Revoke DDA, Naga Hoho to centre

DIMAPUR, AUG 3 (EMN): The Naga Hoho has asked the centre to revoke the Disturbed Area Act (DAA) from all Naga areas ‘so as to ensure peaceful co-existence without fear among different races in our land’. In a representation addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Naga Hoho apprised that the DAA has become a sensitive political issue in Nagaland. Read more

Nagas in Burma, FNR for common aspirations

Nagas in Burma, FNR for common aspirations DIMAPUR, JULY 29 : Terming it as an “essential and decisive step towards building bridges in the Naga Reconciliation: A Journey of Common Hope,” the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) has informed that public and church leaders representing the common aspirations of the Nagas in Burma met with the FNR from July 27-29, Read more

NSCN/GPRN admits to killing Ukhrul couple

Dimapur, July 26 (NNN): The NSCN-IM has owned responsibility for the killing of a couple in Ukhrul on Sunday night. In a statement, the NSCN-IM said that they had killed Varengam of Lungpha village, Ukhrul district for his anti-Naga activities. However, the NSCN-IM expressed regret for killing the wife of Varengam saying that she was killed as she came “too Read more

New relations based on shared sovereignty

Dimapur | July 19 : The latest peace talks between the Government of India and NSCN/GPRN has made some sort of breakthrough in the search for a solution to the protracted Naga political problem. This was indicated in the joint statement issued by Centre’s interlocutor RS Pandey and NSCN/GPRN general secretary Th Muivah, who is also the group’s chief negotiator, Read more

Safeguard Naga historical and political rights: FNR

Dimapur,July 21 : The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) has appealed the Naga political groups to stop all forms of provocation which may endanger the reconciliation process. FNR released a statement today urging the political leaders to prevent violence of any form in the Naga areas, and encouraged them to address and resolve all differences in a democratic and peaceful Read more

NSCN (Khaplang) on present political crisis

Morung Express DIMAPUR, JULY 6: The National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang has stated that at no point of time in the history of the Nagas struggle, had the issue been “lowered to it’s nadir as in the present context being orchestrated by renegade and expelled former Gen. Secy. NSCN, N. Kitovi Zhimomi and his flocks of black sheep”. “In Read more

NSCN (K) clarifies on ceasefire

DIMAPUR, JULY 6 : The National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang has pointed out that the ceasefire was signed “in between NSCN (K) or National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and the GOI and definitely not NSCN (Kitovi) or for that reason not even NSCN (Khole)” and that the ceasefire “continues to be there as it was before with the Read more

NSCN (Khaplang) points out ‘truth behind the expulsion’

DIMAPUR, JULY 4 : The National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang group has issued a statement pointing out to what it termed as the “truth behind the expulsion of N. Kitovi Zhimomi from the NSCN/GPRN”. Stating this in a press note issued by its MIP, the NSCN Khaplang stated that with regard to the recent crisis in the NSCN/GPRN, “most Read more

NSCN decries AR raids in Mon

Dimapur, July 3: The NSCN/GPRN (Isak-Muivah) denounces Assam rifles and the Territorial Army conducting raids in Tizit under Mon district.  The publicity wing of the organization said the sixth Assam Rifles, under the command of a Col. Sarma is conducting joint operations since July 2 against the group’s cadres of ‘Songson battalion’ at Tizit in Mon. “The AR and Territorial Read more