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June 28, 2004 | Anon | The Sangai Express, Imphal
NSCN-IM Home Minister Rh Raising told Newmai News Network today that the Amsterdam peace -talks held between the NSCN-IM leaders and the Government of India concluded in a positive manner. However, the NSCN-IM Home Minister said that ther ... full story
June 27, 2004 | Press Trust of India | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
Tension continued in the Dhansiri Reserve Forest area of central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district following an attempt to construct houses and a church there by Nagas from across the border, reports PTI. ... full story
June 27, 2004 | Press Trust of India | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has said his government was for an out-of-court settlement of the prolonged dispute over demarcation of inter-state boundary lines with Assam in a spirit of ‘give and take,’ reports PTI. Assam Chief Mi ... full story
June 27, 2004 | Anon | The Sangai Express, Imphal
Prominent social organizations of Nagaland today warned of a collapse of the peace process between the Centre and NSCN factions if the Government did not recognize their demand for unification of all Naga dominated areas in North East as  ... full story
June 26, 2004 | Staff Correspondent | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The UPA Government’s stand on maintaining territorial integrity of North-Eastern States threatens to snowball into a major controversy with the Naga organisations hardening their stand on the issue. A delegation of three prominent Nag ... full story
June 26, 2004 | Nishit Dholabhai | The Telegraph, Kolkata
Akrutz?, a Chakhesang woman, is learning Ao. E.T. Ngullie’s wife speaks fluent Lotha, but she comes from a different tribe. Blame it on inter-tribe marriages. The Nagas, especially the youth, fumble for words when it comes to displaying t ... full story
June 26, 2004 | Anon | The Sangai Express, Imphal
Even as neighboring States like Nagaland and Meghalaya have worked out the model for the impending Ministry downsizing which will come into force from July 7, the Congress led SPF Government is still groping in the dark waiting for a nod  ... full story
June 22, 2004 | Correspondent | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The NNC’s self-styled Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) has expressed concern over the deplorable situation in the state saying that the common people are living in the grip of terror. The NNC said that the NSCN-IM cadres were freel ... full story
June 20, 2004 | Staff Correspondent | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
The Government of India has decided to rush chief interlocutor K Padmanabhaiah to meet NSCN (IM) leaders next week to work out the modalities for extending the ceasefire for another year. The current round of ceasefire expires on July ... full story
June 20, 2004 | Correspondent | The Telegraph, Kolkata
The Nagaland government’s goodwill gesture to release 56 jailed activists of different militant groups has run into rough weather four months after its initiation. The militants, arrested under the National Security Act and lodged in diff ... full story
June 17, 2004 | Pradeep Pareek | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
In the countdown of downsizing of ministry, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in his first -ever statement on the issue after his return from the national capital on Tuesday at Kohima said: “It will be inconvenient but we will make i ... full story
June 17, 2004 | Correspondent | The Telegraph, Kolkata
Nagaland has decided to downsize its ministry. Chief minister Neiphiu Rio said the Centre was informed of the state’s problems in implementing the parliamentary legislation. “They told us that an amendment would be required if the demands ... full story
June 16, 2004 | Correspondent | The Telegraph, Kolkata
The Neiphiu Rio government today iterated its stand that it was in favour of a continuation of dialogue with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah). But the chief minister and his cabinet also hinted that the Khaplang fa ... full story
June 15, 2004 | Press Trust of India | The Assam Tribune, Guwahati
Taking exception to the letter by senior Congress leaders of the North- east to the Centre, Naga NGOs have charged former chief minister S C Jamir and the other signatories with ‘sabotaging’ the ongoing peace process at a time when the ... full story
June 15, 2004 | Nishit Dholabhai | The Telegraph, Kolkata
Naga insurgent leader S.S. Khaplang might follow rivals Isak Chisi Swu and Th. Muivah to India this year. NSCN (K) deputy kilonser (minister) Kughalu Mulatonu said on his return to Nagaland from New Delhi that Khaplang, the Myanmar-based  ... full story
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