Politics / Nagaland

KOHIMA, August 26: The stage is set for the merger of two regional political parties of Nagaland - the Nagaland People's Council (NPC) and the Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM), according to senior leaders of both the parties. The NPC and NDM have jointly put up Shurhozelie as their common candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the state and released a joint manifesto on Wednesday at Dimapur. Talking to newspersons after releasing the manifesto, the party leaders expressed their desire to merge to form a viable regional party. The leaders present were NDM president Hokishe Sema, working...

CALCUTTA, August 20: The killing of the general secretary of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, Dali Mungro, yesterday is a major blow to both peace in the state and the moves for unity among different rebel groups. The stronger group -NSCN(Isak-Muivah)- has openly claimed responsibility for the killing of Mungro and two of his comrades at Jotsoma village, about 8 km from the capital town of Kohima, Today, an NSCN(IM) leader, however, said over the phone from Dimapur that "the order was to capture him (Mungro) alive but he was shot when he tried to escape."...

KOHIMA, August 19: The general secretary of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) Dali Mungro, and two of his associates were killed by a suspected rival group here last night, according to the Kohima superintendent of police, I Tushiyae. About 30 persons surrounded the house in which Dali Mungro (55) and his wife were taking shelter, about eight km from the capital near the Science College at Jotsoma. After breaking the door open, Mungro, the second-in-command of the NSCN(K) and his wife were forcibly taken to an isolated place where he was shot dead, police sources said. However...

KOHIMA, August 19: The general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) Dali Mungro, 55, and two other activists were gunned down by rival insurgents at Jotsoma, nearly 4 km from here last night. Sources said nearly 30 militants armed with sophisticated weapons surrounded the house where Mungro and his wife, Thokuli, were temporarily staying. They broke open the door, dragged out Mungro and killed him nearly 100 yards away from the house. Sources said the killers were suspected NSCN(Isak-Muivah) activists. An official spokesman of the NSCN(IM) said the outfit would...

KOHIMA, August 18: The apex tribal council, Naga Hoho, has resolved to boycott the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland, but this time it will not direct political parties and the electorate to do the same, leaving the matter to their "wisdom" The recent meeting of the Hoho here resolved not to participate in the polls, asserting that the solution to Naga political problem is its "priority", not the Lok Sabha elections. The Hoho along with other NGOs urged the political parties before the last general elections in the state to boycott the polls to "give peace a chance". Accordingly...

KOHIMA, August 17: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) has vowed against signing any interim agreement with the Centre on the Naga issue, but will continue the ongoing peace talks for a final solution, its vice-president Khodao Yanthan has announced. "NSCN has made its stand on any interim agreement clear to the Centre. It will not agree to anything that betrays the aspirations of the Naga people," he told a public meeting at the organisation's headquarters near Dimapur on Saturday. Yanthan appreciated the statesmanship of Prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and some of his...

NEW DELHI, August 10: The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to place on record the report of Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) on alleged misuse of proceeds of state lottery by Nagaland. A division bench comprising Justice Devinder Gupta and Justice SK Aggarwal directed Union government counsel Lalan Chaudhary to place the report before it by October 12, the next date of hearing. The court was hearing a public interest litigation by Movement for National Awareness (MNA), a nongovernmental organisation, seeking a CBI probe into the alleged diversion of state lottery proceeds by the...

KOHIMA, August 9: Shurhozelie, the common candidate of the Nagaland People's Council (NPC) and the Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM), has resigned from the primary membership of NPC to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate for the lone Nagaland seat under a free symbol. The two parties snapped all ties with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday last blaming the state BJP unit for trying to impose their will on both the regional parties. Earlier, the Election Commission had derecognised NPC for not participating in the last general elections...

KOHIMA, August 7: The woshinna (vice-chairman) of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), Khodao Yanthan, has urged the rank and file of his organisation to "appreciate the difficulties" faced by the Indian government due to internal problems and to have patience and yet be persistent in the search for solution of the Naga political issue. He also assured that "the struggle of the Naga people for recognition of our sovereignty has come to the last stage". Khodao, said, "I am convinced that it will be sooner than later that we shall see the light of the day". The NSCN leader his...

KOHIMA, August 2: The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has directed Nagaland government to implement the agreement between it and an apex employees' association, giving effect to disbursal of salary to them as recommended by the Fifth Central Pay panel by September 30 next. Disposing a public interest litigation in the wake of the prolonged non-cooperation by government employees in June, the bench comprising Justice N C Jain and Justice W A Shishak directed the state government to make sincere efforts to implement the five-clause pact reached between it and Confederation of All Nagaland...