Insurgency / Nagaland

KOHIMA, July 20: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has urged the Centre and Naga underground factions to extend the tenure of ongoing ceasefire in the state and declare unilateral truce among different factions to bring about sustainable peace in Nagaland, reports PTI. NPCC in its executive committee meeting here on Tuesday reviewed the present political situation in the state and resolved that to usher in real and sustainable peace, all underground factions should declare ceasefire among themselves. Favouring extension of ceasefire between the Centre and all the underground groups...

GUWAHATI, July 20: After a gap of six months, a meeting of Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) was held on Tuesday at Dimapur in Nagaland in a heated atmosphere marked by trading of charges and counter-charges. The meeting was attended only by representatives of the Centre, including the Union Home Ministry and the Army, and the Isak- Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). The state government of Nagaland had withdrawn from the CFMG after the NSCN(IM) ambushed Chief Minister SC Jamir's convoy in November last year. The main purpose of the meeting, chaired by PD...

KOHIMA, July 19: To break the stalemate over the ceasefire monitoring mechanism, the much awaited meeting of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) with the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) was held in a cordial atmosphere in Dimapur yesterday, reports UNI. The meeting has decided to open a ceasefire monitoring cell of the NSCN(IM) near Dimapur, official sources said today. CFMG chairman PD Shenoy, representatives of the Nagaland government, officials of the security forces and the leaders of the NSCN(IM) took part in the meeting which was described as vital for peace...

KOHIMA, July 16: Prominent organisations in Nagaland have urged both Centre and NSCN(IM) to extend the ongoing ceasefire, which expires on July 31, further while calling for steps to expedite the political talks to hammer out a solution to the problem, reports PTI. The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), in a statement, appealed to the Centre and NSCN(IM) to extend the present tenure of ceasefire and called for maintenance of terms and conditions of truce by both sides. regarding the announcement by NSCN(K) that it wanted to have a formal ceasefire with the Union government, NBCC urged to...

DIMAPUR, October 3: The residence of the editor of a local daily has been ransacked and robbed by a gang of robbers who also tried to abduct her husband after the couple refused to pay Rs 5 lakh to them, police said today. Armed robbers, who claimed to be National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) activists, raided the house of Nagaland Page editor, Monalisa Changkija, at Duncan Basti area early yesterday and demanded the money. When Changkija and her husband, Bendang Longkumer, deputy general manager of the Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC), refused to pay, the robbers...

NEW DELHI, August 29: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has warned the Indian Army of desisting from any action that would jeopardise the ongoing peace process and stop aiding and abetting SS Khaplang and his mercenaries. Reacting to two news items "Army warns against violence" and "CFMG meet held" in the Dimapur-based Nagaland Page on August 22, the NSCN said the "ulterior motives" of the Indian Army was questionable. It said the current ceasefire was between the Indian government and the NSCN and not between NSCN and Khaplang or between the Indian government and Khaplang. The...

NEW DELHI, August 29: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has finally come out with the reasons that "necessitated the awarding of capital punishment" to Dally Mungro and two of his associates on 18 August 1999 at Jotsoma village near Kohima in Nagaland. An official statement made available to "Northeast Vigil" said many people from Khaplang's group had approached the NSCN leadership for talks and the latter responded positively. But late Dally and SC Jamir had stopped them and torpedoed the entire arrangement. A good number of Shillong Accordists too wanted to meet our leaders...

GUWAHATI, August 22: The Army today warned that it would not remain a mute spectator if the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) factions in Nagaland try to engage themselves in inter-group violence taking advantage of the ceasefire between the government of India and the NSCN(Isak-Muivah). The Army's reaction came in the wake of the killing of the general secretary of the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, Dally Mungro, which is now posing a serious threat to the ongoing moves for peace and unity among different rebel groups. In a statement, the Army said, "No government can remain...

KOHIMA, August 21: The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) general secretary, Dally Mungro, who was gunned down on Wednesday, was buried at his native village Longkhum in Nagaland's Mokokchung district yesterday. Earlier, a funeral service was held where the slain leader's wife Khutoli Mungro was present. Meanwhile, tension has gripped the state in apprehension of factional fights between two rival factions of the NSCN following the killing of Mungro and his associates. The security forces have also geared up for preventive measures in the vulnerable places to face any...

CALCUTTA, August 20: The killing of the general secretary of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, Dali Mungro, yesterday is a major blow to both peace in the state and the moves for unity among different rebel groups. The stronger group -NSCN(Isak-Muivah)- has openly claimed responsibility for the killing of Mungro and two of his comrades at Jotsoma village, about 8 km from the capital town of Kohima, Today, an NSCN(IM) leader, however, said over the phone from Dimapur that "the order was to capture him (Mungro) alive but he was shot when he tried to escape."...