Rights activist justifies Nagas cause for sovereignty Mokokchung, May 16 (EMN): The Nagas struggle for sovereignty got a bolster from a human rights activist and writer Dr Bela Bhatia who said that the demand of the Naga elders for an Independent homeland was legitimate because the land never belonged to India. “A historical injustice has been done to the Naga Read more
DIMAPUR, MAY 14 (EMN): Voicing disappointment at the apparent unwillingness of the Meiti civil society organisations to join in efforts to find peaceful options to the ongoing situation, the Coordination Committee of the Naga Civil Society Organisations has resolved that ‘Naga people will not be responsible for any turn of events or eventualities’ as all its peace overtures have been Read more
UNC’s diktat to Naga candidates Dimapur, May 14 (MExN): In pursuing the United Naga Council’s (UNC) decision on the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act 2008 , a note issued by UNC president Samson Remei today declared that the Naga candidates who have filed nominations and are participating in the ADC election have deliberately defied the decision of the ‘Naga Read more
Ukl ready to roll out red carpet for Muivah Ukhrul, May14 : Despite the firm stand taken by the State Government to ban the proposed visit of Th Muivah to his birth place, Ukhrul district and its headquarters have geared up to receive the rebel leader. Welcome gates have been erected in every nook and corner of the town to Read more
Indian police fire on Naga protesters in Manipur By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta Police have opened fire on a group of Naga tribespeople on the border between India ‘s north-eastern states of Manipur and Nagaland, officials said. Police said 15 protesters had been injured, mostly during a stampede. A group representing the Nagas alleged that at least two Nagas Read more
NSCN committed towards peaceful solution Dimapur, May 8 (MExN): The National Socialist Council of Nagalim is committed and determined that the general secretary Thuigaleng Muivah will visit to Somdal in Ukhrul district and other Naga areas in Manipur. “We abide by the wish of the Naga people to visit our own people to spread the good news of peace and Read more
‘Stop Shedding Innocent Blood’ Khuzama-Mao Border | May 8 : Hundreds of Naga women converged at Khuzama-Mao border on Saturday for a peace rally and to protest against the violence perpetuated on women and children by Manipur security forces. Organized by the Naga Mothers Association (NMA), the rally was held to extend solidarity to those were killed and injured in Read more
Naga Hoho decries ‘war’ waged by Manipur Dimapur, May 8 (MExN): Apex Naga civil organization the Naga Hoho today hoisted what is seen as the strongest and hardest-hitting declaration in the recent times – virtual integration of the Naga inhabited-areas – and that all boundaries drawn across Naga lands in Manipur are now derecognized. In making this declaration, the Naga Read more
Naga students protest before Manipur Bhawan New Delhi, May 6 (PTI): Protesting against the Manipur government’s move not to allow NSCN-IM leader T Muivah to visit the state, around 70 Naga students today tried to gherao the Manipur Bhawan here this evening. The students, who came in three buses, also resorted to sloganeering, decrying the Manipur government’s refusal to allow Read more