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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicNaga insurgency

Topic: Naga insurgency

Naga society wants peace talks to reach logical end. ‘Lollipop assurances by govt dividing Nagas’

Nagas say ‘fed up with extortion in name of nationalism’ & warn that if ‘ceasefire between Govt and Naga groups breaks down, there could be violence among Naga tribes as well’.

NSCN-IM dissident leader slams scrapping of Free Movement along Myanmar border amid Naga peace talks

Suspended by NSCN-IM in July, HS Ramsan adds border fencing is 'devious design' to divide Nagas. Reacting to his statement, an IM leader says all Nagas oppose FMR revocation.

‘Naga flag, Constitution not negotiable’: NSCN-IM calendar asserts as peace talks in limbo

Recognition of the two symbols by Centre is best & only solution to Naga political issue, says NSCN-IM leader Kehoi Swu. But an ex-civil servant asserts outfit is fooling Nagas.

Is Assam Rifles stretched with its dual role? Manipur ambush raises key questions

During my two tenures in Manipur, we ensured that the troops coordinated their move with school timing. Militants never attack convoys in those hours.

Nagas are worried a peace accord without NSCN (I-M) won’t bring real peace

Come Thursday, 31 October, Naga groups are expected to wrap up their 23-year-old dialogue with the central govt.

The buck starts here

The message from Dantewada is old and familiar: we face a new monster, and need skill, patience and guts.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.