Naga body warns of armed struggle over separate flag, constitution

Threatening "violent armed conflict", the NSCN-IM on Friday sought a third-party intervention to address the impasse over the Naga political issue. IMAGE: Security forces apprehended two suspected......

Why The Army Can't Fight In Manipur

For the most battle-hardened, specialised and successful counter-insurgency army in the world, this is an unfamiliar, first-time experience of dealing with the north east's deepest complexities,......

Manipur: Not A Time To Burn Bridges

The present happenings in Manipur are the wages of continued neglect, and not so benign at that, of a vital region and its people. Had we lavished on the North East even a fraction of the care and......

'Minor confrontation' between Assam Rifles, NSCN-IM in Nagaland

An Assam Rifles team and a group of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) cadres were engaged in a "minor confrontation" in Intanki National Park in Nagaland, an army......