IMPHAL, April 21: G Joykumar Sharma, vice president of the Nipamacha faction of MSCP has strongly refuted the forgery accusations hurled against them by the Chaoba group. In a statement, the vice president said far from forging the signatures of the six MLAs/ministers, Nipamacha and his group do not know anything about the forgery case. The statement went on to add that even the Election Commission did not entertain the claims and allegations of the Chaoba group when the case was being heard on April 19. Joykumar went on to add that contrary to the claims of Chaoba and his group, the Delhi...

IMPHAL, April 21: The prominent Naga leader, K S Paul Leo who was in captivity of the banned Kuki National Front (Military Council) since April 17, has been finally released safe and sound today. Mention may be made here that K S Paul Leo who is the president of the United Naga Council (UNC), an apex body of the Naga tribes in Manipur, was abducted by the KNF (MC) militants on April 17 afternoon near Keithelmanbi along the National Highway-39 in Senapati district. The Naga leader, Paul, was received by a team of social activists comprising both Nagas and Kukis residing in the State at...

IMPHAL, April 21: UNC president and Naga leader, KS Paul Leo who was abducted by KNF (MC) cadres from Keithelmanbi area while he was on his way from Karong to Imphal on April 17 was released late last night after four days in captivity. With the release of the Naga leader, tension which has been shimmering all over the State, especially in Senapati district has finally cooled down putting at rest apprehension of yet another round of ethnic tension and conflagration. The abducted Naga leader reached Keithelmanbi today at about 1.30 am after his release by the militants. He was met by emissaries...

IMPHAL, April 21: United Naga Council (UNC) president KS Paul Leo was released by Kuki rebels late last night. He was abducted on Tuesday. His abductors - the Kuki National Front (Military Council) - freed him "unharmed." The exact deal for the release was not spelt out. A negotiating team led by Manipur tribal welfare minister Haokholet Kipgen camped at Keithelmanbi village in Kangpokpi subdivision last night to ensure Leo's release. Negotiators, including Church leaders, went inside the dense forest to strike a deal with the rebels at their hideout. Talks with the Kuki militants started at 9...

GUWAHATI, April 20: The bodies of 15 of the 16 Border Security Force (BSF) officers and men killed by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel along with the villagers of Bangladesh were returned to the Indian authorities this evening and from the wound marks in the bodies, it was apparent that the BSF men were killed in cold blood and they were not killed in a shoot-out. Highly-placed official sources said that the bodies of 15 BSF men killed inside Bangladesh were handed over to the Indian authorities at Mahendraganj in Meghalaya-Bangladesh border late this evening. The Bangladesh Rifles...