Insurgency / Nagaland

ITANAGAR, Feb 1 ? Arunachal Pradesh has opposed the inclusion of some parts of the state territory in greater Nagalim. However it made it clear that the government is not against the peace talks between New Delhi and NSCN (IM) leaders. "The State government is not against the peace process which should be within the ambit of the territory of Nagaland and within the framework of Indian Constitution", Takam Sanjoy Minister, Education and government spokesman told media persons, on Friday.

Sanjoy emphatically stated that not a single inch of land of Arunachal Pradesh would be parted with...

Imphal, January 30: The Khaplang faction of the NSCN is all set to hold political dialogue with the Government of India by August this year. Well-placed sources close to the NSCN (K) supremo SS Khaplang disclosed to the Network .that if everything goes well, Khaplang and his aides would start political dialogue even before August this year. The source said that the leaders of the Khaplang group including the cabinet ministers and high ranking officials of the underground government are now holding intensive and extensive discussion to chalk out strategies for the dialogue at one of the base...

Kohima, Jan. 29: A senior member of the National Socialist Council Of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah)?s tatar (council), Tevodeho Tetso, was abducted and killed by unidentified persons yesterday. In a bitter reaction, the NSCN (I-M) immediately put the blame on its rival, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) for the killing.

Tetso?s body was recovered near Rusoma village, 10 km from Kohima, this morning. He was abducted by unidentified gunmen from near the Kohima High School junction on Monday.

Though Kohima police had launched a hunt after a complaint was filed, all they could recover...

Imphal, Jan. 29: Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga?s demand for a boundary commission for the Northeast and merger of Mizo-inhabited areas of Manipur to his state has evoked sharp reactions from the Democratic People?s Party (DPP) and All-Manipur United Clubs? Organisation (Amuco).

Zoramthanga was quoted as having said at a news conference in Aizawl on Monday that he would urge the Centre to constitute a boundary commission for settling border disputes in the Northeast.

States carved out of Assam have boundary disputes with either Assam or other neighbouring states, Zoramthanga was quoted as...

Imphal, January 28: Describing former Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga as immature and over-ambitious, DPP working president Udoy Thongam and convenor of the party's Committee on Territorial Integrity, RK Anand today said Zoramthanga has no role to play on the question of the State's territorial integrity. Reacting to the former rebel leader's suggestion for a committee to redefine boundaries of North Eastern States, the two leaders said Zoramthanga has no knowledge even on .the historical fact of his own State, Mizoram. Supplementing the charge, they said that in between 1840 and 1850 a...

AIZAWL, Jan 24 ? Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, who has been involved in the Naga peace deal, Friday claimed he salvaged the Centre- NSCN(IM) talks in New Delhi Thursday by intervening at the right time, reports PTI.

Addressing party workers who received him in front of the office of the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) party, Zoramthanga said the NSCN (IM) leaders were angered by the statement of Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh to the media that he was assured by the Prime Minister that Manipur would not be divided. ?The NSCN leaders, who were all set to leave Delhi for Amsterdam...

Dimapur, Jan. 25: With the Nagaland poll scene hotting up, the NSCN(K) has accused its rival, the NSCN (Isak-Muivah), of issuing death threats to non-Nagaland People?s Front candidates, particularly those belonging to the ruling Congress.

The NSCN(K)?s ?home secretary? Hokato Vushe told The Telegraph: ?At least seven Congress candidates around Dimapur had been telephoned by a deputy kilonser (minister) of the NSCN(I-M) on January 22 and 23, who warned them of dire consequences if they did not quit the Congress and join the NPF. They were warned that their hands and legs would be smashed if...

Dimapur, Jan. 24: A day after its leaders wrapped up their maiden talks on Indian soil, the NSCN (I-M) today said issues relating to Manipur ? a grey area in the entire peace process ? were only a part of the ?Indo-Naga problem?.

Speaking out for the first time on the recent meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Manipur delegation led by chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, NSCN (I-M) leader V. Horam today said the Indo-Naga issue should be ?looked in its totality?.

?We don?t want to waste time splitting hairs on the Manipur-Nagaland or Nagaland-Assam issues. We are not...

New Delhi/Rangiya (Assam), Jan. 24: Barely a few hours after NSCN (I-M) leaders Th. Muivah and Isak Chisi Swu flew out of the country today, the army expressed the hope that the landmark talks would have a ?positive impact? on insurgent outfits in the Northeast. Before boarding the flight to Amsterdam, the two NSCN (I-M) leaders, too, echoed a similar view.

Asked to leave a message for the many militant outfits his organisation had inspired, Muivah said: ?If the government of India is prepared to talk to them (insurgent outfits), we shall certainly tell them that they, too, should be prepared...

New Delhi, January 24: Top leaders of NSCN(I-M), who have just concluded talks with the Centre, would ask other northeastern insurgent groups to "be prepared to understand" the Centre?s point of view, if the Centre decides to hold parleys with them. "If Government of India would be prepared to talk to them (insurgent outfits), we shall certainly tell them that they should also be prepared to understand the Government.... we will also ask our friends to be prepared to find a better solution," NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah said when asked what message they would like to give to...