Insurgency / Nagaland

DIMAPUR, Feb 27 – Nagaland Police chief reacting to the allegations levelled by various non-Congress political parties that personnel of both the recently raised Indian Reserve Battalions (IRB) had favoured ‘one’ political party, said the complaints have been enquired into through various sources and the report has been submitted to the government.

Terming the IRB personnel as the most disciplined and well trained to tackle any situation, Hesso Mao, Director General of Police, Nagaland vehemently denying the accusations said they had been properly briefed before being deployed for elections...

NEW DELHI, Feb 25 — Personnel of Nagaland Armed Police (NAP) stormed the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Zunheboto district on the eve of elections as elaborate security arrangements were made today in Tripura, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh for tomorrow's Assembly polls, reports PTI.

About 100 men of the 8 NAP battalion stationed at Naltoga on the outskirts of the town gheraoed the DC's office last night on suspicion that their postal ballots for the polls were being tampered. They detained 20 staff members for about eight hours over the inadequate number of postal ballots by the...

KOHIMA, Feb. 24 – The Naga National Council, while ‘unreservedly’ condemning the forthcoming State Assembly elections called by the Government of India reasserted “in the strongest possible terms its rejection of any such elections in the absence of a settlement of the Naga political problem of invasion”.

The NNC in a release on Sunday issued by its acting president Gen. (retd) I. Panger Walling reminded the Government of India and the Naga people that “the imposition of the Indian state elections in the Naga country completely contravenes and countermands the Naga plebiscite of 1951”...

Dimapur, Feb. 22: Barely a week before the elections to the 10th Nagaland Assembly, the Congress is under intense pressure, especially in Dimapur district, from the Opposition that is hell-bent on denying another cakewalk to chief minister S.C. Jamir.

To counter the Opposition’s forages into the district, the Congress staged a protest rally against the alleged threats to its candidates and abduction of party workers and supporters by underground elements.

In a memorandum to Dimapur deputy commissioner Sanjay Kumar, the party openly alleged that “the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) is misleading the...

Dimapur, Feb. 18: In a positive response to S.S. Khaplang’s call for unity, the NSCN (I-M) today said the rival insurgent leader’s statement could be the stimulus for a new campaign to reconcile warring Naga groups. “If we are all concerned about Naga unity, things should move in the right direction. In fact, our collective leadership had similarly appealed to all to give suggestions for the progress of the peace process,” the convener of the NSCN (I-M)’s ceasefire monitoring cell, Phungthing Shimrang, said here.

During a recent interview to The Telegraph at the NSCN (K)’s council...

Shillong, Feb. 13: Dismissing talk of the Centre isolating the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, the Union minister of state for home, I.D. Swami, today said the government had not lost sight of the fact that the outfit had as much a stake in Nagaland?s future as the Isak-Muivah group.

Swami told newspersons here that the Centre would hold talks with all insurgent outfits of the Northeast, provided they did not set any conditions. He said efforts were on to convince the NSCN (K) to opt for a dialogue and that the Centre had deputed secretaries in the home ministry to talk with S.S. Khaplang.

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Imphal, Febuary 13: The Center has no plan to disband or disarm the .NSCN (IM) but the question is when Government of India can reach a. final accord with the party concerned, is there any rationale for the party to remain as it is. Ultimately they have to come overground and naturally all the arms have to be surrendered to the Government of India. Disclosing this to North East Press Service, a high ranking Central official narrated various events including that of Mizo National Front, (MNF) which took place in the past. He further explained as to how the then Mizo militant outfit, MNF...

Life flows incessantly in this picturesque setting, just like the gurgling streams in the area. The rectangular valley that houses a cluster of thatched structures could easily pass off as any countryside: smoke whiffing out of chimneys, a mother sunbathing her baby in the courtyard or a group of elderly people engrossed in conversation around a fireplace in the open.

This hamlet sprang up just three years ago on the banks of Tenup and Tephak, two streams in the Patkai hill ranges, and has a cosmopolitan character. The inhabitants are from different parts of the Northeast, have different...

KOHIMA, Feb 9 ? Despite assurances by the top NSCN(I-M) leadership not to interfere in the election process, its cadres were threatening village elders against supporting Congress candidates in the run-up to the February 26 Assembly elections, Nagaland Chief Minister SC Jamir said on Saturday, reports PTI.

The chairman of many village councils in Mokokchung district were summoned by the NSCN(I-M) and warned of consequences if residents voted for Congress candidates, Jamir, also the PCC chief, said at a function to release the party poll manifesto. He said that he received information from...

In the diffused light of the candle-lit room, the tears in the eyes of 17-year-old Inavi Yeptho glisten like dewdrops in sunshine. The young but battle-hardened NSCN (K) activist weeps in solitude whenever he remembers his younger sister. She was a toddler when he left home two years ago and he has not seen her since.

The likes of Inavi, who have made the jungle their home and war their mission, have had to pay a big price for the sake of the cause they profess to uphold ? long periods of separation from their near and dear ones. Some like Pangmei, barely out of his twenties, have tragic...