Insurgency / Nagaland

DIMAPUR, May 13 ? By arresting five NSCN-IM activists, including a female while they were extorting money from businessmen of the state capital, Kohima Police have not only got a breakthrough into the extortion racket but also found vital clues of vehicle lifting incidents, which have become the reason for sleepless nights for many vehicle owners. According to Superintendent of Police, Kohima I Toshitsungba Aier, police receovered a 9 mm Taiwan make pistol with 6 rounds, 29 counterfoils of demand notes/ receipts of the Angami region of GPRN besides few fake number plates (NL 10 1061, NL 01C...

KOHIMA, May 15 ? The crucial consultative meeting between NSCN (I-M) leadership and a Naga delegation at Bangkok has adopted a four-point declaration, extending full support to the ongoing political negotiation between the Centre and the underground outfit to find a lasting settlement to vexed Naga problem, reports PTI. Type declaration signed by 73 delegates, a copy of which was available here Tuesday also endorsed the apex tribal council Naga Hoho, churches and other mass based organisations to continue the re-conciliation campaign to achieve understanding and unity among the Nagas to...

NEW DELHI, May 11 ? The Naga Consultation Meet endorsing the ongoing peace talks between the Government of India and NSCN (I-M) has, concluded with a clarion call to all Nagas to come forward to support the peace process to ensure solution of the political problem. The four-day meeting that ended on a positive note is likely to ensure continuation of the ceasefire and the political negotiations. It was convened by the NSCN (I-M) and attended by 73 delegates representing various Naga organisations including the all-powerful Naga Ho-ho, church leaders, social workers, besides special invitees...

NEW DELHI, May 9 ? The NSCN (I-M) has underlined the need for solution of the Naga problem without further delay suggesting that both India and the Nagas have to understand each other?s difficulties and come forward with accommodative attitude to ensure that there is no stalemate after more than 54 years of Indo-Naga conflict. The statement made by none other than the NSCN (I-M) general secretary Th Muivah on the second day of the four-day Naga consultative meeting held at Hotel Alexander in Bangkok would sound like sweet music to the ears of the Government of India.

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KOHIMA, May 7 ? Nagaland Chief Minister SC Jamir on Monday said his government had already communicated to the Centre its decision to withdraw arrest warrants against NSCN(I-M) leaders Issar Chishi Swu and Thuingalang Muivah to enable them to visit the country, reports PTI. This would help the NSNC(I-M) to carry forward the political negotiations for an amicable settlement to the protracted Naga problem, the Chief Minister said. ?We have already written to the Union Home Ministry and I have already announced my government?s decision about it (withdrawal of cases)... It is now up to them (NSCN...

AIZAWL, May 7 ? Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga is scheduled to leave for Bangkok today to hold talks with the NSCN (I-M) leadership, Chief Minister?s secretariat sources said here, report PTI. This would be Zoramthanga?s second meeting with NSCN (I-M) leaders in the Thai capital. A former rebel leader himself, Zoramthanga was earlier approached by both the Centre and the NSCN to broker peace deal to solve the Naga problems. He was said to be instrumental in breaking a stalemate when both the sides disagreed on extension of ceasefire outside Nagaland. He, however, said that he would not be...

CHIANGMAI, May 5 ?After holding a fresh round of dialogue for two days with NSCN (I-M) leaders here, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee?s emissary K Padmanabaiah today said though steady progress has been made but there was no ?dramatic development.? ?There has been a steady progress in the talks, may be a bit slow, but no dramatic developments to report,? Padmanabaiah told PTI at the end of the fifth round of meeting this morning at this northern Thai city of Chiangmai. He said there was a good understanding of each other?s problems and the two sides were ?trying to work out a solution to...

NEW DELHI, May 2 ? In a bid to further the Naga peace process, Centre?s interlocutor for Nagaland, K Padmanabhaiah and Intelligence Bureau chief KP Singh will hold fresh talks with the leadership of the key insurgent group NSCN (I-M) from Thursday in Bangkok and are likely to discuss various aspects of the ongoing ceasefire. Padmanabhaiah and Singh are expected to meet NSCN (I-M) leaders T Muivah and Isak Swu during the two-day talks, which are taking place about three months ahead of the expiry of the ceasefire deadline of July 31, informed source said Wednesday. Padmanabhaiah has in the past...

DIMAPUR, May 3: With the completion of almost five years of the signing of the ceasefire agreement between New Delhi and the Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN, the ongoing month of May 2002 would be one of the hectic period, at the Thai capital, Bangkok while the Centre?s special inter-locutor for Nagaland, former Union Home Secretary, K Padamanabhaiah and the director, IB, K P Singh are busy holding fresh round of talks with Muivah from Thursday back home a huge collective delegation of the Naga leaders, under the banner of apex tribal body, Naga Hoho is preparing to leave the country to reach...

DIMAPUR, May 1 ? The Ex-Parliamentarians Association of Nagaland while welcoming the extension of the ongoing truce between Government of India and the NSCN (K) for a period of one more year has demanded the State Government to withdraw the arrest warrants against the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) leaders, Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary, Thuingaleng Muivah. The Association President Tochi Hanso said, "This is a positive step towards creating goodwill and it must be done at the earliest". But he was critical about the almost 5-year-old truce between the...