Insurgency / Nagaland

KOHIMA, May 18 ? With the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government forming a peace committee to facilitate the Naga peace process, various Naga underground groups have now stressed on the need for establishing unity and understanding among themselves to find an amicable solution to the vexed political problem, reports PTI. With an aim of uniting the warring underground groups, NSCN (I-M) recently circulated a seven-point formula which laid emphasis on peace and re-conciliation among rival factions, but with certain conditions.

After extension of the ceasefire between the Centre and...

Kohima, May 17: In what can be termed as another step towards ?Naga unity?, the apex tribal body of two districts in Nagaland ? the Tuensang-Mon Public Organisation (TMPO) ? has decided to reunite with the Naga Hoho, the umbrella organisation of all Naga tribal bodies and public organisations.

The TMPO formed a committee to prepare the groundwork for the reunion at its recently held meeting at Noklak in Tuensang district. It has also reportedly given an assurance to the Hoho about rejoining it. But both the Hoho and the TMPO are non-committal in public about the development.

A senior Hoho...

Jotsoma (Kohima), May 16: In what could come as a surprise to states like Manipur, the Naga Hoho today struck a chord on accommodation and love for neighbours.

Speaking at a function of the Naga National Council (Panger) here today, a senior Hoho leader Krurovi Peseyie said reconciliation is the key for settling the Naga political issue. ?We should be accommodative towards the interests of neighbouring states,? he said, without naming the states. Peseyie said love, combined with a sincere approach, can resolve any problem.

The demand for the integration of all the Naga-inhabited areas under...

GUWAHATI, May 16? A bitter rivalry is slowly developing between the ULFA and the NSCN (IM) following the recent killing of an ULFA cadre at the hands of the NSCN(IM) in Nagaland. And at a time when the North-east is passing through violence and ethnic unrest, this certainly bodes ill for the future.

Revealing this, intelligence sources said the ULFA which has for long been a close ally of the NSCN (K), a sworn enemy of the NSCN(IM), used to maintain a distance with the NSCN (IM), without never really coming into a direct confrontation so far. Similarly, the NSCN (IM) too normally...

DIMAPUR, May 16 ? The Naga National Council (NNC) while welcoming the ?positive step? taken by the Democratic Alliance government in Nagaland for uniting all Nagas under the aegis of Naga National Unity, on Tuesday reiterated its stand that any settlement ?without involving the NNC? can never achieve a solution to the vexed Indo-Naga political problem. Asserting that the Naga problem, which is a political one, ?needs a political solution?, NNC said. We welcome the Peace Committee formed under the dynamic leadership of the chief minister Neiphiu Rio. NNC general secretary Vizosielhou Nagi was...

Calcutta, May 9: The NSCN (I-M) today clarified that it had no objection to former Union home secretary K. Padmanabhaiah being a member of the Centre’s team for the Naga peace talks, but stuck to its demand for appointment of a political leader as chief interlocutor.

V.S. Atem, a former kilonser (minister) in the NSCN (I-M) hierarchy, told The Telegraph while passing through the city that his outfit had always believed that a bureaucrat could not do justice to the chief interlocutor’s role in the peace process. “Padmanabhaiah can continue as a member of Delhi’s negotiating team, though not as...

KOHIMA, May 8 – The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM) said it was committed to “peaceful means for solution” to the more-than-half-a-century old Indo-Naga political problem but lamented that “Indians’ commitment leaves much to be desired despite assurances” reports NEPS. In an exclusive interview to a Netherlands based national daily that made available to North East Press Service Tuesday, General Secretary of the NSCN (IM) Thuingaleng Muivah, however, asserted that the unification of “Naga territories” and their national identities were “non-negotiable. “In other words, the...

NEW DELHI, May 6 – The peace talks between the Government of India and NSCN(I-M) has yet again run into rough weather over the issue of unification of Naga-inhabited areas, highly placed sources said. The deadlock in the peace process prompted Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee to summon Mizoram Chief Minister, Zoramthanga to Delhi for consultation in an attempt to resolve the fresh crisis. The Mizoram Chief Minister last Friday had a close-door meeting with the Prime Minister on the issue, sources added.

The latest crisis can be traced to the last round of official-level talks held in...

Kohima, May 2: The NSCN (I-M) today threatened to “reconsider” its truce agreement with the Centre if security forces continued to raid its camps and arrest activists. However, the threat had little effect on the Assam Rifles, which said the outfit should stop endangering peace in “civilian-populated areas” if it wanted to be left alone.

A team from the 10th battalion of the Assam Rifles had raided a camp of the “UT-1 battalion” of the NSCN (I-M) in Dimapur town early yesterday and arrested three activists, including the “camp commander”. It also seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and...

SHILLONG, April 27 — Drugs including one kilogram of heroin and five kg of ganja and fake vehicle number plates were recovered from an illegal NSCN(IM) town command headquarter in Dimapur recently exposing fresh evidence that the militant outfit is engaged in drug-peddling and other unlawful activities in violation of the ceasefire ground rules. Assam Rifles sources here revealed that the troops of the para-military force busted the unauthorised camp of NSCN(IM) on April 21 last in a lightning board daylight operation. As per ceasefire ground rules in Nagaland, all NSCN (IM) cadres are...