NIA has said a ‘China-Myanmar module’ of Naga group NSCN-IM sent Meitei insurgents to stir trouble in Manipur. Now NSCN-IM claims Indian support for Kuki rebels in Myanmar.
During '76th Naga Independence Day' celebrations, NSCN-IM head Th. Muivah said Naga flag & constitution ‘indivisible parts of recognised sovereignty and unique history’ of Naga people.
During Dimapur visit this month, A.K. Mishra, Centre's interlocutor in peace talks, held 5 rounds of formal & informal negotiations with Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the rebel outfit.
For Nagas born after 1997, the romance of a Nagalim passport is passé. NSCN (I-M) chief TH Muivah’s bid for sovereign Nagalim is out of sync with present reality.
Organisations that took part in the meeting appealed to all negotiating groups — NSCN (IM) and NNPGs — to come together as members of 'one Naga family'.
Amid stalled peace talks, former insurgent group says letter has been made public to inform Naga people of ‘delay and lack of response’ from PM Modi’s office.
Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan, former chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group, says the Centre has to make the Nagas trust that the Indian state will look after them for a peace deal to work.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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