Start from scratch Ramachandra Guha is the author of India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy The views expressed by the author are personal To the historian, there appear to be striking parallels between the ongoing (at the time of writing) blockade of the Imphal Valley and the blockade of the Kashmir Valley in August 2008. In Read more
Peace talks focus on mutual respect Kohima | June 1 : The Government of India and the NSCN/GPRN today reiterated commitment to exploring ways to find an early negotiated settlement to the Naga political issue that is honorable and acceptable, based on the uniqueness of the Naga situation and history, with mutual respect for each other. Briefly addressing newspersons at Read more
Anti-ADC poll stand against Govt decision turns on candidates Candidate house in Cdl, bridge on IT Rd set afire IMPHAL, May 31: In two separate incidents of vio-lence related to the Autono- mous District Council (ADC) elections in Sadar Hills area, the house of a Congress candidate at Lei-siphung village and a bridge along IT Road have been set on Read more
Imp based media biased : UNC chief SENAPATI, May 31 : The apex body of the Naga frontal organisations in Manipur, the United Naga Council, has minced no words in accusing the Imphal based media of being biased in their reporting and coverage of events and of being hand in gloves with the Government of Manipur in the campaign against Read more
‘A Call to Action to ensure Naga Rights’ As an observer of the Indo-Naga peace talks for nearly 13 years and as an official representative of the Government of the Peoples Republic of Nagalim led by NSCN (I-M) since July 2003* in the United States, I am sending a call to action for insuring the safety and rights of the Read more
Rejoinder to President Angami Regional Council, NNC/Federal Judas Iscariot had sold Jesus Christ for 30 gold coins and with those coins he purchased a plot which is called the ‘plot of blood’. Even today, people from various parts of the world visit that place. Similarly, the NNC/Federal has sold out the rights of the Naga people by singing the 1975 Read more
All democratic means have been ‘exhausted’ Dimapur, May 31 (MExN): Naga organizations from the south today issued a joint statement reiterating their stand on the state-of-affairs arising from a number of issues earlier related to contentions with the state government of Manipur, and recently, since the May 6 Mao Gate killings. “We have exhausted all democratic means to protest and Read more
ADC election takes hostile turn at Ukhrul Aya A Shimray Close on the heels of the 72 hours bandh called by the Tangkhul Co-ordination Committee (TCC) in Ukhrul district against holding of ADC election slated to be held on June 2, 2010, altogether eight houses belonging to the candidates of the up-coming ADC election have been dismantled by unidentified mob Read more
Open letter to K. Ranjit, Works Minister Apropos to Mr. K. Ranjit Works Minister’s press statement “By Road or By Air, Muivah will be banned” that appeared on Thursday 27th May, 2010 in Hueiyen Lanpao daily esteemed paper and Mr. Yambem Laba’s “Muivah-homecoming too far” in the same paper on Tuesday 25th May, 2010. Former represents SPA Govt. of Manipur Read more