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BANGKOK, Dec 8 ? The second round of talks between NSCN (IM) leaders and the Indian Government ended inconclusively today with the two sides deciding to meet again tomorrow. ?There was no breakthrough in today?s talks between NSCN (IM) chief negotiator T Muivah and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee?s special envoy K Padmanabaiah, Naga sources told PTI.

The current obstacle in the progress of peace talks between the two sides is the reported remark by Vajpayee during his recent visit to Kohima on the integration of Naga areas. T Muivah, who is the General Secretary of NSCN-IM, has said that...

Kokrajhar, Dec. 7: Yesterday?s militant could be tomorrow?s Black Cat commando. The director-general of the National Security Guards (NSG) today held out hope for surrendered members of the Bodo Liberation Tigers, saying each of them had the potential to walk into the country?s elite commando force.

Ranjit Shekhar Mushahary, whose exploits have made him a role model for Bodo youth, said: ?The NSG ranks comprise the best of personnel from different security wings. If the Centre and the Assam government launch a special recruitment drive for the surrendered youth, they can be later inducted into...

BANGKOK, Dec 7? Picqued at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee?s reported remark that integration of Naga areas in the North-east was not possible because of lack of consensus among all parties, NSCN (IM) has said peace talks with the Centre cannot be continued unless the government clarifies its stand on the issue, reports PTI. ?We took the remarks very seriously. Unless they are clarified the talks between the two sides can?t be carried on further. He has shut the door against us,? NSCN (IM) general secretary Thuinagaleng Muivah told PTI after two rounds of talks with Centre?s interlocutor K...

IMPHAL, Dec 6 ? The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance ministry at the Centre is making efforts to frame a common formula for proper channelisation of the potential as well as the resources available in the region for developmental activities on all fronts. Disclosing this at a reception function of the BJP state unit held at the Manipur Dramatic union hall in Imphal, Union Minister for Small Scale Industries and Development of North Eastern Region (Doner) Dr Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur on his maiden visit to Manipur on Friday, expressed his desire to take the ?benefits? of the centrally...

MARIANI, Dec 6 ? More than two scores of elephants dwelling at Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary have been causing a severe menace in the contiguous areas. It is reported that since 1982 the tuskers have killed 45 persons, and inflicted considerable destruction in the region. The sanctuary, which has an area of 19.49 sq km, is primarily a woodland and as such there is a scarcity of grasslands. Moreover it is considered that an elephant requires an area of 10 sq km for its food supply annually. Thus the elephants at the sanctuary has an area of about half square km for themselves. Thus the deficiency...