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BANGKOK, May 25 ? Unification of the Naga territories is standing in the way of a final solution to the peace process, NSCN (IM) chief Thuingaleng Muivah said here emphasising ?the Nagas will never lay down arms, freedom or territories.? ?At the moment the crux of the issue is unification. If the government can understand our issue, we don?t need to hurt them. If they refuse to understand us, the question of referendum will come,? Muivah, told PTI in an interview here.

?Eighty per cent of the Nagas supported the peace process today,? he claimed. Muivah and K Padmanabhaiah, special envoy of...

GUWAHATI, May 24 ? At the tender age of seven years, Purnima Rongpharpi of Tekelangjun in Karbi Anglong has lost all colours of life and is left staring at a bleak future. Affected by deadly fluorosis, Purnima is suffering from acute backpain, chronic dysentry and mattled teeth at such an early stage in her life when she should be playing with toys.

Deadly fluorosis has deprived a large section of population in Karbi Anglong of their child hood and youth. Drinking water in many parts of Karbi Anglong hill district particularly in Tekalangjun, Dengaon, Ransapathar, Lungnit, Kheroni, etc, is...

Guwahati, May 23: Poachers struck for the first time in Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary this year, electrocuting a female rhino and a calf this morning.

Divisional forest officer of Nagaon wildlife division Chandan Bora said the poachers had tied a naked wire to a bamboo pole and connected it to an overhead high tension line near the Tamulidova waterbody. ?The moment the animals came in contact with the wire, they were electrocuted,? Bora said.

Fifteen people have been rounded up for questioning, Bora said.

Experts said the poachers prefer electrocution, as it is a silent operation. They took...

New Delhi, May 23: Incredible as it may seem, only eight forest personnel man the 500-square km Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram.

Located in the western part of the state and skirting the Indo-Bangladesh border, the sanctuary is a treasure-trove of biodiversity. But in a move that could have serious consequences, the Mizoram government recently terminated the services of the entire temporary staff employed by the forest department.

Forest departments across the states are heavily dependent on temporary staff. The strength of the forest department contingent at the Dampa reserve was 38 as on...

Guwahati, May 23: The agitation against the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur has finally reached the United Nations.

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, during its second session, which ended today in New York, discussed the threat posed by the Rs 1,078-crore multipurpose project to local tribals.

Raising the issue in the UN forum, representatives of the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) told the forum, ?The dam will mean virtually the total destruction of the worlds of the Hmar and Zeliangrong tribes and also have a long-term impact on many other indigenous tribals in...