Khole Konyak against Chairman SS Khaplang, NSCN/GPRN spokesperson P Tikhak observed that being an illiterate, Khole might not be aware of what is appearing in the media every day. Describing the media reports as ‘all construed and bereft of facts’, the spokesperson referred to Khole as an old man in Read more

NSCN (IM) camp destroyed in Tirap district

Khonsa, December19 (ANI): A major training camp of the NSCN(IM)  was unearthed and destroyed at Longbo village, camouflaged deep inside jungle in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, a sensitive area bordering China and Myanmar. Security forces destroyed the training camp on Saturday night, giving a major blow to the insurgent outfit just before the Chirstmas and the New Year. Intelligence officials Read more

NSCN/GPRN ‘opposed to Designated Camp’

DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 19 (MExN): The Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim (NSCN/GPRN) has stated that it was totally opposed to the establishment of NSCN-K Designated camp at Padumpukhuri/Purana Bazar area, Dimapur, Nagaland while pointing out that the “entire exercise is initiated to jeopardize the current peace process between the government of India and the NSCN”. This was stated in a Read more

UNC makes public statement on Manipur government recommendation

The United Naga Council (UNC) is issuing this public statement in response to the reported recommendation of the communal Government of Manipur (GoM) to the Government of India (GoI) for banning of the UNC. Through use of brute dominant force and legitimately established sanctions engineered by the communal GoM over the years, it has become  impossible for the Nagas to Read more

Roadmap for NE

Morung Express The visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to Imphal, Manipur has only raised more questions about New Delhi’s intent to address not just the Naga political issue but similar problems across the Northeast region. The unfortunate thing is that when you are in Manipur, be sensitive to Meitei sentiment and when in Read more

UNC ban call affects rail-line works State asks Centre to ban UNC

IMPHAL, Dec 16: While action, if any, from the Central Government is still being awaited on the Government of Manipur’s insistence that the United Naga Council (UNC) be declared as unlawful organisation, the latter’s call for boycott of all rail-line project work for two months from today has reportedly crippled the national project, particularly in Tamenglong district section of the Read more

KIA Calls for Political Dialogue

By SAI ZOM HSENG Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Leaders of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) met on Tuesday with a Burmese government delegation in the Chinese border town of Ruili, Yunnan Province, and demanded that the parties begin a political dialogue with the goal of reaching a political solution to the ongoing conflict in Kachin State. The meeting was attended Read more

Naga leaders Isak Swu, Muivah meet P Chidambaram

New Delhi, Dec 13 : Top NSCN-IM leaders Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah today met Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed with him the ongoing peace process to find an amicable solution to the vexed Naga issue. During their 20 minute meeting, NSCN-IM ‘chairman’ Swu and ‘general secretary’ Muivah apprised the home minister various aspects of the peace talks Read more

Manipur tribal hill districts demand “Sccutland State”

Dimapur, December 13 (MExN): The Separate Hill Tribal Area Administration Demand Committee (SHTAADC) and the Tribal Peoples’ Organisation of Manipur (TPOM) has proposed to the Government of India for the creation of “Sccutland State” -“state within state”- in Manipur under article244 (A); 275 (i), (ii);  371 (A) and 371 (C) of the Indian Constitution. The organizations charged the government of leaving Read more