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Nagaland: Revolt Within A Rebellion
Fresh feuding has broken out among Naga rebels twenty-three years after a bloody internecine struggle left scores dead and an insurgency divided. Another split is now threatening to impact on the protracted Naga peace process.
On June 7, 2011, a meeting of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist...
Assam Rifles To Parade Poor Youth In Fake Surrendering Drama
The youth will be made to surrender in front of CM O Ibobi Singh, while arms have come from Kuki militants
Umar Farooq. Image Credit: Tehelka
Around 45 youth from Thoubal, the home constituency of Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, will surrender before him on Tuesday, 14 June, creating a stir...
Peace In Sight, ULFA Victims Speak Up
As the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) prepares for peace talks with the Centre, the victims of its terror demand a say in the process.
FOR 18 YEARS, Bhobendra Chandra Kalita, 48, has been lying crippled in his house at Chamatiapara of Assam’s Darrang district. Almost every night, he has nightmares...
Forcing The Issue
NAGALAND chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s 28 May foray into Senapati district of Manipur, which is part of the map of “Nagalim”, despite strong protests from that state government, is like throwing down the gauntlet for Manipuris to pick up. The response will be interesting to watch. Rio had ostensibly...
Manipur’s New Party May Root For Greater Nagaland
Launch party: The event that shook Manipur. Image Credit: UB Photos
EMOTIONS ARE running high and rhetoric is thick in the air in state capitals Kohima and Imphal over a new development — the launching of the Manipur state unit of the party that rules Nagaland — Naga People’s Front (NPF). Nagaland...
Children’s Court Condemns ‘Act Of Intolerance’
THE pressing need to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, was once again emphasized last week in Imphal — this time at a children’s mock parliament organized by the Justice for Peace Foundation and various human rights activists to mark 53 years of the enactment of what has come to...
When Regret Is Meaningless
WHEN rebels who have wreaked havoc, killed in cold blood and held the state to ransom begin to indulge in soul-searching, it can only mean two things. They either do not have the stomach to battle it out in the wild because they have crossed the threshold of youth; or the ransom they have extracted from...
BRICS Works For Shared Prosperity
The BRICS mechanism is not in competition with other mechanisms. It is open, transparent and inclusive and will always follow the principle of consensus building.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at the Phoenix Airport in Sanya, China on Tuesday to attend BRICS summit. In the past decade, the BRICS...
Militarism And The Future Of Democracy In Manipur, Impressions From The Field
While most of the States in Northeast India are slowly but steadily edging towards the resolution of the multiple armed conflicts that have plagued them for decades, Manipur continues to remain unstable. In Assam, the dialogue process is underway with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
In Nagaland,...
Terror-Free Assam Eyes A New Script
For the first time in decades, development rather than extremist violence or rhetoric takes centre stage
NALBARI/NAGAON/BARPETA (Assam): Nankarbhaira village in Assam’s Nalbari district saw a lavish wedding last year after many decades.
Free from the fear of insurgency, this village is now leading...
Militarization, Its Effects On Socio-Economic & Political Life In NE
Heavy militarization in the region has great impact on the governance of the people and food security. In the name of maintaining law and order, the State used military forces to suppress the democratic rights of the people. People are threatened when they raise their voice against any injustices meted...
Barua-Rajkhowa Gulf Not That Unbridgeable
ULFA’S elusive self-styled ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua now seizes every opportunity that comes his way to stay in the public eye and also make his outfit’s presence felt. On 28 March, the day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to arrive in Guwahati for an election campaign, Barua loyalists...
Naga Militant Game Plan In Arunachal Pradesh
ARUNACHAL Pradesh may not fall in the ambit of the ongoing Naga peace talks but the manner in which both factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland have transformed the strategic border state’s Tirap and Changlang districts, adjoining Nagaland, into a turf war must cause grave concern....
