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

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

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

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

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

Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and security forces Friday engaged in a gunfight that lasted an hour in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district, police said. The exchange of fire took place at 6.30 a.m. in Arengdo village bordering Assam’s Goalpara district, when security forces came under fire from GNLA rebels. “The encounter lasted for an hour and the militants retreated Read more

Conscious of threats from China from the Northeastern borders, India is inducting its indigenous Akash missiles in the region, even as its Air Force is preparing to meet the military challenge by holding a major war exercise there. Ahead of deploying two squadrons of the Akash surface-to-air missiles in the region, defence minister A K Antony will induct them into Read more

Kohima, March 2 (MExN): The former President of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee and a veteran Congress legislator, K V Pusa has urged all political parties to come together and support the cause of Naga unity. A press release received here stated that addressing the closing ceremony of Nagaland Wrestling meet last evening at Kohima local ground, Pusa said rather than politcising Read more