Politics / Nagaland

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...

DIMAPUR, Feb 10 ? The pre-election process in Nagaland has reached its last stages with the last date for filing of nomination expiring Friday. The scrutiny, which was done on Saturday, revealed a total of 234 candidates who have filed their nominations for the 10th Nagaland Legislative Assembly Polls scheduled for February 26 next. None of the nominations were either rejected or disqualified.

Going by the filing of nominations, the final showdown would also see two women candidates in the fray. Between the two, Chubala Shilu, wife of first Nagaland chief minister Shilu Ao who has filed her...

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...

Imphal, Febuary 07: Renowned Naga religious leader, Rev (Dr) VK Nuh, though not invited to meet the top NSCN (IM) leadership, Isak chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah durling their recent brief stay in Delhi, expressed hope that the talks held in New Delhi between them (NSCN-IM leadership) and Indian Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and their subsequent interaction with host of political leaders of the country would give impetus towards final settlement of the longstanding Naga political problem. The Naga priest was however, worried that if they didn't include other...

Dimapur, Feb. 6: Naga non-governmental organisations are conspicuous by their silence in the run-up to the February 26 polls, unlike the 1998 election when leading tribal NGOs had tried to convince Opposition parties in the state to ?abstain? from elections after the Centre rejected their plea to defer the polls till a definite outcome of the talks with the NSCN (Isak-Muivah).

However, secretary of the leading Naga human rights body, Naga People?s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Neingulo Krome, denied that the NGOs were staying away from the electoral process.

?We are not going to give a...

Kohima/Dimapur, Feb. 5: The NSCN (I-M) has raised hopes of reconciliation of the warring Naga factions by terming the rival Khaplang group?s unity formula a ?good one?, though it has yet to directly respond to the offer.

Naga Hoho president M. Vero today quoted the NSCN (I-M) leadership as saying that the Khaplang group had made a proposal worth considering. He said the Naga Hoho would send a reminder to the NSCN (I-M) to officially make its stand clear.

Vero?s disclosure comes in the wake of NSCN (K) leader S.S. Khaplang?s statement that his group had submitted a unity formula to the Naga...

Kohima, Feb. 4: The wife of Nagaland?s first chief minister has accepted the challenge of ousting the one who is in charge at present.

Chubala Ao, a Padmashree, will take on S.C. Jamir in Aonglenden constituency of Mokokchung district, a seat the chief minister has retained for several terms. She will be contesting the election as a representative of the newly-formed Nagaland People?s Front (NPF).

Ao, whose husband P. Shilu Ao had steered Nagaland through its first few years as a state of the Indian Union, was offered the poll ticket at a convention of the NPF. While addressing the gathering...

KOHIMA, Feb 4 ? The ruling Congress in Nagaland has announced names of its candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections in the state slated for February 26, reports PTI. The list of candidates for all the 60 Assembly constituencies was released at a function held at the Congress Bhavan in Kohima, on Monday.

Prominent among those fielded for the polls are NPCC president and Chief Minister, S C Jamir, Planning and Urban Development Minister, Imtisungit, Speaker, Z Lohe, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Neiba Ndang, Industries Minister, Imkong, Education Minister, H Chuba Chang, Minister...

NSCN-K Council Headquarters (somewhere in the jungles of Myanmar), Feb. 3: National Socialist Council of Nagaland supremo S.S. Khaplang has dismissed allegations of being hand-in-glove with Nagaland chief minister S.C. Jamir, claiming that he had never met the Congress politician.

One of the most talked about Naga militant leaders ? who has often been charged by his rivals with having a nexus with Jamir ? Khaplang strove to come clean on the issue during an interview at his council headquarters deep inside the jungles of Kenup Tephak Joku Valley.

?I have never seen nor met Jamir,? was the...

NEW DELHI, Feb 3 ? In a significant move to quell tension in Manipur and Assam over the Naga issues, NSCN(I-M) has said it ?fully recognises the legitimate rights and aspirations? of all neighbouring people and offered to hold talks with them to resolve the differences, reports PTI. ?Let us end tensions that have sometimes existed between us and live as good neighbours, who respect each other?s rights and aspirations. We are convinced that there should be no differences between us that cannot be resolved through dialogue and understanding,? the major Naga insurgent group said in a statement, a...