Politics / Nagaland

New Delhi, Dec. 16: The Supreme Court today rejected an application by the Election Commission seeking additional polling booths for the 2003 Nagaland Assembly elections in areas disputed by Assam.

A division bench, comprising Chief Justice G.B. Pattanaik and Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, directed that polling stations put up in areas for the 1991 Assembly elections should only be re-established for the coming polls.

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have longstanding boundary disputes. The three states have filed original suits in this regard in the apex court. In today?s hearing, the three...

KOHIMA, Dec 1: Members of the Delimitation Commission of Nagaland have suggested that the proposed readjustment of constituencies boundaries be taken up only after the February Assembly polls as most of the intending candidates along with their supporters have already begun their compaign, reports PTI. Any efforts at delimitation now might create serious law and order problems in the state, the associate members said in their memorandum to the Commission. They along with members of the state cabinet felt that the Commission should take into consideration the tribal sensitivity and hill and...

Dimapur, Nov. 30: The entire Opposition in Nagaland has accused the S.C. Jamir-led Congress government in the state of not being transparent on the issue of delimitation of constituencies.

The Nagaland unit of the BJP, holding the state government responsible for the present crisis, termed the categorisation of ?plains Nagas? and ?hill Nagas? as a ?move to sell off the birthright of the people?.

The Nagaland People?s Front condemned the decision for rearrangement of the Assembly seats in the state. It accused the Jamir government of keeping the people and political parties in the dark on the...

KOHIMA, July 15 ? NSCN(K) will enforce its own regulations to check influx of illegal migrants from Bangladesh to Nagaland, reports PTI. In a statement here today, the militant outfit, currently on a ceasefire under an agreement with the Union government, said it would issue ?temporary resident permit (TRP)? to Bangladeshi migrants whom the Nagas called ?miyas?. The organisation would issue TRP through its network to ?miyas? for a year, which, however, could be renewed Such people would be restricted to 2,500 per district, the statement said. It also asked land owners not to employ more...

In a breakthrough in the Naga peace process, leaders of National Socialist Council of Nagalim (I-M) T Muivah and Isak Swu have voiced their desire to come to India for further talks even as Government today announced extension of the ceasefire with the militant outfit for another year from August 1, reports PTI. The decision to come to India for the first time since the 1997 Centre-NSCN(I-M) ceasefire was taken by the outfit?s leaders during three-day talks with Prime Minister?s special emissary K Padmanabhaiah in Amsterdam which concluded yesterday. The invitation for the dialogue to be held...

Imphal, July 11: The Khaplang faction of NSCN has denounced Th Muivah, NSCN (IM) leader and stated that a non-Naga should not be entrusted to solve the ongoing political crisis between the Nagas and the Government of India. In a release, the NSCN (K) stating that Th Muivah is a foreign national and the elder brother of Meiteis, maintaining that a non-Naga cannot solve the Naga problem. It charged Muivah and Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga, of being birds of the same feather who are striving for personal gains out of the tears of declaring that Tangkhuls do not have Naga citizenship and had...

DIMAPUR, July 8 ? Uniform, the symbol of security and law and order, has once again been held to ransom as was revealed with the arrest of two narcotics smugglers who used it to provide them safe passage with a large quantity of contraband ganja to outside the region. The arrested person in Assam Rifles uniform for smuggling 287.5 kgs ganja neatly packed in small parcels and five trunks at Lahorijan, Karbi Anglong on Thursday evening by Army personnel brought to light involvement of a deserter of security forces in smuggling of the contaband. According to sources, the Army personnel seized the...

NEW DELHI, July 6 : Prime Minster?s special emissary K Padmanabhaiah will visit Amsterdam to hold fresh round of parleys with National Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M) leaders T Muivah and Isak Swu from July eight to further the Naga peace process. This was stated by Padmanabhaiah after he met Prime Minster Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today.

DIMAPUR, July 4 ? The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN ?IM) held the swearing-in ceremony of the new council of Kilonsers (Ministers)of its Government of the People?s Republic of Nagalim (GPRN) with the induction of six Kilonsers (Cabinet Ministers), 25 Deputy Kilonsers (State Ministers), and about 20 tatars (MPs) at Tangkhul Church, Wungram colony in the Purana bazaar area here on Monday evening. The new 'government' was installed about a year after the earlier government was dissolved following the declaration of emergency after which the seven member Steering Committee headed by...

KOHIMA, July 2 ? Senior leaders of the Issac-Muivha faction of NSCN, which entered into a ceasefire with the Centre in August 1997, have stressed strengthening the current Naga peace process by bringing about understanding and reconciliation among different underground groups, reports PTI. AK Lungalang, newly appointed ?kilo kilonser? (home minister) of the underground outfit, said NSCN (I-M) would explore all possibilities to spread awareness to strengthen the ongoing peace process. It was fully committed to unity and reconciliation within the ?parameters of national principles,? he said.

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