Politics / Northeast

DHAKA, Jan 30 ? Amid allegation by Bangladesh that India has amassed hundreds of Bengali-speaking Muslims at the border to push them into its territory, Dhaka has proposed a meeting between border security officials of the two countries to reduce tensions and sounded a red alert on its side, reports PTI.

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) proposed a flag meeting with Border Security force (BSF) officials yesterday and were awaiting the Indian response, official sources said, adding BDR has been instructed to be on high alert. Bangladesh Government has also asked India ?to take necessary steps at the...

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 ? Amidst mixed reactions over his appointment as the Union Minister in-charge for Department of Development of the North Eastern Region (DONER), Dr CP Thakur has offered his services to mediate with the underground outfits, even as he emphasized the need to complete ongoing projects in the Region.

The unexpected shifting of Arun Shourie from DONER and his replacement by Dr Thakur has caught all by surprise here. Sri Shourie?s understanding of the complex problems facing the region and a close rapport with all section of the political leadership were among many advantages...

Imphal, Jan. 29: Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga?s demand for a boundary commission for the Northeast and merger of Mizo-inhabited areas of Manipur to his state has evoked sharp reactions from the Democratic People?s Party (DPP) and All-Manipur United Clubs? Organisation (Amuco).

Zoramthanga was quoted as having said at a news conference in Aizawl on Monday that he would urge the Centre to constitute a boundary commission for settling border disputes in the Northeast.

States carved out of Assam have boundary disputes with either Assam or other neighbouring states, Zoramthanga was quoted as...

ITANAGAR, Jan 24? Arunachal Pradesh had never been a party in the peace talks between the Centre and the NSCN(I-M) and would never compromise with its territorial integrity, State Chief Minister Mukut Mithi said today, reports PTI. In the name of ?Greater Nagaland?, the NSCN had no scope to demand the territory of Arunachal Pradesh as the area was never part of Nagaland, the Chief Minister told PTI after a swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan Friday.

The government of Arunachal Pradesh, he said, had already made its stand clear by adopting a unanimous resolution in the assembly in...

IMPHAL, Jan 25 ?Chief Minister Okram Ibobi today reiterated that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had assured a team of all political parties of Manipur that Centre had no plan to re-draw the territorial boundary of Manipur. Chief Minister Ibobi who returned here this afternoon along with leaders of the political parties after camping in New Delhi for more than five days while quoting the Prime Minister said : ?Prime Minister had told us that there is no commitment on the issue of territorial integrity of Manipur?.

Highlighting the political parties face-to-face meeting with a number of...

Guwahati, Jan. 24: Peeved over the NSCN (I-M)?s claim over a large area of Karbi Anglong in its proposed Nagalim, the Karbi Students? Association has decided to submit a representation to the Centre opposing any move to divide the hill district.

The association president Roland Kiling told The Telegraph here that the representation would be sent to the Centre after an official resolution is passed at the general conference of the students? organisation to be held at Diphu from January 29.

?Karbi Anglong is for the Karbis and there can be no question of giving even an inch of our land to others...

Dimapur, Jan. 24: A day after its leaders wrapped up their maiden talks on Indian soil, the NSCN (I-M) today said issues relating to Manipur ? a grey area in the entire peace process ? were only a part of the ?Indo-Naga problem?.

Speaking out for the first time on the recent meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Manipur delegation led by chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, NSCN (I-M) leader V. Horam today said the Indo-Naga issue should be ?looked in its totality?.

?We don?t want to waste time splitting hairs on the Manipur-Nagaland or Nagaland-Assam issues. We are not...

New Delhi, January 24: Top leaders of NSCN(I-M), who have just concluded talks with the Centre, would ask other northeastern insurgent groups to "be prepared to understand" the Centre?s point of view, if the Centre decides to hold parleys with them. "If Government of India would be prepared to talk to them (insurgent outfits), we shall certainly tell them that they should also be prepared to understand the Government.... we will also ask our friends to be prepared to find a better solution," NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah said when asked what message they would like to give to...

RANGIA, Jan 24 ? The Army?s strategy of resource control, by choking the supply routes of the ULFA and the NDFB insurgents holed up in Bhutan, is paying rich dividends as the outfits? camps are being starved of essential commodities and medicine. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Tezpur-based 4 corps, Lt Gen Mohinder Singh, AVSM, said here today that it has led to the lowering of the morale of the ULFA and NDFB cadres.

Lt Gen Singh, who was speaking to newspersons after attending the ?rehabilitation ceremony? of 27 ULFA and NDFB cadres, said that things required to sustain the...

NEW DELHI, Jan 24? Concluding their forthnight-long tour of Delhi, NSCN(I-M) leaders today left for Amsterdam this afternoon after giving a clarion call to all Nagas irrespective of party affiliations to present their suggestions on the ongoing peace process. The Delhi-round of peace talks that ended without much progress on substantive issues was made up by the farewell given to them at the airport by over 500 Naga delegates belonging to various civil groups. ?We are overwhelmed by the response of the Naga people?, the president of the NSCN(I-M), Isak Chisi Swu told the gathering.

The NSCN...