Insurgency / Northeast

KOHIMA, June 22 – In the backdrop of abetment of movement of insurgents across the international border, Myanmarese and Indian Army official met at Dimapur to discuss strategies to launch operations against holed-up militants in Myanmar on the lines of a similar one in Bhutan, reports PTI.

Although officials denied that there was any discussion to flush out North-east militants taking shelter on the other side of the international border, an intelligence report said the meeting chalked out strategies to launch operations against Indian militants sheltering in Myanmar.

The meeting held at...

IMPHAL, June 21– Even as the army authority deployed in the State has denied to disclose their activities in flushing out of the Manipur-based insurgents along the Indo-Myanmar border, a high-level meeting of Indian and Myanmarese armies was held at Army headquarter at Rangapahar in Dimapur (Nagaland).

According to the reports received here, a 14-member delegation of Myanmar Army led by Lt Gen Ye Myint and their Indian counterparts held a discussion at length the overall security scenario along the international border. Although the meeting was believed to have chalked out strategies to...

DIBRUGARH, June 21 – Claiming that the recent flush-out operations against militants in Bhutan was a major successful venture of the Bhutanese Army, the GOC of the Tezpur-based Four Corps, Lt Gen AS Jamwal on Monday stressed on improved relations with the masses of efficient information gathering. He said that the Army is aware of the reports of fresh recruitments and extortion drives by the banned ULFA, and added that information gathering is a major way to check militancy.

“Our efforts to restore peace continues, and I am sure that attempts by the militants to bring disorder to society will...

NEW DELHI, June 19 – The Centre said it would work for peace through dialogue and take all steps for speedy economic development of the north-eastern region, reports PTI. The UPA government is keen to achieve peace through the process of dialogue and would take all steps for the development of the entire region, an official release quoted Union Tribal Affairs and Development of North Eastern Region P R Kyndiah as having told Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, who called on him on Friday.

Zoramthanga discussed a wide range of issues related to the development of the entire region and the...

DIMAPUR, June 19 – A delegation of the Myanmarese military junta is arriving at Rangapahar cantonment based headquarter of the 3 Corps to discuss the modalities for flushing out armed rebels taking shelter in the jungles of Myanmar inside Indo-Myanmar border. Defence sources said that the military delegation from Myanmar would arrive in Dimapur by today. Even though, Army officials at 3 Corps have denied launching of any offensive jointly, sources in Manipur said the building-up of Army along Manipur-Myanmar border is a definite indication of launch of some kind of joint operation against NE...

NEW DELHI, June 18 — Asserting that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre was concerned with the growth of extremist violence and other forms of terrorist activities, Minister DONER, PR Kyndiah offered his assistance in resolving the problem of militancy in the North-East.

Talking to newsmen on the sidelines of the Conference of Chief Secretaries and Vice Chancellors (VCs), the Minister said that he could play the role of a catalyst as the main initiative would have to be taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs. But he added that the problem of militancy was not merely...

SHILLONG, June 16 – Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, who was a ‘negotiator’ between the Centre and several underground outfits in the North-east for talks during the NDA regime, today said he was ready to offer his services to continue the process, if invited, reports PTI.

“If my service is needed, I will be glad to offer it for the good of the country...But I don’t like to be an uninvited guest,” Zoramthanga told reporters before flying to New Delhi. He said the present Congress-led Government had not discussed the issue with him so far. Asked if he would take up the matter during his...

KOHIMA, June 14 – Taking exception to the letter by senior Congress leaders of the North- east to the Centre, Naga NGOs have charged former chief minister S C Jamir and the other signatories with ‘sabotaging’ the ongoing peace process at a time when the Nagas were hoping for an early settlement of the protracted political conflict through dialogue, reports PTI. Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) and Naga Mothers Association (NMA) condemned the Congress leaders’ stand on the ongoing peace process and their insistence on declaring NSCN(I-M) as a...

Imphal, June 12: Denial by a top brass of Army of any plan towards launching a Bhutan-type militant flush out operations in neighboring Bangladesh and Myanmar has virtually put a full stop to speculations that Indian army was preparing for a joint strike against militants holed up in these neighboring countries. Chief of the Army' s Eastern Command Lt Gen JS Mukherjee who was in Nagaland on his two-day visit said that such operation depends on the policy of the Government as well as participation of the countries concerned. Bhutan type militant flush out operation depends on the mutual policy...

GUWAHATI, June 11: The growing proximity between the outlawed ULFA and the NSCN (IM) has sent disturbing signals to the Assam Government. At a press conference here today, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the recent understanding reached between the NSCN (IM) and the ULFA may come as a serious blow to the law and order situation in the State and, therefore, has become a cause for worry.

" This latest development is very disturbing," the Chief Minister said. He said that the Centre has already been apprised of the matter. This latest rapprochement between the NSCN (IM) and the ULFA comes...