Insurgency / Nagaland

Kohima, Jan. 15: After the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, another militant outfit of the state — the Naga National Council (NNC) — has strongly opposed the ongoing peace talks in New Delhi between the Centre and the NSCN (I-M). The Walling and Nagi faction of the NNC, in a statement issued by its president I. Panger Walling and general secretary Vizosielhou Nagi, said, “The NSCN (I-M) is only a faction and does not constitute a properly mandated organisation representing the views of the Naga people as a whole.”

The NNC said the Nagas would not except a piecemeal solution to the 55-year-old...

Imphal, January 14: NSCN(K) supremo SS Khaplang is all set to come to India by November this year for a political dialogue with the government of India according to a well placed source of the outfit. The source said Khaplang presently in Myanmar had indicated his willingness to come to India for negotiations with the government of India latest by the end of this year and added many of the top ranking leaders of the faction are also coming with him. Khaplang would also find a way to come to term with the NNC/FGN during his visit to India in the later part of the year. Khaplang, a Hemi Naga and...

GUWAHATI, Jan 13 — The State Government will not compromise on the territorial integrity of the State in view of the demand for a greater Nagaland by the NSCN(I-M). Addressing the inaugural function of the 6th Brahmaputra Beach Festival here this afternoon, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in presence of the Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani said, “we will oppose integration of all Naga inhabitated areas as demanded by the NSCN(I-M) leaders as it will create more problem for the State. We will not compromise on our territorial integrity.” He, however, hailed the peace process with the NSCN(I-M)...

Guwahati/Kohima, Jan. 12: Former Nagaland chief minister and BJP national executive member Hokishe Sema will lead a BJP-led Opposition front — the Nagaland Democratic Alliance — in the Assembly elections starting February 26, amid speculation that the anti-Congress combine has the tacit support of the NSCN (I-M).

A decision to this effect was taken after parleys between the Nagaland People’s Front and Nagaland BJP leaders with NDA convenor George Fernandes and BJP national president Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi.

Speaking to The Telegraph from New Delhi, Hokishe Sema said the BJP high command...

NEW DELHI JAN. 11. Emerging from the meeting with the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) made a significant statement here today. There would be "no more fighting between Indians and Nagas," they said.

"I want to tell you that there will be no more fighting between Indians and Nagas. That is the understanding we have reached now,'' the NSCN (I-M) chairman, Isak Chisi Swu, said after an hour-long meeting with Mr. Fernandes.

"The people of Nagaland have been praying that the leadership of India and the NSCN (I-M) should...

Shillong, Jan. 11: At a time when the region’s eyes are focused on New Delhi — where the two leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) visited Rajghat before kickstarting the peace talks — far away in a small house in Shillong, a 75-year-old woman recalled Mahatma Gandhi and the Naga struggle for self-determination like no one else.

Kong Bires Lyngdoh Nongrang, huddled by the fireside in her hilltop residence in Risa Colony, recalled how her husband, Theyiew Shakrie, general secretary of A.Z. Phizo’s Naga National Council who was often referred to as “Phizo’s lips and...

Kohima, Jan. 11: Even as the NSCN (I-M) and the Centre are trying to hammer out a lasting solution to the Naga problem, there is simmering tension in the state following intelligence reports about a possible spurt in the turf war between the two factions of the NSCN. Describing the situation in Nagaland as “tense,” the security forces have stepped up vigil in the state. Frisking and patrolling by Assam Rifles jawans in the sensitive areas have been increased.

“We are taking all measures to avert any untoward incident,” a senior Assam Rifles official here told The Telegraph.

“The situation in...

New Delhi, Jan. 11: After an hour-long discussion with defence minister George Fernandes, the NSCN (I-M) leaders today said there would be no more fighting between “Indians and Nagas”. Though a ceasefire agreement has been in place in Nagaland since 1997 and today’s reiteration by NSCN (I-M) chairman Isak Chisi Swu is largely symbolic, its significance cannot be overlooked.

For the Naga leaders who have relentlessly fought the Indian Army, the statement shows a complete shift in mood and direction of the outfit.

“I want to tell you that there will be no more fighting between Indians and Nagas...

IMPHAL, Jan. 11. — An all-party ‘peace-talks monitoring cell’ was set up here today with chief minister Mr O Ibobi Singh as its convener following what is viewed here as disturbing signals regarding the territory of Manipur emanating from the NSCN (I-M)-Centre talks.

“I will even give up my chief ministership if it would save the territory of Manipur from being divided,” Mr Ibobi Singh said. “We are are ready to meet the eventuality at any cost,” he added at the em-ergency meeting of all state political parties that was hastily convened at 10.30 a.m. at the CM’s conference hall here. It was...

Imphal, January 11: An all-party emergency meeting presided over by Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh today conveyed to the Centre that the territorial integrity of the state would be maintained ‘at any cost’.

The meeting was held in the wake of the NSCN (I-M) leaders’ demand for formation of ‘greater Nagaland’ placed during the ongoing peace talks with the Centre in Delhi.

The resolution adopted at the meeting said the people of Manipur would ‘‘unitedly oppose attempt by any authority to disintegrate the state’’.

‘‘The territory of Manipur belongs to Manipuris (different communities...