Politics / Northeast

NEW DELHI, June 22 ? Outlawed ULFA and NDFB militants may face more heat from the Royal Government of Bhutan, with the 80th session of the National Assembly of the country all set to hold threadbare discussions on activities of the militant groups running bases in the country. That the militant outfits may be slapped with fresh ultimatums to quit the country is indicative from the series of high-level meetings being held by the Home Minister of the country. The most recent daylong high-level meeting was held on June 11 at Gedu. He had earlier held similar meetings at Deothang and Gelephu...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? The high-level meeting between Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and his Meghalaya counterpart, Dr FA Khonglam on the age-old boundary disputes today resolved to follow a three-tier strategy for a sustained effort to resolve the disputes besides deciding against setting up of police tickets/outposts in all ?areas of difference? on either sides of the inter-State boundary. The meeting which was held in a ?cordial atmosphere? for two hours in Assam Administrative Staff College here today, decided that there should be more frequent discussions on the boundary disputes among...

Imphal, June 17: The report in The Imphal Free Press about the selection of four tribes of Manipur in the new list of 43 tribes to be recognized as Scheduled Tribes under the Scheduled Tribe Order, 1950, has met with mixed response from different parties. An organization called the Kuki Tribes Recognition Demand Committee, while welcoming the inclusion of "Any Kuki Tribe" into the four selected for inclusion in the ST list, strongly objected to the list of tribes in the IFP which are reportedly annoyed with their non inclusion in the ST list as independent tribes. A memorandum by the...

NEW DELHI, June 17 ? India has raised the issue of militants of the North-East including the outlawed ULFA enjoying a free run of the country with the visiting Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, M Morshed Khan, only to be assured again that the country would not allow forces inimical to India to misuse its soil. The issue figured during a luncheon meeting between Morshed Khan and the Indian External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh here this afternoon that was also attended by officials of both the countries including Foreign Secretary, Chokila Iyer and High Commissioner of Bangladesh. The...

GUWAHATI, June 9 ? The obstruction put up by the Ri-Bhoi district administration and Meghalaya Police to the survey operations carried out by the Kamrup district administration in Pilingkata area has threatened to embitter the otherwise cordial relations between the Governments of Assam and Meghalaya.

According to Kamrup district administration sources here, one EAC from Ri-Bhoi district held pubic meetings in the localities Pilingkata and Moukhuli of Maidam village on the southern fringe of Guwahati city on June 6. The next day, when the Kamrup District Revenue officials went to the...

DIMAPUR, June 8: The differences between the stands of the Nagaland government headed by chief minister SC Jamir with that of the Naga Hoho has once again emerged when the Naga Hoho termed the statement made by Jamir on the occasion of the 7th general conference of Nagaland GBs Federation at the Town hall, here on Dimapur, June 5: The differences between the stands of the Nagaland government headed by chief minister SC Jamir with that of the Naga Hoho has once again emerged when the Naga Hoho termed the statement made by Jamir on the occasion of the 7th general conference of Nagaland GBs...

DIBRUGARH, June 7 ? Following the personal intervention by Assam Minister Pradyut Bordoloi, a plot of land measuring about 119 bighas is all set to be handed back to the State by the Arunachal Pradesh administration. The SDO (Civil), Margherita, Ratul Chandra Duarah told The Assam Tribune that the land was being used by the erstwhile North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) to house educational institutions of the Tirap Frontier Tract soon after the earthquake of 1950. At that time, the land belonged to the Namdang Tea Company and was requisitioned by the assistant political officer of the Tirap...

Imphal, June 06: The Government of People’s Republic of Nagalim, GPRN has stated that ‘Nagalim’ has been the hunting grounds for Indian and Myanmarese armed forces with Nagas as their favourite prey ever since both the countries attained their independence. The GPRN in a statement said that Nagas have been tortured and killed by the Indian and Myanmarese armed forces not for foolishness or treason but because of their love for motherland and the people. The Indo-Naga armed conflict has been going on for the last more than fifty years to resolve the issue, ceasefire between the two sides was...

SHILLONG, May 29 ? Meghalaya and Assam governments have agreed to maintain status quo in disputed areas along the inter-State border, demarcation of which was long being demanded, to maintain peace and harmony on the two sides, top Meghalaya government official said on Wednesday, reports PTI. The decision was taken after Meghalaya Home Minister Lotsing Sangma spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi following misunderstanding over the setting up of a border outpost by Meghalaya police near Khanduli village in Jayantia Hills district on Tuesday, Chief Secretary J Tayeng said. Official sources...

Imphal, May 28: Yet another tussle along the Indo-Myanmar border is on the card after the Myanmarese Government have set up a shopping complex on a stretch of land adjacent of Moreh Gate number 2 that falls within the 'no man's land' between the two countries. Disclosing this, an official source told The Sangai Express that the matter has been highlighted to the Union Home Ministry by the State Home Department to press the Myanmar Government to dismantle the pucca structure and vacate the 'no man's land' zone. The Chandel DC had on earlier occasions intimated to his counter part in Tamu to...